Renewable Fuels

Butamax files lawsuit against Gevo

Butamax Advanced Biofuels, LLC, a technology leader in biobutanol, released a statement regarding Gevo’s allegations on …

Scania switches to bioethanol

Scania, a leading manufacturer of trucks and buses for heavy transport applications, and a producer of industrial and marine engines, is now focusing its …

Shell, BP rank highest among majors in Pike biofuels report

Although the biofuels industry is still in its infancy stage, it already accounts for almost 30 billion gallons of production. The amount of …

Volkswagen, Amyris and Solazyme promote use of renewable fuels

Volkswagen of America announced that it will work with Solazyme and Amyris, two of the world’s leaders in renewable fuels, to evaluate emissions reductions …

Agroconsult predicts 15% growth for Brazil’s ethanol production

Production of ethanol in Brazil is expected to grow by 15% year-on-year, to 23.8 billion liters in the forthcoming 2012-13 season. Agroconsult, the consulting …

Tata Chemicals to write off bioethanol pilot projects

Tata Chemicals Limited (TCL), the world’s second largest producer of salt and soda ash, announced that it will write off its investments in biofuels …

Indian oil marketers resist biodiesel blending

India’s Minister of New and Renewable Energy, Farooq Abdullah, said that despite the presence of production facilities with capacities of up to 3,470 tons …

China ships used cooking oil for conversion to aviation fuel

Fresh Bio-Energy Technology Development Company Ltd. sold 20 tons of used cooking oil to SkyBRG, a Dutch biofuel supplier. The oil will be …

Petrobras to invest US$164 million in second-generation ethanol

Brazil’s Petrobras said it will invest US$164 million to produce second-generation ethanol. Petrobras expects an annual output of between 90 and 100 million liters …

New ethanol plant in the Philippines to open in June

The opening of Green Future Innovations’ US$120-million plant in Isabela, in the northern area of Luzon, in the Philippines, was postponed to June due …