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.
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 ...
Policy & Enforcement Briefing: Another EPA Rule Eased, Veto Threat, PA Shale Fees
The EPA will ease emissions restrictions on 27 states in its Cross-State Air Pollution Rule, the latest retreat for the agency under fire from industry and ...
Bush Brothers, Dairyland Partner on Wastewater Energy Plant
Dairyland Power Partners plans to to buy electricity created by an anaerobic wastewater system at a Bush Brothers & Co. plant in Augusta, Wis.
The digester plant ...
EA6B Prowler Flies on Biofuel
An EA-6B Prowler successfully completed its inaugural biofuel flight , continuing ...
Policy & Enforcement Briefing: Double Counting Biofuels, Regulatory Timeout, Stricter Offshore Standards
The Obama administration has told a federal court that it has no objection to reopening lawsuits brought by both industry and environmental groups challenging national ...
Policy and Enforcement Briefing: Unspent Stimulus, Chorus of Criticism over Ozone, NY Fracking Study
About one-third of the money authorized for an energy efficiency program in the 2009 economic stimulus bill has not yet been spent despite promises to immediately create ...
