In Argentina, a new biofuels bill was introduced by the federal government extending biofuels incentives to the Argentine sugar industry. The national biofuels bill was signed in March, and mandates a 5% ethanol or biodiesel blend, as well as extending incentives for domestic biofuels projects owned at least 50% by Argentines.
The fast-growing Argentine biodiesel industry will export more than 1.5 million metric tons of biodiesel in 2008 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.
The ethanol industry has been slower to develop in Argentina and the country is not among the world’s top 15 producers.
In Argentina, Integrated Biodiesel Industries signed a letter of intent to construct a 17 Mgy biodiesel plant in Rosario. Argentine investors will also participate in the $3.5 million financing. IBI r...
In Argentina, the Argentine Renewable Energies Chamber has released a Outlook for Argentine Biodiesel report, including maps of current plant locations, a survey of capacity and producers, and forecas...
In Washington, the US Senate passed an $18 billion package to extend the renewable energy tax credit, worth $18 billion per year to wind, solar, geothermal and biomass producers; the bill also include...
More details have emerged regarding the sugar buy-back program in the new Farm Bill.
The bill calls for the USDA to buy excess sugar from US producers at 22 cents per pound, to cope with the expect...
The International Herald Tribune writes that the farm bill passed by the US House of Representatives last month creates a program for the US Government to purchase sugar and resell it to ethanol produ...
In Australia, Ord River sugar growers are pressing the Western Australia government to support the Ord Stage 2 expansion project, which will provide more land for sugar and give the growers enough eco...
