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Russian Biofuels Association
Russian National Biofuels Association promotes renewable fuels in Russia — bioethanol & biodiesel. To achieve its goals the Association works with various government and non-government stakeholders in Russian and Former Soviet Union countries.
Bioethanol newsWhy don't oil majors invest in biofuels at scale?In recent weeks we have tracked the significant number of migrations among early stage biofuels producers from a "fuel centric" strategy to an emphasis of renewable chemicals, organic acids, food oils, and nutraceuticals. 1 September 2010 Prospects For The Caspian Region's BiofuelsFormerly the USSR's cotton "plantation", the Caspian region is poised to become a major player in the production of biofuels if sufficient foreign investment can be procured. Unlike Brazil, where biofuel is manufactured largely from sugar-cane, or the US where it is primarily distilled from corn, the Caspian region's ace resource is an indigenous plant called Camelina Sativa. This can make the region rich in biofuels, helping a great deal in the diversification of its sources of energy. 17 August 2010 Grodno Azot to launch FAME production facility in Q4 2010The equipment for the production facility was supplied from the Slovak company OTEZA. At present, specialists are assembling the equipment. When the new facility is installed Grodno Azot will increase the production of fatty acids methyl ester from rapeseed oil four times. The company will become one of the main producers of biofuel in Belarus. Grodno Azot intends to launch a production facility to produce its own rapeseed oil as well. 17 August 2010 Dvorkovich Gives Support to Biofuel Energy ProjectsThe government should support small energy-generating projects that use biofuel by giving them tax breaks and subsidized interest rates, presidential economic adviser Arkady Dvorkovich said Tuesday. Dvorkovich has been a key advocate of President Dmitry Medvedev's goal to make Russia 40 percent more energy-efficient by 2020. The government has started pursuing the target by phasing out incandescent bulbs for more energy-efficient lights. 17 August 2010 Biodiesel newsAston launches 2.1 bln rbl oil extraction mill in Rostov RegionRussian agricultural company Aston has launched a 2.1 billion ruble oil extraction mill operating on biofuel in the Rostov Region city of Millerovo, the regional government said Monday 23 May 2010 Êîììåíòàðèè: 1 Cargill 1Q 2010 earnings fall by 65%Cargill reported a 65% decline in earnings in 1Q 2010 for the three months ending 31 Aug 2009, mainly due to weakening fertilizer sales. Income dropped to $525 M from $1.49 bn year on year. Earnings in agriculture services and food ingredients and applications grew in 4Q 2009, partly due to lower raw materials and operating costs and product mix changes. Origination and processing earnings remain stable. The company also announced the opening of a glycerine refinery adjacent to its biodiesel facility in Frankfurt, Germany, a feed mill in Efremov, Russia, and a speciality canola research and development complex in Aberdeen, Canada. 21 March 2010 Export of Belarusian vegetable oil reported up by 280 percent last yearThe export of Belarusian vegetable oil soared by 280 percent to 81,500 tons in 2009, Nelya Navitskaya, a departmental chief at the Belarusian State Food Industry Concern (Beldzyarzhkharchpram), told reporters in Minsk on Wednesday. Belarusian manufacturers supplied vegetable oil to Germany, Latvia, Lithuania and Ukraine last year 20 March 2010 Êîììåíòàðèè: 1 Yuschenko signs law on support for production and use of biofuelProducers and users of the biofuel will be granted significant tax privileges in Ukraine under a new law signed on Tuesday by President of Ukraine Viktor Yuschenko, according to a posting on the official Web site of the president. According to the law, which is to come into force when it is published, excise duty on the production of biofuel and bio-ethanol will be zero, with the exception of some tax provisions, which will come into effect from January 1, 2010 3 August 2009 
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