The future of ethanol in the Philippines looks bright after all in spite of the various bad publicities that the E10 gasoline has been receiving in the past few weeks. Based on the forecasts ma...

Three big companies namely Royal Dutch Shell, Volkswagen and Canada’s Iogen Energy Corp. have forged a partnership to produce commercially-viable cellulosic ethanol motor fuel from post-harvest stal...

The past two weeks has been challenging for ethanol-blended gasoline or E10. Last September 8, The Philippine Daily Inquirer published an article citing Petron’s statement that ethanol gasoline can ...

Key Benefits of Biomass Perhaps the first and foremost benefit of biomass as a biofuel feedstock is that it is sustainable.  Biomass are natural materials that can be found in the forest or agricult...

The Biofuels Act of 2006 mandates that by February 2011, all gasoline products in the Philippine market should have at least 10% ethanol blend. Because of this, BiofuelsHub.Com has been receiving a lo...

It was only quite recently that the Philippines was introduced to ethanol-blended gasoline. Majority of the Filipinos have probably only heard of it last 2007, when the Biofuels Act of 2006 or Republi...

Perhaps the most common reason used by advocates of ethanol-blended fuel is that ethanol fuel is environment-friendly and has fewer emissions. However, some critics argue that ethanol fuel can actuall...

“Extreme Times Call for Extreme Measures” This tagline says it all for Seaoil’s newest baby: Extreme 97. This sets a new standard for gasoline products in the Philippines. Extreme 97 recognizes...

In January 2007, President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo  signed into law Republic Act 9367, the  Biofuels Act of 2006. This law mandates a 1% biodiesel blend, immediately, and at least 5% ethanol-gasolin...

A couple of websites and articles have already published that ethanol-blended gasoline has shorter “life span” or shelf life than regular gasoline. Motorists have been advised to replace the gas i...

Among the issues hurled against E10 or ethanol-blended fuel is that it is corrosive. There have been several articles posted online on the corrosive properties of ethanol-blended gasoline that makes i...

Following on our article on “E10 Works on Carbureted Engines”, BiofuelsHub brings you another set of common ethanol myths and facts. Myth # 1: Running on E10 gasoline can make vehicle en...

People are probably aware by now on the benefits of biofuels. However, apart from being less expensive and more environment-friendly, there is more to biofuels than meets the eye. What we are t...

The Biofuels Act of 2006  (RA 9367), which took effect in May 2007, mandates that all gasoline fuel products distributed and sold by oil companies in the Philippine market should have at least 5% bio...

After catching up with Petron early this week, BiofuelsHub now focuses the spotlight on Shell Philippines. Shell Philippines deserves some recognition for encouraging the Filipinos to patronize biofue...

A couple of weeks ago, BiofuelsHub has posted that Petron is phasing out their Xtra Unleaded gasoline. Apparently, this phasing out has already started in Metro Manila last May 11, 2009 with franchise...

We all know that the domestic sugar industry plays a significant two-fold role in the biofuels industry: a) First, sugarcane is one of the cheapest feedstock that can be used for the production of e...

In response to the blog that we found posted over at The Unlawyer website, ABHI aims to address some of the issues concerning the use of E10 gasoline raised in the said blog. We have already pos...

Last April 22, 2009, in celebration of Earth Day, the Quezon City (Q.C.) local government  gave future generations of Filipinos one of the best gifts ever: the Green Building Ordinance. The Gr...

Who says E10, or any ethanol-blended gasoline, is for fuel-injected engines only? Below are some myths and facts about ethanol-blended gasoline. As it turns out, ethanol-blended gasoline can be used o...