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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...
USDA and DOE to Invest in Biomass Research
03.05.08
The USDA and US DOE will invest up to $18.4 million over three years in 21 biomass research and development and demonstration projects for production of bio-based products and biofuels, the Department of Agriculture said.
The projects aim to address critical barriers to making production of biomass more efficient and cost-effective, and will require the recipients to raise 20% matching funds for development and 50% for demonstration projects.
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