The government set up a reservoir of liquid ethanol and installed an ethanol pump at Amlekhgunj. But due to technical hurdles and internal rifts, the decision on the ethanol-petrol mix is yet to get implement, informed Mukunda Prasad Ghimire, chief of Nepal ...
myrepublica.com via Google News
2013-05-11 20:21:32
Brisbane Airport could be the first in Australia where planes can fill up with biofuel made from weeds or sugarcane. Virgin Australia, Brisbane Airport Corporation and sustainable fuel company SkyNRG have commissioned a feasibility study that will look at ...
St Marys-Mt Druitt Star via Google News
2013-05-07 09:36:49
Support for ethanol began in the 1960s, when members of Congress from key farm states persuaded their gullible colleagues that ethanol was the “great alternative fuel” and would be the saviour of the American corn farmer. The latter point particularly ...
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2013-04-30 21:02:58
'Eco-Skies: The Global Rush for Aviation Biofuel', a report from the Oakland Institute, says aviation's push for biofuels will hurt developing nations by taking land needed for human crops. It says the potential environmental impact and impact on human lives of ...
Asia Pacific via Google News
2013-04-21 22:29:49
In 2011, the EU produced 3.7 million tonnes of ethanol and 9.4 million tonnes of biodiesel. Together biofuels and biodiesel account for 4-5 per cent of the demand for motor fuels. The EU's current biofuel production effectively replaces the output of two or three ...
Scoop.co.nz (press release) via Google News
2013-04-18 22:11:06
The Ethanol Sustainability Challenge, launched by Environment Minister Robyn Parker on Wednesday, invites apprentices to submit entries that show how current biofuels such as E10 and E85 have benefited their work and training. The top 10 finalists from ...
Business Spectator via Google News
2013-04-09 21:17:39
The over-estimate only inflicts a small penalty on the US refining industry (less than $US5 million in 2011), but more importantly it adds to the impression of a policy lagging reality, where the separate corn ethanol mandate is on the cusp of exceeding ...
Sydney Morning Herald via Google News
2013-04-09 17:48:45
Image: Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (USA)ESTABLISHING an industry founded on algae-based biodiesel could potentially overshadow Western Australia's iron ore industry and could be up and running in as little as five years, according to a local ...
Science Network Western Australia via Google News
2013-04-08 21:17:46
The introduction of ethanol -blended petrol in WA has prompted warnings for motorists to check its suitability in some cars.
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2013-03-26 15:35:07
Waste from grain crops at Coleambally in the states south-west will soon be turned into biofuel. The Murrumbidgee Shire has given the nod to a $6 million plant which'll produce around five megalitres of ethanol a year. Mayor Phillip Wells says the ...
ABC Online via Google News
2013-03-21 15:52:03
Ethanol manufactured from non-food “cellulosic” feedstock is on course to be cost competitive with corn-based ethanol by 2016, according to an industry survey conducted by Bloomberg New Energy Finance. The survey collected data and predictions on the ...
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2013-03-17 18:34:10
Last updated 14:44 14/03/2013. Ara. Scott Hammond. Squeezed: Apiarist Peter Bush and Don Freeth tend to beehives near an oilseed rape crop in Waihopai Valley, grown by Biodiesel NZ to make biofuel. The company proved a drain on Solid Energy.
Marlborough Express via Google News
2013-03-13 20:45:54
Renewable – because it is produced from nothing more than renewable geothermal electricity, water and geothermal CO2;. 2. Low impact – because, unlike many biofuels, its production doesn't require the diversion of food producing land or damage to the ...
RenewEconomy via Google News
2013-03-11 18:06:15
But it will need international investment, including from Big Oil, and continued government involvement to get it through the risky emerging industry stage, according to one of the nation's top biofuel experts. "We have to bring in international investors, which is ...
The Australian via Google News
2013-03-07 07:16:08
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