Scientists are turning agricultural leftovers, wood and fast-growing grasses into a huge variety of biofuelseven jet fuel. But before these next-generation biofuels go mainstream, they have to compete with oil at $60 a...

In California, Raven Biofuels gave an overview of the companys process and prospects. The company has a proprietary cellulosic ethanol process, based on two-stage dilute acid...

In Florida, AG-Oil announced that it would collaborate with United Environment and Energy, Argonne National Laboratory, University of Florida and the University of Southern Illinois to build and operate a pilot-scale non-food oilseed biodiesel & algae based integrated...

In China, researchers at Tsinghua University in China have concluded that sugarcane juice is a viable feedstock for biodiesel production. The Tsinghua team published a study in Energy & Fuels, saying that heterotrophic fermentation of algae offers several advantages as compared to ethanol...

In Texas, Kinder Morgan announced that the Plantation Pipeline completed the first commercial transportation of biodiesel. Plantation completed the first transmarket commercial shipment of B5 biodiesel on a mainline segment of the...

Kinder Morgan Energy Partners has announced the first U.S. commercial shipment of biodiesel through a pipeline, boosting the potential for wider distribution of the alternative...

, Massachusetts will become the first state in the country to implement a biofuel mandate for both home heating oil and transportation diesel fuel. Retail and wholesale heating oil suppliers are currently preparing for this landmark shift to a cleaner burning fuel, and the Massachusetts Oilheat...

In Colorado, algae photobioreactor pioneer Solix Biofuels announced the completion of its $16.8 million Series A capital funding that added Shanghai Alliance Investment to its...

In Canada, SRS Engineering announced that it will build a 10 Mgy multi-feedstock biodiesel plant in Alberta. The company will partner with project developer ReNvision Biofuels and utilize camelina, canola and animal residues as...

Midland, MI. /PRNewswire/ - The Dow Chemical Company (NYSE: DOW) announced today that it plans to work with Algenol Biofuels, Inc. to build and operate a pilot-scale algae-based integrated biorefinery that will convert CO2 into ethanol.

Abundant Biofuels seeks to address supply problems of the 150+ biodiesel refineries in the U.S. with long-term supply...

Scania has sold 85 ethanol-powered articulated buses to Busslink, operator of bus services for Storstockholms Lokaltrafik (SL), the regional public transport company in the Swedish...

Associated Press - June 28, 2009 2:24 PM ET CADIZ, Ky. (AP) - A western Kentucky county has landed $1 million in seed money in federal stimulus funds for planning, designing and starting up a biofuels facility that would turn wood into...

Source: USDA news release Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced today that USDA Rural Development has approved a $25 million loan to enable a Minnesota biodiesel facility to diversify its operations and significantly expand the production of advanced biofuels.

FORT MYERS, Fla. (AP) What some see as the biofuel of the future starts out as short, thick stems with a few leaves sticking out at sharp angles. But in just a few years, they will be tall, leafy trees with bright green spherical pods spilling their seeds all over the...

MONTEREY, Calif., June 24 /PRNewswire/ -- Dr. Charles Fishel, Chairman of Abundant Biofuels Corporation, noted that "There are about 100 biodiesel refineries operating below capacity and another 47 idle refineries in the United States,...

Plants in the United States are capable of producing enough ethanol to replace gasoline within 20 years, Poet President Jeff Broin says. Facilities currently produce...

County gets grant for seed crusher, silo as part of Eco...

Philip and Michael Bates, the brothers behind MPB Bioproducts, are running one of the tractors on their farm using 100% biodiesel produced using their own...

U.S. Energy Secretary Steven Chu said in Des Moines Monday that all cars built in the United States ought to be able to run on E85, the ethanol-blended...

North Andover, MA Baystate Biofuels, LLC is taking the final steps necessary to officially open its doors and start delivering a green energy, petroleum alternative to the...

SUGAR LAND--June 23, 2009--Researched by Industrial Info Resources (Sugar Land, Texas)--Privately held biofuels startup Eastman Biofuels LLC (Beausejour, Manitoba) is wrapping up construction activity at the company's new biodiesel plant in Beausejour and expects to begin producing fuel..

SAN JOSE, COSTA RICA: Renewable fuels provider New Generation Biofuels Holdings Inc. (Nasdaq: NGBF) has signed a Letter of Intent (LOI) with Instituto Costarricense de Electricidad (ICE), an autonomous institution of the Government of Costa...

Disconnected information on biofuels scattered across numerous Web sites and geographical areas can make it difficult to find the right source. The Biofuels Center of North Carolina launched a global wiki in April to address the problem.

In Arizona, algae biofuels pioneer PetroSun announced that it had signed with the town of Gilbert to commence an algae-to-biofuels wastewater pilot program at the Neely Wastewater Reclamation...

In China, the State Energy Administration is making concrete plans for biodiesel promotion, according to a professor from the Chinese Academy of Sciences, and is considering the adoption of a B5 biodiesel standard, commencing as soon as next year in Beijing, Shanghai and...

In Japan, Tsusho Corp., the trading arm of the Toyota group, has commenced a one-hectare jatropha trial in the Philippines and will prepare a feasibility study of a biodiesel...

(AsiaPulse via COMTEX) -- A ground-breaking ceremony to build northern Vietnam's first bio-ethanol plant was held in the midland province of Phu Tho on June 21, in the presence of National Assembly Vice Chairwoman Tong Thi...

In the Philippines, Pacific Bio-Fields Holdings announced that it has received approval to cultivate 400,000 hectares of unused public land in Luzon for coconut biodiesel...

An Argentine town has launched a program requiring restaurants to hand over their used vegetable oils to be distilled into biodiesel, which is then used to run the city's vehicles and public...