Brazil and China in African Biofuel Projects
AFRICA - Brazil is to join forces with China to produce biofuels in Africa.

DDGS Road Show Fosters Sales of US DDGS
SOUTHEAST ASIA - US distiller’s dried grains with solubles (DDGS) was sold at the Southeast Asia DDGS Road Show, organised by the US Grains Council.

Wheat Production Forecast Cut; Supplies Adequate
GLOBAL - The impact of unfavourable weather events on crops in recent weeks has led FAO to cut its global wheat production forecast for 2010 to 651 million tonnes, from 676 million tonnes reported...

Jatropha - a Bioenergy Crop for the Poor
GLOBAL - Using the energy crop jatropha for biodiesel production could benefit poor farmers, particularly in semi-arid and remote areas of developing countries, according to a report published...

Siemens in Three Major Wind Energy Projects
GLOBAL - German manufacturing giant Siemens has announced three major deals to supply wind energy turbines and the company's expertise to projects in Russia, Scotland and the North Sea.

Export of Wood Chips Bouncing Back
GLOBAL - Export of wood chips from Australia is on the rebound, reports the Wood Resource Quarterly. After last year’s 10 year low, shipments so far in 2010 are up 38 per cent for pine chips...

Green Energy Awards Leading the Way
GLOBAL - Five international winners and a Gold Award winner were awarded over £140,000 prize money in the Ashden Awards for Sustainable Energy 2010.

New Study Predicts Yield for Jatropha
GLOBAL - Jatropha requires higher annual rainfall to achieve significant biofuel production than previously thought, according to a new study in Global Change Biology Bioenergy.

Wind Power Strategic Alliance Expanded
GLOBAL - American Superconductor Corporation, a global power technologies company, and South Korea-based Hyundai Heavy Industries Co., Ltd. on 9 June 2010 announced that they have expanded their...

Global Wind Day – 15 June 2010
GLOBAL - In 2010 the European Wind Energy Association (EWEA) and the Global Wind Energy Council (GWEC) are organising wind events around the world for both the public and the media to come and...

SunEdison and First Reserve in Finance Jont Venture
GENERAL - SunEdison, the solar energy development division of MEMC Electronic Materials, has joined forces with First Reserve Corporation to establish a joint venture, which could provide for...

Phoenix Solar to Build Three Solar Parks
GERMANY - German company Phoenix Solar AG is to build three photovoltaic power plants with a peak power totalling around 21MW for KGAL GmbH & Co. KG (KGAL), a company based in Grünwald near Munich....

Novozymes, Nedalco to Improve Biofuel Production
GLOBAL - Novozymes, the world leader in biofuel enzymes, and Royal Nedalco, a leading yeast developer and ethanol producer, collaborate to develop a new fermentation process that can efficiently...

Southeast Asia Road Show for DDGS Workshops
ASIA - The US Grains Council, in partnership with USDA’ s Foreign Agricultural Service (FAS), is sponsoring several DDGS seminars and trade conferences in Japan, China and Southeast Asia in June...

Focus on Fossil Fuel Subsidies for G20
GLOBAL - International Energy Agency Executive Director Nobuo Tanaka is to attend the G20 Finance Ministers and Central Governors' Meeting on 23 April in Washington, DC to participate in the...

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...

Fuels From Crops 'Worse for Environment'
GLOBAL - Producing fuels from crops causes more damage to the environment than using fossil fuels, it has been claimed.

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.

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...

BP Fourth Quarter Profits Up
GLOBAL - Global oil giant BP's fourth-quarter profit reached $3,447 million, compared with $2,587 million a year ago, an increase of 33 per cent.

Schneider Power in Two Caribbean Wind Projects
GENERAL - In two separate developments, Schneider Power Caribbean Inc, part of Schneider Power Inc, is to press ahead with two wind projects in the Commonwealth of the Bahamas and the Dominican...

Biofuel Feedstock Field Trials in Texas and Brazil
GENERAL - Evogene Ltd is setting up field trials in Texas, USA and north eastern Brazil, for the evaluation of its proprietary castor bean lines.

Enzymes Could Boost Biofuel Production
GLOBAL - The discovery of three enzymes could make it easier to convert crops into eco-friendly sustainable biofuels.

Policy Developments Continue to Drive Biofuel Output
GLOBAL - Once again the global biofuel industry grew in 2009, according to FO Licht.