Biofuel

Landmark biofuels vote ends six years of uncertainty, while MEPs also back move to report on shipping emissions and phase out plastic bags

Committee approval of seven per cent cap on crop-based fuels and emissions reporting set to be backed by full Parliament later this month

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