Water shortages caused by a drought has caused significant problems for generation of hydro power in Chile. This, along with natural gas shortages from Argentina are causing potential brownouts or power cuts. Similar to the recent situation in South Africa, Chile’s power problems are affecting commodity prices, primarily copper.
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Power Shortages Spread to Chile
Posted in Diesel, Gas, Hydro on April 9, 2008 | 3 Comments »
China Fuel Shortages Spreading
Posted in China, Diesel, Oil, Transportation on March 24, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
With oil prices over US$100/barrel, China’s independent refineries are understandably balking at supplying at a loss. The government is forcing independent suppliers to take the brunt of the massive inflation affecting the country, causing shortages to even Shanghai and Beijing.
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Australian industry looks to gas, coal for transport fuel
Posted in Australia, Coal, Diesel, Gas, Legislation, Transportation on March 5, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
February 26, 2008 (The Australian) – A move to develop a national agenda to create a multi-billion-dollar industry producing liquid transport fuels from coal and gas will be launched today by the Rudd Government.
Resources Minister Martin Ferguson will use a conference in Brisbane to set the scene for gas and coal offsetting Australia’s huge and growing [...]
“It’s high time to promote renewable energy” in Indonesia
Posted in Biomass, Carbon Credits, Clean Energy, Cleantech venture capital, Diesel, Geothermal, Hydro, Indonesia, Nuclear, Renewable Energy, Solar, Waste to Energy on February 19, 2008 | 2 Comments »
February 16, 2008 (Jakarta Post) – The idea of introducing nuclear power to Indonesia is nothing more than a vehicle for a few needy individuals to gain public attention. Any moderately educated engineer will agree that Indonesia’s need for electricity is widely decentralized so nuclear power or large coal power plants are the ideas of [...]
India in slow lane in drive for greener fuels
Posted in Biodiesel, Biofuels, Clean Energy, Diesel, India, Jatropha, Transportation on February 15, 2008 | 2 Comments »
February 14, 2008 (Economic Times)- India’s failure to agree a biodiesel policy has forced firms to shelve expansions plans, putting it way behind energy-hungry rivals like China in the drive to greener fuels, a top industry representative said. The delay has also left edible oil processing companies, which have built capacity to turn 1.2 million [...]
Malaysian-Japan JV In RM1 Bln Biodiesel, Jatropha & Biogas Deal In Sarawak
Posted in Biodiesel, Biofuels, Biogas, Carbon Credits, Clean Energy, Cleantech venture capital, Crude Palm Oil, Diesel, Japan, Malaysia on February 13, 2008 | 11 Comments »
February 12, 2008 (Bernama) – Carbon Capital Corporation Sdn Bhd will join hands with Japan Carbon Mercantile Co. Ltd to develop a multi-feedstock diesel plant in Tanjung Manis in Sarawak, Jatropha and oil palm plantations as well as a biogas renewable projects in the state covering five years involving investments no less than RM1 billion [...]
Letter from Shell CEO
Posted in Biodiesel, Carbon Offset, China, Clean Energy, Cleantech venture capital, Climate Change, Coal, Conservation, Diesel, EU, Emissions Reduction, Energy Efficiency, GHG, Green chemicals, Hybrid, Hydro, LNG, Legislation, Ocean/Tidal, Recycling, Renewable Energy, Solar, Traditional Energy, U.K., U.S. on January 29, 2008 | 4 Comments »
From: Jeroen van der Veer, Chief Executive
To: All Shell employees
Date: 22 January 2008 Subject: Shell Energy Scenarios
Dear Colleagues
In this letter, I’d like to share reflections about how we see the energy future, and our preferred route to meeting the world’s energy needs. Industry, governments and energy users – that is, all of [...]
Rethinking biofuels in the Philippines
Posted in Biodiesel, Biofuels, Clean Energy, Cleantech venture capital, Crude Palm Oil, Diesel, Ethanol, Legislation, Philippines, Transportation on January 24, 2008 | 1 Comment »
January 23, 2008 (Inquirer.net) – The hottest debate in town involves something vital to motorists: fuel. Sen. Miriam Defensor-Santiago, who ironically enough authored the Biofuels Act of 2007, wants to apply the brakes on its implementation, citing the recent warning of 1998 Nobel laureate for chemistry Dr. Hartmut Michel that our government’s biofuels program could [...]
Indonesia seeks to cut fuel subsidies via biofuels
Posted in Biodiesel, Biofuels, Crude Palm Oil, Diesel, Indonesia, Legislation, Transportation on January 17, 2008 | 1 Comment »
January 15, 2008 (Mongabay) – Biofuels will make up 10 percent of Indonesia’s fuel transport consumption by 2010 under a plan announced Monday by a senior government official, according to Reuters. The initiative could ease the economic impact of fuel subsidies – currently some of the highest in the world – in Indonesia, while boosting [...]
Finland’s Neste Oil says Singapore biodiesel plant to be operational in 2010
Posted in Biodiesel, Biofuels, Cleantech venture capital, Crude Palm Oil, Diesel, Germany, Japan, Singapore, Transportation on January 16, 2008 | 1 Comment »
January 16, 2008 (Thomson Financial) – Finnish oil refiner Neste Oil said Tuesday that its biodiesel plant in Singapore, its largest, will be operational 2010 and initially cater to Europe’s growing biofuel requirement.The company’s investment of 550 million euros to build the plant, which will have an annual capacity of 800,000 tons, is in line [...]
