17 March 202314 March 2023The EU needs a business case for carbon removalsCarbon 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 2018EU bioeconomy strategy and IPCC – planets apartThe 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 2018RED II perpetuates advanced biofuel trade distortions and incentivises fraudToday, 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 2018RED II Council pressure for double counting renewables must be rejectedTransport 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 2018Straw is not waste but co-product, EU farmers tell CommissionStraw has many uses, from fuel to livestock bedding
6 April 20185 April 2018Europe’s ethanol CEOs besieged by RED II and illusory truthsEurope’s new RED II legislation is a smorgasbord of climate-harming substitutes for domestically sourced conventional ethanol
20 February 201816 February 2018European Commission’s €2 billion support of advanced biofuels questionedEthanol Europe's research argues, that less than 1% of announced advanced biofuel capacity has successfully been materialised
3 November 201727 October 2017Irish Ethanol Europe Renewables works with UN to accelerate shift to low carbonClimate 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 2015Stepping up to a currency moleculeSustainability drives growing interest in renewable chemicals from ethanol
23 April 201521 April 2015Biofuels Digest’s 2015 5-Minute GuideThe potrait of DuPont Industrial Bioscience
1 December 201428 November 2014DuPont process technology to produce 100 million litres cellulosic bioethanolHalf a million tons annually of non-food sorghum, switchgrass and other crops to be farmed in Macedonia
24 October 201423 October 2014Biofuel companies look beyond the gas tankCompanies like Abengoa focussing to make green products and chemicals
25 February 201424 February 2014EU scientists’ biofuels warnings were ignoredEXCLUSIVE / 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
