A Lincolnshire biodiesel plant is facing closure after being undercut by US imports, delivering a fresh blow to the region after a nearby oil refinery filed for insolvency. Greenergy, which supplies ...

British oil giant Shell announced Wednesday it has abandoned construction of one of Europe's largest biofuel plants in the Netherlands, as it focuses on its fossil fuels business. Faced with weak ...

The garage a Middle Paxton Township attorney converted into a homemade biodiesel factory burned down Saturday morning, fire officials said. Crews were called to the fire at Gary Lysaght's home about 6 ...

Emergency crews have contained a fire that sparked Tuesday morning at Rio Valley Biofuels near Anthony, N.M.The fire sparked around 9 a.m. Evacuations were ordered for about 1,200 people, but those ...

In a step toward more efficient biofuel production, two independent teams have improved on past efforts to engineer Escherichia coli so the microbe produces higher outputs of n-butanol than ever ...

The origin of World Biofuel Day dates back to the remembrance of Sir Rudolf Diesel, the inventor of the diesel engine. On August 10, 1893, Diesel successfully ran his engine using peanut oil, ...

The December announcement from a small Atlanta company vowing to turn wood scrap into fuel in nearby Thomaston rang all too familiar, yet another bold promise to create rural jobs, help wean the ...

Shell warned investors last year that its Q2 results had suffered a significant write-down owing to the shelved project. (EPA Images pic) British oil giant Shell announced today it has abandoned ...

Faced with weak market conditions, the company last year suspended construction of the renewables biofuel factory in Rotterdam that was intended to produce ...