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The US Ethanol Import tariff is under review

The 54-cent litre import duty on ethanol into the US could be reviewed in the 2009 budget, according to a report on Reuters discussed breifly on Facts About Ethanol . As the writer says the President proposes but Congress disposes. It will be interesting...

Published 31 Jan 2008 15:37 by The Big Biofuels Blog

Filed under: America, USA, US, ethanol, 2009, budget, tariff, Policy
Tapioca shortage may hit china's biofuels

According to a report on reuters, China is facing a tapioca shortage which may hit the country's bioethanol business . This looks like demand has outstripped supply, in December 2006 ust over a year ago the Chinese government saw the biofuel potential...

Published 31 Jan 2008 11:21 by The Big Biofuels Blog

Filed under: ethanol, tapioca, biofuel, China, Agriculture, cassava, shortage
Life gets more complicated for methanol

In the good or maybe the bad old days depending on your standpoint, methanol was a fairly straightforward product. You had chemicals demand and that was more or less it. But as the extended analysis below explains, chemical producers who use methanol...

Published 31 Jan 2008 5:01 by Asian Chemical Connections

Filed under: China, Environment, technology, Projects, Oil & Gas, coal-to-chemicals, Methanol & Derivatives, coal, coal-to-liquids
Is the rising price of corn forcing up the price of food?

Is the rising price of corn forcing up the price of food? Despite the measured tones (and graph) in my previous post (Is the price of corn too low?) ,the price of bagels in New York seems to be more closely tied to the price of a bushel of wheat than...

Published 30 Jan 2008 16:10 by The Big Biofuels Blog

Filed under: America, USA, US, Economics, New, price, bagels, substitution, futures, wheat, York
Is the price of corn too low?

Is the price of corn too low? Is the rising price of corn feeding through to inflation in the price of food. The answer may not be as clear cut as first appears, sure the price of corn has increased greatly, from a lowish base over the past couple of...

Published 30 Jan 2008 15:18 by The Big Biofuels Blog

Filed under: USA, US, ethanol, Economics, price, Association, Corn, study, Growers, Colorado
Vinod Kohlsa's latest thoughts on biofuels

Now Mr K likes cellulosic biofuels and biomass . Read More...

Published 29 Jan 2008 16:07 by The Big Biofuels Blog

Filed under: America, USA, US, ethanol, biofuel, biomass, Kohlsa, Vinod
UK Parliamentary podcast on biofuels

The British Parliament has discovered pod casting and has decided to make biofuels the subject of its first trial podcast . Cheers Isabel Read More...

Published 29 Jan 2008 16:00 by The Big Biofuels Blog

Filed under: Podcast, UK, biofuels, Parliament
Consider the trout

Call me short sighted but I'd been banging on about the water, but I'd completely forgotten the fish. A hole that has been filled by Flyfishmagazine, in its ethanol or ground water post. so consider the trout when you're thinking about locating...

Published 29 Jan 2008 15:19 by The Big Biofuels Blog

Filed under: ethanol, Water, riparian, fish, trout, Environment
Gas policy to favour fertilisers

India’s draft natural gas utilisation policy is expected to prioritise the requirements of the fertiliser sector over petrochemicals. The enormous volumes of gas generated from the fields of the east coast and west coast India would be first given to...

Published 29 Jan 2008 7:49 by India Chemicals Blog

Filed under: Companies, Refining, Petrochemicals, Government Policy, fertiliser, gas, power, LPG
Ethanol plants are a bad idea...

Ethanol plants are a bad idea and politicians are at leas venal, according to R esidual Forces, which is pretty strident on its dislike of ethanol plants and the demands that they place on water in Minnesota. Read More...

Published 28 Jan 2008 10:21 by The Big Biofuels Blog

Filed under: America, USA, US, ethanol, Water, Minnesota, politics
Reliance plans EPC venture

After cracking the world of oil, gas, refining and petrochemicals Reliance Industries is setting its sights on the engineering, procurement and services (EPC) sector says this report in today’s Economic Times. A blueprint for a global EPC business is...

Published 28 Jan 2008 10:17 by India Chemicals Blog

Filed under: Companies, engineers, Refining, Petrochemicals, Reliance Industries, EPC
Burning biomass with coal

Burning biomass with coal to reduce carbon dioxide emissions at power plants could yeild enviornmental benefits. It at least has the benefit of using minimal energy to process the biomass before burning. According to Earth2Tech blog A Polish coal plant...

Published 28 Jan 2008 9:53 by The Big Biofuels Blog

Filed under: biomass, biofuels, electricity, generation, Poland, Polish
Drying of the West

You might not want to build an ethanol plant west of the Mississippi after you've read this article in National Geographic Magazine about the Drying of the West . It looks like the Western states of the US have been enjoying something of a bath for...

Published 28 Jan 2008 9:29 by The Big Biofuels Blog

Filed under: America, USA, US, Water, Environment, Geographic, rain, National, rainfall
Barauni beckons

State-owned IOC and Gail appear to have been drawn into yet another futile petrochemical project by politicians. This time it is in Barauni, Bihar. IOC operates a 6m tonnes/year refinery at Barauni but this is unlikely to yield sufficient feedstock for...

Published 25 Jan 2008 12:23 by India Chemicals Blog

Filed under: Companies, Refining, Petrochemicals, GAIL, Government Policy, IOC, refinery, Bihar, Barauni
ConAgra drops Clovis ethanol plan on costs

ConAgra looks to have pulled out of a plan to build an ethanol plant in Clovis , New Mexico, because the price of corn and water would have been too high, according to the Albuquerque Journal. Corn you can expect, but this is the first time that I've...

Published 25 Jan 2008 11:26 by The Big Biofuels Blog

Filed under: ethanol, Water, New, Corn, construction, mexico, ConAgra

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The US Ethanol Import tariff is under review

Tapioca shortage may hit china's biofuels

Life gets more complicated for methanol

Is the rising price of corn forcing up the price of food?

Is the price of corn too low?

Vinod Kohlsa's latest thoughts on biofuels

UK Parliamentary podcast on biofuels

Consider the trout

Gas policy to favour fertilisers

Ethanol plants are a bad idea...

Reliance plans EPC venture

Burning biomass with coal

Drying of the West

Barauni beckons

ConAgra drops Clovis ethanol plan on costs