bioethanol

Motorists could end up paying a premium of up to 8p per litre from next year, according to the Metro newspaper this week. According to reports, nearly one million motorists could suffer as the government prepares to increase the biofuel content in unleaded fuel from five per cent to ten per cent as directed by [...]

A group of retailers, equipment manufacturers, producers, and more, have gathered together to form the “Coalition for E85” in an effort to earn tax credits for the ethanol fuel. From the end of the year, the existing US Federal tax credit for ethanol fuel will expire – meaning that flex fuel drivers will pay as [...]

Electric cars may be widely accepted as the future of motoring, but biofuels clearly still have a strong role to play if a new report from Pike Research is to be believed. It suggests that the increased production and consumption of biofuels will more than double the industry’s market value over the next decade – [...]

It appears that biofuels are more popular than ever after global production leapt by 17 per cent during 2010 and reached an all-time high of 105billion litres. The total is up from 90billion litres in 2009 and, research conducted by Worldwatch Institute’s Climate and Energy Programme, suggests that high oil prices and a global economic [...]

Chrysler is the latest big name car manufacturer to show its support for ethanol production by entering a memorandum of understanding with ZeaChem, Inc. The alliance is meant to accelerate the development and market adoption of cellulosic ethanol with the partners hoping to: strengthen credibility among regulators and American consumers; move away from the “food [...]

Brazilhas a sterling reputation for its biofuels industry – and now the country’s Petrobras Biocombustivel will pour $2.5billion into increasing biodiesel and ethanol production between 2011 and 2015. The amount is part of a total of $4.1billion that has been earmarked for the biofuels business and will also see $1.3billion go towards ethanol logistics and [...]

Agave, the plant used to distil Tequila could be the ideal plant to produce ethanol for motorised transportation. The desert plant has the advantage that it grows well on barren, marginalised land and could therefore be grown as a fuel crop without displacing food production. Much of ethanol production is currently generated from food crops [...]

Lotus Engineering’s Gary Haddon paid a visit to pioneering Leicestershire-based Air Fuel Synthesis (AFS) this week to learn more about the company’s green fuel solution. Taking along with him a prototype Lotus Exige 270E Tri-fuel car, the marketing manager of the luxury car brand discovered more about the company’s liquid fuel which is made using [...]

It had been frequently claimed that fuel consumption is significantly higher with E10 ethanol blends compared to E5 blends prompting many drivers to steer clear of using these higher blends. However, a new study appears to put that theory to bed. VTT Technical Research Centre in Finland has found that there is practically no difference [...]

The results of last week’s Shell Eco-Marathon have come through with an amazing three new records to add to the European event. The Shell Eco-marathon in Europe took place between 26 and 28 May last week and saw school and college student teams from around the continent test their own designed and built energy efficient [...]