UK Transport Minister Opens First Bio-LNG Station
UK - The UK’s first open access Bio-LNG filling station, built by Gasrec, is launched today (May 23) in an official opening by Parliamentary Under Secretary for the Department for Transport,...

Linking Research, Viability for Advanced Biofuels
US - The Illinois Capital Development Board has designated in excess of $20 million to build the Integrated Bioprocessing Research Laboratory (IBRL) in the College of Agricultural, Consumer and...

US Equipped to Increase Algae Growth
US - A new analysis shows that the nation's land and water resources could likely support the growth of enough algae to produce up to 25 billion gallons of algae-based fuel a year in the United...

Switching on to Renewables at Cereals 2013
UK - Renewable energy generation is one of the fastest growing technologies on UK farms and there’s nowhere better than Cereals 2013 to help would-be producers find out all they need to know....

Turning the Leaf into a Biodiesel Factory
UK - Two of the prime challenges in bioenergy research are to improve the yield of biomass crops and to make the stored carbon more available for conversion into liquid biofuel....

£10M Fund for Small-scale Biomass Boilers
UK - The UK Green Investment Bank has announced that it will provide £4.9 million - through its Energy Savings Investments (ESI) Fund - to replace inefficient heating systems, in both public...

Agreement to Develop Biofuels Solutions for Aviation
CANADA - BioFuelNet Canada, a not-for-profit organisation hosted by Montreal’s McGill University, has signed an agreement with Air Canada and Airbus to explore biofuel solutions for aviation....

Pretreating Miscanthus Improves Biofuel Economy
US - Two University of Illinois scientists have developed an environmentally friendly and more economical way of pretreating Miscanthus in the biofuel production process....

BBSRC Partner in €15M Europe-wide Biology Funding
EUROPE - The Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) is contributing €3 million as a major partner in a new Europe-wide call for research projects in Synthetic Biology....

Farming Businesses Host Business Secretary
UK - Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills Vince Cable MP and Secretary of State for Scotland Michael Moore MP visited a growing farm-based biomass energy business on Saturday...

Biomass Plant Aids Carcase Disposal
CANADA – Cattle producers in Quebec and eastern Canada will see a drop in their carcase disposal and handling costs thanks to the opening of a biomass boiler plant at the Sanimax rendering...

Developers Rush to Fit Projects Within 400MW Cap
UK - The Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) has launched a “Consultation on a notification process for new build dedicated biomass projects”, with proposals on how to limit new...

Acquisition to Cultivate 100,000 Tons of Seaweed
DENMARK - Seaweed Energy Solutions is to acquire 100 per cent of Denmark's Seaweed Seed Supply, a move that sharply reinforces SES' position as Europe's leading player in large-scale seaweed...

Bioenergy Conference Highlights NZ Opportunities
NEW ZEALAND - A one-day conference in Rotorua this Thursday (16 May), supported by Federated Farmers, will take land owners through the economics of bioenergy, which could become a big part of...

Canadian Biofuels Plant Gets Major Support
CANADA - The Government of Canada has announced that an innovative new technology will reduce industrial GHG emissions by converting CO2 into commercial products....

UK Renewable Fuel Figures Released
UK - The Department of Transport has released figures showing the UK's use of renewable fuel between April 2012 and January....

Senate Ag Committee Releases Farm Bill
US - The National Farmers Union (NFU) is encouraged that the initial draft of the farm bill has been circulated to members of the Senate Agriculture Committee in advance of the committee markup...

UK Ethanol Project Seeks Cash Injection
UK - UK-based biofuels producer Vireol is still hoping to secure more funding for its proposed ethanol plant in Grimsby....

How to Build an On-farm AD Plant
UK - Farmers can learn about Anaerobic Digestion (AD) opportunities open to them at a series of site tours and seminars....

Bulgaria Fuels New Renewable Energy Project
BULGARIA - A new biofuels plant in Sofia, Bulgaria has awarded the construction contract to Greek company Aktor-Helektor....

Cellulose-forming Process Increases Fuel Potential
US - Changing the way a plant forms cellulose could lead to more efficient, less expensive biofuel production, according to Penn State engineers....

Canada's Renewable Opportunities, Challenges
CANADA - Renewable energy and renewable chemicals continue to outperform other sectors - attracting significant global investment. ...

Biorefinery Demo Plant Opened in Norway
NORWAY - Norwegian finance minister Sigbjørn Johnsen officially inaugurated a biorefinery demonstration plant at Borregaard’s production facility in Sarpsborg earlier this month....

New Sorghum Hybrids to Aid Biofuels Sector
US & BRAZIL - Second generation feedstock business NexSteppe has launched its new sorghum hybrid products in the US and Brazil....

Billions in Support, but Biofuel Benefits 'Are Small'
SWITZERLAND - European taxpayers and consumers spent between 9.3 and 10.7 billion euros subsidising biofuels in 2011 with relatively small gains for the environment and the economy, according...