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07.28.10
CARBIO FORECASTS ARGENITNA BIODIESEL PRODUCTION TO INCREASE 25% IN 2011
Victor Castro, Executive Director of Carbio, expects Argentina’s domestic biodie...
07.28.10
NEW ARGENTINA BIODIESEL PLANT PROPOSED
Argentina-based ALS Bio plans to build a $10 mln, 60k mt biodiesel plant that wi...
07.28.10
NEW MEXICO BEGINS BIODIESEL MANDATE
New Mexico has this month begun mandating the use of a 5% biodiesel blend by all...
07.14.10
EPA TO REQUIRE 800 MLN GAL BIODIESEL IN 2011
On Monday EPA announced it would require the domestic use of 800 mln gal of biod...
07.14.10
BIOFUEL TAX BREAKS MY BE ATTACHED TO ENERGY BILL
Senators from the US Midwest may attach a long-term extension of biofuel tax bre...
03.26.10
BOTSWANA PLANS JATROPHA BIODIESEL PLANT
Botswana has announced plans to reduce carbon emissions by setting up a 50 milli...
03.26.10
ALBERTA EXPANDS BIOENERGY PROGRAM
Alberta, Canada has expanded and extended an incentive program for bioenergy pro...
03.19.10
CHINA PLANS 1 MIL MT/YR BIODIESEL PLANT
In China, Wuhan Kaidi Holding Investment has announced plans to build a biofuel ...
03.19.10
AIRLINE KLM TO USE BIOFUELS FROM 2011
Dutch airline KLM said it wanted to make commercial flights on biofuel from 2011...
03.19.10
NEW BIODIESEL PLANT PLANNED FOR CANADA
Canada's largest biodiesel plant that will crush 500k mt/yr of canola and supply...
Indonesian Biodiesel Industry Says It Is Struggling
03.20.08
Indonesia’s biodiesel industry is dealing with imposition of a 2% export tax on biodiesel, delays in mandating the use of biodiesel, and a reduction in the mandated national bio-diesel blend from 5% to 2.5%, according to the Indonesia's Association of Biofuel Producers.
Last year, Indonesia unveiled a plan to become a hub for biofuel production and secured 58 production agreements worth $12.4 billion. To date, only nine biodiesel plants have been built and only four are operating, because of high feedstock costs. The four operating plants, with combined annual capacity of 810,000 mt, are at 15% of capacity.
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