WASHINGTON, (Reuters). – The future of the biodiesel market is in unstable land, because the closing of the legal lagoon of a fiscal credit and new European import tariffs could reduce the trade, said the Energy Information Administration. Â

It is expected that in 2009 in United States and with the standards of the renewable fuel, 500 million gallons (1900 million liters) of biodiesel be blended with diesel, a biofuel elaborated starting from oils or of animal fats. Â

The figure should be increased by law to 1000 million biodiesel gallons for 2012. This, together with the rise of the fuel prices, generated an increase in the production in the last years, and the tributary incentives sent great part of the fuel to the foreigner, in accordance with the EIA. Leer más »

It will add industrial park in Terminal Las Palmas.Â

Terminal Las Palmas will invest u$s 10 M to enlarge its port complex of Zárate enabling the dispatch of liquid loads and a new general loads dock, that will be added to the grain and container portrising that today they already have. And also, in a 5 year term, they hope to lift an industrial park to attract the establishing of companies linked to the agri exporting business. Â

As it was announced yesterday by Federico Pellicer, manager of Terminal Puerto Feeder, of Terminal Las Palmas, a company of the Molinos Cañuelas Group, in the framework of the III Argentinean Encounter of Fluvial Transport that was carried out in the Board of Trade. Leer más »

The secretary of State Hillary Clinton during the climate summit AP.

The secretary of American Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has affirmed that United States is ready to fight against the climatic change and resolved to “recover the lost time” regarding the control of the emissions of hothouse effect gases. The responsible for External of the Government of Obama made these declarations during the inauguration in Washington of an international meeting on the climatic change summoned by the new tenant of the White House. Leer más »

Production. The industry of the ethanol produces 1.050.000 liters of fuel alcohol per day and plans to produce near 320 million liters of alcohol in the 2009 to supply 75% of the market.Â

The ethanol industry produces 1.050.000 liters of alcohol fuel per day and plans to produce near 320 million liters of alcohol in the 2009 to supply 75% of the market. Â

Measure that forces to have new cars that use 85% of ethanol was rejected by different sectors.Â

The decision of the National Government “to accelerate” the overcrowding of the ethanol use starting from January 1st of 2012 started a sharp polemic among different sectors of the industry. Â

The National Association of Managers, Andi, said that although he supports the use of the Flex-Fuel technology (that allows a bigger mixture of ethanol with gasoline in the motors of the cars), to force the Colombians to use it as specifies the Ordinance 1135 of March 31 of 2009 “it is an extreme measure.” Leer más »

KANSAS CITY, Missouri (Reuters) – It’s corn planting time in the U.S. Plains, and that means Kansas corn farmer Merl “Buck” Rexford is worrying about the weather — and hoping there is enough water.

Rexford plans to start seeding his 7,000 acres near Meade, Kansas, this week and he is relishing a recent heavy snow storm that dropped several inches of much-needed moisture.

Like corn farmers throughout the United States, Rexford hopes to grow a healthy crop yielding more than 150 bushels an acre this year. Much of his crop will wind up at a nearby ethanol plant.

And that puts the 65-year-old Rexford at the center of a bitter divide over biofuels, particularly corn ethanol. Leer más »

President Barack Obama waves when arriving for a visit to Trinity Structural Towers in Newton, Iowa, on Wednesday April 22 of 2009. In that state, Obama promoted his energy plan saying that it will create employments and favor the environment (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert).

When celebrating Earth Day, President Barack Obama proposed on Wednesday “new era of energy exploration in America”” and he sustained that his proposal will help both the economy and the environment.Â

“The nation that leads the world in creating new energy sources will be the nation that leads the 21st century global economy,” Obama said in Iowa, the state that impelled him to the White House. “America can be that nation. America must be that nation.” Leer más »

The Province did a successful test with biodiesel generated from used food oils in the electrical energy generating plant of Centrales de la Costa in Villa Gesell.

The Government of the Province of Buenos Aires did another successful test of the biodiesel generated from used food oils in the electrical energy generating plant of Centrales de la Costa in Villa Gesell.

The test was done adding 1200 liters of biodiesel to the fuel that habitually is used to feed the turbines that produce the energy that daily satisfies the necessity of all Villa Gesell, part of Pinamar and the county of la Costa, supplying electrical energy to more than 60,000 inhabitants of this zone. Leer más »

Corrientes: it is located in the left riverbank of the Paraná River in the kilometer 1.208. The city of Corrientes has around 360.000 inhabitants. It has a 373 meters long dock with 14 feet depth, being of easy access. Operating barges, passengers’ small ships and the most important traffics are of general loads, fuels, wood, etc.Â

Barranqueras: it is located in the right riverbank of the Paraná River in the kilometer 1.198. The city of Barranqueras has around 57.000 inhabitants. It is at 10 km from the city of Resistencia. It has a 800 meters dock. The grain elevator has a capacity of 105.000 tons. The depth is of 10 feet. Operating grains, fuels, etc.  Leer más »

The measure, originally established to come into force at the beginning of 2010, contemplates to incorporate to the petroleum derived fuels up to a 5% of vegetable origin compounds. The companies of the sector seek to assure the almost 5.000 employments that today the biofuels production originates.  Â

The Government, the oil companies, and the cameras that promote the production and the biofuels ultimate details to start, at mid-year, the obligatory mix of gas oil with biodiesel.  Leer más »

President Uribe thanks the trust of Japan in Colombia.Â

He manifested this way during a visit to the plant for the biodiesel production in Santa Marta (Magdalena), built by the Japanese company Odin. The Leader invited his directives to build a new plant in the country.Â

Santa Marta, Feb 3 (SP). As an example of trust in Colombia qualified President Álvaro Uribe Vélez to the construction and setting in march, on behalf of the Odin Company, of a crude palm oil processing plant for the biodiesel production in Santa Marta. Leer más »