Brazil to Triple Ethanol Production by 2020
BRAZIL - Brazil is expected to triple its ethanol production by 2020 according to Alan Kardec Pinto, president of Petrobras Biofuel.

Biofuel Sugar Classification Proposed
PHILIPPINES - The Philippines Sugar Regulatory Administration (SRA) is to create a new classification for sugar to be used as biofuel feedstock.

Russian President Sees Brazil's Biofuels Production
BRAZIL - Russian president Dimitri Medvedev met with Brazilian state-controlled oil multinational Petrobras president, Sérgio Gabrielli, in Rio de Janeiro, this week during a state...

Cooperation on Cellulose Ethanol Development
SWEDEN - Researchers at Taurus Energy, SEKAB, Chalmers Technical University and the University of Lund in Sweden have signed an agreement on development and large scale implementation...

Policy Paper on Biofuels Near Completion
PAKISTAN - A policy paper for local production of biofuel in Pakistan is expected to be presented to President Asif Ali Zardari by the end of the month.

Advanced Cellulose Ethanol Development
STOCKHOLM - Swedish researchers at Taurus Energy, SEKAB, Chalmers Technical University and the University of Lund have signed an agreement on development and large scale implementation...

Ethanol Agreement Between China and Brazil
BRAZIL - China and Brazil are to cooperate over the production of ethanol from sugar cane.

Ethanol from Sugar for Angola
ANGOLA - Angola is to produce ethanol from sugar cane.

Agreement on Viability of Mammoth Ethanol Facility
US - A proposal to look at building a 100 million gallon per year cellulosic ethanol facility in Clewiston, Florida has been announced by US Sugar Corp (17^th November).

Sweet Potatoes Entering Biofuels Arena
US - It’s too early just yet to divine the future of the sweet potato, but a team of College of Agriculture and Life Sciences researchers at North Carolina State University is working...

Sugarcane Expansion to be Restricted
BRAZIL - New agricultural zoning of Brazil inhibits the cultivation in sensitive ecosystems and areas for food farming. 'Biofuels should not compete with food,' said minister Dilma...

Minister Opens Biofuels Conference
BRAZIL - The Brazilian Head Minister of the Civil Cabinet, Dilma Rousseff, opened up the 1st International Conference of Biofuels on Monday, welcoming 300 participants and the 92 foreign...

US Sugar to Build Coskata Ethanol Plant
FLORIDA - US Sugar Corp has entered into an agreement with Coskata from Illinois to build a 100 million gallon a year cellulosic ethanol plant in Clewiston, Florida.

Argentina Stimulates Ethanol Use in Fuel
ARGENTINA - The Argentine government will require gasoline to contain a 5% mix of ethanol starting from 2010.

Bill to Use Lands for Biofuel Crops Pushed
THE PHILIPPINES - Agriculture Secretary Arthur C. Yap appealed to Congress for the immediate passage of the Land Use Act that would identify areas that will be planted with biofuel...