Beijing Olympic operations halt biodiesel production

Source: Biofuels International Online Newsletter
 
7th August, 2008 Gushan Environmental Energy, China’s largest producer of biodiesel as measured by annual production capacity, will temporarily suspend operations at its Beijing plant from August 1, 2008 to September 20, 2008.
 
The suspension is due to heightened traffic measures adopted by the Beijing government in preparation for the Beijing 2008 [...]

Malaysia and Indonesia to use palm oil surplus for biodiesel

Source: Biofuels International Online Newsletter
 
7th August, 2008 Malaysia and Indonesia have agreed to use the surplus from their palm oil stockpiles to produce biodiesel as part of the mechanism to boost the palm oil price.
 
Plantation Industries and Commodities Minister Datuk Peter Chin Fah Kui and Indonesia’s Agriculture Minister Dr Anton Apriyantono say both countries would [...]

Australian ethanol demand grows

Australian motorists are changing their petrol-buying habits in response to the increasing availability of ethanol-blended petrol, a new report has revealed.
 
APAC Biofuel Consultants released its annual report on the Australian biofuel industry which shows that the sector is currently contributing about 3,000 barrels a day to the Australian transport fuel supply.
 
This is just over 50% [...]

New Zealand awards alternative and biofuel research funding

New Zealand’s Foundation for Research, Science and Technology (FRST) has recently approved NZ$45.6 million (€21.1 million) in contracts for alternative and biofuels research as part of a record NZ$785 million in funding with more than 25 research organisations in the foundation’s main 2008 investment round.
 
The funding includes a three-year, NZ$12 million project by LanzaTech to [...]

Foster Wheeler Awarded Contract for CFB Gasifier for Biomass to Liquids (BTL) Pilot Plant in Finland

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