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Biofuels backlash in US as food costs hit home
Washington (AFP) May 9, 2008A biofuels backlash has erupted in major ethanol producer the United States, as lawmakers and experts debate the merits of converting food to fuel to support America's age-old love affair with the automobile. With gasoline at record prices at US pumps, and soaring corn, rice and wheat costs sparking a global food crisis this year with deadly riots in several nations, some have questioned the ... more EU still far from agreeing biofuel standards: diplomats 
Brussels (AFP) May 7, 2008The European Union remains far from agreeing on how to tighten its rules for using biofuels, diplomats said Wednesday amid growing opposition towards such forms of energy. The EU committed last year to ramp up its use of biofuels in the coming years but has since had to consider ways to ensure their use does not have unintended consequences such as environmental damage and higher food prices ... more Analysis: Reps. revisit ethanol policy 
Washington DC (SPX) May 08, 2008Five months after passing a new alternative fuel mandate, U.S. policymakers are questioning the legislation's wisdom in the face of skyrocketing food prices. The food versus fuel debate erupted Tuesday at a House hearing on the 2007 Energy Independence and Security Act, which established a progressive renewable fuels standard. The RFS requires that U.S. biofuels production increase almo ... more Global Clean Energy Holdings Acquires 5,000 Acres To Develop Jatropha Plants 
Los Angeles CA (SPX) May 06, 2008Global Clean Energy Holdings through its subsidiary GCE Mexico I has acquired approximately 5,000 acres of land in the State of Yucatan in Mexico. The property will be used for the cultivation of Jatropha curcas. When fully planted the land will be home to over 4.0 million Jatropha trees, which will produce a high quality seed oil and biomass, for more than 30 years. "The acquisition of th ... more Analysis: New crops alter food, fuel fight
Chicago (UPI) May 2, 2008 As oil prices rise and food-based ethanol appears increasingly unsustainable, companies are scrambling to find new energy crops for the next generation of biofuels. The development of feedstocks to replace corn is crucial for wide-scale biofuels production, said Steve Koonin, chief scientist for BP, a global petroleum company. "If you used all the corn in the world and converted ... more |
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Accra (AFP) May 4, 2008As controversy rages over the ethics of producing biofuels at a time of soaring food prices, a Ghanaian company has announced it will start exporting ethanol to Sweden by end 2010. In Ghana's first industrial-scale biofuels project, Northern Sugar Resources Ltd will grow sugar cane on 30,000 hectares of currently unused land in the centre of the country and turn it into ethanol in a plant ... more Analysis: Foreign firms oppose corn
Chicago (UPI) May 1, 2008 Concern over ethanol's contribution to increasing food prices, among other things, has shifted biofuels research away from corn and into new alternatives, both in the United States and abroad. Countries are looking toward cellulosic sources, or non-food crops, to replace current fuel feedstocks, such as corn and soybeans. Different areas of the world are researching different types of ... more Frost And Sullivan Lauds Vaperma For Advanced Membrane-Based Separation Technology 
Palo Alto CA (SPX) May 02, 2008Based on its recent analysis of the advanced gas separation market, Frost and Sullivan recognizes Vaperma with the 2008 Frost and Sullivan North America Technology Innovation of the Year Award for its development of a breakthrough polymer membrane technology that reduces the energy costs and carbon footprint for biofuels, natural gas and industrial processes. The proprietary hollow fiber ... more UN food supremo warns against 'knee-jerk' response to biofuels 
Geneva (AFP) April 30, 2008A senior UN official who will lead a top international task force on the global food price crisis warned Wednesday against a hasty response to the growing use of biofuels. "I think we should avoid a knee-jerk response," UN under-secretary general for humanitarian affairs John Holmes told reporters. Holmes was tasked by UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon to head a new task force to counter ... more 'Biofuels frenzy' fuels global food crisis: experts 
Washington (AFP) April 29, 2008A "biofuels frenzy" and other misguided policies have led to the global food crisis in which prices have soared and rice consumption has outpaced production, threatening a billion people with malnutrition, experts said Tuesday. International agriculture researchers warned that farmers will need to double global food production by 2030 to meet rising demand, and said countries should impose a ... more |
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Madison PA (SPX) Apr 29, 2008Coskata has said it will produce 40,000 gallons of cellulosic ethanol a year at a commercial demonstration plant near Pittsburgh. The $25 million project will be located at the Westinghouse Plasma Center, the current site of a pilot-plant gasifier owned and operated by Westinghouse Plasma Corporation (WPC), a wholly owned subsidiary of Alter Nrg Corp. "Coskata has been eager to reach this ... more BP, Santelisa Vale, And Maeda Unveil Plans To Invest In Biofuels 
Sao Paulo, Brazil (SPX) Apr 29, 2008BP has announced that it intends to take a 50 per cent stake in Tropical BioEnergia SA, a joint venture established by Brazilian companies Santelisa Vale and Maeda Group, which is constructing a 435 million liter (115 million gallons) a year ethanol refinery in Edeia, Goias State, Brazil. The joint venture, in which Santelisa Vale and Maeda Group would each hold 25 per cent, also intends ... more Asia's rainforests vanishing as timber, food demand surge: experts 
Hanoi (AFP) April 27, 2008Asia's rainforests are being rapidly destroyed, a trend accelerated by surging timber demand in booming China and India, and record food, energy and commodity prices, forest experts warn. The loss of these biodiversity hot spots, much of it driven by the illegal timber trade and the growth of oil palm, biofuel and rubber plantations, is worsening global warming, species loss and poverty ... more Direct Fuels To Produce Biodiesel At North Texas Facility 
Euless TX (SPX) Apr 28, 2008Direct Fuels has opened a biodiesel production facility at its refinery in Euless, Texas. This makes the company one of two producers of biodiesel in North Texas, yet the only one located at a fuel terminal so biodiesel can be blended directly into petroleum diesel, as per customer need. Direct Fuels has implemented a production technology that allows significant flexibility in terms of ... more Germany backs EU biofuels targets 
Berlin (AFP) April 23, 2008Germany does not want to change the EU's goal of boosting the use of biofuels in cars, a senior official said Wednesday, despite criticism that this may further fuel the global rise in food prices. The European Union has set a target for biofuels to make up 10 percent of all vehicle fuel by 2020. "It always helps to have objectives," said State Transport Secretary Matthias von Randow. ... more
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