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				<title>Biodiesel Plant In Low Gear</title>
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				<description><![CDATA[ The rising cost of soybean oil makes profits unlikely as other countries increase their demand for the product ]]></description>
				<pubDate>Sun, 11 May 2008 18:55:05 -0700</pubDate>
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				<title>Duke Power tests biodiesel as fuel in South Carolina backup power plant</title>
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				<description><![CDATA[ Duke Energy says it successfully tested soybean oil in one of its backup power plants in Blacksburg that typically runs on diesel or natural gas. ]]></description>
				<pubDate>Sat, 14 Jul 2007 21:45:06 -0700</pubDate>
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				<title>St. Vincent grad cuts his gasoline dependency</title>
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				<description><![CDATA[ When Thaddeus Pajak drives his 1998 Volkswagen Jetta turbo diesel through a turnpike toll booth, an attendant sometimes will sniff and ask, "What's that smell?"

When Pajak says it's waste vegetable oil that's scenting the air and fueling his car, "people don't believe me," he said. "It's very noticeable. It's not bad. ]]></description>
				<pubDate>Wed, 06 Jun 2007 15:39:28 -0700</pubDate>
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        <p><strong><a href="biodiesel-news/international-news/mekong-region-develops-biodiesel-fuel.html">Mekong region develops biodiesel fuel</a></strong><br /><div id="newsDate">Tuesday, August 19 2008 </div></p>
        <p>Some businesses in the Cuu Long (Mekong) River Delta are working on restoring biodiesel production as the domestic market struggles against rapid increases in petrol prices; however, they need the Government’s support.</p>
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        <p><strong><a href="biodiesel-news/international-news/sustainable-development-technology-canada-calls-for-applications-to-its-500-million-nextgen-biofuels-fund.html">Sustainable Development Technology Canada Calls for Applications to its $500-Million NextGen Biofuels Fund</a></strong><br /><div id="newsDate">Saturday, August 16 2008 </div></p>
        <p>"If you have developed and demonstrated new cellulosic ethanol or next-generation biodiesel technology, we want to hear from you." This is the word coming today from Sustainable Development Technology Canada , as it calls for applications to its $500-million NextGen Biofuels Fund, which supports the establishment of first-of-kind large demonstration-scale facilities for the production of next-generation renewable fuels.</p>
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        <p><strong><a href="biodiesel-news/international-news/cpo-price-conducive-for-biodiesel-chin.html">CPO price conducive for biodiesel: Chin</a></strong><br /><div id="newsDate">Saturday, August 16 2008 </div></p>
        <p>The current crude palm oil price (CPO), which is hovering at RM2,500 per tonne, is conducive to introduce biodiesel in the country, according to Plantation Industries and Commodities Minister Datuk Peter Chin.</p>
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        <p><strong><a href="biodiesel-news/international-news/kenya-to-develop-bio-fuel-industry.html">Kenya to Develop Bio-Fuel Industry</a></strong><br /><div id="newsDate">Saturday, August 16 2008 </div></p>
        <p>Kenya is joining a long list of countries planning to produce diesel fuel from the poisonous-but-oil-rich seeds of the jatropha tree, a plant indigenous to South America. </p>
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        <p><strong><a href="biodiesel-news/international-news/city-commits-to-reducing-its-footprint.html">City commits to reducing its footprint </a></strong><br /><div id="newsDate">Saturday, August 16 2008 </div></p>
        <p>While this summer's relatively cool weather might cause us to doubt the imminence of global warming, we are all aware of the changing environment and our collective impact on it.

Increasing fuel prices further underscore our responsibility to reduce -- reuse -- recycle. </p>
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        <p><strong><a href="biodiesel-news/international-news/biodiesel-production-under-way.html">Biodiesel production under way</a></strong><br /><div id="newsDate">Thursday, July 31 2008 </div></p>
        <p>THREE months after publicly disclosing a multimillion-dollar deal to open the potential for Barbados to gain major earnings from biodiesel, Amelot Barbados, the firm at the centre of the transaction, is now fully operational.</p>
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        <p><strong><a href="biodiesel-news/international-news/modified-engine-runs-on-diesel-biodiesel-ethanol.html">Modified engine runs on diesel, biodiesel, ethanol</a></strong><br /><div id="newsDate">Thursday, July 31 2008 </div></p>
        <p>A truck that runs on booze and B20 diesel could be the ticket for beating high fossil petroleum prices - provided you don't live next door to the Trailer Park Boys.</p>
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        <p><strong><a href="biodiesel-news/international-news/peugeot-citroen-approves-harvest-b30-biodiesel-for-uk-cars-with-hdi-engines.html"> Peugeot-Citroen approves Harvest B30 biodiesel for UK cars with HDi engines</a></strong><br /><div id="newsDate">Thursday, July 31 2008 </div></p>
        <p> Following the French automobile group PSA Peugeot Citroen's approval of the use of the Harvest B30 biodiesel being offered by supermarket chain operator and fuel retailer Morrisons, more than 1.5 million cars in the UK are biodiesel-compatible, according to Autocar.</p>
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        <p><strong><a href="biodiesel-news/international-news/greengold-ray-energies-expands-jatropha-plantations-for-increased-biodiesel-oil-productions.html">GreenGold Ray Energies Expands Jatropha Plantations for Increased Biodiesel Oil Productions</a></strong><br /><div id="newsDate">Thursday, July 31 2008 </div></p>
        <p>GreenGold Ray Energies, Inc. announces that it is expanding its Jatropha plantations in Marinduque Island, thus increasing the company's plantation sites to over 10,000 hectares, which includes several thousand hectares in Mindanao island, in addition to the first 300 hectares of jatropha plantation in the Batan island. The first Jatropha nursery plants in Batan Island are growing robustly and are ready to be transplanted in the next plantation sites.</p>
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        <p><strong><a href="biodiesel-news/international-news/biofuels-industry.html">Biofuels Industry</a></strong><br /><div id="newsDate">Thursday, July 31 2008 </div></p>
        <p>During the quarter the biofuels industry worldwide continued to languish notwithstanding a
number of positive aspects developing in the sector.</p>
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        <p><strong><a href="biodiesel-news/international-news/president-lula-inaugurates-biodiesel-plant.html">President Lula inaugurates biodiesel plant</a></strong><br /><div id="newsDate">Wednesday, July 30 2008 </div></p>
        <p>President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva participated today (07/29), at 10 AM, in the inauguration ceremony of Petrobras’ first commercial biodiesel production plant and in the launch of Petrobras Biocombustível. The plant, installed in Candeias (BA), will be capable of producing 57 million liters of biodiesel per year.</p>
