Industry News 
11.10.08
Grants Awarded to MN Renewable Energy Projects
Eight renewable energy projects in Minnesota will receive nearly $3 million in s...
11.07.08
Largest Bulgarian Biodiesel Plant Opens
Zarneni Hrani Bulgaria AD has opened its new 100,000 mt biodiesel plant, expecte...
11.06.08
Argentine Biodiesel Capacity To Grow
The Argentine Renewable Energies Chamber projected in a study that Argentina wil...
11.05.08
Obama Planning Billion-Dollar Renewable Energy Fund
Soon to be US President, Barack Obama, is planning a $150 billion fund for biofu...
11.04.08
First Biodiesel and Green Convenience Store To Open
Simply Green Biofuels will open the first biodiesel station and "con-green-ience...
11.03.08
Malaysia Implements Biodiesel Mandate
The Malaysian cabinet has decided to implement a 5% biodiesel blending program b...
10.31.08
Australia Launches Second Generation Biofuels Program
The Australian Minister for Resources and Energy has launched the Australian gov...
10.29.08
US DOE Awards Renewable Energy Grant
The US DOE has awarded a $1.5 million grant to a group of renewable energy compa...
10.28.08
Brazil Reduces Biodiesel Taxes
Brazil’s government has cut the PIS and Cofins taxes on biodiesel sold in the do...
10.27.08
Pennsylvania Launches Biodiesel Incentive
The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection has launched a biodiesel...
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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