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Louisiana Enacts Comprehensive Advanced Biofuel Legislation
Baton Rouge LA (SPX) Aug 01, 2008Governor Bobby Jindal has signed into law the Advanced Biofuel Industry Development Initiative, the most comprehensive and far-reaching state legislation in the nation enacted to develop a statewide advanced biofuel industry. Louisiana is the first state to enact alternative transportation fuel legislation that includes a variable blending pump pilot program and a hydrous ethanol pilot program. ... more Innovative Cellulosic Ethanol Pilot Facility 
Nashville TN (SPX) Jul 31, 2008DuPont Danisco Cellulosic Ethanol (DDCE) and the University of Tennessee (UT) Research Foundation, through its Genera Energy, has announced a partnership to construct an innovative pilot-scale biorefinery and state-of-the-art research and development facility for cellulosic ethanol in Vonore, Tenn. The pilot-scale biorefinery will develop the commercial package for DDCE's leading cellulosic ... more Brazil's Petrobras starts commercial biodiesel production 
Candeias, Brazil (AFP) July 29, 2008Brazil's state-run oil group Petrobras started commercial production of biodiesel Tuesday, ignoring the food versus biofuel controversy already dogging the planting of crops to make carburant. President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva inaugurated the first of three plants Petrobras is to open this year to turn out the biodiesel. It is located in Candeias, a town 55 kilometers (35 miles) from ... more Scientists work on garbage for gas 
New York (UPI) Jul 24, 2008 U.S. companies are racing to bring gasoline made from wood chips, garbage, crop waste and other materials to market. The U.S. government is offering grants and subsidies to get the plants started in an effort to meet a mandated 36 billion gallons of biofuels a year by 2022, The New York Times said Thursday. Plans for about 28 different plants are in various stages of development. ... more Brazil looks to WTO talks to boost biofuel exports 
Geneva (AFP) July 23, 2008Brazil said Wednesday it hoped to gain better market access for exports of ethanol to the United States and Europe as part of global trade talks here but is facing resistance from Washington. "Ethanol should be part of a deal this week," said Carlos Conzendey, head of the economic department at the Brazilian Foreign Ministry. "For the moment, the United States has said 'no'," he told AFP ... more |
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Edmonton, Canada (SPX) Jul 18, 2008Edmonton will be home to the world's first industrial scale facility to produce biofuels from municipal solid waste. The City has signed a 25-year agreement with GreenField Ethanol, Canada's largest ethanol producer and Enerkem, a leading biofuels technology company. The $70 million biofuels facility will initially produce 36 million litres of biofuels per year and reduce Alberta's carbon ... more The Current Biofuel Market In India 
Dublin, Ireland (SPX) Jul 17, 2008The 'Indian Biofuel Industry' report analyzes the current biofuel market in India. It focuses on the causes for the growing demand of biofuels, the manufacturing technologies for the production of biofuels and government regulations. This report also enumerates the opportunities and challenges faced by the biofuel industry in India along with the current trends, addressing the client needs ... more OECD issues report critical of biofuels, favours moratorium 
Paris (AFP) July 16, 2008The OECD favours a moratorium on expanding biofuel production, a senior official with the Paris-based body said on Wednesday following the release of a report critical of vegetable-based fuels. "It would make a lot of sense to have a moratorium," Stefan Tangermann, head of agriculture and trade analysis at the OECD told AFP. "All these programmes should be reconsidered because we found ... more Propel Brings Clean Fuel To Downtown Seattle 
Seattle WA (SPX) Jul 16, 2008Propel has announced the grand opening of its newest and largest Clean Fuel Point, offering consumers and businesses an affordable and environmentally friendly alternative to petroleum fuel. Located in South lake Union at the corner of Westlake Avenue and Valley Street, the station is unique in its use of environmentally-friendly standards for design, construction and operation - all ... more Technological Innovations Fuel Production Of Advanced Biofuels In Latin America
Buenos Aires, Argentina (SPX) Jul 16, 2008Latin America, with its abundant natural resources for biofuel production, has become a hot destination for biofuels suppliers and end users. This region is all set to benefit from the increasing need for alternative, sustainable, and environment-friendly fuels, since rising oil prices and stringent environmental regulations have made the use of biofuels imperative. New analysis from ... more |
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Toyako, Japan (AFP) July 8, 2008The Group of Eight powers on Tuesday agreed to explore ways to reduce the impact of biofuels on food prices amid concern they may be hurting the poor and adding to global warming. Biofuels, derived from organic materials such as palm oil and sugar beet, were once seen as a promising way to reduce greenhouse gas emissions blamed for global warming by cutting the use of fossil fuels. ... more New use possible for ethanol plant wastes 
Washington (UPI) Jul 8, 2008 U.S. scientists say a byproduct of corn ethanol fuel production might become useful as a way of controlling weeds in potted ornamental plants. Researchers said the potential herbicide -- dried distillers grains with solubles, or DDGS -- is a byproduct of converting corn to fuel ethanol. DDGS is typically used as livestock feed but U.S. Department of Agriculture researchers Rick ... more Britain to slow adoption of biofuels
London (AFP) July 7, 2008The British government said Monday it would slow the expansion of biofuels following a report which found they could increase greenhouse gas emissions and contribute to food price rises. Transport Secretary Ruth Kelly said a review had not recommended a temporary halt to the use of biofuels, which are sourced from organic materials such as palm oil and sugar beet. But she said that while ... more Ethanol Byproduct Produces Green Results
Prosser WA (SPX) Jul 07, 2008Commercial flower and plant growers know all too well that invasive, ubiquitous weeds cause trouble by lowering the value and deterring healthy growth of potted ornamental plants. To control weeds, many commercial nursery owners resort to the expensive practice of paying workers to hand-weed containers. Some growers use herbicides, but efficacy of herbicides is questionable on the wide ran ... more EU ministers 'discover' biofuels not an obligation after all 
Paris (AFP) July 5, 2008European Union energy ministers said at an informal meeting Saturday they had been labouring for 18 months under the false impression that an EU plan to fight global warming included an obligation to develop controversial biofuels. What seems to be a stunning misreading on the part of policymakers in Brussels comes at a time when the image of biofuels has shifted over a matter of a months ... more
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