In Argentina, Dynamotive Energy Systems will construct two biofuel electricity plants in Corrientes province. Each plant will produce 15.7 megawatts of electricity from wood waste.
Last month, Biodiesel magazine profiled the fast-growing Argentine biodiesel industry, which will export more than 1.5 million metric tons of biodiesel next year at facilities built by Unitec Bio, Molinos Rio de la Plata, Louis Dreyfus, Patagonia Bioenergia, Explora and GEA Biodiesel among others.
Companies such as Royal Caribbean have been procuring biodiesel from Argentina in recent months.
In Brazil, the president of the sugar producers industry association, UNICA, said that bagasse could supply up 11.5 terawatts, or up to 15 percent of Brazil's electricity by 2015. Bagasse is the waste...
In Angola, the Brazilian company Odebrecht agreed with Angola-based Sonangol and Damer to invest US$200 million in sugar ethanol and electricity projects in Malanje province. The project will cove...
Brazilian conglomerate Odebrecht will invest $581 million, via its ETH Bioenergia subsidiary, in three ethanol plants in Mato Grosso do Sul state. The plants will have a combined capacity of 15 millio...
The Argentine federal government increased the export tax on soybeans, soy products and corn, but exempted biofuels from increases. This move is expected to spur exports of Argentine biodiesel and eth...
In Argentina, a restriction on beef exports aimed at reducing local beef prices has, instead, led to a conversion of 10 percent of Argentine ranchlands to soybean production.
Soybean is not subject...
In Angola, president Jose Eduardo dos Santos opened discussions with Brazil by focusing on the potential of biofuels. "The production of these bio-fuels will enable to contribute for the economic deve...
