The chief executive officers of seven leading European biofuel producers and European airlines launched today in Brussels a new industry-led initiative to speed up the deployment of advanced sustainable biofuels in Europe. The initiative, called “Leaders of Sustainable Biofuels,” aims at supporting the development of second-generation biofuels in Europe. The leaders of Chemtex (Wilmington, N.C.; www.chemtex.com), British Airways (Waterside, U.K.; www.britishairways.com), BTG (Biomass Technology Group B.V.; Enschede, The Netherlands; www.btgworld.com), Chemrec AB (Stockholm, Sweden; www.chemrec.se), Clariant (Muttenz, Switzerland; www.clariant.com), Dong Energy (Fredericia, Denmark; www.dongenergy.com) and UPM (Suomi, China; www.upm.com) are joining forces to ensure the market uptake of advanced sustainable biofuels by all transport sectors…. read full article