The new world energy policies and the possibilities of the Argentina. Martin Fraguío, Executive Director of Maizar. Â

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Barack Obama-EFE Técnicas Reunidas can suffer by the taxes to the oil companies and Iberia and Acerinox, due to the labor costs.

The victory of Barack Obama is not only going to have repercussions on the American companies. Many Spanish values have interests on the greatest economy of the world and its future growth on the other side of the Atlantic can be conditioned by the new president´s support to one or the other sector.

Esther Martin remembers that Obama was committed to invest 15,000 million annual dollars during 10 years in clean energies. In this point, she adds that Spain is the major foreign investor in wind power, with almost 5,000 MW installed in the USA. Therefore, she hopes that Acciona, Gamesa, Iberdrola Renovables, Abengoa y CIE Automotive will be favored. Leer más »

A mushroom able to produce components as those that are in the diesel gasoline were discovered in the Patagonia.Â

The mushroom could be a potential source of clean fuel for cars. Â

The mushroom, affirmed an investigation published in the Microbiology magazine, could potentially be a new green energy source. Leer más »

Many agricultural products can be transformed into raw materials for the production of alternative fuels. Now an analysis by scientifics of the Agricultural Research (ARS) indicates that the agricultural products can be used this way without reducing the food supply, the capacity of the floor to produce cultivations, or the environment quality of USA. Leer más »

It will use biomass to obtain electricity.Â

It is in Timbúes and they are already in works. The investment is of u$s 150 M to have 8.000 tons of crushing capacity. There will be a barge port and it will be ready by ends of 2009.Â

Noble will build in Timbúes the first oil plant of the country that will work based on clean autogenerated energy. That is to say, it is a cogeneration project based on biomass. Leer más »

In the outline of the rise of the crude and the perception of its shortage, the biofuels entered to the market, putting pressure on the food prices at world level. How much do they impact and to who they benefit? An analysis of the programs adopted in the different countries, by the economist and professor of the University of Indianapolis.Â

The market of the ingredients of the food animal-grains, oleaginous, flours and other energy sources and protein-, has changed significantly in the last two years. But the fundamental underlying causes of this change are something novel for the world trade: it is not a situation of product shortage but rather of a bigger demand for the same ones. Leer más »

The president of Bayer CropScience assures that the priority in the world should be the foods supply and in second instance the biofuels production. Â

He affirmed that the biofuels projects and the alimentary security have in the investigation and the technology the secret to cohabit without tripping themselves.  Leer más »

United nations predicts that millions of new employments will be created in the entire world in next decades through the development of alternative technologies. Â

More than a million people already work in the biofuels field, but a report of the UN says that it could rise to 12 millions by 2030.  Leer más »

Studies by the investigators Yong Gu (left) and John Vogel on the wild grass Brachypodium is revealing genetic information that could be useful in investigations of the grass Panicum virgatum as raw material for the biofuel.Â

A small and short herb called Brachypodium distachyon (also known as chirate or wall grass) could accelerate the discoveries on the grass Panicum virgatum, its famous cousin that has much potential as a raw material for biofuels. Leer más »

One of the most potential second generation technologies for the industry of the biodiesel is denominated BtL, or Biomass-to-Liquid, wiich converts biomass to biofuel.Â

The German company Choren Industries GmbH, invited a select group of representatives from the biofuel sector of Latin America and Europe to see its facilities in Germany with the purpose of looking for study and investment opportunities in our region. Leer más »