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        <p><strong><a href="biodiesel-news/international-news/robert-raine-fat-of-the-land-could-be-biofuel.html">Robert Raine: Fat of the land could be biofuel</a></strong><br /><div id="newsDate">Wednesday, July 30 2008 </div></p>
        <p>The Biofuel Bill is working its way through the parliamentary process with the aim of requiring a fraction of all fuel sold in New Zealand to be produced from biological sources.</p>
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        <p><strong><a href="biodiesel-news/international-news/tax-hike-would-force-german-biodiesel-closures.html">Tax Hike Would Force German Biodiesel Closures</a></strong><br /><div id="newsDate">Wednesday, July 30 2008 </div></p>
        <p>Germany's crisis-hit biodiesel industry faces further closures if the government goes ahead with plans to further raise biofuel taxes, a biofuels industry leader said on Wednesday.</p>
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        <p><strong><a href="biodiesel-news/international-news/university-of-ottawa-clean-technology-projects-get-8m.html">University of Ottawa clean technology projects get $8M</a></strong><br /><div id="newsDate">Tuesday, July 29 2008 </div></p>
        <p>Two projects involving University of Ottawa researchers were among 19 sustainable technology projects awarded $57 million in federal funding Monday</p>
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        <p><strong><a href="biodiesel-news/international-news/wa-kick-starts-algae-to-biodiesel-research.html">WA kick starts algae-to-biodiesel research</a></strong><br /><div id="newsDate">Tuesday, July 29 2008 </div></p>
        <p>Western Australian (WA) researchers aim to turn vast saline ponds of algae into clean, affordable fuel to help solve the global energy crisis in a new US$1.9 million Federal government-backed research project by Murdoch University.</p>
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        <p><strong><a href="biodiesel-news/international-news/biodiesel-improves-fuel-economy-reduces-engine-wear.html">Biodiesel Improves Fuel Economy-Reduces Engine Wear</a></strong><br /><div id="newsDate">Tuesday, July 29 2008 </div></p>
        <p>The Canadian International Grains Institute reports the use of biodiesel can improve fuel economy while reducing engine wear.

The Canadian International Grains Institute has completed a cross Canada series of about 50 workshops where farmers were shown how to make their own biodiesel.

Institute director of biofuels and feed Dr. Rex Newkirk says biodiesel can used in the place of regular diesel without any modification of equipment.</p>
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        <p><strong><a href="biodiesel-news/international-news/biofuels-a-mystery-to-most.html">Biofuels a mystery to most</a></strong><br /><div id="newsDate">Tuesday, July 29 2008 </div></p>
        <p>Biofuel retailers are denying claims from the Automobile Association that engines in old cars, motorboats and lawnmowers are at risk of ruin from new fuels.</p>
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        <p><strong><a href="biodiesel-news/international-news/makati-police-cars-to-run-on-biodiesel.html">Makati police cars to run on biodiesel </a></strong><br /><div id="newsDate">Tuesday, July 29 2008 </div></p>
        <p>The Makati City Central Police on Tuesday introduced a biodiesel mini-plant that would be used to make fuel for its patrol cars.</p>
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        <p><strong><a href="biodiesel-news/international-news/carotech-sees-higher-biodiesel-output.html">Carotech sees higher biodiesel output</a></strong><br /><div id="newsDate">Monday, July 28 2008 </div></p>
        <p>CAROTECH Bhd is expecting biodiesel production to pick up amid rising production capacity and softer crude palm oil (CPO) prices.</p>
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        <p><strong><a href="biodiesel-news/international-news/from-pond-scum-to-energy.html">From pond scum to energy</a></strong><br /><div id="newsDate">Sunday, July 27 2008 </div></p>
        <p> Pond scum.

It's a harsh spiteful slur I reserve for those who have wronged me injuriously: That stupid bird that pooped on my skirt recently, narrowly missing my head, the driver of the beige sedan who nearly ran me over on my bike last month. </p>
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        <p><strong><a href="biodiesel-news/international-news/pu-working-on-developing-bio-diesel.html">PU working on developing bio-diesel</a></strong><br /><div id="newsDate">Sunday, July 27 2008 </div></p>
        <p>Punjab University Institute of Chemistry is experimenting in its laboratory on ethyl alcohol, which is obtained from molasses, to get bio-diesel. This fuel is cheaper and cause 70 percent less pollution than other fuels. Over 80 percent vehicles in Brazil use this fuel.</p>
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        <p><strong><a href="biodiesel-news/international-news/chinas-ndrc-approves-biodiesel-pilot-projects.html">China's NDRC approves biodiesel pilot projects</a></strong><br /><div id="newsDate">Friday, July 25 2008 </div></p>
        <p>China's National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC), focusing on new output targets, has approved three biodiesel pilot projects involving total capacity of 170,000 tonnes.</p>
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        <p><strong><a href="biodiesel-news/international-news/a-voice-in-the-desert.html">A voice in the desert</a></strong><br /><div id="newsDate">Friday, July 25 2008 </div></p>
        <p>A few miles inland from the Pacific Ocean, amid cracked earth and mesquite and sun-bleached cactus, neat rows of emerald plants sprout from the desert floor.</p>
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        <p><strong><a href="biodiesel-news/international-news/german-biodiesel-maker-gate-sold-by-swiss-parent.html">German biodiesel maker Gate sold by Swiss parent</a></strong><br /><div id="newsDate">Wednesday, July 23 2008 </div></p>
        <p>Swiss investment firm Fortune Management Inc.  said on Tuesday it has sold its German biodiesel producer Gate Global Alternative Energy Holding to a group of investors largely comprising banks.</p>
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        <p><strong><a href="biodiesel-news/international-news/samsung-keen-to-invest-us1.63-bln-in-indonesian-biodiesel-project.html">Samsung keen to invest US$1.63 bln in Indonesian biodiesel project</a></strong><br /><div id="newsDate">Wednesday, July 23 2008 </div></p>
        <p>South Korea's Samsung Corp. (KSE:000830) wants to invest up to US$1.63 billion to build a biodiesel plant and establish oil palm plantations in Riau, an official said.</p>
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        <p><strong><a href="biodiesel-news/international-news/powder-cowboy-catskiing-tests-new-bio-diesel-for-backcountry-skiing-and-boarding.html">Powder Cowboy Catskiing Tests New Bio Diesel for Backcountry Skiing and Boarding</a></strong><br /><div id="newsDate">Wednesday, July 23 2008 </div></p>
        <p>Powder Cowboy Catskiing completed testing of new Bio Diesel for the 2008 season. Powder Cowboy Catskiing used 3075 Li of B20, 20% biodiesel 80% diesel. This test resulted in just over 1 tonne of GHG reduction (525 Litres is a one tonne reduction).</p>
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        <p><strong><a href="biodiesel-news/international-news/samsung-group-to-develop-biodiesel-in-indonesia.html">Samsung Group to develop biodiesel in Indonesia</a></strong><br /><div id="newsDate">Tuesday, July 22 2008 </div></p>
        <p>Samsung Group, South Korea's largest company, plans to develop a 25,000-hectare oil palm plantation and a biodiesel refinery in Riau province with an investment of up to Rp 15 trillion (US$1.63 billion).</p>
