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05.20.09
Bidiesel Subsidies Introduced In New Zealand
New Zealand has allotted $21 million for biodiesel subsidies over the next three...
05.20.09
Biopetrol May Idle Rotterdam Biodiesel Plant
Switzerland-based Biopetrol may idle its 400,000 mt/year biodiesel plant in Rott...
05.20.09
Sunoco has bought Northeast Biofuels' 100 million gal/year ethanol plant in New ...
05.18.09
Mobile Biodiesel Units To Be Deployed in India
In Calcutta, India Emami Biotech is planning to introduce mobile biodiesel dispe...
05.18.09
Legislation Introduced to Extend US Biodiesel Tax Credit
Legislation that would extend the $1/gal biodiesel tax credit through the end of...
05.18.09
Global Biodiesel Production Increases 34% In 2008
In 2008, for the first time, the EU and US both added more power capacity from r...
05.15.09
Biodiesel Sales at German Fuel Stations At A Halt
Biodiesel sales at German petrol stations have come to a virtual halt, German b...
05.15.09
Innovation Fuels Begins Biodiesel Sales in Milwaukee
Innovation Fuels has begun selling biodiesel at its Port of Milwaukee terminal, ...
05.15.09
Bill Submitted to Eliminate Indirect Land Use Impact In RFS2
US House Agriculture Committee Chairman Collin Peterson has introduced legislati...
05.15.09
Biodiesel Feedstock Prices Gain on Week
Soybean oil prices rose about $40/mt this week on limited global inventories, lo...
Jatropha Biodiesel Meets Spec
01.04.08
In the Philippines, PNOC Alternative Fuels Corp.’s jatropha-based biodiesel, tested in collaboration with the Technological University of the Philippines and Chemrez Technologies Inc., met both European and US biodiesel standards, according to data from PNOC-AFC.
The tests included jatropha oil and methyl ester production and characterization, development of high-value products, and actual performance testing of jatropha methyl ester. PNOC-AFC envisions production of 100,000 mt next year, 400,000 in 2010, and 500,000 in 2011.
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