Tecnologica SA (GAM), Spain's biggest wind turbine maker, won a 150-megawatt order to supply, install and maintain devices in Brazil. Gamesa will supply 75 G97 2-megawatt machines for five 30- megawatt wind farms in the town of Campo Formoso, Bahia ...
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2013-04-25 04:17:17
Datagro cut its forecast for sugarcane, sugar and ethanol production in Brazil's Centre/South (CS) region in 2013/14 due to rains early this year that will likely bring down the recoverable amount of sugars in the cane, Reuters reported. Datagro president Plinio ...
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2013-04-25 03:57:27
Odebrecht, a conglomerate and one of the southern hemisphere's largest enterprises, is making preparations for second generation ethanol production and plans to construct a demonstration plant. VTT acts as Odebrecht's research partner, tasked with ...
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2013-04-24 23:01:22
( VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland ) VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland exports its expertise as a developer of biomass processing technology to Brazil. Odebrecht, a conglomerate and one of the southern hemisphere's largest enterprises, is making preparations for second generation ethanol production and plans to construct a demonstration plant
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2013-04-24 08:57:06
Brazilian Finance Minister Guido Mantega has announced additional tax breaks to benefit the nation's ethanol producers on the back of plans to increase the concentration of ethanol in environmentally-friendly fuel blends, boost output, and bring down inflation.
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2013-04-24 08:02:45
The widely touted relaxation of the social security tax (PIS/Confins) for ethanol producers to improve the competitiveness of the sector was announced by the Brazilian Finance Minister Guido Mantega on 23 April. Speaking to the reporters, the Minister said ...
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2013-04-24 05:54:19
Mantega said that Brazil will provide tax credits to ethanol producers equal to the PIS/Cofins tax burden, which is about BRL0.12 ($0.06) per litre, from May 1, the same day the government had previously announced it would raise the mandatory blend of ...
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2013-04-24 03:34:49
Brazil has reduced taxes to help the ethanol and petrochemical industries, as per Wsj.com. Brazil would cut a social security tax — known as PIS/Confins — for petrochemical companies and ethanol producers to allow them to better compete with global rivals, ...
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2013-04-24 00:19:02
By providing tax credits to ethanol producers equal to the PIS/Cofins tax burden, which is about 12 centavos ($0.06) per liter, and providing BRL4 billion in cheaper financing, the government hopes to spur more investment in the sugarcane industry. The tax ...
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2013-04-23 19:15:44
BRASILIA/SAO PAULO, April 23 (Reuters) - Brazil's government threw its sugar-ethanol industry a lifeline on Tuesday, by cutting taxes and sweetening credit for the struggling sector it hopes will resume investments in new biofuel plants to ...
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2013-04-23 15:29:31
Brazil, the world’s biggest ethanol exporter, plans to reduce taxes and extend low-cost credit lines for producers to help boost output and lower prices, a Finance Ministry official with knowledge of the plan said.
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2013-04-22 12:20:21
The study, by Patrick Chateny, a sugar and ethanol expert for UK-based ProSunenergy, estimated that Brazil's government programs provide $2.5 billion annually in sugar subsidies. Those subsidies allow Brazil to dump sugar on the world market below the ...
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2013-04-19 11:31:28
The British start-up TMO Renewables (TMO) is to build, own and operate a 10 million litre bagasse based ethanol plant alongside a sugar mill owned by Usina Santa Maria at Cerquilho (São Paulo state). The cellulosic ethanol plant is scheduled to go into ...
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2013-04-19 03:21:25
SÃO PAULO, Brazil – The country's wind-power generating capacity increased 73% to 2.5 GW in 2012 because of 40 new wind farms, according to the Brazilian Wind Energy Association. About 7.5 million people receive electricity that is generated by wind ...
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2013-04-18 15:36:26
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