ICIS Blogs : sugar

Sugar cane ethanol and Brazil

The Big Biofuels Blog — Thu, 26 Feb 2009 10:37:20 GMT

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...(read more)

Peru eyes US for ethanol exports... perhaps

The Big Biofuels Blog — Mon, 23 Feb 2009 10:46:26 GMT

Greentech Media has a story about sugar cane ethanol from Peru , potentially being exported to the US. I think it is doubtful for a number of reasons... The delivered cost to a coastal blending plant in the US,would have to be competitive with home grown...(read more)

Philippines sugar industry gets new biofuel grading

The Big Biofuels Blog — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 11:49:18 GMT

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...(read more)

Philippines Sugar Regulatory Administration wants to use excess to make biofuel

The Big Biofuels Blog — Tue, 11 Nov 2008 13:53:23 GMT

The Philippines Sguar Regulatory Administration is working on a plan to connect biofuel producers with sugar mills and planters in the country to use up excess sugar. The plan is scheduled to be implemented in the first half of next year. I think that...(read more)

Syngenta in high yeild sugar cane development

The Big Biofuels Blog — Mon, 03 Nov 2008 15:18:58 GMT

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...(read more)

FAO wants biofuel support examined and outlines world biofuel capacity

The Big Biofuels Blog — Wed, 08 Oct 2008 10:40:24 GMT

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...(read more)

Syngenta unveils tropical sugar beet in India

The Big Biofuels Blog — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 09:02:22 GMT

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......(read more)

Breakthrough in sugar chemicals

Green Chemicals — Tue, 16 Sep 2008 15:36:25 GMT

Another eureka moment in the world of green chemistry is Genomatica 's development of sugar-based 1,4 butanediol (BDO), a key feedstock in the manufacturing of hundreds of industrial chemicals for making plastics, rubber and fiber products. The privately...(read more)

Ethanol to power in Pakistan

The Big Biofuels Blog — Wed, 10 Sep 2008 09:27:01 GMT

There's an interesting story about Pakistani sugar cane growers making ethanol to power an electricity generation station from the Associated Press of Pakistan . Could this model be used elsewhere? Thanks to rsteenblik . Read More......(read more)

Indian Sugar cane to ethanol: a study

The Big Biofuels Blog — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 12:09:26 GMT

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......(read more)

How India could join the biofuel explosion

The Big Biofuels Blog — Mon, 01 Sep 2008 13:46:39 GMT

There's an interesting article about how India's policies are stopping India create biofuel on the Hindu business line . They're subsidising the wrong thing, apparently. I think. Read More......(read more)

Are biofuels causing food price rises? Gallagher's answer

The Big Biofuels Blog — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 10:10:47 GMT

The Gallagher Review into biofuels has a view on how the diversion of food into biofuel crops affects prices but its not clear. Partly that's because it's economics (if predicting the weather is hard, why do economists try to produce simple models...(read more)

Possible biofuel crops for Mozambique

The Big Biofuels Blog — Mon, 23 Jun 2008 10:44:03 GMT

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...(read more)

Brazil's sugar cane cutters to lose their jobs

The Big Biofuels Blog — Mon, 09 Jun 2008 09:59:36 GMT

According to the Guardian online, Brazil's sugar cane plantatio ns are going to be increasingly mechanised, leading to job losses in the cane cutters. Read More......(read more)

Praj wins big biofuel contract to supply Vivergo

The Big Biofuels Blog — Thu, 22 May 2008 09:32:36 GMT

Praj has won a big biofuels contract to supply key equipment to Vivergo Fuels , UK through its subsidiary, BioCnergy Europa B. V, a Joint Venture with Aker Solutions, Netherlands , according to myiris.com,. The plant is designed to produce 400m litre...(read more)