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05.13.09
India To Import Record Amount of Vegetable Oil
India may import a record amount of vegetable oil (8 million mt) in the year end...
05.13.09
Mission To Complete Second Malaysian Biodiesel Plant
Mission NewEnergy has raised $5 million to complete its second 30 million gal/yr...
05.13.09
US Oilseed Production Expected To Increase 6%
US oilseed production for 2009/10 is projected at 94.5 million tons, up 6% from ...
05.11.09
EU Becoming Main Importer of Argentine Biodiesel
The EU has become the main importer of Argentine biodiesel since December, 2008,...
05.11.09
Palm Oil Likely To End its Rally
Palm oil may be ending its fastest rally in almost seven years and drop 25% to $...
05.08.09
Biodiesel Companies In Indonesia Request Government Intervention
Indonesia's palm-based biodiesel firms are awaiting a fair price formula and su...
05.08.09
EU Ethanol Production Increases 60% In 2008
European ethanol production increased 60% in 2008, up from an 11% growth in 2007...
05.08.09
RINs To Become More Complicated with RFS2
Under the proposed RFS-2, Renewable Identification Numbers (RINs) will have to b...
05.08.09
Global Biofuel Market Worth $30 Bln in 2008
According to a new report from BCC Research, the global market for liquid biofue...
05.06.09
Obama To Form Interagency Biofuels Group
President Obama issued a presidential directive to the US Secretary of Agricultu...
Virgin Atlantic Confirms Success Using Biodiesel
02.25.08
Virgin Atlantic confirmed a successful biodiesel demonstration flight from London Heathrow airport to Amsterdam Schiphol airport yesterday.
The airline tested a commercial-style Boeing 747-400 running on fuel made from babassu and coconut oil in one of its four engines.
Project partners included Virgin Atlantic, Boeing, GE Aviation and Imperium Renewables. Virgin Atlantic said no modifications were made to the aircraft or its engines to use the fuel.
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