Biofuel
Biofuels are fuels made of biologic raw materials such as biomass. This section examines different types of renewable biofuels including those made from plants and animal byproducts. We also explore bio fuel tax credits, renewable fuel standard mandates (RFS), and efforts to reduce dependence on fossil fuels by using biofuel to decrease greenhouse gas emissions and lower carbon footprints.
UPM to Build Major Biodiesel Refinery
Finnish paper company UPM is to build the world's first industrial-scale plant to turn a wood byproduct into biodiesel.
The Lappeenranta, Finland, biorefinery will produce annually ...
Policy & Enforcement Briefing: CARB Diesel Vehicles, China vs. EU ETS, Mexico Climate Law
California's On-Road Heavy-Duty Diesel Vehicles (In-Use) Regulation has shifted the reporting date to March 30, 2012, for most privately and federally owned diesel fueled trucks ...
Policy & Enforcement Briefing: CASE Report, Solyndra Probe, Keystone XL, Halliburton
The Coalition for Affordable Solar Energy (CASE) has found that levying 100-percent import duties on Chinese-made solar cells and modules may cost more than ...
Policy & Enforcement Briefing: Calif. Car Standards, Dam Removal, Gulf Lease Sale, Biorefinery Help
The California Air Resources Board has unanimously approved new emissions standards for cars and light trucks, for model years 2017 to 2025. The standard cuts ...
Higher Gas Prices: Ethanol Subsidy Expiration Could be to Blame
The expiration of ethanol subsidies from the federal government last month may already be driving up gas prices at the pump, according to AutoblogGreen.
Earlier ...
Lux: Bio-Chem Firms Poised to Revolutionize Industry
A group of fast-growing bio-based chemicals and materials startups - including Novamont, Arcadia, Elevance, Amyris, Gevo and Solazyme - is rapidly maturing and attaining scale, ...
Refiners Fined for Failing to Use Non-Existent Fuel
Refiners expect to pay about $6.8 million in government penalties for failing to mix cellulosic biofuel into their gasoline and diesel – even ...
Lufthansa to End Biofuel Trials, Blaming Low Supplies
Lufhansa is ending trials using biofuels to power flights, because it can't find reliable supplies, Reuters reports.
The final flight in the trial program will ...
Renewables Briefing: Bloomberg, Nokia, Dalkia and 2012 Biofuels Predictions
Bloomberg's Princeton office is close to completing installation of a 1.8 MW solar power system that should generate the equivalent of over 50 percent of ...
Most Read Sustainable Business Stories of 2011
Every day this week we've been looking at a different aspect of environmental and sustainability management and counting down the top stories that grabbed ...
Policy & Enforcement Briefing: RFS2 2012, Keystone XL, SolarWorld, Aviation Carbon Tax
The EPA finalized the Renewable Fuel Standard program (RFS2) 2012 percentage standards for four fuel categories as part of the annual renewable fuel volume ...
Shell Wins Emissions Reduction Advertising Battle
The U.K.'s advertising watchdog has ruled in favor of oil giant Shell over claims it made in a magazine advert that its biofuels reduced CO2 ...
Maersk, US Navy Team Up on Biofuels
Shipping firm Maersk and the U.S. Navy are testing algae-based biofuel on the container ship Maersk Kalmar. The ship is en route from Northern Europe to ...
Policy & Enforcement Briefing: COP 17 Durban, Gulf Coast Task Force, Chevron Fined
Durban: The world's biggest polluters -China, the United States and India - remain firmly against a new legal commitment to curb their carbon emissions. The nations ...
Policy & Enforcement Briefing: Climate Pact Setback, California Tailpipe Rules, Biofuel Support
The world's richest countries have all but given up on a new climate treaty that would take effect this decade ahead of next month's talks in ...
Navy Launches Algae-Powered Destroyer
The U.S. Navy sent a destroyer ship powered by algae-based fuel on a 20-hour trip Wednesday, the largest alternative fuel test it has undertaken to date.
Some ...
Policy & Enforcement Briefing: Energy IG Report, Keystone XL Reroute, Pickens Plan
The criticism is coming from all corners for the Energy Department. The department's inspector general issued a report on Tuesday recommending that the department rein in ...
United Launching Biofuel Flight Today, with Alaska on Its Heels
United Airlines and Alaska Airlines are both launching commercial flights powered by biofuel this week.
United, the world's largest airline, will use algae-based ...
RFS: Don’t Count Advanced Biofuels Out Yet
A new report from the National Academies on the Renewable Fuel Standard recapitulates the growing impatience among environmentalists that cellulosic biofuel ...
Virgin to Fly Planes on Waste Gas by 2014
Virgin Atlantic Airways plans to fly commercial routes, by 2014, with a waste gas-based fuel that the company says has half the carbon ...
