Biofuel

Pilot project with South African Airways involving nicotine-free tobacco plant can lower emissions and preserve agrucultural jobs, company says

US company is building $200m plant in Oregon and has already signed a supply deal with Southwest Airlines

Hainan Airlines service from Shanghai to Beijing uses 50:50 blend of used cooking oil from restaurants and standard jet fuel

Celtic Renewables secures £500,000 investment for bio-butanol product that could potentially replace petrol

Environment Committee of European Parliament paves way for compromise over crop-based fuels blamed for deforestation

Almost 200 civil society organisations warn Europe's biofuel demand has 'devastating' impact, as MEPs consider cap on food-based fuels

Tuesday's vote offers a chance to move away from delays and uncertainty that have characterised biofuel policy, says Novozymes' Nour Amrani

Advanced biofuels industry could spur hundreds of thousands of jobs across Europe, says new report, but key European parliament vote next week could throw clean fuel ambitions into disarray

It doesn’t take a genius to understand the advantages of getting the best raw materials at the best prices. One way to do that – and an increasingly important part of our procurement strategy – is to take advantage of industrial biotechnology

Finding could be "game-changing", industry suggests, but green groups say ideas do not work in practice