India is facing an acute energy scarcity which is hampering its industrial growth and economic progress. Setting up of new power plants is inevitably dependent on import of highly volatile fossil fuels. Thus, it is essential to tackle the energy crisis through judicious utilization of abundant the renewable energy resources, such as biomass energy, solar [...]

SECOND-generation biofuels based on sugar cane present a sustainable solution to the world’s energy needs, a leading expert claimed last weekend.
Speaking at the Green Power Forum at the Radisson St Helens Hotel in Dublin, Anders Fredriksson of leading Swedish biofuel company Sekab warned delegates that dwindling oil reserves would allow for only one litre of [...]

BOZEMAN — Recently, the U.S. Department of Energy awarded Montana State University and Utah State University a three-year, $900,000 grant to study the oil produced by algae, which could be a renewable source of biodiesel.
The two universities will split the money more or less down the middle, said Brent Peyton, a professor of chemical and [...]

BOZEMAN, Mont., Oct. 27 /PRNewswire/ — Sustainable Oils has added a veteran Montana agriculture professional to its team focused on building camelina production and marketing opportunities for farmers. Mike Waring joined the company on October 1 as territory sales manager focused on Montana and North Dakota. Waring will be responsible for contracting camelina production acres [...]

ATHENS, Ala. (WAAY) - Alternative fuels are about energy independence, burning cleaner fuels and more ecofriendly energy sources. But none of these can be achieved without those willing to use them.
Ethanol and biodiesel are two alternative fuels that are proven to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, are biodegradable, and are safer to breathe. But who is [...]

CHEYENNE, Wyo. – October 27, 2008 – Northington Energy LLC, one of the nation’s leaders in promoting renewable fuels, announced today the successful completion of the first phase in production testing at its new facility in Wartburg, Tenn.
The eight-acre, 7,500-square-foot biodiesel plant is designed to convert soybean and algae oil into biodiesel, a biodegradable and [...]

While alternative fuels are being heavily studied for automobiles, we’re now seeing a push from a different direction. The aviation industry has taken an intense interest in the subject, and this might be enough to push biofuels over the edge into economic viability. The aviation industry produces only about one-ninth as much carbon dioxide as [...]

London, United Kingdom, 10/25/2008 - Report Buyer, the online destination for business intelligence for major industry sectors, has added a new report providing an outlook for the US biofuel industry.
The report “US Biofuel Market Analysis” anticipates the US biofuel industry, particularly ethanol production, to lead the world biofuel production during 2008-2017. The US has emerged [...]

The Federal Government will spend $15 million on second generation biofuels research and development.
Under the new program businesses and institutions researching second generation biofuels are now able to apply for grants of between $1 million and $5 million.
Second generation biofuels use fuel stocks such as biomass and algae rather than grain or other livestock feed.
Their [...]

Middle Eastern oil sheiks move over. There’s a new kid on the energy block! Bio-fuel is the new green, completely clean fuel source. It’s also known as “agro-fuel” and can be broadly defined as any solid, liquid or gas fuel consisting of or derived from biomass. Biomass is nothing more than materials that were recently [...]