Biofuels news

PRICEWATERHOUSECOOPERS to Partner Bioethanol Production Line Construction Project in Russia

PRICEWATERHOUSECOOPERS will blueprint a financial scheme to attract investment in a bioethanol production line construction project in the Volgograd Region.

8  February  2007

Alternative Energy: CIS Countries News Review Jan 2007, Part 1 of 2

31  January  2007

TITAN Builds Pig Farms in Russia and Kazakhstan

The Omsk TITAN group is building two pig-breeding enterprises, in Russia's Omsk Region and Kazakhstan.

25  January  2007

Russia offers to supply EU with biological fuels

Russia is ready to cooperate with the EU in the field of bioenergetics. "Considering the rise in the consumption of bioethanol in Europe we are ready to offer additional resources and implement joint projects in this field, using common capital for this purpose," Russian Agriculture Minister Aleksey Gordeyev said at the East-West Agricultural Forum in Berlin today on the subject of "agriculture and bioenergy - the light will go out without agriculture".

20  January  2007      Комментарии: 1

Agrarian policy: The Cabinet of Ministers approved the Biofuel production development program

In late December of 2006, the Cabinet of Ministers approved the concept of the State program for diesel biofuel production development until 2010.

20  January  2007

Closing the biofuel gap

Japan is lagging behind several other countries in developing liquid biofuels that serve as alternatives for fossil fuels such as oil, coal and natural gas. An increase in demand for oil caused by expanding economic activities worldwide as well as tighter government control of nat ural resources, as in Russia, are likely to drive up oil prices. It is imperative that Japan develop alternative renewable energy sources to diversify energy sources and reduce reliance on oil.

19  January  2007      Комментарии: 1

Government policy and development of legislation: Ukraine plans to considerably increase its output of agricultural produce

According to the new draft Ag Development Program of the new Ukrainian government Ukraine will produce by 2015:

17  January  2007

Reuters Summit-EU seeks varied suppliers to meet biofuel targets

Europe will have to rely on a wide variety of countries, starting with Brazil and Indonesia, if it wants to meet ambitious targets for raising the share of biofuels used in transport, the EU executive said on Tuesday.

16  January  2007      Комментарии: 1

Russia's Nastyusha grains sees $3 bln revenues

The co-owner of leading Russian grains trader Nastyusha plans in the next five years to build a company with annual revenues of about $3 billion, a Russian newspaper reported on Tuesday.

14  January  2007

Watching the world: The switch to biofuels

Countries around the globe may switch from oil and natural gas to biofuels.

11  January  2007