SAO PAULO (AFP)-The world production of the ethanol biofuel will grow A 191% , going from 55.700 million liters manufactured in 2007 to 162.000 millions in 2015, according to a study presented during an International Conference on Biofuels in Sao Paulo.Â

The demand of ethanol in 2010, according to the study, will be of 101.000 million liters, infront of an offer of 88.000 million liters. Leer más »

During the days 17 to 21 of November 2008, is being held in Sao Paulo, Brazil, the “International Conference on Biofuels: the biofuels as vector of the sustainable development.”Â

The Conference will contribute for the international discussion on the challenges and opportunities presented by the biofuels and it will represent an important occasion for the boarding of the topics related with the biofuels, as energy security, production and sustainable use, agriculture and industrial processing, besides the matters bounded to the international trade, specifications and technical registers, climate change and the future of the biofuels. Leer más »

The Brazilian state oil company Petrobras will invest 1.500 millions of dollars from 2008 to 2012 in projects of biodiesel and ethanol production, as announced this Tuesday the own company during the International Conference of Biofuels that is carried out in Sao Paulo.Â

The investments will be made through Petrobras Biocombustible, integral subsidiary of the brazilian state company, created on past July 29th.Â

“With the creation of that enterprise, the company gets ready to assist part of the growing world demand of biofuels, besides reinforcing its commitment with the environment and with the social development in a sustainable way”, Petrobras assured. Leer más »

The high specialization and professionalism of Expobioenergía has transformed it into the  sector´s annual appointment and so is it shown by the numbers that have been mentioned during its third edition. Â

Expobioenergía.08 reached the foreseen objectives and it attracted a total of 13.186 visitors, 40% more than in the previous edition. This fact, next to the high grade of satisfaction shown by the exhibitors makes Expobioenergía become again the obliged appointment of the bioenergy sectorduring 2009. Leer más »

Works will start in 15 days.Â

Dreyfus plans to begin to enlarge its production capacity of the oil factory plant that it owns in Timbúes. Â

In spite of the international financial crisis, the fall of the crushing level because of the smaller sales of the producers and the obstacles to the exports, the group has foreseen to begin in 15 days the works in the plant of soya milling, and for it 200 workers will be incorporated. Leer más »

Experts assure that the impact in the country will be minimum, but they advise to be alert. Â

When the 40 entities that conform the Forum of the Agroindustrial Chain decided the agenda of their fifth annual forum-under the title “agriculture and atmosphere, a shared agenda for the sustainable development”-, the scenario on which the complex moved was far from being the desired one, but it was much better than the current one. Leer más »

The sugar sector is in its best moment, since today president Cristina Kirchner will sign new regulation ordinances of law 26.093 that foresees incentives for the bioethanol production. The norm, that wants to promote the biofuels, was promulgated more than two years ago, during the government of Néstor Kirchner, and it established that, starting from 2010, the naphthas and the gasoil will have to be cut with at least 5% of ethanol and biodiesel. Â

The biodiesel is elaborated mainly based on the soya, while the ethanol is produced starting from the corn, sorghum or sugarcane. The new regulations will give more security to the sugar sector, since it will define the price of the product, the quality standards, the rules for the presentation of industrial plants projects and the safety regulations of these. Leer más »

Narón, Spain. The facilities will be fed by the electric substation of the sector three of the pool of firms .Â

At the end of October the works will be finished and a period of tests will begin that will be prolonged for two months. Â

The Peninsular Biocarburantes company, with social headquarters in Madrid, has foreseen to start at beginnings of the 2009 the biodiesel plant that at the moment is building in the fourth sector of the polygon of Rio do Pozo. The facilities will start up, as confirmed by the vice-president of the company, Jesus Calleja, with an annual production of 120.000 tons. Leer más »

ROME (AFP)-The United Nations Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO)Â questioned the benefits of the biofuels and requested a revision of the policies and subsidies to those products, in a report published on Tuesday in Rome.Â

The document that circulates annually under the title ‘The State of Food and Agriculture´ (SOFA), analyzes the advantages and risks of the biofuels. Leer más »

They will be held on the 21st and 22nd of October.Â

The Chamber of Commerce, Industry and Services of San Lorenzo presented formally yesterday the 4º Round of Negotiations and Products and Services Fair that will be held on the 21st and 22nd of October in the property of the entity located on Falucho and Avenue San Martin streets. Leer más »