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.

Solar-powered Irrigation Boosts Crop Yields
AFRICA - Using solar-powered drip irrigation systems significantly enhances household incomes and nutritional intake in sub-Saharan Africa, new research has shown.

Potential for Bioenergy Sufficient to Meet Demand
GLOBAL - A position paper by World Bioenergy Association (WBA) based on a report by the Department of Energy and Technology at the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU) shows that...

STX Group Wins Eastern Europe Wind Farm Deal
GLOBAL - South Korean conglomerate, STX Group, is to build wind farms across eastern Europe.

Cetrel and Novozymes to Make Biogas from Bagasse
GENERAL - Cetrel, a provider of environmental solutions for the manufacturing industry in Latin America, and producer of industrial enzymes, Novozymes, have announced a research partnership to...

$5.3 billion for North African Solar Plants
AFRICA - Solar power plants which will save 1.7 million tonnes of carbon emissions – the equivalent of taking 600,000 cars off the road – are to be built across North Africa.

World Food Invests in Energy
GLOBAL - World Food Association Organization is looking towards green alternative energy projects to pioneer the change in our planet's climate. The massive project is no small undertaking and...

Asia-Pacific Energy Needs Require $9.7 Trillion
ASIA – The Asia and Pacific region must invest between $7 trillion and $9.7 trillion in the energy sector from 2005 to 2030 to meet the rapidly growing demand for energy in the region, according...

Biofuel Yeast Genomes Could Boost Ethanol Production
GENERAL - As global temperatures and energy costs continue to soar, renewable sources of energy will be key to a sustainable future. An attractive replacement for gasoline is biofuel, and in...

Biofuels Industry Boosted by Oil Copmpany Money
GLOBAL - The biofuels industry is getting a boost from an unlikely set of investors – the traditional oil companies whose products biofuels are meant to replace.

Biofuels Future for Aviation
GLOBAL - Use of biofuels will be one of teh main means for aviation to meet its climate change objectives.

First FAO-BEFSCI Technical Consultation on Sustainable Bioenergy
GLOBAL - The FAO’s Bioenergy and Food Security Criteria and Indicators (BEFSCI) project, which aims to develop detailed principles, criteria and indicators on sustainable bioenergy production...

Conferences in US and Africa
GLOBAL - GreenPower conferences will be holding Bioenergy Markets, West Africa, and next week in Accra, Ghana.

India & UK Join Hands for Solar Research
GLOBAL - The Indian government is tying up with its UK counterpart for research on solar energy in the country. To be jointly conducted by British universities and IIT, the research will be...

Bayer Sequence Genome of Canola
GLOBAL – Bayer CropScience has sequenced the entire genome of rapeseed/canola (Brassica napus) and its constituent genomes present in Brassica rapa and Brassica oleracea.

CGF and DDGS Bode Well as Animal Feed Ingredient
GLOBAL - Adding co-products of US ethanol production like corn gluten feed (CGF) and distiller’s dried grains with solubles (DDGS) to feed rations are feasible solutions to optimizing livestock,...