By Jerome Carlo R. Paunan.QUEZON CITY, Aug. 16 (PIA) — The Aquino administration is eying the potential of the oil derived from coconuts or “coco-biodiesel” to reduce the country’s overdependence on imported fuels, an official from the Philippine Coconut Authority said Tuesday.

During the CNEX – Talking Points forum held at the Philippine Information Agency, PCA public relations officer Thelma Tolentino said government is considering to increase the current minimum two percent blend of coco-diesel due to its many benefits. Leer más »

This year’s theme for the National Biodiesel Conference & Expo is summed up in one word: advance. It’s time that all biodiesel businesses advance, and at last, we are in a position to do so.

RFS2 will help generate significant demand for biodiesel. But what is its true impact, and how can biodiesel producers and marketers put themselves in a winning position? For a second year, this will be a primary focus of the conference. Educational sessions, the exhibit hall, and networking opportunities will empower you to use the RFS2 to your greatest advantage. Leer más »

2011 Biodiesel Conference & Expo—register now!

Plan now to participate in the biodiesel event of the year. The annual National Biodiesel Conference & Expo is the only event that gathers biodiesel decision-makers from all around the United States and the world.

Opportunities abound for attendees and exhibitors to network, connect and learn. This event will explore the topics of governmental policy, technical issues and marketing trends in the biodiesel industry. Leer más »

ACCORDING to new market research report, Global Biodiesel Market (2009 – 2014), published by MarketsandMarkets, the total global biodiesel market is expected to be worth US$12.6 billion by 2014, out of which the European and Americas market will account for nearly 55.6 per cent and 28.6pc of the total revenues respectively.

The global market is expected to record a CAGR of 7.8% from 2009 to 2014. Leer más »

Bernd Waltermann and Henning Streubel ,  Jakarta.

As Indonesia is today the world’s largest producer of crude palm oil (CPO) — a desirable feedstock for biodiesel production — it has the potential to grow into a world biodiesel leader and a model for plantation sustainability.

Biodiesel has the potential to become a significant industry sector in Indonesia, supported by two of its most valuable assets: its oil palm plantations, and more importantly, its people. Indonesia currently produces approximately 20 million tons of CPO per year from 7 million hectares of oil palm plantation, of which approximately 80 percent  is exported.  Leer más »

Growing imports of cheap Argentine biodiesel into Europe are replacing U.S. imports hit by European Union anti-dumping duties in March, Swiss-German biodiesel producer Biopetrol said on Thursday.

“Increasing amounts of indirectly-subsidized biodiesel have been coming to Europe from Argentina since the second quarter,” Biopetrol said in a statement in a statement on its first half 2009 results. Leer más »

Raúl Padilla, the president of Bunge Argentina,was one of the main assistants to the 5° conference of the Forum of the Agroindustrial Chain and in a break of the encounter he dialogued with punto biz about the projects of the company. Â

How does the construction of the fertilizers plant in the Ramallo complex go? Â

After 19 months of works, I can say that we are about to begin to operate. In the next days we will be producing and we begin with a capacity of 200/210 thousand tons. Leer más »

It is the Global Agricultural Resources (Gar) company.Â

Its representative in Argentina advanced that once they reach the 50.000 sowed hectares, they will install an oil factory and later on, a biofuel elaborato.Â

The Global Agricultural Resources (GAR) company, of Swiss capitals, advanced that it will build an oil plant oil in the Nea and later on, a biodiesel elaborator. Leer más »

The Oriental Republic of the Uruguay depends in great measure of external energy sources, at least until they discovered some gas and petroleum locations that could feed the country during almost 100 years. Anyway, it could try to incorporate a bigger load of renewable energy, since it doesn’t participate in the non renewable energy market. Leer más »