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Biodiesel newsInternational Summit on Algae Biofuels 18th & 19th September 2008 New DelhiGrowdiesel Climate Care Council is pleased to invite you to the inaugural International Summit on Algae Biofuels to be held on 18th & 19th September 2008 at New Delhi, India. The conference is focused on next generation of Biofuels using Algae as main feedstock. 18 June 2008 Êîììåíòàðèè: 1 Biodiesel is a pragmatic and green solution to rising oil and diesel pricesBiodiesel is a pragmatic and green solution to rising oil and diesel prices May 19, 2008 – EBB Press Release Biodiesel is an environmentally friendly biofuel produced either from agricultural raw materials such as sun and rapeseed oil or from recycled fats. Its typical impact on GHG emissions ranges from a 50% to a 95% cut in CO• equivalent as acknowledged by studies performed by various scientific bodies and certified by EC Commission scientists together with fuel and engines experts. Biodiesel employs today a very little share (2-3%) of all the palm oil imported in the EU (the remaining 97% being used mainly by the food and margarine sector) and EBB Members are committed to fulfil the very high sustainability and certification standards recently proposed by the Commission to avoid any potential source of problem. 27 May 2008 Ukraine to produce biofuel of algaeThe Cabinet plans to produce biofuel of a special type of alga, Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko informed.“Jointly with scientists we elaborated a program that will enable to provide Ukraine with petrol and diesel oil from biological raw materials. It is the world know-how, it is not grown on the land, it is not the beet, the sunflower, or other cultures, the matter concerns a special type of alga that grows in special tubes», she said. 19 May 2008 Êîììåíòàðèè: 9 Ukraine: S&D, Oilseed and Vegoils market, May 8, 2008: Agricultural policyIn early May, alarming reports about Ukrainian sunoil's quality came from Europe. The first response of the EU was rather tough. An increased content of hydrocarbonates, i.e. lubricating mineral oils, was revealed in the sunoil. On demand of the European Commission, a 40 KMT parcel was withdrawn from sale.At that, Ukraine's Vice Prime Minister stated that all that was intrigues of evil-wishers who intend to undermine the good reputation of Ukrainian sunoil. A couple of days later, the European Commission's position significantly relaxed, though for unclear reasons. The EU promises not to take any strong measures, but does not rule out imposing a moratorium if the contamination repeats. It is unlikely that anybody will learn soon what happened during these days in reality. 15 May 2008 Rostov region to see first plant on biofuel manufactureThis project starts on the territory of company Experimentalnoe of Zernogradsky area in September of this year. According to the authorities' plan, the economy, having received an operational experience on biodiesel engine manufacture, will help to adjust work to other economy. In 2011-2012, at favorable development of manufacture, it is supposed to adjust mass building of mini-plants on biofuel manufacture. 13 May 2008 East Europe's first biofuel station opens in ChernivtsiThe first in Ukraine and the whole of Eastern Europe biofuel station branded Energy Strategies and Biotechnologies has opened in Chernivtsi (West Ukraine), LIGABusinessInform reported.It sells two kinds of motor fuel made of biomaterial: the Bio-100 analog of high-octane gasoline, and biodiesel fuel. The price of the biofuel is UAH 0.5 lower (UAH 5.5 per liter with UAH 5.05 / USD 1) than its petrol analogs. 7 May 2008 Êîììåíòàðèè: 1 Kharkiv Plant Growing Institute can make motor oil of sunflowerThe Yuriev plant growing institute (Kharkiv, East Ukraine) of the Ukrainian Academy of Agrarian Sciences, together with Kharkiv's Vasylenko National Technical University, started development of the technology for the production of automobile oil. The technology is based on a special sunflower sort with 12% of stearin, which was raised at the institute, director general Viktor Kyrychenko says. 5 May 2008 Landkom says on track with Ukrainian land bankLondon-listed Landkom International said on Thursday it was on track to create a major agricultural plot in western Ukraine, having secured 50,000 hectares and planted 10,000 by the end of last year.“We are developing some real momentum, with the group on target to build our land bank to some 115,000 hectares by the end of 2008,» said Landkom Chief Executive Richard Spinks in the company's results statement. 10 April 2008 Ukraine Canola Boost To effect Cdn Exports To PakistanPlans by the Government of the Ukraine to boost annual rapeseed production to at least 7 million tonnes in coming years from its 2008 estimate of 2.3 million is expected to have only a minimal impact on Canadian canola shipments, according to industry participants. However, they did acknowledge that it could change the make up of who Canada exports canola to in the future, with Pakistan one of those countries. 9 April 2008 Êîììåíòàðèè: 1 Russia to triple rapeseed production in three yearsRussia will triple rapeseed production to 3.5 million tonnes in the next three years, Agriculture Minister Alexei Gordeyev said in the Lipetsk region on Monday at an opening ceremony for a new rapeseed plant.Rapeseed production is to total 1.5 million tonnes in 2007 compared to 720,000 tonnes in 2007, he said. The crop will be planted on 1.1 million hectares in Russia this year. 7 April 2008 
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