POET Plans to Cut Water Use
US - POET plans to decrease water use in the production of ethanol by 22 per cent over the next five years in the first goal of its sustainability iniative, Ingreenuity.

Second Generation Biofuels Set to Grow
UK - The production of bioethanol based on woody plant materials (so-called second-generation biofuels) will grow by over 50% a year over the next five years according to a new report by Innovation...

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...

SAIC Awarded Biomass Engineering Agreement
US - Science Applications International Corporation's (SAIC) wholly-owned subsidiary, R.W. Beck, has been awarded a blanket purchase agreement by the Department of Energy (DOE) and the Golden...

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...

Loan to a Biorefinery for Renewable Energy
US – Range Fuels, a Colorado based firm with a planned biorefinery located near Soperton, Georgia, is to receive a loan guaranteed by USDA Rural Development to make cellulosic biofuel from wood...

$600m Ethanol Plant Under Construction
ZIMBABWE - Work has started on a $600 million ethanol plant in Chisumbanje.

Japan Funds Vietnamese Biomass Project
VIET NAM - The Japanese government is funding a $5 million study in Viet Nam to develop biofuels from biomass.

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.

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.

Cellulosic Ethanol Plant Opened in Georgia
US - Diamond Alternative Energy and American Process Energy Recovery have started operation at the biorefinery demonstration plant in Thomaston-Upson County, Georgia.

Canadian Government Invests in Quebec Biofuels
CANADA - The Canadian Government's ecoENERGY for Biofuels programme is to provide the funding to GreenField’s Varennes ethanol plant to help strengthen the Canadian renewable fuel industry.

Tyson Set on Integrating Acquisitions
US - US meat processing giant Tyson Foods is focusing on integrating its recent acquisitions in China and Brazil, further reducing debt, reinvesting in its business and exploring opportunities...

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.

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

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.

Mitsui and Inbicon to Refine Biomass to Ethanol
ASIA - Mitsui Engineering and Shipbuilding (MES), one of Japan’s leading heavy industries, and Inbicon, the Danish pioneer of cellulosic ethanol technology, have joined forces in a license agreement...

Increased Demand for US DDGS Expected in Canada
CANADA - As North America increased the production of fuel from renewable sources, ethanol production surged, simultaneously producing considerable volumes of the co-product distiller’s dried...

Ethanol Plant Nears Completion
ETHIOPIA – An ethanol plant is to be build by the Metehara Sugar Factory - the second in the country.

Work Starts on Ethanol Plant in Ekiti
NIGERIA - Ekiti State could soon become one of the few states in Nigeria producing ethanol on a commercial scale.

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...