A South African recycling company is building a plant that will convert the country’s coffee waste into biofuels. CEO of Verda Waste, Fischer Khambule, says the company plans to be at the forefront of industrialising the process of converting waste...
Increasing the use of biofuels is the most cost-effective way for Finland to achieve the goals of the EU’s 2030 climate and energy framework. VTT and the Government Institute for Economic Research (VATT) have completed a study commissioned by...
Optimism over biofuels is tempered by concerns over their economic viability and their implications for socio-economic development, food security and environmental sustainability, the United Nations’s (UN) 2014 World Water Development Report....
The South African Petroleum Industry Association (SAPIA) has appointed its 20th oil company leader to chair the industry association. Bonang Mohale, Chairman of Shell South Africa, has been elected chairman of SAPIA for 2014 succeeding Christian...
Groundbreaking research in the area of biofuels will be announced by the Department of Science and Technology soon. The DST’s Deputy Director-General: Research, Development and Innovation, Mr Mmboneni Muofhe, will deliver an address at an...
On 30 and 31 July 2012, NEPAD will host the Bioenergy Investment Symposium for the SADC Region in Sandton. Bioenergy, which is defined as ‘useful, renewable energy produced from organic matter (biomass)’, has been hailed as the...
