The world’s first research facility to grow both food and fuel, using desert lands irrigated by seawater, began operations this week on a 2-hectare site in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.…
Desert land and seawater for food and biofuels
Chiara Benetti
Biogas heats construction site in Finland
At SRV’s REDI complex, Finland’s largest urban construction project under way at Kalasatama, Helsinki, the worksite is being heated using clean, renewable Finnish biogas. The use of biogas in site…
European Bioeconomy 2013: € 2.1 trillion turnover and 18.3 million employees
Brussels, 3rd March 2016 – The Bio-based Industries Consortium (BIC) announced at its general assembly the results of the first extensive macro-economic study (*) on the European Bioeconomy. The study shows…
WELTEC Group Acquires 3.3 MW Biogas Plant
In 2015, the WELTEC Group had acquired two biomethane refineries. Now the company has taken the next step on its growth path: In January 2016, Nordmethan GmbH, a subsidiary of…
UNCTAD publishes report on second-generation biofuel markets
UNCTAD has recently published a new report on second-generation biofuel markets seeking to provide public and private practitioners with a macro-picture of the advanced biofuels sector, with a specific focus…
UK’s first electric vehicle to grid charging system
The European Bioenergy Research Institue (EBRI) has announced the successful commission of UK’s first electric vehicle to grid charging system. This technology, which is being investigated as a new method…
Best regions for growing bioenergy crops in the US
A new research of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, has identified the most suitable regions in the United States where bioenergy crops would grow best, while minimizing effects on…
India to take up agri-residues to achieve 10 percent ethanol blending
With a view to achieve the target of 10 percent ethanol blending, Indian government is adopting policies to encourage investment in second generation biofuels that are made from lignocellulosic biomass such…
Assessing the socio-economic benefits of biomass supply chains
Replacing fossil fuels with biomass to produce energy is an effective way of reducing both CO2 emissions and a country’s energy dependency. At the same time, biomass energy can also…
In Mexico, cars will soon run on cactus biomethane
A company has built the world’s first digester to make biogas from the desert plant’s fruit, according to media reports. The plant’s eight-ton daily production will fuel Zitacuaro town hall’s vehicle…
