Biofuels news

First Plant Built in Lipetsk Special Economic Zone

CSZ Lipetsk has commissioned the first plant in the special economic zone in the Lipetsk Region (central Russia), to produce light glass bottles for the food and medical sectors.

15  June  2007      Комментарии: 1

Krasnodar signs 33 agt’s worth over EURO 1,300 mln in St Petersburg.

Governor Alexander Tkachev concluded an investment agreement with Titan Group of Companies, which will build a bioethanol production plant, combine fodder mill, integrated poultry farm, livestock and processing unit, Remezkov stressed. The total cost of the “Bioethanol” project is estimated at 200 million euros, he added.

14  June  2007      Комментарии: 1

Ukraine Vehicles To Switch to Biofuel by 2010.

Ukraine's parliament, the Verkhovna Rada, has passed a law that requires nine Ukrainian cities with a population over 500,000 to start using biofuels in vehicles by 2010, it was reported on June 13, 2007.

13  June  2007      Комментарии: 1

DJ USDA Attache: Russian Government Takes No Steps -2-

Experts believe that Russia has 10 potential bio-ethanol plants, although only one (the Titan company based in Omsk, Siberia) is operating.

13  June  2007      Комментарии: 1

Korlea Invest, a.s. Joint Venture to Produce Bioethanol in Kazakhstan

The joint-stock company TOO Korlea Invest – Energy Corporation, a major player on the electricity markets of Central, Eastern and Southeastern Europe, is planning to construct a bioethanol production plant in Kazakhstan.

7  June  2007

US Poultry Supplies to Russia Down 20%

American experts forecast US poultry supplies to Russia to drop by 10% to 20% to 599,000 tonnes to 674,000 tonnes in 2007. The reason is the crisis in the American poultry industry; corn which is the main food in the US poultry industry is now widely used on the bioethanol market.

1  June  2007      Комментарии: 1

Roustam Minnikhanov meets with Ballestra Desmet President Marco Galateri

Prime Minister of Tatarstan Roustam Minnikhanov meets with the Italy's Ballestra Desmet President Marco Galateri. The negotiations are to focus on possible launch of grain advanced processing facility in Tatarstan to produce glucose, modified starch, protein and bioethanol.

27  May  2007

Ukraine: Moroz Advocates Creation Of Specialized Biofuel Enterprises

Verkhovna Rada Chairman Oleksandr Moroz has said biofuel should be produced at specialized enterprises in Ukraine.

27  May  2007

From the Editor - Learning to love biofuels.

The latest Oil Market Report (OMR April 2007) from the International Energy Agency (IEA) provides a dramatic insight into just how important biofuels have now become in meeting future fuel demand.

21  May  2007      Комментарии: 1

Sugar-based ethanol said better for environment than fuel from corn

Ethanol made from sugar cane is by far the best option for biofuel from the point of view of the environment, the International Energy Agency said here Tuesday.

Both IEA executive director Claude Mandil and the president of its board of governors, Australian Deputy Industry Minister John Ryan, emphasized that point at a press conference at the end of the agency's ministerial meeting in Paris.

15  May  2007      Комментарии: 1