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        <p><strong><a href="biodiesel-news/international-news/reliances-new-biofuel-business-model-to-provide-fuel-with-food.html">Reliance’s new biofuel business model to provide fuel with food</a></strong><br /><div id="newsDate">Sunday, July 20 2008 </div></p>
        <p>The firm says it is testing inter-cropping of non-edible fuel crops, along with a diverse set of food crops</p>
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        <p><strong><a href="biodiesel-news/international-news/rp-biodiesel-demand-seen-to-double.html">RP biodiesel demand seen to double</a></strong><br /><div id="newsDate">Sunday, July 20 2008 </div></p>
        <p>The scheduled implementation of higher 2.0 percent coco methyl ester (CME) blend in February 2009 will increase the country’s biodiesel requirements to about 112-114 million liters from 55-60 million range currently.</p>
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        <p><strong><a href="biodiesel-news/international-news/japanese-korean-investors-to-embark-on-biodiesel-production.html">Japanese, Korean investors to embark on biodiesel production</a></strong><br /><div id="newsDate">Sunday, July 20 2008 </div></p>
        <p>A LOCAL firm, in partnership with Japanese and Korean investors, has set up a company that will venture into biofuel production initially in Sarangani province, officials said last week. </p>
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        <p><strong><a href="biodiesel-news/international-news/biodiesel-plant-already-in-demand.html">Biodiesel plant already in demand</a></strong><br /><div id="newsDate">Saturday, July 19 2008 </div></p>
        <p>Tasmania's first biodiesel plant, which turns poppy seed waste into fuel, is expected to be in full production mode by August.</p>
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        <p><strong><a href="biodiesel-news/international-news/biodiesel-flower-power.html">Biodiesel Flower Power</a></strong><br /><div id="newsDate">Saturday, July 19 2008 </div></p>
        <p>Biodiesel has become an established fuel in the last ten years and is available in Germany at nearly every tenth filling station. Among the alternative fuels, biodiesel has conquered substantial share of the fuel market. However, biodiesel customers have wish to engage in experiments, they want an easy to use, environmentally friendly, economical and efficient alternative to mineral oil fuels. This brochure provides an overview of the technical background, environmental advantages, restrictions and perspectives of biodiesel.</p>
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        <p><strong><a href="biodiesel-news/international-news/scientists-achieve-chemical-breakthrough-that-converts-sawdust-into-biofuel.html">Scientists achieve chemical breakthrough that converts sawdust into biofuel</a></strong><br /><div id="newsDate">Saturday, July 19 2008 </div></p>
        <p>A team of Chinese scientists has made a chemical breakthrough that efficiently turns the lignin in waste products such as sawdust into the chemical precursors of ethanol and biodiesel.</p>
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        <p><strong><a href="biodiesel-news/international-news/biodiesel-efficiency-project-launched.html">Biodiesel efficiency project launched</a></strong><br /><div id="newsDate">Friday, July 18 2008 </div></p>
        <p>A £1.86m project to improve eco-friendly biodiesel has been launched by Cardiff University.

Made from chip-fat oil, biodiesel can be used instead of regular fuel. It costs about 20p less than normal diesel, is good for the environment and can improve the performance of your vehicle.</p>
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        <p><strong><a href="biodiesel-news/international-news/nissan-x-trail-that-runs-on-zero-shame.html">Nissan X-Trail that runs on zero shame</a></strong><br /><div id="newsDate">Friday, July 18 2008 </div></p>
        <p>To the casual observer, it looked like any other petrol-guzzling Chelsea tractor driven by a mother clogging the streets on the school run. This, though, was a 4x4 with a difference, one that even the most committed tree-hugger would be proud to drive.</p>
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        <p><strong><a href="biodiesel-news/international-news/journey-to-cleantech-cities-in-sweden-iv-biodiesel.html">Journey to Cleantech cities in Sweden IV--biodiesel</a></strong><br /><div id="newsDate">Thursday, July 17 2008 </div></p>
        <p>Biodiesel is another kind of clean energy in addition to ethanol and biogas. Ageratec Biodiesel is a family company in Norrköping in Sweden. It produces both biodiesel and biodiesel processing machines and equipment. </p>
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        <p><strong><a href="biodiesel-news/international-news/novozymes-to-make-enzymes-for-biodiesel.html">Novozymes to make enzymes for biodiesel</a></strong><br /><div id="newsDate">Wednesday, July 16 2008 </div></p>
        <p>Denmark-based Novozymes A/S has taken the lead role in a $3 million project to research and produce biodiesel using an enzymatic process. The project, which will take place over the next three and one-half years, is being financed by a grant through the Danish National Advanced Technology Foundation</p>
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        <p><strong><a href="biodiesel-news/international-news/new-biodiesel-for-uk-cars.html">New Biodiesel for UK cars</a></strong><br /><div id="newsDate">Wednesday, July 16 2008 </div></p>
        <p>Morrisons has launched a new biodiesel that has been approved for use by PSA Peugeot-Citroen.</p>
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        <p><strong><a href="biodiesel-news/international-news/late-bloomer.html">Late bloomer</a></strong><br /><div id="newsDate">Monday, July 14 2008 </div></p>
        <p>The image of biofuels has taken a pounding in the past year. First promoted as the answer to the depletion of oil reserves, a way of cutting greenhouse gas emissions and reducing dependence on imported fuels, they are now being cast as an environmental villain.</p>
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        <p><strong><a href="biodiesel-news/international-news/china-gives-go-ahead-for-three-biodiesel-plants.html">China gives go-ahead for three biodiesel plants</a></strong><br /><div id="newsDate">Monday, July 14 2008 </div></p>
        <p>China's top planning body has approved construction of three state-owned biodiesel plants, with total annual capacity of 170,000 tonnes, using jatropha oil as feedstock.</p>
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        <p><strong><a href="biodiesel-news/international-news/indias-hpcl-chhattisgarh-state-govt-to-form-jv-for-biodiesel-crop-plantation.html">India's HPCL, Chhattisgarh state govt to form JV for biodiesel crop plantation </a></strong><br /><div id="newsDate">Monday, July 14 2008 </div></p>
        <p>India's state-owned Hindustan Petroleum Corp. Ltd. (HPCL), said it signed a memorandum of understanding with Chhattisgarh state government and Chhattisgarh Renewable Energy Development Agency (CREDA) to form a joint venture company to undertake plantation of biodiesel crop Jatropha over about 15,000 hectares of land in the central Indian state.</p>
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        <p><strong><a href="biodiesel-news/international-news/diluted-biofuel-policy-by-september.html">Diluted biofuel policy by September</a></strong><br /><div id="newsDate">Sunday, July 13 2008 </div></p>
        <p>The National Biofuel Policy may finally see the light of day, albeit in a watered down version, in September this year.
