Biofuels

Chain restaurants, cattle industry, U.S. congressmen have had enough of corn-based fuels that are pushing up prices throughout the food chain.

22 | June 17, 2013 11:11am | By Mark Halper

As regular biofuel passenger flights take off, environmental group condemns biofuels for causing poverty, raising food prices and possibly increasing CO2. Is there no jet alternative to fossil fuels?

12 | July 15, 2011 5:06am | By Mark Halper

Aircraft maker, airlines and European Commission plan to add 2 million tons of sustainable fuel to aviation industry by 2020. Sounds impressive, but it's really just a drop in the barrel.

4 | June 22, 2011 9:51am | By Mark Halper

"The Morning Briefing" is SmartPlanet's daily roundup of must-reads from the web. This morning we're reading about biofuel production.

4 | October 29, 2012 2:26am | By Charlie Osborne

"The Morning Briefing" is SmartPlanet's daily roundup of must-reads from the web. This morning we're reading about the biofuel industry.

2 | January 8, 2013 12:58am | By Charlie Osborne

BMW is supplying thousands of vehicles to shuttle athletes and officials during the London 2012 Olympics. Some of them will be piloting BP's advanced biofuel hopefuls.

July 18, 2012 10:28am | By Kirsten Korosec

Showtime in Germany. With all the demonstration flights behind it, Lufthansa will start using jet biofuels on its Hamburg-Frankfurt route next Friday, a world first.

2 | July 8, 2011 6:00am | By Mark Halper

According to a National Research Council report, it might be easier to catch a cloud and pin it down. The report concludes it's unlikely the U.S. will meet next-gen biofuel mandates and questioned...

1 | October 5, 2011 3:31pm | By Kirsten Korosec

"The Morning Briefing" is SmartPlanet's daily roundup of must-reads from the web. This morning we're reading about biofuel production.

4 | May 8, 2012 1:35am | By Charlie Osborne

Soon a Lufthansa airbus will begin taking to the sky on a biofuel blend between Frankfurt and Hamburg, Germany. But will it fly economically?

4 | November 30, 2010 4:00am | By Melissa Mahony

KLM and EADS see a future in aviation biofuels.

1 | May 10, 2011 9:20am | By Mark Halper

"The Morning Briefing" is SmaertPlanet's daily roundup of must-reads from the web. This morning we're reading about biofuel research and opinion.

4 | February 7, 2013 12:58am | By Charlie Osborne

"The Morning Briefing" is SmartPlanet's daily roundup of must-reads from the web. This morning we're reading about biofuel production.

11 | August 21, 2012 11:55pm | By Charlie Osborne

Algae-based jet fuel developed by Solazyme and Honeywell helped power a United Airlines flight today, making it the first commercial U.S. domestic transport to use the next-generation biofuel.

1 | November 7, 2011 10:18am | By Kirsten Korosec

After spending tens of millions of dollars in pursuit of commercial-scale cellulosic ethanol production, BP has walked away from the project.

1 | October 26, 2012 9:49am | By Kirsten Korosec

Scientists at Tel Aviv University are dedicating study to seaweed as a sustainable biofuel feedstock, and are proposing that the oceans are a better source of energy than farmland.

1 | March 5, 2012 6:26pm | By David Worthington

"The Morning Briefing" is SmartPlanet's daily roundup of must-reads from the web. This morning we're reading about biofuels.

May 28, 2012 1:03am | By Charlie Osborne

"The Morning Briefing" is SmartPlanet's daily roundup of must-reads from the web. This morning we're reading about biofuel production.

1 | July 19, 2012 1:10am | By Charlie Osborne

A biofuel executive is questioning whether research and development will be squandered without government investment into production.

10 | August 17, 2011 8:22pm | By David Worthington

Plant-based jet fuel maker has scheduled the first non-stop trans-Atlantic biofuel flight, leaving this Friday from New Jersey to Paris.

4 | June 14, 2011 5:40am | By Mark Halper