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12.16.08
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12.15.08
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12.12.08
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12.11.08
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12.10.08
First Commercial Biofuel Flight Scheduled
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12.05.08
EU Agrees to 10% Renewable Energy By 2020
European Parliament and EU national governments have agreed to require at least ...
12.04.08
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12.03.08
EU Close to Renewable Energy Agreement
EU policymakers may reach agreement this week on renewable energy requirements, ...
12.02.08
Malaysia Approves 91 Biodiesel Production Licenses
The Malaysian government has approved 91 licenses for biodiesel production with ...
12.01.08
UN Begins Global Warming Talks
The United Nations began 12 days of climate-change talks in Poland with a call f...
Noble Group To Invest $450 Million in Brazilian Ethanol
12.31.07
In Hong Kong, Noble Group said it will invest $450 million in its Brazilian sugar-cane ethanol processing operations by 2011.
Noble will increase capacity at its Votuporanga plant from 2 million to 5 million mt of cane, and will construct a new plant in Sao Paulo to crush an additional 5 million tons.
The company said that 80% of its output will be used to supply ethanol to the domestic Brazilian market. The Hong Kong-based company currently accounts for 10% of total Brazilian sugar cane processing.
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