A draft policy cleared on July 9 by the group of ministers headed by Union agriculture minister Sharad Pawar has been sent to the Union Cabinet for formal clearance</p>
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        <p><strong><a href="biodiesel-news/international-news/living-off-fat-of-land-as-biodiesel.html">Living off fat of land – as biodiesel</a></strong><br /><div id="newsDate">Sunday, July 13 2008 </div></p>
        <p>IT‘S hard to imagine a car running on what started off as ostrich fat, but Eastern Cape biotechnology whizzkid Dr Garth Cambray can turn any number of oily waste products into eco-friendly biodiesel.</p>
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        <p><strong><a href="biodiesel-news/international-news/alternative-energy-sources-come-at-a-high-cost.html">Alternative energy sources come at a high cost</a></strong><br /><div id="newsDate">Saturday, July 12 2008 </div></p>
        <p>There are situations in which the available options look hopeless.  Whether you go one way or the other, you will still have a problem.  It just depends on which you are more ready to tackle. Rising oil prices and food prices are currently the most contentious issues and they not only affect the global economy, they also affect each other.  </p>
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        <p><strong><a href="biodiesel-news/international-news/land-given-over-to-produce-biodiesel.html">Land given over to produce biodiesel</a></strong><br /><div id="newsDate">Saturday, July 12 2008 </div></p>
        <p>Omarama is playing its part in reducing New Zealand's dependence on importing what is becoming increasingly expensive oil to power its vehicle fleet.</p>
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        <p><strong><a href="biodiesel-news/international-news/biopetrol-promotes-a-fair-hearing-for-biodiesel.html">BIOPETROL promotes a fair hearing for biodiesel</a></strong><br /><div id="newsDate">Friday, July 11 2008 </div></p>
        <p>BIOPETROL promotes a fair hearing for biofuels, especially biodiesel.
The present biased discussion about the extraction of biogenic fuels is being led by a variety of interest groups. The discussion must be based on real facts, otherwise still more confusion will be sown. Purely opportunistic comments designed to arouse attention in the media are counterproductive. The widespread but very subjective public discussion of
"food versus fuels" draws attention away from the real issues.</p>
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        <p><strong><a href="biodiesel-news/international-news/biodiesel-mix-begins-mid-july.html">Biodiesel mix begins mid-July</a></strong><br /><div id="newsDate">Thursday, July 10 2008 </div></p>
        <p>The Energy Bureau (EB) under the Ministry of Economic Affairs (MOEA) announced yes

terday that all fossil diesel in Taiwan will be mixed with biodiesel derived from waste cooking oil starting on July 15.</p>
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        <p><strong><a href="biodiesel-news/international-news/plans-unveiled-for-biopark-facility-to-produce-biodiesel.html">Plans unveiled for biopark facility to produce biodiesel</a></strong><br /><div id="newsDate">Wednesday, July 09 2008 </div></p>
        <p>A WEST Cork company is hoping to develop a major bio-park facility in Waterford.

The proposed project will allow the production of biodiesel, fuel pelleting and rape seed processing on a major scale.
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        <p><strong><a href="biodiesel-news/international-news/bio-diesel-research-begins-in-pakistan.html">Bio-diesel research begins in Pakistan</a></strong><br /><div id="newsDate">Tuesday, July 08 2008 </div></p>
        <p>The Pakistan State Oil (PSO) has initiated research and development work on its bio-diesel project to meet government’s deadline of blending five per cent bio-diesel with conventional diesel by 2015 and 10 per cent by 2025.</p>
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        <p><strong><a href="biodiesel-news/international-news/swedens-preem-to-make-biodiesel-from-pine-tree-oil.html">Sweden's Preem to make biodiesel from pine tree oil</a></strong><br /><div id="newsDate">Tuesday, July 08 2008 </div></p>
        <p>Swedish refiner Preem said on Monday it planned to start making biodiesel from pine tree oil, a non-edible forestry industry waste product, in the face of criticism about the effect of biofuel on food prices.</p>
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        <p><strong><a href="biodiesel-news/international-news/fair-showcases-agriculture.html">Fair showcases agriculture</a></strong><br /><div id="newsDate">Tuesday, July 08 2008 </div></p>
        <p>When Len Aucoin drives his vintage tractor at the Calgary Stampede, he leaves the smell of french fries in his wake.</p>
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        <p><strong><a href="biodiesel-news/international-news/malaysia-sows-the-seed-of-a-better-life.html">Malaysia Sows the Seed of a Better Life</a></strong><br /><div id="newsDate">Tuesday, July 08 2008 </div></p>
        <p>Malaysia is blessed to have oil below the sea and onshore. Both crude and palm oil are trading at record-high prices, and contributing significantly to the economy. Business Times interviews Malaysian Palm Oil Council chief executive officer Tan Sri Yusof Basiron.</p>
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        <p><strong><a href="biodiesel-news/international-news/cta-bcta-want-clarity-on-biodiesel-tax-status.html">CTA-BCTA want clarity on biodiesel tax status</a></strong><br /><div id="newsDate">Monday, July 07 2008 </div></p>
        <p>In response to lobbying efforts by the Canadian Trucking Alliance and member trucking associations like the BCTA, an International Fuel Tax Agreement subcommittee has agreed to develop a database with jurisdiction-specific information regarding alternative fuels and will consider including information on biofuel refunds.</p>
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        <p><strong><a href="biodiesel-news/international-news/colombia-finds-biofuels-bonanza-in-sugar-cane.html">Colombia finds biofuels bonanza in sugar cane</a></strong><br /><div id="newsDate">Monday, July 07 2008 </div></p>
        <p>Between breaks to sharpen his machete under the equatorial sun, Gregorio Hurtado laid waste to row upon row of 9-foot sugar cane stalks.</p>
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        <p><strong><a href="biodiesel-news/international-news/diesel-vs-govt.of-india..html"> Diesel Vs Govt.of India.</a></strong><br /><div id="newsDate">Monday, July 07 2008 </div></p>
        <p> While I was writting this post, the price of Diesel is Rs39/liter.

