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Russian government to back 30 new biofuel plants

The Russian government will back the construction of 30 new plants to produce ethanol, Prime Minister Viktor Zubkov told a timber industry conference last month. Zubkov announced the start of government program to develop biofuel production, which includes the construction of 30 new plants to make ethanol, as well as upgrading existing facilities, the Moscow Times reported. He also reportedly said that ethanol production in Russia will come to two million tons per year if the program is successful. However, he did not specify when he hoped to achieve the goal.

24 April 2008 Комментарии: 1

Moldovan Seminte Nord Seeks Investors for $40 Mln Bioethanol Plant

Moldovan corn processor Seminte Nord is looking for investors in a $40 million (25.1 million euro) bioethanol production plant, the first in Moldova, which could ensure the country's energy security, a top company official said.“Seminte Nord is looking for partners to build a plant, which will produce 40 million litres of bioethanol annually from renewable energy sources, like corn and wheat. Moldova has a considerable surplus of biomass, which could be used for bioethanol production,» Seminte Nord deputy board chairman Valentin Budeanu told SeeNews in an interview.

24 April 2008

Kazakhstan Filling Stations Started Bio-Gasoline Selling

On April 15, 2008 at participation of Akim of North-Kazakhstan region Serik Bilyalov the presentation of bio-gasoline, manufactured by JSC «Company BIOHIM» has passed at gas station «Bahyt» in Petropavlovsk (Kazakhstan), reported the press-centre of Titan. The general director of «BIOHIM» Eugeny Sutyaginsky has noted in his performance, that the main advantage of this fuel is its ecological characteristics — due to use of bio-ethanol, the emissions of harmful substances in the atmosphere are reduced almost twice.

21 April 2008

Experts from Titan - Agro Took Part in FORUM TEK

Within the framework of the forum the exhibition and summit «Bioenergetics» have passed, where it was possible to get acquainted with new Russian and foreign technologies, equipment, legislation, features in the field of financing and grants of biofuel branch. Experts of the company «Titan — Agro» who have presented the exposition «Biocomplex» took part in the work of the forum.

20 April 2008 Комментарии: 216

Kazakhstan halts wheat exports until September

Kazakhstan on Tuesday halted all wheat exports until September 1 in a bid to tackle rising food prices, the Central Asian state's government said in a statement. «This decision is based on the need to ensure the country's food security and to stop the domestic market from feeling the negative consequences of price rises on the world market,» Prime Minister Karim Masimov said.

15 April 2008

Oil production in Russia has peaked, warns Lukoil executive

Russian oil production has peaked and may never return to current levels, one of the country's top energy executives has warned, fuelling concerns that the world's biggest oil producers cannot keep up with rampant Asian demand. Leonid Fedun, the vice-president of Lukoil, Russia's largest independent oil company, told the Financial Times that he believed last year's Russian oil production of about 10m barrels a day was the highest he would see «in his lifetime». Russia is the world's second-biggest oil producer.

15 April 2008 Комментарии: 1

PAVA Will Take Part in the International Bioenergy Summit

On 09 April 2008 was announced, that this year the International Bioenergy Summit and Exhibition devoted to the issues of biomass and biofuels production take place in the exhibition centre LenExpo, St. Petersburg on April, 8-10. They are held together with the VII International Forum of Fuel and Energy sector in St. Petersburg, which will consider issues such as the sector on the whole, electric power industry, alternative energy, the market of natural gas, etc.

9 April 2008

Vnesheconomobank to fund construction of bioethanol plant in Tambov region

Russia's state-run Vnesheconombank (VEB) bank is to pay for a new bioethanol plant in the Tambov region. A deal was concluded between the head of the Tambov regional administration and VEB's chairman.

4 April 2008

Ukraine Sugar 2008

In marketing year 2007/2008, sugar beet production decreased by 24 percent. The profitability of sugar beets also decreased from 11% in 2006 to -10% in 2007 because of overproduction in marketing year 2006/2007 and beet sugar price decreases. As a result, the sugar beet sown area decreased in 2007 by 23% and is expected to remain low and stable through 2008.

3 April 2008

Russian Federation Agricultural Situation: Ministry of Agriculture Board Discusses the Past, Present, and Future

The Russian Ministry of Agriculture Board held a meeting on March 25, 2008. The topics of discussion included 2007 production levels and measures taken to implement the National Priority Project and Program of Agricultural Development and Market Regulation for 2008-2012. Imports were criticized, as well as the Russian Ministry of Economic Development and Trade's handling of meat import quotas. The Agriculture Minister informed those present that, in relation to the new structure of the government, the Ministry of Agriculture will expand its authority in relation to Customs and tariff policy, quality control over foodstuffs, as well as land regulation.

1 April 2008 Комментарии: 2

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