Biofuel News

A proposed new facility at the University of Illinois will take biofuel processing to the next level.

Ethanol's discount to gasoline widened a day after a government report showed production of the biofuel climbed to the highest level in 11 months.

Shannon Nicholson wiped his brow as he jumped off his tractor one recent afternoon.

Autos from the black lagoon could be a reality in the coming decades, if experiments to transform algae into a fuel source prove successful.

Oil giants make an enormous amount of money, but that doesn't stop them from manipulating the law to yield additional profits.

Kansas State University civil engineers are developing a mix that they hope will reduce concrete's carbon footprint and make it stronger.

The Petrol Retailers' Association, the body that represents U.K. filling stations, said it has offered its analysis of fuel pricing to the European Commission after it said U.K. authorities didn't act on its complaint alleging "anti-competitive practices" in the oil and gasoline markets, The Daily Telegraph reports Thursday Last week, European ... (more)

KLM Royal Dutch Airlines in November 2009 operated its first ever passenger flight powered by sustainable biokerosene.

A company owned by New York venture capital firm Herakles Capital has suspended work on a giant palm oil plantation in Cameroon after protests by environmental groups and villagers, highlighting opposition to land acquisitions in Africa.

A jump in ethanol production to the highest in 11 month, coupled with a rash of buying by feed users, spurred a jump in corn prices on Wednesday, which lifted prices of other crops too.

Lawmakers in the Minnesota House of Representatives passed the conference committee report on the Omnibus Environment, Natural Resources, & Agriculture finance bill this evening by a vote of 71 to 60.

Antony is an automotive obsessive: Whether it drives, sits there looking pretty or intrigues from afar, he'll talk and write about it.

Workers tend to a well head during a hydraulic fracturing operation outside Rifle, in western Colorado.The companies at most risk from high natural gas prices are chemical companies and biofuel companies, Reich writes.

The secret to fish oil's anti-inflammatory properties is that fish become enriched with the fatty acids by eating algae.

The Environmental Protection Authority's report into a proposed commercial algae farm near Karratha has been released for public comment.

The European Commission has asked for information from major oil trading houses such as Glencore, Vitol, Gunvor and Mercuria in connection with its investigation into the alleged oil price rigging by oil companies.

Mixed emotions are emanating from the introduction of the " Foreign Fuels Reduction Act, " introduced by U.S. Senators Joe Manchin and Bob Corker .

Biofuels producers in 38 states recently received payments from the U.S. Department of Agriculture.

The U.S. military's expensive experiments with biofuels - along with the rationale for entire biofuels business - has been gunned down in a fusillade of friendly fire.

Drivers of flex-fuel vehicles now have more options for filling up their tanks,thanks to new E85 pumps recently installed at the Romulus BP gas station at 15024 Middlebelt Road.