February 11, 2008 (Bangkok Post) – To cope with high oil prices and reduce greenhouse gas emissions, Thailand must pursue four options: development of renewable energy, energy efficiency, nuclear energy and carbon capture and storage. However, renewable energy has certain limitations, and options for each country are different depending on availability of natural resources, technologies [...]
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Thailand’s greener energy future
Posted in Biodiesel, Biofuels, Biogas, Biomass, Carbon Credits, Carbon capture, Clean Energy, Cleantech venture capital, Climate Change, Coal, Conservation, Crude Palm Oil, Energy Efficiency, Ethanol, GHG, LNG, Legislation, Recycling, Renewable Energy, Small-hydro, Solar, Solar Thermal, Thailand, Transportation, Waste Management, Waste to Energy, Wind on February 11, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
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 [...]
50m gallon biodiesel facility completed in India
Posted in Biodiesel, Biofuels, Cleantech venture capital, Ethanol, India, Transportation on December 20, 2007 | 1 Comment »
December 19, 2007 (Biofuel Review) – AE Biofuels (OTCBB: AEBF) has completed the construction of a 50 million gallons per year biodiesel facility located in Kakinada, India. The company has also announced that it has commenced the construction of a glycerin refinery adjacent to the biodiesel facility. The additional refining processes will, says the company, [...]
Filipino and Chinese venture to build US$30 million ethanol plant
Posted in China, Ethanol, Philippines on October 31, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
October 29, 2007 (BioPact) – US$ 30 million ethanol plant will be put up next year by independent oil player Eastern Petroleum and a Chinese partner in Sarangani province (→Flash Earth) in south-central Mindanao. Fernando Martinez, president of Eastern Petroleum, said the multi-million dollar ethanol plant would be a joint venture between his company and [...]
Singapore Strives to Lead Next Round of Biofuels Race
Posted in Biodiesel, Biofuels, Cellulosic Ethanol, Ethanol, Singapore on October 30, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
October 29, 2007 (IHT) Second-generation biofuels, made from products like waste from agriculture and forestry, may not yet be a commercial reality, but that is not preventing Singapore from trying to position itself to become a major processing and trading hub in Asia for new clean energies. “We feel that if we’re going to focus [...]
Praj to Back Phillipines’ Biofuels Sector
Posted in Biodiesel, Biofuels, Ethanol, Jatropha, Philippines, Transportation on October 10, 2007 | 3 Comments »
October 9, 2007 (Biofuel Review) – The Phillipines’ Department of Agriculture, has signed a Memorandum of Association (MOA) with the Indian company, Praj Industries, to promote energy crops and technology for biofuels production in Philippines. The MOA was signed during the visit of the Philippines President, H.E. Gloria Macapagal Arroyo to India this week (8th [...]
Indian Biofuels Market Report
Posted in Biodiesel, Biofuels, Crude Palm Oil, Ethanol, India, Jatropha, Transportation on September 27, 2007 | 1 Comment »
September 26, 2007 (BUSINESS WIRE) – Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/reports/c69476) has announced the addition of the new Frost & Sullivan Report “Strategic Analysis of the Indian Biofuels Market” to their offering ($). This Frost & Sullivan research service titled Strategic Analysis of the Indian Biofuels Market provides an overview of the current and future markets [...]
