NNFCC Market Review: Biofuels, July 2012

Each month we review the latest announcements and news from across the global biofuels market. This service is exclusively for our business members.

This months highlights include:

Market

• Biofuels accounted for 3.5% of energy used in UK road transport in 2011
• New Defra report – Can biofuels policy work for food security?
• BP Alternative Energies will focus on wind and biofuel in wake of solar exit
• BP launches “game changing” biofuels at London Olympics
• Filipino vegetable oil shortage looms
• $62 million Government funding for advanced biofuels in US

Bioethanol

• INEOS Bio complete build of Florida bioethanol plant
• Aemetis announces acquisition of Cilion and California ethanol plant
• DYADIC demonstrate new cellulosic biofuels enzyme

Biodiesel

• OMV and BDI open first of its kind wood to diesel pilot plant in Austria

Biobutanol

• Gevo and Beta Renewables sign agreement to develop integrated process for cellulosic isobutanol

Biomethanol

• Sundrop licenses ExxonMobil tech for waste to biomethanol plant

Algal Biofuels

• Solazyme inaugurates algal biorefinery

Aviation Biofuels

• British Airways first-of-its-kind waste to jet fuel project finds technology provider
• South African Airways aims for 50 per cent biofuel by 2020

Source

NNFCC, 2012-08-03.

Supplier

Aemetis, Inc.
Beta Renewables
BP
British Airways
Bundesverband der Deutschen Industrie e.V. BDI
Dyadic International, Inc.
Exxon
Gevo Inc.
INEOS Bio
OMV AG
South African Airways
Sundrop Fuels, Inc.
TerraVia

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