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The European biodiesel industry is going through a deep crisis.

In several countries, including in biodiesel leader Germany, generous tax exemptions are being lifted and the green fuel now has to compete on the free market with petro-diesel. None of the major biodiesel producers on the continent succeeds in producing an affordable fuel. The result: demand has dropped considerably and plants are operating well below their capacity. Some are warning the industry faces collapse.
At the same time, Brazil and Argentina are going full steam ahead in producing plant-based diesel substitutes that are cheaper than the fossil fuel variant

Biodiesel to be on agenda of Lula-Bush meeting
Xinhua - Beijing,China
10 (Xinhua) -- Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva said on Saturday that he will discuss the issue of biodiesel at his meeting with US President ...
 

Fungus in Biodiesel Fuel Tank Slows Down School Buses
WANE - Ft Wayne,IN,USA
District spokesman Ron Kirkpatrick says fungal and bacterial growths were found in the main biodiesel tank used to fuel up the district's buses. ...
 

Volkswagen showcasing Clean TDI, Biodiesel, and Hydrogen
Business Portal 24 (press release) - Bad Lausick,Sachseri,Germany
Volkswagen is showcasing a series of vehicles with lower environmental impact at the Designing Sustainable Mobility Summit, held at Art Center College of ...
 

NSA applauds introduction of pro-biodiesel tax incentive
High Plains Journal - Dodge City,KS,USA
Legislative Bill 343 provides a taxpayer who makes an investment in a biodiesel facility to receive a non refundable income tax credit. ...
 

Agri panel endorses biodiesel incentives, state butterfly bill
Arkansas News - Little Rock,AR,USA
LITTLE ROCK - A House committee Friday endorsed legislation that would create financial incentives for the production and distribution of biodiesel fuel in ...
 

Advanced Plant Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Announces Completion of ...
Genetic Engineering News (press release) - New Rochelle,NY,USA
World Health Energy's proposed biodiesel production plants are expected to be designed to produce biodiesel that complies to or exceeds international ...
 

Soy growers ask higher US support, biodiesel aid
Reuters - USA
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Congress should increase soybean subsidies and provide a biodiesel incentive payment to encourage development of the renewable fuel, ...
 

40 percent of biodiesel now quality-certified
eTrucker - USA
Seventeen major biodiesel producers, representing 40 percent of the market, are now certified as meeting the National Biodiesel

Eastern Wash. farm to supply canola to westside biodiesel plant
Capital Press (subscription) - Salem,OR,USA
30, Natural Selection made its first delivery of 6000 gallons of canola oil to Imperium's Seattle biodiesel facility. For John Plaza, president and founder ...
 

Extensive land and variety of feedstock facilitates growth of ...
Biofuel Review - Rolvenden,Kent,UK
In terms of biodiesel Brazil has an enormous potential of becoming a leading country and in Latin America it appears as the main biodiesel supplier, ...
 

Volkswagen Showcases Clean TDI, Biodiesel and Hydrogen at ...
Grainnet - Decatur,IL,USA
As this vision unfolds, attendees and Art Center students are being provided the unique experience of driving VW models running on biodiesel, ...
 

Safe Renewables Corp. Increases Number of Biodiesel Retail Pumps ...
Grainnet - Decatur,IL,USA
The addition of biodiesel fueling pumps at an increasing number of San Antonio area Petro Pantry convenience stores gives local diesel drivers the ability ...
 

Biodiesel seeded by big crop yields
Seattle Post Intelligencer - Seattle,WA,USA
One of the big hurdles with the push toward ethanol and biodiesel is that US farmers can't produce enough crops to actually make a dent in the oil needs of ...
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Storage, biodiesel plant takes shape
Mobile Register - Mobile,AL,USA
The National Biodiesel Board predicts it will add $24 billion to the US economy in 2015, and Frietsch noted Alabama Gov. Bob Riley's focus on alternative ...
 

Biodiesel hits the county
News-Times - Forest Grove,OR,USA
Biodiesel, a blend of vegetable oils, canola oils and animal fat (tallow), is one of many alternative fuel sources that has stemmed from Rudolf Diesel’s ...
 

Biodiesel Powers Mobile Phone Base Station in India
Mobile Magazine - USA
Enter Ideal Cellular and Ericsson, which have joined together with development fund GMSA to manufacture a base station powered by biodiesel. ...
 

Rural mobile stations to be powered by biodiesel
TUV Product Service - Fareham,Hampshire,UK
... not connected to the mobile communication power grid, the BBC reports, so mobile base stations could be powered by biodiesel in order to cover this gap. ...
 

Raitt's biodiesel-fueled buses pull into town
Knoxville News Sentinel (subscription) - Knoxville,TN,USA
... Raitt actually was promoting the use of biodiesel while the fuel tanks on her tour buses were topped off with the environmentally friendly substance. ...
 

Glenville loves its biodiesel
Mason City Globe Gazette - Mason City,IA,USA
... Chris Elleby of Albert Lea, Minn., working at the front counter at the post office, said the biodiesel plant has been extremely well received. ...
 

Biodiesel unit coming up in Pollachi hamlet
Newindpress - Chennai,India
COIMBATORE: A Rs 90-lakh biodiesel plant, the first of its kind in the private sector in the country, is coming up in Ganapathipalayam village, about 20km away ...
 

21/02/2008