Bioenergy News for September 2010

Bioenergy News Archive

BLOGS: What do Jimi Hendrix and wind turbines have in common?!

Have a look at our latest blog and find out...

Call for entries: Ashden Awards for Sustainable Energy Call for entries: Ashden Awards for Sustainable Energy

The organisers of the Ashden Awards for Sustainable Energy is seeking entries from "inspirational and innovative" local sustainable energy programmes from Asia, Africa and Latin America.

Brazilian ethanol biofuel: deficit unlikely

Contrary to expectations, the Brazilian ethanol market is unlikely to face a deficit in 2010/11 (as was the case in 2009/10) due to producer stockpiling.

Accelerating algae aviation biofuels

Airbus, British Airways and Cranfield University in the UK are cooperating on aviation biofuels from renewable sources like microalgae.

Seaweed biofuel partnership formed Seaweed biofuel partnership formed

A strategic partnership to develop and produce biofuel from seaweed has been formed between California-based Bio Architecture Lab (BAL) and Norwegian oil giant Statoil.

Easing lignocellulosic biofuel production Easing lignocellulosic biofuel production

Following the discovery of the genes of two enzymes that toughen plants, researchers aim to breed non-food crops that require less processing, energy and chemicals to convert them into biofuel.

DP CleanTech wood chip boiler plant in Lituania

DP CleanTech will add a wood chip biomass plant to a pre-existing fossil fuel burning plant in Lithuania.

Canadian waste-to-energy facility under construction Canadian waste-to-energy facility under construction

Enerkem Inc has started the construction of an industrial-scale biofuels project using municipal solid waste.