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

UPM to Build Major Biodiesel RefineryFinnish 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 ...

February 7, 2012

EL Pro Policy & Enforcement Briefing: CARB Diesel Vehicles, China vs. EU ETS, Mexico Climate Law

Policy & Enforcement Briefing: CARB Diesel Vehicles, China vs. EU ETS, Mexico Climate LawCalifornia'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 ...

February 6, 2012

EL Pro Policy & Enforcement Briefing: CASE Report, Solyndra Probe, Keystone XL, Halliburton

Policy & Enforcement Briefing: CASE Report, Solyndra Probe, Keystone XL, HalliburtonThe 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 ...

February 1, 2012

EL Pro Policy & Enforcement Briefing: Calif. Car Standards, Dam Removal, Gulf Lease Sale, Biorefinery Help

Policy & Enforcement Briefing: Calif. Car Standards, Dam Removal, Gulf Lease Sale, Biorefinery HelpThe California Air Resources Board has unanimously approved new emissions standards for cars and light trucks, for model years 2017 to 2025. The standard cuts ...

January 30, 2012

Higher Gas Prices: Ethanol Subsidy Expiration Could be to Blame

Higher Gas Prices: Ethanol Subsidy Expiration Could be to BlameThe expiration of ethanol subsidies from the federal government last month may already be driving up gas prices at the pump, according to AutoblogGreen. Earlier ...

January 19, 2012

Lux: Bio-Chem Firms Poised to Revolutionize Industry

Lux: Bio-Chem Firms Poised to Revolutionize IndustryA group of fast-growing bio-based chemicals and materials startups - including Novamont, Arcadia, Elevance, Amyris, Gevo and Solazyme - is rapidly maturing and attaining scale, ...

January 18, 2012

Refiners Fined for Failing to Use Non-Existent Fuel

Refiners Fined for Failing to Use Non-Existent FuelRefiners expect to pay about $6.8 million in government penalties for failing to mix cellulosic biofuel into their gasoline and diesel – even ...

January 11, 2012

EL Pro Lufthansa to End Biofuel Trials, Blaming Low Supplies

Lufthansa to End Biofuel Trials, Blaming Low SuppliesLufhansa 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 ...

January 10, 2012

EL Pro Renewables Briefing: Bloomberg, Nokia, Dalkia and 2012 Biofuels Predictions

Renewables Briefing: Bloomberg, Nokia, Dalkia and 2012 Biofuels PredictionsBloomberg'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 ...

January 6, 2012

Most Read Sustainable Business Stories of 2011

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 ...

December 30, 2011

EL Pro Policy & Enforcement Briefing: RFS2 2012, Keystone XL, SolarWorld, Aviation Carbon Tax

Policy & Enforcement Briefing: RFS2 2012, Keystone XL, SolarWorld, Aviation Carbon TaxThe EPA finalized the Renewable Fuel Standard program (RFS2) 2012 percentage standards for four fuel categories as part of the annual renewable fuel volume ...

December 28, 2011

Shell Wins Emissions Reduction Advertising Battle

Shell Wins Emissions Reduction Advertising BattleThe 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 ...

December 15, 2011

Maersk, US Navy Team Up on Biofuels

Maersk, US Navy Team Up on BiofuelsShipping 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 ...

December 14, 2011

EL Pro Policy & Enforcement Briefing: COP 17 Durban, Gulf Coast Task Force, Chevron Fined

Policy & Enforcement Briefing: COP 17 Durban, Gulf Coast Task Force, Chevron FinedDurban: 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 ...

December 7, 2011

EL Pro Policy & Enforcement Briefing: Climate Pact Setback, California Tailpipe Rules, Biofuel Support

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 ...

November 21, 2011

Navy Launches Algae-Powered Destroyer

Navy Launches Algae-Powered DestroyerThe 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 ...

November 18, 2011

EL Pro Policy & Enforcement Briefing: Energy IG Report, Keystone XL Reroute, Pickens Plan

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 ...

November 16, 2011

United Launching Biofuel Flight Today, with Alaska on Its Heels

United Launching Biofuel Flight Today, with Alaska on Its HeelsUnited Airlines and Alaska Airlines are both launching commercial flights powered by biofuel this week. United, the world's largest airline, will use algae-based ...

November 7, 2011

RFS: Don’t Count Advanced Biofuels Out Yet

RFS: Don’t Count Advanced Biofuels Out YetA new report from the National Academies on the Renewable Fuel Standard recapitulates the growing impatience among environmentalists that cellulosic biofuel ...

October 27, 2011

Virgin to Fly Planes on Waste Gas by 2014

Virgin to Fly Planes on Waste Gas by 2014Virgin Atlantic Airways plans to fly commercial routes, by 2014, with a waste gas-based fuel that the company says has half the carbon ...

October 11, 2011