Ethanol Makers to Ink Cassava Deal
by Phusadee Arunmas (Bangkok Post) Ethanol makers have agreed to buy 10,000 tonnes of cassava root a day from farmers at 1.9 baht a kilogramme in a bid to raise farm income and stabilise fresh cassava...
View ArticlePTG to Make Ethanol from Cassava Pulp
(Bangkok Post) PTG Energy Plc (PTG), a SET-listed oil retailer, and Eiamburapa Co (EBP), a top producer of tapioca products, have teamed up to develop what they say will be the world's first facility...
View ArticleGhana’s First Ethanol Producer Diversifying and Seeking More Cassava
by Meghan Sapp (Biofuels Digest) In Ghana, the country’s only ethanol producer—Caltech—has produced 150,000 liters of ethanol from cassava since starting up the 3 million liter per year facility in...
View ArticleThailand Announces $11.3 Billion 10-Year Plan to Build Sugarcane and Cassava...
by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) This week we reported from Thailand: “The government launched its 10-year plan to build a bioeconomy hub for the region with private and public sector investment expected...
View ArticleSt1 Signed a Memorandum of Understanding for a Bioethanol Pilot Project in...
(St1) Finnish technology turns cassava waste into ethanol -- St1 signed a Memorandum of Understanding for a bioethanol pilot project in Thailand. St1, a Finnish energy company, has signed a...
View ArticleVietnam to Replace Most Popular Petrol with E5 Biofuel
(Tuoi Tre News) Vietnam’s Ministry of Industry and Trade will force consumers to switch from the popular A92 gasoline to the ethanol-mixed biofuel E5, but has yet to decide on an official timeline for...
View ArticleBiofuel Is Nigeria’s New Economy –Shidok, PPPRA Boss
(The Sun) From Uche Usim, Abuja -- When the Minister of State, Petroleum Resources, Dr. Emmanuel Ibe Kachikwu, assumed office in 2015, one of the programmes he highlighted the Muhammadu Buhari...
View ArticleProblem of Producing Cheap Biofuel from Cassava Solved
(Bangkok Post) New yeast species is key to cutting cost -- ... After 18 months of research and experiments, the Thailand Institute of Science and Technological Research (TISTR) has found that they...
View ArticleThe Potential of Biofuels in China
(Netzwerk Biotreibstoffe) This IEA Bioenergy Task 39 report looks at the potential of biofuels in China. Although climate change and energy security are of concern to China, it is not clear which of...
View ArticleChina New Energy Scores $12.5 Million in Contracts to Build Cassava Ethanol...
by Meghan Sapp (Biofuels Digest) In the UK, China New Energy announced it has won a number of contracts with Supercare Group Limited of Ghana and CNBM General Machinery Co., Ltd in China to construct...
View ArticleHere Comes BioChina: Amyris, Others Bypass the 4 Myths of Business in the...
by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) From California arrives the very interesting news that Amyris has entered into an agreement with Blue California whereby its affiliates will provide access to its...
View ArticlePotential Biofuel Feedstocks and Production in Zambia
by Paul C. Samboko, Mitelo Subakanya, Cliff Dlamini (United Nations University-WIDER) The need for energy security and climate change mitigation have increased blending mandates worldwide; in...
View ArticleKNM’s Phase 2 of Bio Ethanol Project to Provide Long Term Recurring Income
by Daljit Dhesi (The Star) : KNM Group Bhd’s investment in the second phase of its bio ethanol plant project in Thailand is expected to provide long term recurring income for the group, according to...
View Article“The Belt and Road Initiative” Improved Trade between China and Cambodia;...
(ACN Newswire) At 24 March 2017, the Big Data Report of Trade Cooperation under the Belt and Road Initiative 2017 released. According to the figures, It was reported that the total trade volume...
View ArticleEthanol Activities in South Korea, Vietnam Highlight Importance of Policy’s...
(U.S. Grains Council) Developing markets for U.S. ethanol involves a complex combination of trade policy and marketing work. Two U.S. Grains Council (USGC) activities this past week aimed to not only...
View ArticleFourth Scientific Conference of the Global Cassava Partnership for the 21st –...
SAVE THE DATE After Ghent, Belgium in 2008, Kampala, Uganda in 2012 and Nanning, China in 2016, come and join us for the Fourth Scientific Conference of the Global Cassava Partnership for the 21st in...
View ArticleCALL FOR ABSTRACTS: Fourth Scientific Conference of the Global Cassava...
SAVE THE DATE After Ghent, Belgium in 2008, Kampala, Uganda in 2012 and Nanning, China in 2016, come and join us for the Fourth Scientific Conference of the Global Cassava Partnership for the 21st in...
View ArticleJapan Firm Backs Plan for Cassava Fuel Plant
(The Phnom Penh Post) Representatives of Japanese petroleum firm Idemitsu Kosan Co Ltd met with the Ministry of Mines and Energy (MME) earlier this week to discuss potential plans to invest in a...
View ArticleBiomass and Biofuels in the EU: Emotion-Based Policymaking?
by Francis X. Johnson (Stockholm Environment Institute/Euractiv) The European Commission’s tinkering on biomass policy effectively promotes oil over economically viable and sustainable biofuels ......
View ArticleCassava Potential Can Save FG N800bn If Tapped – Association
(PMNewsNigeria.com) The Nigeria Cassava Growers Association (NCGA) says the country can save over N800 billion foreign exchange, hitherto used for ethanol importation, by exploiting the potential of...
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