Biofuel

Chief executive calls for more regulatory certainty if plant is to thrive

On eve of Copenhagen, Department of Energy awards almost $1.7bn in new funding for carbon capture and biofuel projects

Heavy R&D from big oil and government led to over-optimism on commercialisation date

Volumes fall to lowest level since 2002

Extended grant scheme to help fuel development of UK's emerging energy crop industry

Solray Energy stakes claim to world's largest algae refinery, which converts toilet wastewater to biofuel

Report warns giant new biomass power plants will be hugely reliant on wood chip imports

MBD Energy to produce algae-based biofuel and livestock meal using CO2 emissions from coal power plants

Study claims advanced biofuels and electric vehicles will disrupt demand for oil within five years

Alliance with CNPC aimed at making biodiesel and green jet fuel from China feedstock