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08.17.09
Australia Senate to Debate Renewable Energy Bill
Australia’s Senate will debate a bill that proposes the nation obtain 20% of its...
08.17.09
Senators Remain Pressured to Pass Cap-and-Trade Bill
US Senators remain pressured to pass a cap-and-trade bill, but some would like t...
08.14.09
Scientists Claim Shrimp Shells Important for Biodiesel Production
Chinese scientists stated this week that shrimp shells may have an important rol...
08.14.09
Verbio Posts Financial Results
Germany-based Verbio reported a net loss of $23 million for the first half of 20...
08.14.09
Peru Launches Biodiesel Antidumping Investigation
Peru has reportedly begun an antidumping investigation on US biodiesel, with a c...
08.14.09
Soy Energy to Buy Freedom Fuels Assets
Soy Energy has signed an agreement to purchase the 30-million gal/yr bankrupt Fr...
08.12.09
Petrobras Invests in Chile Alternative Fuels
Petrobras has officially launched operations in Chile with the opening of its fi...
08.12.09
BP and Martek Partner on Biodiesel Research
BP and Martek Biosciences Corp of Maryland are forming a partnership to study us...
08.07.09
Biodiesel Producer's Credit Introduced
A rule replacing the $1/gal biodiesel blender’s credit with a five-year producti...
08.06.09
Thai Government Fixes Diesel Price
Diesel prices will be prohibited from rising over 88-cents/litre, according to T...
German Biodiesel Industry Struggles With Higher Taxes
01.11.08
The increased German tax on biodiesel at the beginning of the year has led to a slump in demand, bringing hundreds of biodiesel makers to the brink of bankruptcy, die Welt reported, citing two German biodiesel associations.
While demand for pure biodiesel at petrol stations has all but collapsed, a certain level of revenue remains due to regulations that guarantee the blending of 5% of biodiesel into fossil fuels, allowing larger biofuel companies such as Verbio AG, Petrotec AG and Biopetrol AG to hold on.
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