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08.26.09
Bunge to Acquire Brazilian Sugar Ethanol Company
Bunge is in the process of acquiring the sugar and ethanol production assets of ...
08.26.09
Argentina Farmers Threaten To Strike Over Export Taxes
In Argentina, Cabinet Chief Aníbal Fernández criticized the decision of the farm...
08.21.09
Ethanol Exports Halted in Thailand
The Thai energy ministry has asked the Thai Ethanol Producers Association to hal...
08.21.09
China to Subsidize Soy to Increase Reserve Sales
The China Grain Reserves Corp. stated this week that the government is working o...
08.21.09
Car Companies Agree to Biodiesel Blend in Thailand
In Thailand, all 13 major car companies, including Toyota, Ford, and BMW, have a...
08.21.09
Biodiesel Blend Mandate Commences in Portugal
In Portugal, fuel distributors' obligation to sell a 6% biodiesel blend at the p...
08.21.09
Crude oil rose above $74 a barrel in New York for the first time in 10 months, f...
08.19.09
Australia Reaches Agreement on Energy Policy
Australia's government agreed with opponents on Wednesday for 20% of the country...
08.19.09
Brazil Biodiesel Consumption Rises 43% in 2009
Brazil's fuel consumption climbed 0.3% year-on-year to over 13-billion gallons i...
08.19.09
Airlines to Use Renewable Fuel in Ground Equipment
Eight US airlines have signed a deal with Rentech Inc. and Aircraft Service Inte...
US EPA Releases RFS2
02.05.10
US EPA issued RFS2 this week including some major changes from the previous rule:
- Renewable fuels must account for 8.25% of total gasoline and diesel sales in 2010 to meet a mandate of nearly 13 billion gal of renewable fuels this year.
- The cellulosic ethanol output target is set at 6.5 million gal this year instead of the proposed 100 million gal.
- The 2009/2010 combined biomass diesel output target is set at 1.15 billion gal. by year-end.
- Measuring carbon dioxide emissions from ethanol and other biofuels includes indirect land use change, but biodiesel and renewable diesel from soy oil or waste oils, fats, and greases will meet the 50% GHG reduction threshold.
- Ethanol from sugarcane complies with the 50% reduction threshold for advanced biofuels.
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