The supply of Diesel by the Oil Marketting companies seems to be very poor and that too the Oil Marketting companies deciding to deliver only branded Diesel  instead of HSD in their outlets.

Reliance Outlets are deserted long time back and the reason is the PRICE factor.</p>
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        <p><strong><a href="biodiesel-news/international-news/cooking-oil-waste-gives-new-twist-to-takeaway.html">Cooking oil waste gives new twist to takeaway</a></strong><br /><div id="newsDate">Saturday, July 05 2008 </div></p>
        <p>Never has it been more profitable to grease the wheels of business by illicit means. Rocketing prices have prompted a rash of grease thefts from outside fast food joints.</p>
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        <p><strong><a href="biodiesel-news/international-news/council-to-vote-on-fuel-system.html">Council to vote on fuel system</a></strong><br /><div id="newsDate">Saturday, July 05 2008 </div></p>
        <p>Chatham-Kent council will vote on purchasing a biodiesel fuel production system on Monday.

If approved, the municipality would enter into an $80,000 leasing agreement with the University of Guelph, Ridgetown Campus. </p>
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        <p><strong><a href="biodiesel-news/international-news/integrated-biodiesel-industries-acquires-stake-in-jatropha-producer.html">Integrated Biodiesel Industries Acquires Stake in Jatropha Producer</a></strong><br /><div id="newsDate">Saturday, July 05 2008 </div></p>
        <p>Integrated Biodiesel Industries, Ltd (IBI) announced today a 10% acquisition of Irish jatropha developer South Cone Agriculture, Ltd (SCA) for an undisclosed amount. The agreement with SCA includes preference in its supply of jatropha oil at prices below soybean oil, giving IBI a competitive advantage in its biodiesel production costs.</p>
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        <p><strong><a href="biodiesel-news/international-news/wanted-bio-diesel-policy.html">Wanted: Bio-diesel policy</a></strong><br /><div id="newsDate">Friday, July 04 2008 </div></p>
        <p>The spike in crude prices has hurt every market. But one industry has taken off and that's alternative fuel, also known as the bio-fuel industry</p>
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        <p><strong><a href="biodiesel-news/international-news/malaysian-palm-up-on-record-crude-oil-dalian-soyoil-weighs.html">Malaysian Palm up on record crude oil, Dalian soyoil weighs</a></strong><br /><div id="newsDate">Thursday, July 03 2008 </div></p>
        <p>Sharp falls in soyoil futures at China's Dalian Commodity Exchange after a large trading firm liquidated contracts weighed on palm oil prices, currently 19 per cent off a record high of 4,486 ringgit per tonne hit in March.</p>
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        <p><strong><a href="biodiesel-news/international-news/bio-diesel-from-jatropha.html">Bio-diesel from Jatropha</a></strong><br /><div id="newsDate">Tuesday, July 01 2008 </div></p>
        <p>A Sri Lankan company has taken the initiative to find an alternative energy source in the wake of the current fuel crisis.</p>
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        <p><strong><a href="biodiesel-news/international-news/donald-biodiesel-plant-construction-starts.html">Donald biodiesel plant construction starts</a></strong><br /><div id="newsDate">Monday, June 30 2008 </div></p>
        <p>Work has started on the construction of a biodiesel plant at Donald in the Wimmera-Mallee.</p>
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        <p><strong><a href="biodiesel-news/international-news/gushan-environmental-energy-limited-opens-shanghai-biodiesel-plant.html">Gushan Environmental Energy Limited Opens Shanghai Biodiesel Plant</a></strong><br /><div id="newsDate">Monday, June 30 2008 </div></p>
        <p>Gushan Environmental Energy Limited ("Gushan"; NYSE: GU), China's largest producer of biodiesel as measured by annual production capacity, today announced that its Shanghai plant had commenced production on June 28, 2008, adding 50,000 tons to the company's annual biodiesel production capacity. With the addition of the Shanghai plant, Gushan's annual biodiesel production capacity has now reached 290,000 tons</p>
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        <p><strong><a href="biodiesel-news/international-news/european-biodiesel-capacity-rising-by-55%.html">European Biodiesel Capacity Rising by 55% </a></strong><br /><div id="newsDate">Saturday, June 28 2008 </div></p>
        <p>The European Biodiesel Board (EBB) recently announced the European Union (EU) should see its biodiesel production capacity increase by 55% this year reaching 16 million tons.</p>
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        <p><strong><a href="biodiesel-news/international-news/petrotec-begins-production-at-new-emden-germany-biodiesel-plant.html">Petrotec Begins Production at New Emden, Germany Biodiesel Plant</a></strong><br /><div id="newsDate">Friday, June 27 2008 </div></p>
        <p>Petrotec AG , a leading producer of climate-friendly biodiesel from used cooking oils, has put its new biodiesel plant in Emden into full production.</p>
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        <p><strong><a href="biodiesel-news/international-news/pallam-raju-advocates-use-of-bio-diesel-and-non-conventional-energy-in-armed-forces.html">Pallam Raju advocates use of bio-diesel and non-conventional energy in armed forces</a></strong><br /><div id="newsDate">Friday, June 27 2008 </div></p>
        <p>The Minister of State for Defence Shri MM Pallam Raju has stressed the need for use of biodiesel and non-conventional energy sources in the Armed Forces. Presiding over a meeting of the three services and the DRDO on 'Promotion of Alternative Energy Sources in the Armed Forces' in New Delhi today, Shri Pallam Raju emphasized that in view of the spiraling cost of fossil fuels and the huge consumption of oil fuels by the Armed Forces to secure the national interests, it was high time that the three Services adopt bio-diesel.</p>
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        <p><strong><a href="biodiesel-news/international-news/worlds-first-ecolabelled-fuel.html">World's First Ecolabelled Fuel</a></strong><br /><div id="newsDate">Thursday, June 26 2008 </div></p>
