`Benefits of biofuel use on environment overestimated`

Last Updated: Saturday, June 9, 2012, 18:42

Calculations of GHGs emissions from bioenergy production are neglecting crucial information that has led to the overestimation of the benefits of biofuels.

Airplane rivals launch joint biofuel project

Last Updated: Friday, March 23, 2012, 12:04

Plane makers and bitter rivals Airbus of Europe, Boeing of the US and Embraer of Brazil have announced a joint plan to develop affordable biofuels for the airplane industry.

Biofuel cell-implanted snails can generate electricity

Last Updated: Sunday, March 18, 2012, 12:14

Researchers have for the first time implanted a biofuel battery in a living snail, which can produce electrical power.

Finnish firm to build world`s first bio-refinery

Last Updated: Friday, February 10, 2012, 13:05

The demand for biofuels is expected to grow by approximately seven percent a year in the European Union.

Soon, biofuel made from whiskey to power cars

Last Updated: Thursday, January 26, 2012, 20:15

A start-up firm in Scotland will soon be manufacturing biofuel made from whisky by-products, which could be used as a direct alternative for fossil-derived fuel.

UAE carrier operates first biofuel-powered flight

Last Updated: Thursday, January 26, 2012, 11:16

UAE`s national carrier Etihad Airways has operated its first biofuel-powered flight, a step towards encouraging the use of sustainable fuel in airline operations in the region.

Fermented Xmas cards can sponsor a moon trip

Last Updated: Saturday, December 24, 2011, 18:44

A new study has found that if all of UK’s discarded Christmas cards were collected and fermented, they could make a moon trip 20 times.

Biofuel policy needs rethink, says UN expert

Last Updated: Saturday, November 26, 2011, 20:44

The UN special rapporteur on the right to food urged the EU for a rethink on biofuels Friday, saying huge errors had been committed in the initial enthusiasm for an alternative to harmful fossil fuels.

E.Coli may hold key to turning plants into biofuel

Last Updated: Thursday, November 17, 2011, 19:26

Common stomach bug E.coli may hold the key to turning plants into biodiesel, which is hailed as a possible solution to reducing our reliance on fossil fuels.

Chinese plane flies on biofuel

Last Updated: Friday, October 28, 2011, 17:19

Air China Friday conducted the first trial flight of a passenger plane powered by a mix of biofuel and traditional aviation fuel.

Biofuels will worsen CO2 emissions: Study

Last Updated: Monday, October 24, 2011, 17:17

Emphasis on biofuels as an alternative to conventional fuels would increase carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from forests by 14 percent, researchers said.

Brazilian oil giant to build world's largest ethanol plant

Last Updated: Friday, August 19, 2011, 12:37

Brazilian state-controlled oil giant Petrobras and private sugar and ethanol group Sao Martinho said they planned to build an ethanol plant with the capacity to produce 700 million liters of the biofuel annually.