Royal Dutch Shell plc and its subsidiaries (“Shell”) and Iogen Corporation today announced an extended commercial alliance to accelerate development and deployment of cellulosic ethanol. Read more...

- New plant in Thailand begins operations -

Verenium Corporation (Nasdaq: VRNM), a pioneer in the development of next-generation cellulosic ethanol and high-performance specialty enzymes, and Marubeni Corporation today announced that, pursuant to the terms of their joint development agreement, they are continuing to advance the commercialization of cellulosic ethanol projects utilizing Verenium's proprietary technology in Asia with the opening of a three million-liter-per-year plant in Saraburi, Thailand. Marubeni and Tsukishima Kikai Co., Ltd. have already incorporated Verenium's technology into BioEthanol Japan's 1.4 million-liter-per-year cellulosic ethanol plant in Osaka, which utilizes construction wood waste as a feedstock. Read more...

San Antonio, Texas – The North American Development Bank (NADB) and Global Alternative Fuels, LLC have signed a US$20 million loan agreement for a renewable energy project – NADB’s first loan in this sector. Read more...

Failure to distinguish between good and bad will undermine good biofuels and make climate change worse Read more...

Oxidation stability is an essential test for quality of BXX blends of petrodiesel and biodiesel. EN 15751 outlines the modified Metrohm 873 Rancimat method to analyse the stability of these blends. Read more...