        <p>The Nordic Ecolabel today announced the requirements that would enable companies to apply for a Nordic Ecolabel for fuels. Fuel products that can apply for this Nordic Ecolabel, commonly known as “The Swan” in the Nordic countries, are ethanol, biodiesel, biogas and/or a mixture of these fuels.</p>
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        <p><strong><a href="biodiesel-news/international-news/yanmar-biodiesel-ok-for-engines.html">Yanmar: Biodiesel OK for engines</a></strong><br /><div id="newsDate">Wednesday, June 25 2008 </div></p>
        <p>Yanmar Marine has announced that B5 biodiesel is safe to use in most of its recreational marine engines.</p>
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        <p><strong><a href="biodiesel-news/international-news/big-win-for-bioheat-astm-approves-5%-biodiesel-in-heating-oil.html">Big Win for Bioheat®: ASTM Approves 5% Biodiesel in Heating Oil</a></strong><br /><div id="newsDate">Wednesday, June 25 2008 </div></p>
        <p>The efforts of the National Oilheat Research Alliance (NORA), the National Biodiesel Board (NBB), and the Oilheat Manufacturers led by R.W. Beckett met with success yesterday in Vancouver, Canada, as ASTM International (formerly known as the American Society for Testing and Materials) approved the inclusion of a 5 percent blend of biodiesel (B5) in heating oil.</p>
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        <p><strong><a href="biodiesel-news/international-news/plans-for-biodiesel-plants.html">Plans for biodiesel plants</a></strong><br /><div id="newsDate">Wednesday, June 25 2008 </div></p>
        <p>Brazilian oil giant Petrobras is in talks with companies in Spain and France to build plants to make biodiesel in those countries from vegetables, a company executive said. "Companies from France and Spain have sought us out to study eventual biofuel projects in Europe," Petrobras international biofuels business manager Fer-nando Cunha said during a conference on Monday at the France-Brazil Chamber of Commerce here.</p>
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        <p><strong><a href="biodiesel-news/international-news/japan-airlines-plans-biofuel-test-flight.html">Japan Airlines Plans Biofuel Test Flight</a></strong><br /><div id="newsDate">Tuesday, June 24 2008 </div></p>
        <p>Japan Airlines (JAL) said June 23 that it will join a project by U.S. aircraft maker Boeing to test biofuel for commercial airplanes as part of efforts to cope with soaring jet fuel costs. JAL, Asia's largest carrier, will fly a Boeing 747 partly using biofuel by March next year, the company said, adding that it will be the first such flight in Asia.</p>
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        <p><strong><a href="biodiesel-news/international-news/oki-recycles-waste-oil-from-its-cafeteria-to-be-used-as-truck-fuel.html"> OKI Recycles Waste Oil from its Cafeteria to be Used as Truck Fuel</a></strong><br /><div id="newsDate">Tuesday, June 24 2008 </div></p>
        <p>Oki Electric Industry Co., Ltd. (TOKYO:6703) today announced it has started to recycle waste oil from its cafeteria in Hachioji, Tokyo to be used as biodiesel fuel for the trucks of its logistics operations.</p>
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        <p><strong><a href="biodiesel-news/international-news/green-buses-uneconomic.html">Green buses uneconomic</a></strong><br /><div id="newsDate">Tuesday, June 24 2008 </div></p>
        <p>Hopes of a green bus fleet in Canterbury have been dashed by the soaring price of tallow.</p>
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        <p><strong><a href="biodiesel-news/international-news/tug-chugs-on-biofuel-in-race.html">Tug chugs on biofuel in race</a></strong><br /><div id="newsDate">Sunday, June 22 2008 </div></p>
        <p>One tug boat left the smell of French fries instead of diesel fumes in its wake Saturday as 23 tugs competed in the International Tug Boat Race.</p>
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        <p><strong><a href="biodiesel-news/international-news/on-farm-biodiesel-research-plant-funded.html">On-farm biodiesel research plant funded</a></strong><br /><div id="newsDate">Sunday, June 22 2008 </div></p>
        <p>Designed for research, a farm-scale oilseed processing and biodiesel plant at the University of Guelph's Ridgetown campus has picked up almost $940,000 in federal funding.</p>
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        <p><strong><a href="biodiesel-news/international-news/orbital-to-establish-a-new-test-facility-for-heavy-duty-engines.html">Orbital to Establish a New Test Facility for Heavy Duty Engines</a></strong><br /><div id="newsDate">Friday, June 20 2008 </div></p>
        <p>International clean energy technology group, Orbital Corporation Limited (ASX: OEC - "Orbital"), reinforcing its position at the forefront of clean engine research & development in Australia, is to construct and operate a heavy duty engine test facility after securing Australian Federal Government support. The new facility will be capable of operating engines on Natural Gas, LPG and Biodiesel as well as Diesel and Gasoline</p>
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        <p><strong><a href="biodiesel-news/international-news/algae-based-biofuel-could-prep-for-take-off.html">Algae-Based Biofuel Could Prep for Take Off</a></strong><br /><div id="newsDate">Friday, June 20 2008 </div></p>
        <p>The same week that GreenFuel dismantles its algae pilot project, an Israeli and American JV announces plans for an algae-based biodiesel pilot plant in Israel, and three airlines join algae-support group</p>
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        <p><strong><a href="biodiesel-news/international-news/denso-begins-evaluating-the-use-of-biodiesel-fuel-to-power-industrial-heat-pump-air-conditioners.html">DENSO Begins Evaluating the Use of Biodiesel Fuel to Power Industrial Heat Pump Air Conditioners</a></strong><br /><div id="newsDate">Thursday, June 19 2008 </div></p>
        <p>DENSO Corporation announced that today it has begun testing industrial heat pump air conditioners using biodiesel fuel at DENSO headquarters in Kariya, Aichi, Japan.</p>
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        <p><strong><a href="biodiesel-news/international-news/israel-set-to-commercialise-algae-biodiesel-production.html">Israel set to commercialise algae biodiesel production</a></strong><br /><div id="newsDate">Thursday, June 19 2008 </div></p>
