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Wednesday, October 3rd, 2007
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Green Energy Resources has received a “speculative buy” rating from OEKO - Invest. Oeko is a European based invesment group located in Vienna, Austria. The rating comes as the European market begins to take form with multiple power plants in need of biomass throughout Europe. Green Energy Resources has positioned itself to penetrate […]
USDA: ‘Free’ Money For Green Farmers
Monday, October 1st, 2007Molokai Times:
With all of the recent speculation on what Hawaii would look like under a meter of water, and the negative press the oil industry has received, the move to adopt alternative forms of energy and increase energy efficiency has gained strong momentum.
So much, in fact, that local, state and federal governments are handing out […]
Petrobras To Invest In 20 Ethanol Mills By 2012
Thursday, September 27th, 2007Reuters:
Brazil’s state-run oil company, Petrobras, said on Wednesday it would start approving its first five partnerships to produce ethanol next week with mills in Goias and Mato Grosso states.
Seeking to take advantage of growing demand for alternative sources of energy, the company intends to have a 20 to 30 percent share in 20 ethanol distilleries, […]
Brazil Ramps Up Ethanol Expansion To 89 New Mills
Friday, July 6th, 2007Cattle Network:
Brazil, the world’s leading ethanol exporter, is set to invest 25 billion Brazilian reals ($13.1 billion) in 89 new sugar and ethanol mills between 2007 and 2011, according to the latest study conducted by the state-owned development bank BNDES.
The study demonstrates an acceleration in the number of new sugar and ethanol mills set to […]
Bankers Differ On Ethanol Profitability
Thursday, June 21st, 2007Two banks offer mixed opinions on the viability of investments in the corn-based fuel.
CNNMoney:
Two big investment banks sent mixed signals about the profitability of ethanol Wednesday, with one citing potential for solid demand growth and easing corn prices, but the other less convinced.
Daniel More, a managing director at Morgan Stanley said the corn-based fuel is […]
The Changing Ethanol Market: Implications For Stakeholders
Wednesday, June 20th, 2007Ethanol Producer Magazine:
Many in the ethanol industry believe ethanol prices are intrinsically related to gasoline prices since ethanol is blended and sold as a gasoline component. However, ethanol prices are fundamentally based on ethanol supply and demand balances. Sometimes the balance creates a link between ethanol and gasoline prices. Other times it breaks the link. […]
Leading Investment Expert Reveals This Is NOT The Year For Ethanol
Wednesday, June 6th, 2007Whiskey And Gunpowder:
DID YOU KNOW that corn is a type of food? If you do, then you may have keener insight than some people who write headlines at The New York Times. I mention this because of the rather curious headline above an article in the business section of the Times (pg. C-7) on Jan. […]
Petroleum Industry Uses ‘Ethanol Excuse’ To Explain Away Decision Not To Invest In New Refinery Capacity
Wednesday, June 6th, 2007Ethanol.org:
The American Coalition for Ethanol (ACE) has responded to recent comments by oil company executives who are attempting to blame current record high gasoline prices on the petroleum sector’s concern over future ethanol growth.
“Big Oil’s latest attack on ethanol is stunning, even for them,” said Ron Lamberty, ACE Vice President / Market Development. “I don’t […]
George Soros Is Investing 900 Million Dollars In Brazilian Ethanol
Wednesday, June 6th, 2007US finance tycoon George Soros said Tuesday that he will invest 900 million dollars in the production of ethanol in Brazil, and demanded that the United States and European Union open their markets for the biofuel produced in the South American country. But even thought Billionaire Soros proud to admit he speculates in ethanol he […]
Soros Says Ethanol Investments Hurt By Governments
Tuesday, June 5th, 2007Bloomberg:
Billionaire George Soros (photo) said investments in ethanol have been threatened by government regulation and trade barriers that curb demand for the crop-based fuel.
Environmental rules in Brazil, the world’s largest producer of ethanol from sugarcane, will prevent the country from reaching a potential 10-fold increase in output, said Soros, who last year became the main […]
Boswell, Harkin Introduce Bill To Fund Ethanol Study
Wednesday, May 30th, 2007DES MOINES:
Iowa lawmakers are calling for a study that could make it easier to pump ethanol across the country.
Congressman Leonard Boswell says he plans to introduce a bill in the U.S. House, asking for a $2 million study to see if ethanol can be transported by pipeline.
Senator Tom Harkin has introduced a similar bill in […]
Communities Buck Ethanol Trend
Wednesday, May 30th, 2007Plant opponents say environmental concerns outweigh benefits.
Ohio.com:
Editor’s note: Ethanol, whose fortunes as a gasoline additive have risen and fallen with the price of oil, is in the middle of a boom. Biofuel plants are sprouting up across the Midwest and corn farmers are rushing to cash in. But this agriculture gold rush carries many questions, […]
Brazil’s Sugar/Ethanol Makers May Begin To Reduce New Mill Investing
Tuesday, May 29th, 2007Bloomberg:
Brazilian sugar and ethanol makers will probably scale back investments in new mills in coming years as lower prices discourage spending, an industry leader said.
Sugar, the worst-performing commodity in the past 12 months, will likely stay around 9 cents a pound this year, said Fernando Moreira Ribeiro, executive director of Brazil’s Center- South Sugar and […]
E-Cane To Invest $150m
Monday, May 28th, 2007Manila Standard Today:
US firm E-Cane Fuel Corp. will invest $150 million to put up a fully integrated ethanol processing facility in Central Luzon.
E-Cane Fuel chairman and chief executive Jean-Pierre Monclin told reporters the ethanol facility will utilize production from 10 hectares to 20 hectares of sugar cane plantations in Tarlac, Pampanga and Nueva Ecija.
Sugarcane […]
Taking Stock In Ethanol: Risks, Challenges And Opportunities
Monday, May 21st, 2007The Great Ethanol Debate: Shoddy Economics all ‘Round.
Seeking Alpha:
Like many environmentalists, I’m not a big fan of the ethanol industry, especially corn ethanol. From a net energy standpoint, even advocates agree that you only get a little more energy out than the energy you put in (Energy Return on Energy Invested or EROEI of 0.9 […]