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NGOs call for biofuel sustainability safeguards |
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Monday, 12 June 2006 |
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London, 8 June - Three NGOs have called on the EU to introduce "sustainability safeguards" as part of the ongoing review of the EU Biofuels Directive. A failure to do so, they warn, will lead to negligible savings in greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, will harm biodiversity, and risk turning the public against biofuels.
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EU reassures OPEC that renewables won't reduce demand for 'dinodiesel' |
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Monday, 12 June 2006 |
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Brussel, June 9 2006 - The European Commission has reassured the OPEC oil-producing countries that increased use of biodiesel and the growing numbers of wind turbines and nuclear plants in Europe won't affect overall European demand for OPEC's oil exports.
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Netherlands' first E85 filling station opens in Rotterdam |
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Monday, 12 June 2006 |
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Rotterdam June 8, 2006 - Argos Oil has become the first oil company to introduce E85 (85% bioethanol and 15% petrol) in the Netherlands. Argos oil has worked in partnership with Rotterdam city council in the 'BEST' project (Bioethanol for Sustainable Transport), an EU project the aim of which is to reduce pollution and diversify away from fossil fuels. From 8 June onwards motorists can fill their cars with E85 at the Argos filling station in Rotterdam's Feijenoord district.
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UK's Biofuels Corp raises $15 million |
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Sunday, 11 June 2006 |
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Biofuels Corporation, an Alternative Investment Market (AIM) traded company which owns and operates a biodiesel plant capable of producing 250,000 tonnes of biodiesel per year on a continuous process basis, is raising £7.9 million before expenses (£7.3million after expenses) through an issue of 4,401,804 shares at 180 pence per share.
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France, Italy support farm prices by turning fine wine into biofuel |
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Sunday, 11 June 2006 |
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Brussels, 9 June 2006. The EU Wine Management Committee voted today on proposals from the European Commission to open crisis distillation of wine in France and Italy. For France a maximum of 1.5 million hectolitres of table wine and of 1.5 million hectolitres of quality wine can be offered for crisis distillation. For Italy crisis distillation has been opened for a maximum quantity of 2.5 million hectolitres of table wine and 100,000 hectolitres of quality wine. Further demands from Spain and Greece are still under examination.
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Finland: IEA report on biofuels market |
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Saturday, 10 June 2006 |
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The International Energy Agency (IEA) Bioenergy Task Force 40 in collaboration with the Lappeenranta University of Technology and the Technical Research Centre of Finland have published their report "Solid and Liquid Biofuels Market in Finland-A Study on International Biofuels Trade".
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NZ: Genesis' BioJoule plant makes fuel with willow |
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Saturday, 10 June 2006 |
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Taupo, New Zealand -- At its annual AGM, Genesis Research and Technology's head Jim Watson has asked investors for $5 million to help take
its biofuel technology to pilot stage. The BioJoule pant will use willow as its feedstock, the energy to be geothermal in the form of steam.
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Dresser Wayne introduces first industry-approved E85 dispenser |
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Saturday, 10 June 2006 |
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Jefferson City , Missouri– Dresser Wayne has introduced the industry’s first approved E85 dispenser – the Dresser Wayne Vista ™ 387. The pump is both approved by Underwriters Laboratories (UL) and the Weights and Measures Division of the National Institute of Standards and Technology.
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Syngas biofuel lubricity research |
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Saturday, 10 June 2006 |
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Edmonton, Alberta--Jun 7, 2006 -- Syngas International Corp., a producer of hydrogen-enriched alternative fuels, has announced that initial findings in its biofuels research indicate that its biofuels could help increase lubricity in diesel fuels. Diesel fuel lubricity became an issue effective on June 1, 2006, when the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency made ultra low sulfur diesel (ULSD) compulsory. ULSD applies to all diesel fuel sold for use in roadgoing vehicles. The allowable sulfur content (15ppm) is lower than the previous U.S. standard (500 ppm), and aims to reduce emissions of sulfur compounds, nitrogen oxides and particulates.
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