International Business News - renewable fuels http://www.ibtimes.com All articles are copyrighted by IBTimes.com 400 100 http://www.ibtimes.com/ http://www.ibtimes.com/images/top_logo_ibt2_3.gif Major automakers asked the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency not to approve higher blends of ethanol in gasoline until the agency has adequate test results showing the fuel would not damage vehicles. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/217166-ethanol.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20090722/automakers-worry-about-more-ethanol-ins-gasoline.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20090722/automakers-worry-about-more-ethanol-ins-gasoline.htm Wed, 22 Jul 2009 09:53:02 EDT Production of biodiesel in the European Union rose by more than 35 percent in 2008 and capacity will grow again this year although half the plants are idle due to poor demand, the EU producers group said on Wednesday. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/216771-biofuel.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20090715/eu-biodiesel-output-35-percent-capacity-growing.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20090715/eu-biodiesel-output-35-percent-capacity-growing.htm Wed, 15 Jul 2009 10:08:34 EDT Exxon Mobil Corp is expected to announce on Tuesday a $600 million investment to produce liquid transportation fuels from algae, the New York Times said. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/216691-exxon-mobil.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20090714/exxon-invest-making-fuel-from-algae-report.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20090714/exxon-invest-making-fuel-from-algae-report.htm Tue, 14 Jul 2009 07:27:11 EDT Average U.S. ethanol margins have risen for the fourth week running as prices for corn, the top raw material cost for distillers, have fallen more than $1 a bushel over the month, experts said. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20090710/ethanol-margins-on-lower-corn-prices.htm Fri, 10 Jul 2009 17:05:44 EDT The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency extended its comment period by 60 days on the Renewable Fuel Standard program or RFS-2, on Thursday. The original period was to end on July 27, 2009. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20090702/epa-extends-comment-period-renewable-fuel-standard-program.htm Thu, 02 Jul 2009 17:24:32 EDT Virent Energy Systems, which hopes to make gasoline-like fuel from plant sugars, expects to raise $25 million to $40 million by the end of the year in its third round of financing, the company's chief executive said on Tuesday. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20090624/virent-biofuel-sees-financing-round-40-million.htm Wed, 24 Jun 2009 07:34:26 EDT Continental Airlines said a blend of biologically derived fuel and jet fuel performed slightly better than jet fuel alone during a test flight by the world's fifth-largest airline. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/215366-continental.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20090618/continental-says-biofuel-did-well-flight-test.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20090618/continental-says-biofuel-did-well-flight-test.htm Thu, 18 Jun 2009 08:12:59 EDT Automaker Daimler AG and Finnish oil firm Neste Oil found carbon dioxide emissions reductions of more than 60 percent during a one year test of 14 Mercedes Benz trucks powered with renewable diesel in Germany. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/215013-daimler.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20090610/neste-alternative-diesel-cut-co2-emissions-60-pct-daimler.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20090610/neste-alternative-diesel-cut-co2-emissions-60-pct-daimler.htm Wed, 10 Jun 2009 18:12:02 EDT The government should delay new rules that expand U.S. use of biofuels until 2011, the oil industry said on Tuesday, because there is too much work to do on the ground-breaking rules to start sooner. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/214925-front-range-energy.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20090610/delay-biofuels-rule-one-years-oil-industry.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20090610/delay-biofuels-rule-one-years-oil-industry.htm Wed, 10 Jun 2009 07:35:37 EDT Raising the allowable levels of ethanol in conventional U.S. gasoline would help push up prices for corn and other grains and ultimately meat and dairy, economists associated with food groups said on Tuesday. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20090609/highers-ethanol-blends-seen-spiking-food-prices.htm Tue, 09 Jun 2009 16:17:53 EDT Industrial-scale production of bioenergy from algae, or seaweeds, can be expected in 10 to 15 years, helping Europe to reach its green energy targets, the top official at a newly created bioenergy body said on Wednesday. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20090603/european-body-sees-algae-fuel-industry-10-15-years.htm Wed, 03 Jun 2009 17:11:19 EDT The Brazilian government and the sugar cane-based ethanol industry are hoping to head off complaints about harmful environmental and labor practices by investing in socially responsible production methods, speakers at the 2nd Ethanol Summit 2009 said on Monday. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/214549-sugar-canes.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20090602/brazil-invest-ethanol-workers-environment.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20090602/brazil-invest-ethanol-workers-environment.htm Tue, 02 Jun 2009 07:50:40 EDT U.S. corn and fuel ethanol prices would rise by 4 cents each if gasoline contained a 15 percent blend of the renewable fuel instead of the current 10 percent, said a University of Missouri think tank. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20090602/uethanol-corn-rise-with-e15-blend-study.htm Tue, 02 Jun 2009 07:48:30 EDT Novozymes, the world's leading maker of industrial enzymes, said on Monday it sees Brazil's ethanol exports doubling by 2020 as the country ramps up production of next generation bio-ethanol. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20090601/novozymes-sees-brazil-biofuels-exports-doubling.htm Mon, 01 Jun 2009 08:17:55 EDT A flight test found that up to 1.4 tonnes of fuel can be saved when mixing jet fuel with a biofuel obtained with the jatropha plant, Air New Zealand said http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20090529/biofuel-used-in-flight-test-may-slash-emissions-by-up-to-65-pct.htm Fri, 29 May 2009 15:13:45 EDT President Barack Obama said on Wednesday he wants to see new types of biofuels commercialized as quickly as possible, but the corn-based ethanol industry needs to remain viable in the meantime. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20090528/obama-seeks-growth-biofuels-beyond-ethanol.htm Thu, 28 May 2009 12:00:44 EDT British clean-fuel companies Oxford Catalysts Group Plc and PolyFuel Inc were awarded government grants in the United States as part of a move to promote alternative energy sources. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/214316-gas-tank.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20090528/two-uk-firms-gets-grants-clean-fuel-technology.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20090528/two-uk-firms-gets-grants-clean-fuel-technology.htm Thu, 28 May 2009 09:41:35 EDT Colombian ethanol output is expected to more than double to 2.42 million liters a day by the end of 2009 as new projects come onstream, Agriculture Minister Andres Fernandez Acosta said on Wednesday. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20090527/colombian-ethanol-output-surge.htm Wed, 27 May 2009 09:54:38 EDT The U.S. biofuels industry would be hamstrung if government regulators choose to use unfair and untested formulas that hold it responsible for greenhouse gases from crops overseas, ethanol groups said on Thursday. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/214044-ethanol.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20090522/ethanol-industry-sees-havoc-land-use-formula.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20090522/ethanol-industry-sees-havoc-land-use-formula.htm Fri, 22 May 2009 09:19:33 EDT Tumbling energy prices over the past year and a lack of credit pushed two U.S. energy companies into Chapter 11 bankruptcy, the latest in a string of such filings. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/213816-ethanol.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20090519/tumbling-prices-pushuenergy-firms-into-chapter-11.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20090519/tumbling-prices-pushuenergy-firms-into-chapter-11.htm Tue, 19 May 2009 07:39:34 EDT