Biomethane, the focus of the January issue of Fleets & Fuels newsletter, is reported as promising as a viable renewable energy market. Since biomethane is made from waste — from animals, crops and municipal sewage — its production involves no diversion of foodstuffs, unlike liquid biofuels.

“Biomethane is fast proving itself in Europe, and entrepreneurs […]

Another joint venture in the Cellulosic Ethanol Development Frontier -
SunOpta Inc. signed a joint venture (JV) agreement with GreenField Ethanol Inc. to develop and implement commercial scale processes to produce cellulosic ethanol from wood chips. “The SunOpta BioProcess Group is raising $30 million to fund exciting growth projects utilizing the Group’s proprietary technology in […]

The green powered Volvo XC60 Concept will make its world debut at the Detroit show in January 2007 and will be powered by a six-cylinder, 3.2-litre bio-ethanol engine designed to run on e85 (85% ethanol - 15% gasoline).

Volvo R&D vice-president Magnus Jonsson said:
 ”We believe that FlexiFuel has great potential for larger engine sizes and we […]