Posted on 28 March 2008 by Luke Hallam
The ASPO Australia web site has a transcript of an address given on 04 Mar 08 to the Brisbane Institute by the Honourable Andrew McNamara, Queensland Minister for Sustainability, Climate Change and Innovation. In his presentation entitled “Highway of Diamonds” the Minister talks about sustainability in terms of climate change, peak oil and population density.
Filed under: Agriculture, Greenhouse gas, Peak oil, Rants | Tagged: Andrew McNamara, ASPO Australia, Climate Change and Innovation, Queensland Minister for Sustainability | 2 Comments »
Posted on 28 March 2008 by Luke Hallam
Shell and Virent have been collaborating for a year on technology that can convert plant sugars directly into petrol and petrol blend components, rather than ethanol. This biogasoline matches petroleum gasoline in functionality and performance.
Filed under: Agriculture, Biofuel, Synthetic diesel, Synthetic jet fuel | Tagged: Shell, Virent, biogasoline, BioForming | 1 Comment »
Posted on 17 March 2008 by Luke Hallam
A decision-support tool developed by the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) has been designed to help ensure that countries can enter the rapidly growing field of bioenergy industry to produce benefits for the poor without jeopardizing their food security.
Filed under: Agriculture, Biofuel | Tagged: United Nations, UN, Food and Agriculture Organization, Utrecht University, Copernicus Institute, Oeko-Institut | No Comments »
Posted on 15 March 2008 by Luke Hallam
Jatoil’s first shareholder newsletter indicates they are making progress with their plans to become a major jatropha oil producer. They’ve bought a controlling interest in an Indonesian company who is already planting jatropha, are setting up a joint venture in Vietnam and the price of crude jatropha oil is looking positive.
Filed under: Agriculture, Biodiesel, Biofuel, Projects | Tagged: crude jatropha oil, Green Energy Vietnam, Indonesia, Jatoil, jatropa, PT Biodiesel Austindo, Vietnam | 4 Comments »
Posted on 13 March 2008 by Luke Hallam
Great news for Greenfleet. They’ve become the first not-for-profit carbon offset provider to be approved by the Australian Government as Greenhouse Friendly™.
Filed under: Agriculture, Greenhouse gas | Tagged: Greenfleet, Greenhouse Friendly | No Comments »
Posted on 10 March 2008 by Luke Hallam
Enffue is a brand owned by Carotino Sdn Bhd, a vertically integrated Malaysian palm oil company that produces biodiesel. On the surface that doesn’t mean much to Australians but when you dig a little deeper you realise SAFF is most likely going to be rebranded to Enffue.
Filed under: Agriculture, Biodiesel, Biofuel, Ethanol, Projects | Tagged: Australian Farmers Fuel, Carotino, Enffue, SAFF | No Comments »
Posted on 8 March 2008 by Luke Hallam
HSR Seeds have developed a breed of sorghum specifically for ethanol production that contains a high grains starch percentage. The breed is called Tiger and HSR Seeds are talking up it potential despite the fact that limited stocks of the seed are available this year.
Filed under: Agriculture, Biofuel, Ethanol | Tagged: HSR Seeds, Tiger, sorghum | No Comments »
Posted on 8 March 2008 by Luke Hallam
The results from a study by an international collaboration between New Zealand’s Scion and AgResearch research instituets, Carter Holt Harvey and Verenium Corporation have found that there are no significant technical or supply barriers to producing ethanol from New Zealand’s softwood feedstocks, despite previous concerns that it was technically too difficult and too expensive.
Filed under: Agriculture, Biofuel, Ethanol, Greenhouse gas | Tagged: AgResearch, Carter Holt Harvey, Scion, Verenium | No Comments »
Posted on 20 February 2008 by Luke Hallam
The ABC is reporting that Tasmania’s first biodiesel plant has been approved, to start operating as early as July. The Macquarie Oil Company will spend half a million dollars on a specially designed facility in Cressy, in Tasmania’s Northern Midlands.
Filed under: Agriculture, Biodiesel, Biofuel, Projects | Tagged: Macquarie Oil Company, Rob Henry | No Comments »
Posted on 17 February 2008 by Luke Hallam
Natural Fuel has announced that it has completed an agreement with GEM BioFuels for the supply of crude jatropha oil feedstock for its Singapore biodiesel facility. GEM Biofuels will initially supply NFL with 2.5% of its Singapore facility production requirements, with supply increasing year on year as its jatropha plantation program in Madagascar develops.
Filed under: Agriculture, Biodiesel, Biofuel | Tagged: GEM BioFuels, Jatropha, Natural Fuel | No Comments »
