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Today in Biofuels Opinion: “EPA’s framework for categorizing biofuel production technologies is too inflexible.”
Brent Erickson, executive vice president of BIO’s Industrial & Environmental Section: “EPA’s framework for categorizing biofuel production technologies is too inflexible. A better approach would be to allow biofuel producers to estimate the carbon footprint for their plant based on specific data plugged into a flexible, technology neutral analysis tool that can account for future [...]
Inter-American Development Bank releases updates Biofuels Sustainability Scorecard
In Brazil, the Inter-American Development Bank has released a new version of its Biofuels Sustainability Scorecard, which will enable users to better anticipate the impacts of potential biofuel projects on sensitive issues such as indigenous rights, carbon emissions from land use change, and food security.
The Scorecard, an interactive, web-based tool that was released in 2008, [...]
Three conferences explore algae, sustainability and European bioenergy
Three conference events have been added to the heavy fall schedule of biofuels events. In India, the 2nd Algae Biofuels Summit is scheduled for 8-10 September with participation from Total, Shell, Indian Oil, Tata Chemicals, NREL, and others.
In the UK, the Renewable Energy Association is staging the European Bioenergy Expo and Conference October 8-10, including [...]
Sustainable Businesss names Novozymes to global Sustainable Business 20 list
In Denmark, SustainableBusiness.com has chosen Novozymes for its 2009 Sustainable Business 20 (SB20) Stock List, the world’s top 20 leading companies within sustainability and finance. The aim of the list is to help media, NGO’s and investors identify leading companies and show what is required of companies to become classified as sustainable.
The list comprises “Green [...]
European Commission proposes that only sustainably produced biofuels count towards renewable energy targets
The European Commission has proposed that only sustainable produced biofuels and bioliquids would count towards the EU’s renewable energy targets, and will release a final report December 31st on requirements for a sustainability scheme for solid energy use of biomass.
The Commission said it is currently working on a proposal for an all-biomass sustainability scheme. The [...]
Three-part series from Worldwatch on oil palm industry development; addresses deforestation and sustainability standards
In Malaysia and Indonesia, Worldwatch has published a three-part series on the oil palm industry, including an analysis of deforestation impacts of the oil palm industry , the impact of the growing oil palm industry on local farmers , and a third part on the application of 39 specific criteria and eight guiding principles from [...]
Biotech 2009 Life Sciences: Navigating the Sea Change released; survey of BioGreenTech horizons addresses collapse of traditional financing structure for biotech sector
In California, Burrill & Company released its 23rd annual industry report, Biotech 2009 Life Sciences, subtitled Navigating the Sea Change. The report contains extensive analysis and perspective on the performance of the biotech/life sciences industry in 2008 and forward projections for 2009 and beyond, including an extensive section on biofuels.
The 400+ page book analyzes the [...]
Sustainable Biodiesel Alliance partners with Organic Valley to test Baseline Practices for Sustainability
In Texas, the Sustainable Biodiesel Alliance announced a partnership with Organic Valley Family of Farms that would field test the SBA’s Baseline Practices for Sustainability in the feedstock, biodiesel production and distribution. Organic Valley confirmed that it will apply the practices outlined in the BPS document, and report data back to the SBA. In turn,m [...]
National Biodiesel Board releases Sustainability Principles
In San Francisco, the National Biodiesel Board issued its Sustainability Principles, a list of principles designed to demonstrate industry concern and action on issues such as climate change mitigation, human rights, food security, and respect for natural resources. A copy of the principles is available here.
Small towns in Indiana, Colorado demonstrate that “small is beautiful” in renewable vision
Two cities in Indiana and Colorado are demonstrating that small cities and towns can launch advanced renewable energy projects that in the past have only been undertaken by larger cities.
In Kokomo, Indiana, the city launches K-Fuel tomorrow, locally produced biodiesel produced from waste vegetable oils collected from local restaurants that will be used and marketed [...]
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21. KL Energy
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28. St.1 Biofuels Oy
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30. Taurus Energy
31. Ceres
32. Syngenta
33. Aurora Biofuels
34. Bionavitas
35. Algenol
36. Verenium
37. Simply Green
38. Carbon Green
39. SEKAB
40. Osage Bioenergy
41. Dynamotive
42. Sustainable Power
43. ETH Bioenergia
44. Choren
45. OriginOil
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