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10.24.08
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10.23.08
India May Tax Vegetable Oil Imports
India is considering to tax vegetable oil imports to protect the domestic indust...
10.22.08
Hawaii Signs Renewable Energy Plan
Hawaiian Electric Co. has signed a plan to create 70% of Hawaii's energy use fro...
10.21.08
Shell Increases Renewable Energy Spending
Royal Dutch Shell PLC says it has quadrupled spending on renewable energy projec...
10.20.08
Colombia to Have Six Palm Biodiesel Plants by 2009
Colombia will have six palm biodiesel plants by next year and plans to increase ...
10.17.08
Kinder Morgan Tests Biodiesel Pipeline
Kinder Morgan, already testing the shipment of ethanol through its pipeline syst...
10.16.08
Philippine Government Optimistic About Renewable Energy
The Philippine government is optimistic that it could attain 60% energy self-suf...
10.15.08
ASTM Releases New Biodiesel Specifications
ASTM has finalized three new biodiesel quality specifications, including a cold-...
10.14.08
Pacific Ethanol Opens Newest Plant
Pacific Ethanol Inc. launched its newest $150 million ethanol plant at the Port ...
10.13.08
Malaysia Attempting To Induce CPO Demand
Malaysia is set to introduce measures to induce demand for CPO exports after a m...
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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