Industry News 
10.24.08
Germany’s government has passed an amendment to its biofuels law which blocks im...
10.23.08
India May Tax Vegetable Oil Imports
India is considering to tax vegetable oil imports to protect the domestic indust...
10.22.08
Hawaii Signs Renewable Energy Plan
Hawaiian Electric Co. has signed a plan to create 70% of Hawaii's energy use fro...
10.21.08
Shell Increases Renewable Energy Spending
Royal Dutch Shell PLC says it has quadrupled spending on renewable energy projec...
10.20.08
Colombia to Have Six Palm Biodiesel Plants by 2009
Colombia will have six palm biodiesel plants by next year and plans to increase ...
10.17.08
Kinder Morgan Tests Biodiesel Pipeline
Kinder Morgan, already testing the shipment of ethanol through its pipeline syst...
10.16.08
Philippine Government Optimistic About Renewable Energy
The Philippine government is optimistic that it could attain 60% energy self-suf...
10.15.08
ASTM Releases New Biodiesel Specifications
ASTM has finalized three new biodiesel quality specifications, including a cold-...
10.14.08
Pacific Ethanol Opens Newest Plant
Pacific Ethanol Inc. launched its newest $150 million ethanol plant at the Port ...
10.13.08
Malaysia Attempting To Induce CPO Demand
Malaysia is set to introduce measures to induce demand for CPO exports after a m...
Argentina Biodiesel Output Jumps in 2008
08.13.08
Argentina is on track to produce 6% of the world's biodiesel output, Dow Jones reports. Argentina exported 237,000 mt of biodiesel during the first six months of 2008, up from the 163,000 mt shipped during all of 2007.
Exports for 2008 are expected to reach 600,000 mt valued at $584 million, up from $135 million in 2007.
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