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06.24.09
USDA Approves Biodiesel Loan Through Farm Bill
USDA Rural Development has approved a $25 million guaranteed loan through the Bi...
06.24.09
US and Chile Cooperate on Clean Energy
US DOE and the Chilean National Energy Commission signed a memorandum of coopera...
06.18.09
Cargil Sues Biodiesel Company for Contract Breach
Cargill is suing Memphis Biofuels for breach of contract to collect on debt. Me...
06.10.09
Biodiesel Plant Proposed For Indian Railway
In India, a 26k gal/day biodiesel plant is being proposed at the Southern Railwa...
06.10.09
Colombia to Mandate Flex-Fuel Vehicles
The Colombian government has ruled that beginning in 2012 all new vehicles must ...
06.10.09
On Tuesday, the US EPA held a hearing on its proposed Renewable Fuels Standard i...
06.08.09
Israel to Provide Tax Breaks for Biodiesel
Israel will provide tax breaks to companies using renewable energy, and also red...
06.08.09
US Democrats Call For Biofuels Support In Climate Change Bill
US Democrats from farm states are threatening to withhold support for the US cli...
06.05.09
Ecofasa Develops Waste to Biodiesel Process
Spain-based Ecofasa has stated that they developed a process to convert municipa...
06.05.09
Prio Expands Biodiesel Production
Portugal-based biodiesel company Prio is expanding production to export to Spain...
Investments Increase in Clean Energy
04.18.08
The global credit crunch has hit investments in clean energy, but with rising energy prices and concern about climate change and supportive policies, sizable funds have still found their way into the sector during the first quarter of 2008, according to New Energy Finance.
In the first quarter of 2007, investments totaled $3.7 billion, whereas $2.4 billion has been recorded for the first quarter of 2008. There was a sharp divide between private equity, which was sharply down, and venture capital, where investment was up on a year ago.
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