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Angolan ethanol, sugar plantation set to open amidst criticism of neocolonialism

In Angola, AFP is reporting that sugarcane plantation will recommence in Angola this month at a 74,000 acre plantation in Malanje province. The biofuel plantation represents the first major reintroduction of sugarcane n the country in more than 30 years.
The plantation is a project jointly owned by Angolan state oil company Sonangol, Brazil’s Odebrecht and [...]

September 02, 2009 | Jim Lane | Comments 0

Angola’s Biocom to open 10,000 acre sugarcane plantation; power, ethanol by 2012

In Angola, Biocom set to open a 10,000 acre sugarcane plantation near the Capanda hydroelectric dam. Biocom is a partnership between Brazil’s Odebrecht, Angola’s Damer, and Sonangol, the Angolan state oil company. The company projects that it will produce 250,000 tonnes of sugar cane, 8 Mgy of ethanol, and 160 GW of energy from a [...]

January 08, 2009 | Jim Lane | Comments 0

Gleinol to build biodiesel plant in Portugal; utilizing Angolan feedstock

In Portugal, Gleinol announced that it will invest $6 million in a biodiesel production unit in the Castelo Branco Industrial Area. The company had previously invested $800,000 in a 1500-acre pilot cultivation project in Angola to provide feedstocks for the biodiesel project, and said that it had recently expanded its cultivation contracts to 28,000 acres.

January 07, 2009 | Jim Lane | Comments 0