Market News 
03.06.08
Goldman Sachs Sees Palm Oil Price Drop
PALM oil futures in Malaysia, the global benchmark, may fall between 15% and 20%...
03.06.08
Chinese Oil Companies Ordered To Guarantee Supply & Margins
The Chinese government has ordered the country's two state oil companies, CNPC a...
03.05.08
Indonesia Slows Biodiesel Investments
Some Indonesian companies are halting or amending plans to make biodiesel, sayin...
03.05.08
Asian Vegetable Oil Markets End Rally
A record-breaking rally for Asian vegetable oil markets was brought to an abrupt...
03.04.08
Kiplinger Sees Increase in Soy Yields
The Kiplinger Agriculture Letter predicts that yields of soybeans will increase ...
03.03.08
Saudi Oil Minister Links Oil Prices to Biofuels
Saudi Arabia's oil minister Ali al-Nuaimi says oil prices will stay above a mini...
02.29.08
US Federal Reserve Supports Brazilian Ethanol Trariff Cut
US Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke told the US Senate Banking Committee th...
02.29.08
Vietnam & Brazil Sign Ethanol Protocol
A protocol on cooperation in ethanol production and use between Vietnam and Braz...
02.28.08
BP Moving Away From "Green" Image
British Petroleum is moving away from its “green” business branding, focusing on...
02.27.08
Palm Oil Prices Double in Past Year
Godrej International’s chief analyst says palm oil prices have doubled in the pa...
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.
About World Energy