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04.01.08
US DOE Forms Biofuel Research Partnership
ConocoPhillips said it would work with the U.S. Department of Energy's National ...
03.31.08
Argentine Farmers Strike in Third Week
No settlement has been reached in the third week of a farmers’ strike in Argenti...
03.28.08
Farmers Strike Clogs Argentine Ports
The farmers’ strike continues in Argentina, the world’s third largest soy bean e...
03.27.08
German Biodiesel Company Gmgh Kyritz Cuts Production
German biodiesel producer Biodiesel GmbH Kyritz has cut production at its 85,000...
03.26.08
Steel Tanks Found Safe For Biodiesel
A new study by the Steel Tank Institute of Lake Zurich, IL finds that biodiesel ...
03.25.08
India To Expand Nuclear Energy
Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, who has been a proponent of nuclear cooper...
03.24.08
REG Halts $92 Million Biodiesel Plant
Renewable Energy Group (REG) of Ames, Iowa is halting construction on a $92 mill...
03.20.08
Indonesian Biodiesel Industry Says It Is Struggling
Indonesia’s biodiesel industry is dealing with imposition of a 2% export tax on ...
03.19.08
Petrotec To Build Two New Biodiesel Plants
German biodiesel producer Petrotec says it plans to build two new 100,000 mt bio...
03.19.08
US Soybean Use For Biodiesel Declines
High soybean oil prices are having an impact on domestic use of soybean oil for ...
US Firms To Invest $55 Million In Philippine Biofuels
03.06.08
The US Department of Agriculture has signed two agreements with American firms worth a combined $55 million to help develop the ethanol and biodiesel industries in the Philippines. The investments will come from FE Clean Energy and Global Renewable Energy Network (GREEN) Inc.
One of the agreements is a $30-million expansion of the FE Clean Energy/Bronzeoak Clean Energy sugarcane ethanol plant in San Carlos, Negros Occidental from 14 million gallons per years to 19 million gallons. Details on the second investment are not yet available.
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