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Monday, April 28th, 2008
This Day:
As the nation groans under the crippling effects of the week-long fuel scarcity, the end may be in sight with the resolution of the delayed release of the N17 billion owed Independent Marketers Association of Nigeria (IPMAN).
The association is believed to be behind the current dearth of petroleum products as the marketers failed […]
Tug-Of-War Between Global Crises
Friday, April 25th, 2008New York Times:
With signs of a food shortages everywhere, a chorus of concern was punctuated today by a man with a singular view: Ban Ki-moon, United Nations Secretary-General.
“This steeply rising price of food has developed into a real global crisis,” he said, according to wire services. “The United Nations is very much concerned, as [are] […]
The Fed’s Golden Opportunity
Thursday, April 24th, 2008CNNMoney:
The soaring price of crude oil isn’t good for most people, but it could spell opportunity for Ben Bernanke.
The Fed chief’s inflation-fighting credentials have been in doubt since he said in a 2002 speech that central banks could prevent deflation by dropping money out of a helicopter.
Since then, Bernanke’s critics have only been emboldened […]
Small Business Bets On Alternative Energy
Friday, April 11th, 2008MLive.com:
Perceived demand for energy efficiency and renewable-energy services continues to lure new and existing small businesses in the region.
For instance, 15-year real-estate broker William Snyder plans to open an energy-auditing construction company on May 1 called EnergyChek. Also a developer in southwest Michigan, Snyder has hired six employees and fielded numerous calls already, which he […]
New Ethanol Fuel Arrives
Thursday, April 10th, 2008Scott County Times:
Tired of rising gas prices? An alternative to unleaded gasoline is now available for select makes and models of vehicles.
The BP station on East Third Street (U.S. Highway 80 across from Community Bank) will sponsor a “grand opening” of a new fuel pump making “ethanol 85” fuel available to the area.
The grand opening […]
Ethanol Use Increases In Sweden
Tuesday, April 8th, 2008Ethanol Producer Magazine:
The number of flex-fuel vehicles and E85 consumption are rising sharply in Sweden.
During 2007, the number of passenger flexible-fuel vehicles in Sweden grew by 74 percent to more than 80,000, according to figures by the Swedish Institute for Transport and Communications Analysis in Östersund March 28.
Meanwhile, oil company Svenska Statoil saw its […]
The Worst Moment In History To Demand Biofuels
Monday, April 7th, 2008Enter Stage Right:
This is the worst moment in history to demand billions of gallons of biofuels from our farms.
I told the Sustainable Agriculture students at Iowa State University last month, “Human numbers are still expanding rapidly. With more people and higher incomes, we’d need to double farm output by 2050 even without biofuels. . . […]
Alert On Risks Of Ethanol Subsidies
Monday, April 7th, 2008The Australian:
The Productivity Commission wants the Rudd Government tourgently review the multi-million-dollar assistance for the ethanol industry amid growing warnings the program is pushing up the price of feed grain.
The commission’s latest trade and assistance review estimates the commonwealth will spend $31.9 million on the ethanol production subsidy scheme this financial year and demands a […]
Evaluating New Investment Opportunities In The Ever-Changing Agricultural Market
Monday, March 31st, 2008PR.com:
Soft and agricultural commodities are back on most investors’ radars due to the ever-strong demand for these types of commodities. Paired together are changes of food types in emerging markets, droughts and soil erosion, and the increase in biofuels production, among other issues.
As a result we have seen incredible growth in returns on investments in […]
Group Says Ethanol Holding Down Price Of Gas
Friday, March 28th, 2008Wisbusiness.com:
Lauding a Consumer Federation of America (CFA) report that contends ethanol is helping hold down the price of gasoline, the Wisconsin Bio Industry Association (WBIA) says increasing production of ethanol in the Badger State “has extended gasoline supplies and mitigated what might otherwise be remarkably significantly higher fuel prices.”
Joshua Morby, executive director of the WBIA, […]
Ethanol Is A Force In The Dynamic, Volatile Ag Market
Thursday, March 27th, 2008Daily Republic:
Agricultural economist Michael Swanson told area farmers Wednesday that ethanol has become a driving force in today’s dynamic, yet volatile, agriculture marketplace.
Swanson told a rapt farming audience during a Wells Fargo appreciation dinner at Dakota Wesleyan University that an inextricable relationship has grown between agriculture, energy and land.
“That relationship is driving your agricultural world […]
The ‘New Wave’ For Grain Markets
Friday, March 21st, 2008Washington Evening Journal:
The value of the U.S. dollar is declining. Brazil is having a record-setting soybean harvest. China’s soybean purchasing has skyrocketed and has also been suddenly cut short. With all this excitement in the global grain markets, Washington’s Kat’s Grain Inc. is on its toes each day - doing everything it can to keep […]
Ethanol Project For Rural Empowerment
Thursday, March 20th, 2008A multi-million naira ethanol project, which is expected to help empower 5,000 peasant farmers, is being planned for Ekiti State. Dayo Thomas spoke with Mr. Tunji Awoniyi, project coordinator, on the project. Excerpts:
AllAfrica.com:
Fuel Ethanol Project
The Ethanol project in Nigeria is based on the e-10 policy of the Federal Government. Which means, 10% Ethanol, 90% PMS. […]
Credit Crunch Panic Pounds Commodities
Tuesday, March 18th, 2008Guardian:
Fears of a growing credit crunch spread panic in U.S. grains and other commodity markets on Monday as the stunning collapse of Bear Stearns raised questions over the financial health of investment funds that have driven these markets to historic highs.
Bear Stearns, the fifth-largest U.S. investment bank and a player in the subprime mortgage collapse, […]
Ethanol Production Continues To Rise
Tuesday, March 18th, 2008Southeast Farm Press:
Ethanol may be losing some of its luster as a renewable fuel - in part because of media attacks purporting to portray the dark side of the alternative fuel’s impact on food prices.
But the U.S. ethanol industry produced 32% more of the corn-based fuel in 2007 than in 2006, according to year-end data […]
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 […]
China Agri To Build 300000 T Of Ethanol Capacity
Tuesday, March 11th, 2008Reuters:
China Agri-Industries Holdings Ltd will build a second phase at its ethanol plant in Guangxi with capacity of 300,000 tonnes, a senior executive said on Monday.
The second phase would cost the firm 1.2 billion to 1.3 billion yuan ($169 million-$183 million), Yue Guojun, its vice general manager told Reuters.
The first phase, with capacity of 200,000 […]
Venezuela To Make Ethanol From Sugar, Yucca, Universal Says
Monday, March 10th, 2008Bloomberg:
Venezuela is building at least four ethanol plants to convert sugarcane and yucca into fuel, El Universal reported.
Petroleos de Venezuela SA, the state energy company, has an agricultural subsidiary working on plants in four states, the Caracas-based newspaper said, citing the unit’s president, Eglis Ramirez.
Ramirez expects to begin ethanol production in the […]
The Growing - And Surprisingly Large - Ethanol Movement
Thursday, February 28th, 2008Consumer reports:
The search for alternative fuels is moving fast and furiously this week at the National Ethanol Conference in Orlando. Or, in the words of Energy Department Undersecretary for Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Alexander Karsner: “Acting with a sense of urgency to develop alternatives to traditional energy supplies is no longer optional.” Risks to […]
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 […]