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Monday, March 24th, 2008
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TAC Stark, A Brazilian Off-Roader That Runs On Ethanol
Monday, March 17th, 2008Trend News Agency:
Growing markets are not always the best environment for newborn car manufacturers. If demand for resources is higher, the biggest and strongest tend to get what they want, while the smallest ones have to wait for their turns. This is exactly what has happened to TAC, a Brazilian auto industry that was willing […]
Advancing Hemispheric Energy Security To Promote Prosperity
Monday, March 17th, 2008AntiguaSun:
Last year, when the hemisphere’s foreign ministers met at the Organization of the American States General Assembly in Panama, they agreed that “energy is an essential resource for the sustainable development of peoples, and that access to energy that is diverse, reliable, secure, and affordable is of paramount importance to economic growth with equity and […]
Clinton Link In Brazil Ethanol Probe
Tuesday, March 11th, 2008The Associated Press:
A team from Brazil’s Labor Ministry found “degrading” living conditions for 133 sugarcane workers employed by an ethanol company whose investors include former President Clinton and other high-profile financial players.
At five sites inspected, workers “complained they were suffering from hunger and cold, and all of the locations were overcrowded and with terrible sanitary […]
Brazil GMO Firm Seeks Cellulosic Ethanol From Cane
Wednesday, March 5th, 2008Reuters UK:
A Brazilian biotechnology company, Alellyx, said Tuesday that its genetic modification of sugar cane could soon lead to breakthroughs in production of cellulosic ethanol, which is seen as one of the most promising alternative fuels.
Brazil’s sugar industry is the world’s biggest producer of ethanol made from cane, and it views biofuel production from plant […]
Petrobras Creates Biofuel Subsidiary
Tuesday, March 4th, 2008OilVoice:
Petrobras announces its Board of Directors has approved the creation of a company, a wholly owned Petrobras subsidiary, to undertake Biofuels activities. These attributions are currently spread among several company areas and subsidiaries, rendering management more difficult to perform.
The new company will absorb both ethanol production (CBios) and biodiesel input acquisition and processing, currently done […]
Bernanke Backs Lower Tariff On Brazil Ethanol
Friday, February 29th, 2008Guardian:
Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke said on Thursday he favored cutting high tariffs on Brazilian ethanol to help take pressure off food prices.
“As you know, I favor open trade and I think allowing Brazilian ethanol, for example, would reduce costs in the United States,” Bernanke told the Senate Banking Committee.
Most of the ethanol made in […]
Brazilian Ethanol In Africa
Wednesday, February 27th, 2008After opening representation offices in North America, Europe and Asia, the São Paulo Sugar Cane Agroindustry Union also intends to seek business opportunities for ethanol on the African continent, where there are some Arab countries interested in the commodity.
ANBA:
The actions for promotion of the image of Brazilian ethanol abroad should reach the countries of North […]
Brazil Spends US$10 Million On Ethanol Campaign
Tuesday, February 26th, 2008EnergyCurrent:
Brazil’s trade promotion agency Apex and sugar cane industry association Unica would reportedly undertake a US$10 million campaign aimed at boosting the use of sugar cane-based biofuel, according to media reports. Apex and Unica on Feb. 25 signed a pact that will run until the end of 2009. The campaign will target the […]
Maybe They Can Use Cigars As Fuel
Thursday, February 21st, 2008Fidel Castro’s resignation may boost biofuels in Cuba.
Grist Magazine:
Fidel Castro’s step down after 49 years as Cuba’s leader may have implications for biofuels in the country. Castro was outspokenly critical of U.S. biofuel policy, and blocked a proposed expansion by ag giant Archer Daniels Midland into Cuba in the 1990s.
