Biofuels International is the leading global publication in the market. Designed to appeal to those who wish to learn and be kept abreast of this increasingly important area, the bi-monthly magazine encompasses, biodiesel, bioethanol, and biomass.
Every issue includes in-depth news analysis and features on related subjects, including distribution, handling, storage, equipment and second generation technology.
On top of this, each edition includes an insightful interview with a leading biofuels producer, information on the latest regulations and legislation and a close examination of the biofuels sector in a particular region. This includes data on production capacities, new projects, demand levels and relevant local challenges.
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In this issue:
Customs inconsistencies destabilise European ethanol industry
All eyes are on ethanol due to
the rise in political popularity of
biofuels, but inconsistencies in
customs legislation are putting
the sustainable future of
European biofuels and the
whole European ethanol
industry at risk.
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Biotechnology: essential when producing biofuel
The EU has set itself some
goals: biofuels must account
for 5.75% of all transport fuels
by 2010 and 10% in 2020.
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Greenhouse gas savings
In March this year the European
Council agreed that by 2020
10% (by energy content) of all
road transport fuels should be
renewable.
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Regional variation
It is well known by even
newcomers to the
industry that the biofuels
infrastructure that
governments in Europe and
even the US are now trying
to establish has been around
for decades in parts of South
America.
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Pure and Simple
When examining
the biofuels
market in South
America, places
such as Brazil are always
discussed, closely followed by
Colombia and Argentina.
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Preparing for success
Planning a new biofuel
plant can be a
minefield. Most
governments and local
municipalities welcome the
introduction of biofuels, given
the environmental benefits of a
net zero carbon fuel.
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Planning ahead
The production of fuel
ethanol from grains
has been developing
rapidly in recent years
in the Americas and this trend
is now spreading to Europe and
further east.
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Commercial issues facing parties in the supply chain
Use of biofuels has
grown significantly in
recent years, based
on political structures
that have created market
opportunity for entrepreneurial
traders and those with strategic
positions to capitalise on.
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Refining the biodiesel production process
The most common and
economical method of
converting vegetable,
animal or waste oil into
biodiesel is transesterification.
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Bringing in the big bucks
In 2006, venture capital and
private equity investors injected
$2.3 billion (€1.6 billion) into
biofuels operations, and biofuels
IPOs (Initial Public Offerings) raised
$3.1 billion worldwide.
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Latin American feedstock trends
Brazil is the leader in
Latin American
biofuels and has
created an integrated
government-agriculture-petrol
model that is spawning new
government and market
initiatives from Argentina,
Colombia, central America and
the Caribbean.
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Biofuels show gets more than it bargained for
For the second year
running, the Biodiesel-
Expo was held in
October in the north of
the UK.
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