        <p>Seattle-based Inventure Chemical and Tel Aviv-based Seambiotic Ltd. are teaming up to build an algae-based pilot commercial biofuel plant in Israel.</p>
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        <p><strong><a href="biodiesel-news/international-news/the-bio-diesel-conundrum.html">The bio-diesel conundrum</a></strong><br /><div id="newsDate">Thursday, June 19 2008 </div></p>
        <p>This is probably the time where most of us are raking out heads over the need to understand various fuels available in the market. This week's column will make you comfortable with the type of fuels available, both current and future. Let's do diesel first. Petrol heads will have to wait a bit since our government and related agencies are busy scheming with a group of evil politicians; finding a way to scam the citizens of Thailand without an iota of shame.</p>
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        <p><strong><a href="biodiesel-news/international-news/viridas-to-focus-on-producing-biodiesel.html">Viridas to focus on producing biodiesel</a></strong><br /><div id="newsDate">Wednesday, June 18 2008 </div></p>
        <p>VIRIDAS, the Leeds-based firm which is hoping to make its fortune from biodiesel in the Brazilian rainforest, aims to exit from all its original businesses by the end of this year.</p>
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        <p><strong><a href="biodiesel-news/international-news/uae-argentina-look-to-india-for-biofuel.html">UAE, Argentina look to India for biofuel</a></strong><br /><div id="newsDate">Wednesday, June 18 2008 </div></p>
        <p>At a time when crude oil prices are threatening to cut loose and run amok, countries like Oman, the UAE and Argentina have approached an Indian research institute for developing alternate biofuels. These countries are now looking for assistance from the Bhavnagar-based Central Salt and Marine Chemicals Research Institute (CSMCRI) to begin research on Jatropha biodiesel in their own individual countries. </p>
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        <p><strong><a href="biodiesel-news/international-news/mangalore-mrpl-to-introduce-bio-diesel-soon-rajamani.html">Mangalore: MRPL to Introduce Bio-Diesel Soon - Rajamani</a></strong><br /><div id="newsDate">Wednesday, June 18 2008 </div></p>
        <p>Mangalore Refinery and Petrochemical Limited (MRPL) has successfully conducted research work for the last 15 months in the production of bio-diesel components and has achieved significant milestone, said R Rajamani, managing director of MRPL.</p>
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        <p><strong><a href="biodiesel-news/international-news/diesel-power-china-biodiesel-plc.html">Diesel power: China Biodiesel plc</a></strong><br /><div id="newsDate">Wednesday, June 18 2008 </div></p>
        <p>Houdong Ye is a well travelled man. For the serial entrepreneur and chairman of AIM-listed China Biodiesel plc, the 6,000 mile flight to London is a chance to keep in touch with his company’s European investors. Tonight he and his finance director, Gloria He, will make the journey back to Fujian province where the company’s latest production facility is coming on stream.
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        <p><strong><a href="biodiesel-news/international-news/biodiesel-can-be-alternative-to-petroleum-says-industry-player.html">Biodiesel Can Be Alternative To Petroleum, Says Industry Player</a></strong><br /><div id="newsDate">Tuesday, June 17 2008 </div></p>
        <p>Biodiesel has the potential to become the alternative to petroleum, according to Russel Teall, president of US-based Biodiesel Industries Inc.</p>
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        <p><strong><a href="biodiesel-news/international-news/biofuel-breakthrough.html">Biofuel breakthrough</a></strong><br /><div id="newsDate">Tuesday, June 17 2008 </div></p>
        <p>A static diesel engine that runs on 100 per cent biofuel could help provide electricity to the remotest communities in the developing world, according to its UK developer, Lister Petter.</p>
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        <p><strong><a href="biodiesel-news/international-news/biodiesel-standard-nearing-reality.html">Biodiesel standard nearing reality</a></strong><br /><div id="newsDate">Tuesday, June 17 2008 </div></p>
        <p>It may be a lot easier to tell the difference between junk biodiesel and quality stuff, as a standard for finished specifications moved one step closer to reality.</p>
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        <p><strong><a href="biodiesel-news/international-news/neste-to-build-biodiesel-plant-in-netherlands.html">Neste to Build Biodiesel Plant in Netherlands</a></strong><br /><div id="newsDate">Monday, June 16 2008 </div></p>
        <p>Finland's Neste Oil Corp will build a biodiesel plant, its fourth such plant investment so far, in the Dutch city of Rotterdam to meet growing demand for biofuels, the company said on Friday.</p>
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        <p><strong><a href="biodiesel-news/international-news/galway-biodiesel-gets-radiohead-rocking-in-dublin.html">Galway biodiesel gets Radiohead rocking in Dublin</a></strong><br /><div id="newsDate">Friday, June 13 2008 </div></p>
        <p>The generators that powered the recent Radiohead concert in Malahide Castle were run on biodiesel produced by Galway company EcoOla</p>
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        <p><strong><a href="biodiesel-news/international-news/biodiesel-producer-wins-new-order-amid-wa-gas-crisis.html">Biodiesel producer wins new order amid WA gas crisis</a></strong><br /><div id="newsDate">Friday, June 13 2008 </div></p>
        <p>Australian Renewable Fuels Ltd. (ARF) yesterday received an additional order for its B100 biodiesel from an unidentified Western Australian (WA) buyer.  The new order calls on ARF to immediately commence the supply of 500,000 litres (132,000 gallons) of B100 to the customer.</p>
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        <p><strong><a href="biodiesel-news/international-news/once-kitchen-waste-grease-now-liquid-gold.html">Once kitchen waste, grease now liquid gold</a></strong><br /><div id="newsDate">Friday, June 13 2008 </div></p>
        <p>Used kitchen oil is becoming a hot commodity in Sault Ste. Marie.

