Month: November 2010

Neste Oil has started up the world’s largest renewable diesel plant in Singapore. Production of NExBTL renewable diesel will be ramped up on a phased basis. The plant was completed on-schedule and on-budget and marks a...

Liverpool’s bus operators Merseytravel and Stagecoach Merseyside are launching a new green initiative which will see buses run on recycled vegetable oil. The initiative forms part of a commitment to the European BIONIC...

Hot on the heels of the latest group of Ecomagination challenge winners, GE has announced that it has joined an $8 million funding round for CoolPlanet Biofuels, a startup that turns cellulosic waste (i.e. plant waste and...

Mountains of asbestos mining waste could be transformed into lush greenery, and a source of biocrops under a federal government plan in Quebec, according to internal documents. The Canadian Press report that Ottawa is digging...

Indonesia and Malaysia warned on Tuesday that new European rules to ensure the sustainability of biofuels might hamper their exports of palm oil and breach rules on free trade. But they stopped short of threatening action at the...