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January 31, 2006

Biofuel to Drive Indonesian Palm Oil Expansion

Indonesia's government plans to develop 3 million hectares of palm oil plantations in the next five years to meet increasing demand for biofuel as an alternative source of energy.
http://www.planetark.com/dailynewsstory.cfm/newsid/34707/story.htm

Posted by Kate Hayes at 11:19 AM | Comments (0)

Breakthroughs in Biomass and Biorefinery Deals

March 29 - 31, Washington, DC. Keynote speaker is Michael Johanns, Secretary of Agriculture, addressing the topic of "What's Next After Ethanol - The New World of Bio-Substitutes".
http://www.infocastinc.com/biomass/biomass.pdf

Posted by Kate Hayes at 10:42 AM | Comments (0)

January 27, 2006

2nd National Ag/Forestry Renewable Energy Summit

The 2nd National Ag/Forestry Renewable Energy Summit sets the launch of the 25x'25 initiative to national prominence. The vision for this initiative: by the year 2025, America's working lands will provide 25 percent of the nation's energy from renewable resources. The Summit is scheduled for March 7 - 9 in Washington, DC.
http://www.agenergy.info/index.aspx?mid=38652

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National Ag Energy Summit, 2005

Conference presentations and summaries of small group discussions are available at this site.
http://www.agenergy.info/index.aspx?ascxid=pagedetail&pid=16527

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January 20, 2006

Tax credits on biodiesel/alternative fuels

The Energy Policy Act of 2005 (EPACT) offers a small producer biodiesel and ethanol credit, and a credit for installing alternative fuel refueling property.
http://www.energy.gov/taxbreaks.htm

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Clean Auto Fuel Standards

Starting this year, Americans will be gassing up with nearly 3% of clean-burning, domestic renewable fuels such as ethanol under new standards issued by EPA. Authorized by the Energy Policy Act of 2005, the standard is the first step in EPA's Renewable Fuels Standard Program, which is designed to cut vehicle emissions and strengthen US energy security by doubling use of fuels produced from US crops by 2012.
http://www.epa.gov/otaq/renewablefuels/

Posted by Kate Hayes at 12:23 PM | Comments (0)

January 19, 2006

Biodiesel Finance and Investment Summit

Feb. 27-28, leading project developers, investors, lenders, EPC contractors, and others in the biodiesel finance and investment community will share their perspectives on what it takes to get biodiesel deals successfully financed in 2006 and beyond. An in-depth workshop, The Business Case for Biodiesel, will precede the Summit.
http://www.infocastinc.com/biodiesel.html

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