May 8th, 2011

By Stephan Nielsen – May 6, 2011.Archer-Daniels-Midland Co. (ADM), the largest grain processor, and Cargill Inc. are spearheading a push to invest about $560 million in new biofuel refineries in Brazil, a country that already has twice the capacity it needs.

The U.S. agribusinesses have joined Brazilian companies that are expanding facilities in a bet the government will double to 10 percent the amount of biofuel that must be blended into petroleum-based diesel, driving up demand overnight. Leer más »


November 29th, 2010

Planning Minister Julio De Vido, undertook to update the domestic price of biodiesel that remains frozen from the Ministry of Interior established Comercion Supply Act for the entire marketing chain liquid fuels.

Urgente24 reported 8 / 11 that negotiations were between the producers and the government to unfreeze the internal value of biodiesel derived from soybean (see related). However, the conflict would come to an end for the pressures of the association that brings together workers in the sector.

Biodiesel.com.ar site reported, the update of prices was rushed by a demonstration of the Union of Petroleum private gas and biofuels San Lorenzo, Santa Fe, which warned of the effect of this freeze on jobs. Leer más »



January 13th, 2010

Soybean, one of the most important global sources of protein and oil, is now the first legume species with a published complete draft genome sequence. Credit: Roy Kaltschmidt, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory.

Soybean, one of the most important global sources of protein and oil, is now the first legume species with a published complete draft genome sequence. The sequence and its analysis appear in the January 14 edition of the journal Nature. Leer más »

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January 27th, 2009

irena-renewable-energiesBerlin, Jan 26(EFE). – The International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) held today it’s Founding Conference in Bonn, in an act in which Spain was represented by the minister of Industry, Miguel Sebastian, and the secretary of State for the Climatic Change, María Teresa Ribera Rodríguez.    Â

IRENA is fruit of a German initiative, to which Spain and Denmark were added, and it has as objective the renewable energy promotion in the entire world and to overcome the obstacles that these find in its development. Leer más »


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