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Campaigners fear lobbying by industry and farmers' unions will weaken plans to limit role of food crops in biofuels production
Votes taken by European parliamentary committees this week could determine the future of EU biofuels policy, which has been strongly criticised for its negative impact on developing countries
UKGuardian Unlimited via Guardian Unlimited
2013-06-19 06:12:35
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“Hence, we decided on solar powered, five horsepower (HP), motors to help SC/ST farmers.” It will cost no less than Rs four lakh to five lakh for solar power to generate energy in five HP pumpsets and pump the water from borewells. “Of this cost, there will be ...
IndiaDeccan Herald via Google News
2013-06-19 16:26:06
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Their hope is that the game will lure players into channeling the kind of critical thinking used in entertainment based video games, which will in turn provide insights about the best way to grow biofuel crops. In the game, whose working title is Fields of Fuel, ...
USAKQED via Google News
2013-06-18 14:28:01
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Retired Naval electronics engineering officer and beef farmer David Mortimer said he and his wife had been "wind turbine tragics" when they accepted a $12,000-a-year deal to host them on their land at Millicent, SA. They now have four turbines 2.5km from ...
GermanyAdelaide Now via Google News
2013-06-18 07:13:42
“The sugar mills are holding on to 55 crore litres of ethanol, which has blocked their cash flows, thereby affecting cane payments to farmers,” said Abinash Verma, Director-General of the Indian Sugar Mills Association. Further, the sugar mills are keen to ...
IndiaHindu Business Line via Google News
2013-06-16 11:45:16
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Wind developers pay farmers and other landowners for land leased, and the resulting wind farm provides an added tax base for surrounding communities. For many rural communities — where economic development opportunities are often hard to come by ...
USAOneida Dispatch via Google News
2013-06-15 15:39:30
Barre, VT – Several farmers in North Kohala, Hawaii, are now benefitting from an innovative off grid water pumping system powered by Northern Power NPS 100 wind turbine. Like many others in remote locations and island communities, North Kohala ...
USAThomasNet Industrial News Room (press release) via Google News
2013-06-12 07:47:03
Barre, VT – Several farmers in North Kohala, Hawaii, are now benefitting from an innovative off grid water pumping system powered by Northern Power NPS 100 wind turbine. Like many others in remote locations and island communities, North Kohala farmers have been searching for an alternative to using polluting, expensive diesel fuel to generate electricity
USAThomasNet via Yahoo! News
2013-06-12 07:39:51
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American Ethanol, a renewable source of cleaner burning energy from the bounty of America's farmers, helps create new green jobs and a renewed sense of pride for the American worker, while helping to achieve greater energy security for our country.
USApaddocktalk.com via Google News
2013-06-11 18:37:17
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This week, six Iowa biodiesel producers, a soybean farmer and several Iowa Biodiesel Board staff will be visiting Capitol Hill to urge Iowa's Congressional delegation to continue fighting for a strong Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS). The group joins more than ...
USADomestic Fuel via Google News
2013-06-11 09:25:12
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Once validation is completed and approved, biofuel producers will need an additional 21,000 metric tons of coconut oil for blending. The 5-percent mixture, Forbes said, is based on worldwide automotive manufacturer's allowable blend to significantly reduce ...
TuvaluGMA News via Google News
2013-06-11 08:58:27
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LOSING nearly $10,000 in solar panels has taken the shine off Wyreema lettuce farmer Paul Finlayson’s plans to cash in on the sun’s rays.
UKYahoo! News via Yahoo! News
2013-06-10 15:38:43
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We were in Yuanli Township (苑裡), Miaoli County, at the site of a controversial wind turbine project by German wind power company InfraVest GmbH, which for the past eight months has met growing opposition by villagers, most of them farmers, who claim ...
ROC TaiwanTaipei Times via Google News
2013-06-09 11:03:29
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Dairy farmers have been burned by systems that promise to turn manure into power, but a new generation of digesters could revive this segment of the renewable energy field. Dairy farmer Ron Koetsier's 1,200 cows produce roughly 90 tons of manure daily, and for the last three decades, he has tried unsuccessfully to turn the stinky dung into energy to power his 450-acre farm in Visalia
UKYahoo! News via Yahoo! News
2013-06-08 07:12:11
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Several farmers in North Kohala, Hawaii, are now benefitting from an innovative off-grid water-pumping system powered by a Northern Power NPS 100 wind turbine. Like many others in remote locations and island communities, North Kohala farmers have ...
USAVermont Biz via Google News
2013-06-05 10:06:23