Petrobras Inaugurates Biodiesel Plant
BRAZIL - Brazil's Petrobras (Petroleo Brasileiro SA) is opening a biofuels unit today to oversee $1.5 billion of investments over the next five years.

Industrial Biotechnology Plans Ethanol-Based Chemical Production
US - Industrial Biotechnology Corp. has formed a subsidiary, Renewable Chemicals Corp., which plans to produce chemicals using sugar-cane based ethanol as feedstock source material...

Wind Power to Increase in Ohio
US - Champaign County in Ohio could soon become the states wind capital as plans are going forward for new wind turbines to be build to harness wind energy.

Boost for Neptune's Algae Technology
US - Neptune Industries, Inc., is pioneering a new technology for commercializing the production of algae that uses the waste that is generated from fish farming as fertilizer.

Green Planet Energy Invest in Punjab
INDIA - Green Planet Energy Private Limited is to invest 9.6 billion rupees (US$228/€145 million) on setting up 14 biomass power projects in the Indian state of Punjab.

$40 Million Grants for Small-Scale Biorefinery Projects
WASHINGTON – The US Department of Energy (DOE) has selected two small-scale cellulosic biorefinery projects in Park Falls, Wisconsin and Jennings, Louisiana for federal funding of up...

Odyssey Acquires ALG Western Oil
SOUTH AFRICA - Odyssey Oil & Gas has acquired ALG Western Oil (Pty) Ltd. a South African based company that has the technology to produce bio-fuels from Algae.

China Approves Biodiesel Pilot Projects
CHINA - China's National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) has given the go-ahead to three biodiesel pilot projects with a total capacity of 170,000 tonnes.

AES AgriVerde Reducing Carbon Emissions
MALAYSIA – Malaysian companies AES AgriVerde and Foong Lee Sawiminyak this week inaugurated the first Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) project at Perak officiated by YB Dato’ S. Sothinathan,...

Go-ahead for Cellulosic Ethanol Production Plant
US - BlueFire Ethanol Fuels, a producer of cellulosic ethanol technology, has been granted a conditional-use permit (CUP) from the County of Los Angeles, Department of Regional Planning,...

CleanTech Biofuels Aquires Biomass North America Licensing
US - CleanTech Biofuels Inc. is to take over Biomass North America Licensing Inc.

EPA Recommends Biomass Power Plant for Manjimup
AUSTRALIA - The Environmental Protection Authority has recommended environmental approval for a proposal by Western Australia (WA) Biomass Pty Ltd to construct and operate a 40MW (nominal)...

VeraSun Energy Starts Hankinson Ethanol Biorefinery
US - VeraSun Energy Corp, one of the US's largest ethanol producers, has started production at its 110 million gallon per year ethanol biorefinery located near Hankinson, North Dak...

More Green Energy Jobs for Scotland
SCOTLAND - A new biomass plant has been secured for Scotland by RWE npower Cogen and Tullis Russell with Government support of £8.1 million.

Collaboration to Develop Ethanol from Biomass
US - The Dow Chemical Company and the US Department of Energy's National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) are to jointly develop and test a process that will convert biomass to ethanol...