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03.18.08
Australia Commits Almost $1 Billion To Clean & Renewable Initiatives
Australia's government has committed $930,000,000 for development, commercializa...
03.17.08
Petrobras and Mitsui Form Renewable Energy JV
Brazil's Petrobras is forming a 50:50 joint venture with Mitsui & Co. Ltd. of Ja...
03.14.08
Biodiesel Plant Producing in Zimbabwe
Government officials in Zimbabwe say a biodiesel plant set up as a joint venture...
03.13.08
US Congress Passes One-Month Extension Of Farm Bill
Unable to reach agreement with the White House on a new farm bill, the US Congre...
03.13.08
Thai Company To Invest $15 Million in Palm Biodiesel
Thai agricultural company Charoen Pokphand Group says it will invest $15 million...
03.12.08
Gulf To Invest In Central American Ethanol
Gulf Ethanol Corporation says it will meet this month with several Central Ameri...
03.12.08
Burma Says Jatropha Crop Is Ready
In Burma, the government says the first national jatropha crops are ready for ha...
03.11.08
Founder and former chairman of D1 Oils, Karl Watkin, has resigned as non-executi...
03.10.08
US Federal Trade Commission Will Lable Biodiesel
The Federal Trade Commission has approved publication of a Federal Register noti...
03.07.08
ExxonMobile to Invest $125 Billion Through 2012
ExxonMobil intends to spend more than $125 billion in capital expenditures from ...
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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