http://www.chemweek.com Chemical Week en-us 2008 Sat, 22 Nov 2008 12:00:54 EST Amyris Biotechnologies says it has opened its first pilot plant producing renewable diesel fuel from sugar cane, at Emeryville, CA. The... http://www.chemweek.com/markets/alternative_fuels/biodiesel/15364.html Mon, 17 Nov 2008 0:00:00 EST The establishment of a global biofuels industry “will be much more difficult to achieve than originally thought,” according to a study published this week by consulting group... http://www.chemweek.com/markets/alternative_fuels/biodiesel/14107.html Tue, 9 Sep 2008 0:00:00 EDT U.K. government body the Renewable Fuels Agency (RFA; St. Leonards-on-Sea, U.K.) in its first monthly report on the supply of biofuels in the U.K. has identified that between mid-April to... http://www.chemweek.com/markets/alternative_fuels/biodiesel/13549.html Tue, 12 Aug 2008 0:00:00 EDT The European Parliament’s environment committee has voted to scale down the European Commission’s previously announced plans to make biofuels account for 10% of transport fuel... http://www.chemweek.com/markets/alternative_fuels/biodiesel/12950.html Mon, 14 Jul 2008 0:00:00 EDT The European Union (EU) has launched antisubsidy and antidumping investigations into imports of biodiesel from the U.S. The European Commission says that complaints lodged earlier this month by... http://www.chemweek.com/markets/alternative_fuels/biodiesel/12597.html Mon, 23 Jun 2008 0:00:00 EDT Technip says it has been awarded a cost-plus-fee services contract by Neste Oil for a previously announced new-generation diesel... http://www.chemweek.com/markets/alternative_fuels/biodiesel/12609.html Mon, 23 Jun 2008 0:00:00 EDT Evonik Industries says it will discontinue production of orthoesters at its Niederkassel, Germany plant in the third quarter of this year, due to overcapacity, high raw... http://www.chemweek.com/markets/alternative_fuels/biodiesel/12389.html Wed, 11 Jun 2008 0:00:00 EDT Global Energy Trading Company (Getco; Fort Lauderdale, FL) says it has begun buying up “large tracts of land in Colombia and Peru” on which to grow jatropha, a weed-like shrub, for... http://www.chemweek.com/markets/alternative_fuels/biodiesel/12375.html Tue, 10 Jun 2008 0:00:00 EDT Allegro Biodiesel (Los Angeles) has signed a letter of intent to sell its biodiesel venture Vanguard Synfuels, which operates a 12-million gal/year... http://www.chemweek.com/markets/alternative_fuels/biodiesel/12231.html Mon, 2 Jun 2008 0:00:00 EDT Environmental pressure group Greenpeace in the past few days says it has stepped up its campaign to raise awareness about rainforests in Indonesia that are being destroyed to make way for palm... http://www.chemweek.com/markets/alternative_fuels/biodiesel/11544.html Thu, 24 Apr 2008 0:00:00 EDT