Biofuels news

Russian Federation Solid Wood Products Policy and Production Update 2009

Recently the Russian government adopted a long-term development program called "Strategy of the Forestry Complex Development until 2020" aimed at improving the efficiency of the sector and increasing its share in the Russia's economy. Production of solid wood products is forecast to stabilize, after declining in 2008, and improve in the near term, due to government initiatives to attract new investments and allocate subsidies to producers and millers.

5  March  2009      Комментарии: 1

Russian Federation gricultural Situation conomic Crisis Update 2009

5  March  2009

UkrSpyrt starts biofuel production

The state concern of distillery and alcoholic beverage industry UkrSpyrt started biofuel Bio-100 production at the Lokhvytsia Distillery (Poltava region, Central Ukraine), it is said in the company's statement. The volumes of Bio-10 production make up 80 tons per 24 hours.

25  February  2009

Stavropol's YugAgroInvest announces $315m biofuel plant move

Stavropol region agricultural company YugAgroInvest has announced plans to build a $315m grain processing plant to produce biofuel in the town of Nevinomyssk, Stavropol region. The plant is reportedly to annually process 700 tons of barley, rye and other grain and produce 220,000 tons of biofuel.

21  February  2009

The prime minister of Ukraine Julia Timoshenko initiates introduction since 2012 of penalties concerning the enterprises for dumping organic waste

The prime minister of Ukraine Julia Timoshenko initiates introduction since January, 1st, 2012 of penal sanctions concerning the enterprises which have biological waste in the manufacture, but do not process them in biofuel.

16  February  2009

Donetsk mayor proposes Finnish businessmen participate in city's preparation for Euro 2012

Donetsk Mayor Oleksandr Lukianchenko has proposed that Finnish businessmen participate in the city's preparation for the Euro 2012 European Football Championship. He said this at a meeting with Under-Secretary of State at the Finnish Foreign Ministry Pekka Huhtaniemi and representatives of the ten largest Finnish companies operating in Ukraine.

13  February  2009

Emission quota sale money to start coming in April - Prime Minister

Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko hopes that in April Ukraine will get its first receipts from the sale of the carbon dioxide emission quotas within the framework of the agreements signed in keeping with the Kyoto Protocol procedures.

13  February  2009      Комментарии: 1

MinAIC Introduces Production of Biofuel from Wastes

On February 12, 2009 Minister of Agrarian Policy Yurii Melnyk announced, as of February 1 of the current year in agro-industrial complex of Ukraine 8 objects in production of biogas from wastes from cattle breeding and food industry are operating or being on the stage of introduction. He informed during a special sitting of the Cabinet of Ministers dedicated to considering of investment projects.

13  February  2009      Комментарии: 1

Ukrainian Enterprises which Fail to Utilize Bio-Waste to be Fined

Prime Minister of Ukraine Yulia Tymoshenko initiated to introduce penalty provisions for enterprises which in the process of production fail to utilize organic waste beginning 1 January 2012. On instruction of the Prime Minister, this norm should be envisaged in a bill on encouraging utilization of biofuel.

13  February  2009

Ukraine has 8 objects of the agro industrial complex for biogas production on the consummation stage

As of February 1, 2009, Ukraine has eight objects of the agro industrial complex for biogas production on stream or on the consummation stage, declared Yuri Melnik, the Minister of Agrarian Policy

13  February  2009