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  • Algae Tec in Worley Parsons deal

    March 22, 2013 - no Comments

    Perth-based biofuel company, Algae.Tec has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Australian engineering company WorleyParsons Ltd. The MOU will provide a framework for WorleyParsons to provide development support to

  • Solid Energy spent NZ$60 million on Biofuels

    March 14, 2013 - no Comments

    Failed state-owned NZ utility Solid Energy spent NZ$60 million building up a portfolio of biofuel assets before collapsing with total debts of around NZ$400 million, a parliamentary select committee has

  • Oz biofuels could power US Navy

    March 8, 2013 - no Comments

    Australian biotechnology research and development company Agritechnology has secured a site for their biofuels demonstration plant in Orange in New South Wales, with ultimate sights on supply such customers as

  • More biofuels for NZ

    February 15, 2013 - no Comments

    New Zealand motorists will now have easier access to cleaner biofuels from their local petrol stations. Victorian-based biofuels producer Green Fuels and New Zealand fuel distributor Z Energy recently launched

  • Biofuel plan for Tasmania

    January 30, 2013 - no Comments

    Tasmania’s timber communities in the Huon Valley and Dorset are hoping the area’s waning forestry industry could become the main source for Australia’s first commercial biofuel plant. Formal talks have

  • McGrease to power McTrucks

    December 20, 2012 - no Comments

    Dubai-based biodiesel developer Neutral Fuels has launched a new biodiesel processing plant in Dandenong in Victoria. McDonald’s Australia has signed with Neutral Fuels for the company to process waste cooking

  • US biofuels producer eyes Oz plant

    November 23, 2012 - no Comments

    Amercian biofuels company ZeaChem Inc is looking to Australia to develop an ethanol production biorefinery. Colorado-based cellulosic ethanol company ZeaChem Inc has recently completed construction of demonstration biorefinery in Oregon

  • Biofuel demand slumps

    November 16, 2012 - no Comments

    Biofuel demand in Australia has dropped to just one per cent of the total demand for fuel. Australian Biofuels 2012-13, a report published by APAC Biofuel Consultants has also revealed

  • LanzaTech aims to fuel Virgin flight by 2014

    September 18, 2012 - no Comments

    NZ biofuels developer LanzaTech is seeking technology partners to convert steel industry waste into jet fuel for aeroplanes and could start supply biofuels to the Virgin fleet by 2014, Chief

  • LanzaTech produces low carbon industrial chemical

    August 29, 2012 - no Comments

      Auckland biofuels developer LanzaTech and Kansas based nylon producer Invista have signed an agreement to develop and produce a bio-based butadiene. LanzaTech has developed a unique process which creates