But Fidel’s brother Raul, who will […]
All Gasoline Sold In Brazil Contains At Least 26% Ethanol
Wednesday, February 20th, 2008Business Wire:
As international oil prices soar, Brazil has been put at the forefront of a “biofuels” movement in which many countries view sugar cane, corn, soybeans, beets, cornstalks and native grasses as cleaner, money-saving substitutes for oil produced in politically unstable countries. Ethanol is higher in power-producing octane than most gasoline and can reduce tailpipe […]
Analyzing The Brazilian Ethanol Industry
Monday, February 18th, 2008Business Wire:
As international oil prices soar, Brazil has been put at the forefront of a “biofuels” movement in which many countries view sugar cane, corn, soybeans, beets, cornstalks and native grasses as cleaner, money-saving substitutes for oil produced in politically unstable countries. Ethanol is higher in power-producing octane than most gasoline and can reduce […]
Ethanol: Potential Of Sugar-Based Fuel On Display In Brazil
Wednesday, February 6th, 2008Truth about Trade & Technology:
When taxi driver Jose Arruda fuels his 2007 Chevy in this city of skyscrapers and slums, he doesn’t buy gas. He buys ethanol, a plant-based fuel that is cheaper, eco-friendly and better for his engine.
“With ethanol, I pocket more money for my family,” Arruda said. “Why buy gas?”As drivers across the […]
Brazil Sugarcane Industry Eyes EU Biofuel Market
Friday, January 25th, 2008EUbusiness:
Brazil, the world leader in making ethanol from sugarcane, is homing in on Europe’s biofuel market following a decision by the European Commission to combat climate change by reducing the dependency on petrol.
The EU plan calls for biofuels to be used in at least 10 percent of fuels used in transport in the 27-nation bloc […]
Mood Changes In Brazil Ethanol Mkt On US Senate Move
Tuesday, December 18th, 2007CattleNetwork:
Brazil’s ethanol market might have the U.S. government to thank once again for snapping the sector back to life, analysts and traders said Monday.
The U.S. Senate approved on Thursday a major energy bill that requires 36 billion gallons, or 136 billion liters, of automobile fuel to be made from renewable sources. The best part of […]
Brazil’s Leadership In Ethanol Was Born In The 1930s
Thursday, December 13th, 2007Brazzil.com:
Thirty years ago, when one liter of ethanol was worth three times more than one liter of gasoline, most nations would not have considered investing in it as a biofuel. But Brazil took this path, and now produces the cheapest ethanol in the world.
Brazil’s favorable conditions and tradition for culturing sugarcane - the most efficient […]
Brazil Lashes Out At US-EU ‘Green’ Trade Plan
Monday, December 10th, 2007AFP:
Senior trade officials from the United States and Brazil clashed Sunday over a US-EU proposal for fewer tariffs and trade barriers on environmentally-friendly goods and services.
Celso Amorim, Brazil’s minister of foreign relations, said there was “no agreement” on the proposal when it was discussed at a trade ministers meeting on the sidelines of a key […]
US-Made Corn Ethanol Is Not The Way To Go, Warns Brazil’s Lula
Wednesday, December 5th, 2007Brazzil Magazine:
Once again Brazil’s President, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, stressed the importance of the Brazilian production of ethanol and biofuel and said that Brazil is capable of teaching wealthy countries how to reduce emissions of gases that cause greenhouse effect.
“We are introducing to the world a new energy matrix in the fuel sector. Should […]
UN Suggests Removal Of Tariffs On Brazilian Ethanol
Friday, November 30th, 2007Xinhua:
The United Nations Development Program (UNDP) on Tuesday suggested the removal of tariffs charged by developed countries on the Brazilian ethanol in a bid to reduce the world’s climate change effects.
“The trade barriers and subsidies are, at the same time, elevating the costs with mitigating carbon gas emissions and with reducing dependence on oil,” said […]
125 Sugar And Ethanol Plants Sign Up To Brazil’s Environmental Protocol For The Sugarcane Industry
Wednesday, November 28th, 2007Biopact:
The Brazilian government’s ‘Environmental Protocol for the Sugar-Ethanol Sector’ has so far received [* in Portuguese] the signatures of 125 plants in São Paulo state, the country’s main sugarcane region. The protocol is aimed at phasing out the practise of burning sugarcane leaves before harvest cycles, by 2017.
This greatly improves the already strong carbon balance […]