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Sugar cane ethanol and Brazil

There's a piece entitled Why the Promise of Biofuels is a lie by Robert Bryce . It is pretty anti biofuels, mainly ethanol, it doesn't talk about biodiesel. It is worth looking at for the way it pulls together a couple of sources on the plight...

Published 26 Feb 2009 10:37 by The Big Biofuels Blog

Filed under: ethanol, Agriculture, Brazil, Sugar, Bioethanol, cane, conditions, workers
Philippines sugar industry gets new biofuel grading

The Philippines Sugar Regulatory Authority has decided to set up a new classification for sugar to be used for biofuels . It looks like a way of properly accounting for sugar which would otherwise be counted as exports. Sugar production in the 2007-2008...

Published 1 Dec 2008 11:49 by The Big Biofuels Blog

Filed under: ethanol, Policy, biofuel, Agriculture, Philippines, Sugar, Bioethanol, Production, accounting
Syngenta in high yeild sugar cane development

In a statement issued late last week, Syngenta said it is developing a new technology to dramatically improve the cost efficiency of sugar cane planting in Brazil . Syngenta´s innovation would reduce planting costs per hectare by some 15%, driven by a...

Published 3 Nov 2008 15:18 by The Big Biofuels Blog

Filed under: ethanol, Agriculture, technology, Biotechnology, Brazil, Syngenta, Sugar
FAO wants biofuel support examined and outlines world biofuel capacity

The United Nation's Food and Agriculture Organisation wants subsisidies, tariffs and tax-breaks for biofuels production examined and possibly reduced in a press release which marks the publication of its annual report The State of Food . That report...

Published 8 Oct 2008 11:40 by The Big Biofuels Blog

Filed under: ethanol, Policy, Agriculture, cassava, wheat, biofuels, politics, FAO, UN, Biodiesel, Science, Food, gasoline, petrol, maize, rice, report, Sugar, sorghum, beet, Organisation, cane,
Syngenta unveils tropical sugar beet in India

Syngenta has unveiled a new tropical sugar beet that produces around as much sugar as cane, the company says. The crop matures in five months and uses less water than cane. This could be useful for ethanol production in the tropics. Read More...

Published 25 Sep 2008 10:02 by The Big Biofuels Blog

Filed under: Water, Agriculture, Science, India, Syngenta, Sugar, tropical, beet
Indian Sugar cane to ethanol: a study

Thanks to Draka for this information on the state of ethanol production in India from Current Science . As Draka says, in a comment below, sugar cane takes a lot of water to grow. Read More...

Published 4 Sep 2008 13:09 by The Big Biofuels Blog

Filed under: ethanol, Agriculture, India, Sugar, cane
Possible biofuel crops for Mozambique

A preliminary study on biofuel production in Mozambique has suggested that the most appropriate crops to use would be sunflower, sugar cane and sweet sorghum, according to a repot in allAfrica.com . The report points out the difficulty of trying to grow...

Published 23 Jun 2008 11:44 by The Big Biofuels Blog

Filed under: Agriculture, biofuels, Sugar, cane, Nutasa, sorghum, sunflower, Iberol, Mozambique, sweet

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Syngenta in high yeild sugar cane development

FAO wants biofuel support examined and outlines world biofuel capacity

Syngenta unveils tropical sugar beet in India

Indian Sugar cane to ethanol: a study

Possible biofuel crops for Mozambique