REG Applauds Tax Credit Reinstatement
US - Renewable Energy Group has applauded the US Senate’s passage of a bill containing the reinstatement of the biodiesel blenders’ tax credit, a critical piece of energy independence and green...

Small Farms to Receive Energy Grants
US - Iowa farmers with small to midsize operations are able to apply for grants to demonstrate energy efficiency and conservation measures or how they are using renewable energy from their farm...

Imperium Resumes Production of Biodiesel
US - Imperium Renewables has restarted production at its Grays Harbor plant, which had called a halt to production after a glycerin tank ruptured in December.

ClearFuels to Develop Tennessee Biomass Plant
US – ClearFuels Technology and Hughes Hardwood International have put forward plans to develop a commercial scale biorefinery to produce renewable jet or diesel fuel.

Algae Will Be Local
US – OriginOil president and CEO, Riggs Eckelberry, will join a distinguished panel of speakers to kick off the Algae World Summit in San Diego, California, on 18 May.

Biofuel Station Opened in Queenstown
NEW ZEALAND - The Energy Efficiency and Conservation Authority has thas launched New Zealand's first public biodiesel consortium and refuelling facility at Queenstown.

Biofuel from Euglena
JAPAN - Japanese oil company, Nippon Oil and Hitachi subsidiary Hitachi Plant Technologies have joined forces to develop jet fuel from a single celled pond and lake organism, Euglena.

Seafarers’ Scourge Provides Hope for Biofuel Future
UK - For centuries, seafarers were plagued by wood-eating gribble that destroyed their ships, and these creatures continue to wreak damage on wooden piers and docks in coastal communities.

Call for Long Term Biofuel Tax Credits
US - The US biodiesel industry is hopeful that it will get a $1 a gallon tax credit that expired last year restored.

Moves to Restrict Clean Energy Grants Attacked
US - In the wake of a new report revealing that a clean-energy grant programme in the stimulus has paid out more than $1 billion to foreign manufacturers, US Senators Charles E. Schumer, Bob...

Agrovista Announces Farmer Workshops
UK - Agronomy and crop protection specialist Agrovista UK is to hold a series of farmer workshops near Darlington.

Canada Invests in Oil Seed Research and Innovation
CANADA - The Canadian Government is investing in research and innovation that will give oil seed producers the tools to protect and build their businesses.

Biofuel Company Caught in Chilean Earthquake
CHILE - A US company based in Seattle that is developing a process to convert seaweed into biofuel has been caught up in the recent earthquake in Chile.

Cancun Congress to Highlight World Livestock Report
MEXICO - Insights into a newly published report on the world livestock sector will be presented in April to the Global Feed & Food Congress being held in Cancun.

Biodiesel from Used Tea Leaves
PAKISTAN - Researchers in Pakistan are looking at the potential for using used tea leaves to produce biodiesel.

Petrobras to Double Biodiesel Production in Bahia
BRAZIL - The first of Petrobras' three biodiesel production plants, the Candeias plant, in Bahia, is to double production.

EU Members Can Choose over GM Crop Cultivation
EU - The European Commission has announced its upcoming proposal on choice for Member States to cultivate or not genetically modified organisms (GMO) and approves five decisions on GMOs.

Feedstock and Biofuel Refinery for Ukraine
UKRAINE - Alternativa (IOM) Limited and GreenShift Corporation have joined forces on the design and development sustainable integrated feedstock and renewable energy production facilities.

Grant for Algae Oil Research
US - A Kansas State University researcher's work on making the costs of algae oil production more economical is being recognized by the National Science Foundation's Faculty Early Career Development...

Commercial-Scale Oilseed Production Begins
BRAZIL - Dutch based energy company Argos Groep BV has become the major shareholder in Terasol Energy.

Algal Biofuels: Opening up the Market Opportunity
GLOBAL - There are many potential benefits from the development of new ways of selecting, growing, harvesting and processing species of microalgae, according to a Innovation Observatory Algal...

Second Generation Biofuels: Companies, Technologies and Market Prospects
GLOBAL - Over the past few years, most of the alternative energy scenarios have nodded in the direction of biofuels as potential alternatives to petroleum as liquid fuels.

EU to Hit Renewable Targets
EU - The EU will meet its 2020 20 per cent renewable energy target - slightly exceeding it - according to an analysis by the European Wind Energy Association (EWEA) of all 27 Member States' national...

Eco-biofuels from the Tropics
NETHERLANDS - Palm oil from South-East Asia, sugarcane from Brazil and sweet sorghum in China are the most sustainable energy crops at present, according to a report from researchers at Wageningen...

Measures to Deliver Renewables Targets Agreed
EU - By 2020 the European Union must source 20 per cent of its total energy (including heat, power and transport) from renewable sources. This target was set out in the Renewable Energy Directive...