Biofuels

Biofuels are an important element the EU’s future energy mix, but more research is needed to develop fuels that don’t compete with food, says Csaba Tabajdi MEP

The €6 million BioMara research project to investigate the use of algae to produce biofuel has been launched, backed by €4.9M from the EU.

The UK biofuels start-up D1 Oils says it has produced the first crude oil from its jatropha plantations, showing the value of the plant as a biofuel crop.

Napier University in Edinburgh is launching the Biofuel Research Centre, the first of its kind in the UK, to find sustainable alternatives to energy based on fossil fuels.