17 March 202314 March 2023 The EU needs a business case for carbon removals Carbon dioxide from biomethane and ethanol facilities is already routinely separated and transported at scale, for industrial purposes. The practice just needs to be adopted generally
29 October 201828 October 2018 EU bioeconomy strategy and IPCC – planets apart The latest report from the IPCC indicates that biofuels will need to rise 260% by 2030 and 750% by 2050 in order to contain global warming below 1.5°C
24 April 201819 April 2018 RED II perpetuates advanced biofuel trade distortions and incentivises fraud Today, almost all EU “advanced biofuel” comes from fake wastes, including starch, feed grade palm oil, imported used cooking oil (UCO), and even bread
16 April 201811 April 2018 RED II Council pressure for double counting renewables must be rejected Transport is Europe’s biggest climate enemy and the only sector still accelerating its fossil emissions output quicker than climate change programmes can catch up
10 April 20183 April 2018 Straw is not waste but co-product, EU farmers tell Commission Straw has many uses, from fuel to livestock bedding
6 April 20185 April 2018 Europe’s ethanol CEOs besieged by RED II and illusory truths Europe’s new RED II legislation is a smorgasbord of climate-harming substitutes for domestically sourced conventional ethanol
20 February 201816 February 2018 European Commission’s €2 billion support of advanced biofuels questioned Ethanol Europe's research argues, that less than 1% of announced advanced biofuel capacity has successfully been materialised
3 November 201727 October 2017 Irish Ethanol Europe Renewables works with UN to accelerate shift to low carbon Climate Ethanol Alliance to bring together bioethanol producers for the promotion of climate action and the accelerated transition of the transport sector towards low carbon
27 May 201526 May 2015 Stepping up to a currency molecule Sustainability drives growing interest in renewable chemicals from ethanol
23 April 201521 April 2015 Biofuels Digest’s 2015 5-Minute Guide The potrait of DuPont Industrial Bioscience
1 December 201428 November 2014 DuPont process technology to produce 100 million litres cellulosic bioethanol Half a million tons annually of non-food sorghum, switchgrass and other crops to be farmed in Macedonia
24 October 201423 October 2014 Biofuel companies look beyond the gas tank Companies like Abengoa focussing to make green products and chemicals
25 February 201424 February 2014 EU scientists’ biofuels warnings were ignored EXCLUSIVE / The European Commission ignored an internal recommendation from its own scientists for mandatory carbon accounts and crop-specific measurements in a proposal to address the ILUC from biofuels production