While restaurant owners have traditionally paid up to $1,000 per year to transport barrels of the smelly used grease from the rear of their restaurants to disposal plants elsewhere in Ontario and Quebec, some are now finding their barrels empty. </p>
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        <p><strong><a href="biodiesel-news/international-news/brussels-urged-to-take-on-us-over-biodiesel.html">Brussels urged to take on US over biodiesel</a></strong><br /><div id="newsDate">Friday, June 13 2008 </div></p>
        <p>Europe's biodiesel producers will today urge the European commission to levy punitive duties on US rivals after Brussels launched formal anti-subsidy and anti-dumping investigations into imports from America.</p>
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        <p><strong><a href="biodiesel-news/international-news/naturol-to-export-biodiesel-to-europe.html">Naturol to export biodiesel to Europe</a></strong><br /><div id="newsDate">Friday, June 13 2008 </div></p>
        <p>Naturol Bioenergy Limited is all set to export 10,000 tonnes of biodiesel to Europe from its integrated biodiesel complex at Kakinada in Andhra Pradesh. Bhaskar Chalasani, managing director and CEO of the Hyderabad-based company, told a news conference here Thursday that this was the largest and f</p>
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        <p><strong><a href="biodiesel-news/international-news/plans-for-75m-gal-argentine-biodiesel-plant-unveiled.html">Plans for 75m gal Argentine biodiesel plant unveiled</a></strong><br /><div id="newsDate">Friday, June 13 2008 </div></p>
        <p>A joint development agreement to build and operate a 75 million gallon per year production biodiesel plant near Rosario, Argentina has been signed by AE Biofuels and DS Development. According to the companies plant permits and feedstock agreements are already in place, although construction of the biodiesel plant is still subject to obtaining necessary project financing. Plant completion is expected in late 2009.</p>
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        <p><strong><a href="biodiesel-news/international-news/foss-launches-new-biodiesel-analyser.html">Foss launches new biodiesel analyser</a></strong><br /><div id="newsDate">Tuesday, June 10 2008 </div></p>
        <p>Danish company FOSS has launched the XDS Biodiesel Analyser. According to the company the analyser is a rapid and easy-to-use solution for the control of biodiesel production.</p>
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        <p><strong><a href="biodiesel-news/international-news/biodiesel-cant-be-blamed-for-spiralling-food-prices-says-mep.html">Biodiesel can’t be blamed for spiralling food prices says MEP</a></strong><br /><div id="newsDate">Tuesday, June 10 2008 </div></p>
        <p>TEESIDE'S struggling biodiesel industry must not be used as a scapegoat for spiralling world food prices, Tory MEP Martin Callanan said.</p>
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        <p><strong><a href="biodiesel-news/international-news/intel-science-fair-breeds-young-rp-scientists.html">Intel science fair breeds young RP scientists</a></strong><br /><div id="newsDate">Tuesday, June 10 2008 </div></p>
        <p>Fish mucus with antimicrobial properties, microtremor devices that detect natural vibrations of the ground and marine bacteria used as antibacterial agents against major rice diseases - These are just some of the science projects made by young Filipino students that have won honor for the Philippines in the annual Intel International Science and Engineering Fair (Intel ISEF).</p>
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        <p><strong><a href="biodiesel-news/international-news/jatropha-conference-gets-underway.html">Jatropha conference gets underway</a></strong><br /><div id="newsDate">Tuesday, June 10 2008 </div></p>
        <p>THE second JatrophaWorld 2008 conference began in Florida, United States yesterday and the debate about jatropha, a biodiesel crop, continues to rage on.</p>
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        <p><strong><a href="biodiesel-news/international-news/biodiesel-woes.html">Biodiesel Woes </a></strong><br /><div id="newsDate">Saturday, June 07 2008 </div></p>
        <p>Beatrice Biodiesel LLC has laid off 10 workers amid construction delays and financial woes.</p>
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        <p><strong><a href="biodiesel-news/events/8th-national-motor-vehicle-and-aviation-workshops-and-exposition.html">8th National Motor Vehicle and Aviation Workshops and Exposition</a></strong><br /><div id="newsDate">Tuesday, December 04 2007 </div></p>
        <p>At FedFleet 2008 you will experience:
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June 24 - 26, 2008
Hilton Anatole Hotel
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        <p><strong><a href="biodiesel-news/events/national-biodiesel-conference-and-expo-february-2007.html">National Biodiesel Conference and Expo - February 2008</a></strong><br /><div id="newsDate">Tuesday, January 30 2007 </div></p>
        <p>At the February 2007 National Biodiesel Conference and Expo, Fleet Biodiesel made history by introducing their newest field test kits for biodiesel and biodiesel fuel blends. These are the first commercially available, effective tests that require no technical expertise to perform. Results are available in minutes, making them ideal for fleet managers and distributors to use for immediate on-site fuel quality verification.</p>
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        <p><strong><a href="biodiesel-news/events/e3-enviro-business-conference-october-2006.html">E3 Enviro-business Conference - October 2006</a></strong><br /><div id="newsDate">Thursday, December 14 2006 </div></p>
        <p>E3 Enviro-business Conference - October 2006
Steve Wallace of Fleet Biodiesel gave a presentation on Obstacles and Opportunities for Biodiesel Implementation. </p>
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        <p><strong><a href="biodiesel-news/events/biodiesel-seminar-for-biodiesel-technicians-september2006.html">Biodiesel Seminar for Biodiesel Technicians - September2006</a></strong><br /><div id="newsDate">Thursday, December 14 2006 </div></p>
        <p>Biodiesel Seminar for Biodiesel Technicians - September2006</p>
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        <p><strong><a href="biodiesel-news/events/fleet-presentation-san-diego-regional-clean-cities-coalition-biodiesel-workshop-june-2006.html">Fleet Presentation - San Diego Regional Clean Cities Coalition Biodiesel Workshop June 2006</a></strong><br /><div id="newsDate">Thursday, December 14 2006 </div></p>
        <p>Fleet Presentation - San Diego Regional Clean Cities Coalition Biodiesel Workshop June 23rd, 2006</p>
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        <p><strong><a href="biodiesel-news/events/clean-cities-congress-may-2006.html">Clean Cities Congress - May 2006</a></strong><br /><div id="newsDate">Thursday, December 14 2006 </div></p>
        <p>Clean Cities Congress - May 2006
Fleet Biodiesel, Inc participated in the annual Clean Cities Congress held in Phoenx, Arizona.</p>
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