The Modern Farmer is a Producer of Food and Energy
EU - The demand for energy from renewable resources is larger than ever. Bioenergy is one of the largest growing markets among the sources of renewable energy. In 2007 for example,...

Moyno Pumps Prove Effective in Biofuels Industry
GERMANY - Moyno offers high solids handling pumps for critical application in the biofuels industry. These high performance pumps dramatically reduce the costs of transferring biomass...

Germany Sticks Up for Biofuels
GERMANY - The German government rejected claims Tuesday that fuel crops were causing a worldwide spike in food prices. Berlin plans to announce a plan for easing the world food crisis...

Report: Biomass-to-Liquid Biofuel Plant Opens in Germany
This is a GAIN Report by the USDA Foreign Agricultural Service (FAS).

Germany Supports EU Biofuel Goals
BERLIN - Germany does not want to change the EU's goal of boosting the use of biofuels in cars, a senior official said Wednesday, despite criticism that this may further fuel the global...

Agricultural Sector Can Accommodate Demand for Food and Bioenergy
GERMANY - Friedrich Wolf, managing director of E.ON Bioerdgas GmbH, is to call for greater investment to improve efficiency and technological innovation in the agricultural sector to...

Germany no Longer Plans to Add Ethanol to Petrol
BERLIN - Amid growing fears that biofuel farming is harming the environment and driving up world food prices, Germany cancelled on Friday plans to mix more ethanol made from plants...

German biofuel demand drives higher beer prices
BERLIN — You may think that beer and oil don't mix, but in Germany there’s a direct link between hefty increases in the cost of a barrel of each, writes Tom Hundley, Chicago Tribun...