Submitted by Editorial staff on 3. June 2013 - 10:12
Brazil will invest BRL 6.1bn ($2.85 billion) to fund biofuel and renewable chemical technology research, according to reports. The development will accelerate its efforts to modernise its energy industry and shift away from a commodity-export based economy, Bloomberg has said.
Submitted by Editorial staff on 9. May 2013 - 13:22
Funding to build Brazil's first commercial-scale cellulosic ethanol plant has been approved, according to reports. Brazilian development bank BNDES has approved a BRL 300.3m (USD 150m) loan to develop the plant, which will be used to produce biofuels and renewable chemicals.
Submitted by Anonymous on 19. February 2013 - 10:29
Chemical engineers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) have engineered cells to increase efficiency of biofuel production. The US team has devised a way to dramatically boost isobutanol production in yeast.
Submitted by Anonymous on 11. February 2013 - 10:23
To help accelerate Scottish-Indian trade and potential for collaborations – particularly in the field of renewable energy - Scottish Development International, has opened a new office in India.
Submitted by Anonymous on 29. November 2012 - 11:36
A UK cleantech engineering company is helping Guyana unleash its huge biofuels and biomass potential by supplying membrane technology to an ethanol-producing demonstration plant.
Submitted by Anonymous on 21. November 2012 - 12:22
An Indian biofuel supply chain company has agreed to create a biofuels project using its own feedstock in Ethiopia as part of goverment plans to help the country ease its dependence on imported crude oil.