Amyris/Total: two-year agreement to supply renewable jet fuel for Cathay Pacific
A 10% blend of Amyris renewable jet fuel was used to power the delivery flight of the first Airbus A350 XWB to enter the Cathay Pacific fleet.
Workshop Algennetzwerk
Am 31.5. 2016 trafen sich über 40 Algen-ExpertInnen aus Wissenschaft und Industrie an der FH in Wels, um den aktuellen Stand von Wissenschaft, Forschung und Marktumsetzung zu diskutieren.
CLEANER SKIES ARE FRIENDLIER: NRDC’s 2016 Aviation Biofuel Scorecard
The aviation industry is the transportation sector with the fastest growth in GHG emissions.
First step towards an Australian green-fuel biorefinery
Australia’s first ‘biorefinery’ capable of producing renewable diesel and jet fuels from plant material could become a reality in Queensland with support from the Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA).
Um 7,3% mehr Pkw-Neuzulassungen im Mai 2016; bisheriges Kalenderjahr 2016 positiv
Im Mai 2016 wurden 28.462 Personenkraftwagen (Pkw) neu zum Verkehr zugelassen, um 7,3% mehr als im selben Monat des Vorjahres.
11th A3PS Conference - Feasible Propulsion and Vehicle Technologies versus Political Visions
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Nissan announces development of the world’s first SOFC-powered vehicle system that runs on bio-ethanol electric power
Nissan Motor Co., Ltd. announced that it is currently researching and developing a Solid Oxide Fuel-Cell (SOFC)-powered system that runs on bio-ethanol electric power.
Biodiesel to power lighting at Euro 2016
Greentech Biofuels, an Irish firm specialising in green energy solutions, has teamed up with Saint Etienne Metropole and Ondaine Agro in order to bring biofuel-powered floodlights to one of the stadiums hosting Euro 2016.
Nationaler Workshop Biotreibstoffe
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Am 29. September 2016 wird im bmvit ein Nationaler Workshop "Biotreibstoffe" stattfinden.
Proposed Renewable Fuel Standards for 2017, and the Biodiesel Volume 2018
EU genehmigt Austrian Agricultural Certification Scheme
Mit Durchführungsbeschluss (EU) 2016/708 der Kommission vom 11. Mai 2016 wurde das lang erwartete nationale Nachhaltigkeitssystem von der Europäischen Kommission genehmigt
Decarbonisation of Transport
The European Biofuels Technology Platform (EBTP) 7th Stakeholder Plenary Meeting (SMP7) will take place at the Thon Hotel EU, Rue de la Loi, Brussels, on 21 June 2016.
Mobilising sustainable bioenergy supply chains: opportunities for agriculture
A workshop in collaboration with GSE, FAO and IRENA was held in conjunction with ExCo77 in Rome, Italy on the 17th May 2016.
NEXBTL diesel to power San Francisco's city fleet
Neste's NEXBTL renewable diesel is now being used by the City and County of San Francisco, California. San Francisco announced that San Francisco has completely ended its use of petroleum diesel in the City's fleet and replaced it with renewable diesel.
Canadian jet biofuel initiative
Montréal-Trudeau Airport has been chosen by Canada’s Biojet Supply Chain Initiative (CBSCI) for a project to supply aircraft with aviation biofuel from a shared fuel system.
Transportaufkommen auf der Schiene 2015 leicht gesunken
2015 wurden insgesamt 97,6 Millionen Tonnen (Mio. t) an Gütern auf dem österreichischen Schienennetz von in- und ausländischen Eisenbahnunternehmen befördert, was einem Minus von 0,6% gegenüber 2014 entsprach.
Urgent and important for all European Biofuels Stake Holders:
Diversify and strengthen energy options for sustainable transport
India’s First 2G-Alcohol Plant
India’s firstSecond Generation (2G) Alcohol demonstration plant was inaugurated on 22ndApril 2016by Dr. Harsh Vardhan, Minister of Science & Technology and Earth Sciences
Cellulosic Biorefineries – where are we today and tomorrow?
These questions have been discussed at a panel of the 2016 BIO World Congress on Industrial Biotechnology.
Almost all U.S. gasoline is blended with 10% ethanol
Blends of petroleum-based gasoline with 10% ethanol, commonly referred to as E10, account for more than 95% of the fuel consumed in motor vehicles with gasoline engines.
