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02.26.08
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02.26.08
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02.26.08
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02.25.08
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02.22.08
Virgin Atlantic To Test Biodiesel
Virgin Atlantic is due to fly the first commercial aircraft using biofuel. Th...
02.22.08
Pakistan To Support Biodiesel Production
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02.21.08
Ethanol Pipeline May Come To Brazil
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02.21.08
US House May Consider Energy Tax Provisions
US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi plans to introduce a renewable-energy bill when Co...
02.21.08
US DOE To Launch Biomass Research Project
The US Department of Energy is beginning a three-year $3.2 million research proj...
02.20.08
First US Ethanol Pipeline Being Assessed
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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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