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Bioethanol: 2010 review

The boom in the biofuel industry had slightly slackened by 2010. High expenses along with the financial crisis somewhat cooled enthusiasts of the transition to the new fuel. At present, 85% out of the total biofuel output was accounted for by bioethanol and roughly 15% by biodiesel.

20  March  2010      Комментарии: 1

Newcomer Alternativa to build biofuel plants with US Greenshift

Ukrainian biofuel start-up Alternativa (IOM) Ltd and US clean-tech developer Greenshift (OTC:GERS) have teamed up to jointly develop sustainable integrated feedstock and eco-friendly fuel facilities worldwide.

20  March  2010      Комментарии: 1

Ukraine: Cabinet Adopts Procedure For Issue, Circulation And Payment Of Bills For Bioethanol Procurement To Produce Biofuel

The Cabinet of Ministers has adopted the procedure for issue, circulation and payment of bills (tax receipts) avalized by banks and got for bioethanol procurement to produce biofuel, government resolution No. 146 of February 17, 2010 proclaims.  "To endorse the procedure for issue, circulation and payment of bills (tax receipts) avalized by banks and given to take bioethanol from an excise warehouse for further biofuel production," the resolution declares.

20  March  2010

Developers target Ukraine for integrated feedstock and biofuel refinery

Alternativa (IOM) Ltd (Alternativa) and GreenShift Corp have jointly announced that they have entered into an exclusive supply and cooperation agreement for the purpose of designing and developing sustainable integrated feedstock and renewable energy production facilities. The companies will initially focus on selected geographies throughout the world that have both abundant undeveloped biomass-derived feedstock resources and the downstream supply-chain infrastructure needed for robust distribution and use of renewable energy and other biomass-derived products at scale. The first planned facility is planned for Ukraine, and will be designed to process rapeseed into substantial quantities of renewable fuels, edible oils and animal feed in an environmentally-friendly fashion. While the development of the Ukrainian project is at an advanced stage, Alternativa is evaluating several additional sites for development of similar facilities in Russia and Canada.

20  March  2010

Ukraine. Exports in January: Grains

Grain exports equaled 1,693.4 KMT in January 2010 against 2557.8 KMT in December 2009. In total, Ukraine has already exported 15.75 MMT of grain and processed grain products since the season started.

11  February  2010      Комментарии: 1

Russia grain prices dip, follow international prices

Russian grain prices dipped last week, following international prices, but in some regions demand from domestic producers triggered a small rise, analysts said. Ordinary milling wheat with bug damage of 1 percent declined to $175 per tonne from $178 a week before, FOB Novorossiisk, while cereal with bug damage above 1 percent was $170 per tonne, the Institute for Agricultural Market Studies (IKAR) said in a weekly note.

11  February  2010      Комментарии: 1

Uzbekistan ups ethanol crude alcohol production

Uzbekistan increased ethanol crude alcohol production by 9.4 percent to 5.124 million in 2009 compared to 2008, the Uzbek statistics agency reported.

11  February  2010

EASTERN OPPORTUNITIES: WESTERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY STUDENT EXAMINES RUSSIAN MARKET OPS FOR ETHANOL CO-PRODUCT DISTILLER'S DRIED GRAINS WITH SOLUBLES

While many individuals get their first exposure to international experiences as college students, it's not so often that they participate as one of the lead researchers on an international research trip to help investigate and foster emerging markets for U.S. products. But soon-to-be WIU graduate Anthony Staggs found himself in just such a role this past August, when the senior marketing major at Western Illinois University traveled to Russia with WIU School of Agriculture faculty John Carlson and Kevin Bacon. The purpose of their trip: to present the possibilities of DDGS (distiller's dried grains with solubles) -- a co-product of drymill ethanol production -- for high-protein feed for Russian livestock.

11  February  2010      Комментарии: 1

Prices ethanol, MTBE (Rotterdam, RU, UA), ETBE (Rotterdam)

11  February  2010      Комментарии: 1

U.S. LA Investment Capital To Invest $10 Mln in Bioethanol Plant in Moldova

U.S.-based investment company LA Investment Capital said it will invest $10 million (7.0 million euro) in the construction of a bioethanol plant in northern Moldova.
LA Investment Capital, which will operate in Moldova through its joint venture BioCombustibil SRL, will build highly efficient small-scale biofuel production unit located near feedstocks and optimised to match local markets, the fund said in a statement on Saturday, adding that it plans to complete the investment by March next year.

4  January  2010