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UK Biofuel targets snub UN recommendations  -  22 Oct 2007
eGov monitor,Parliament will discuss on Monday and Tuesday of next week whether to approve the Renewable Transport Fuels Obligation (RTFO), which requires that 5 per

Carbon shift a rich vein for investors  -  22 Oct 2007
Carbon Positive,It forecast biofuels could make up 21 per cent of transport fuels by that time, with solar and wind energy accounting for 11 and 10 per cent of power

India to replace 10% transport fuels with biofuels in 10 yrs  -  Sep 25, 2007
Economic Times,25 Sep, 2007, 1530 hrs IST, PTI NEW DELHI: India will replace 10 per cent of its transport fuels with environment friendly biofuels in the next 10 years to

Biofuels are coming, ready or not  -  Oct 14, 2007
New Zealand Herald,...to start selling biofuels from 2008 as part of the Government's policy to fight climate change and reduce our dependence on imported transport fuels.

It's a Nobel thought  -  Oct 18, 2007
Hindustan Times,So we too have aimed, in our energy plan for 2030, to replace only 25 per cent of our fossil-based transport fuels with bio-fuels. We seem to have forgotten

India: India to replace 10% transport fuels with biofuels by 2017  -  Sep 28, 2007
Automotive World (subscription),By Automotive World staff writer (ANK) Indian Petroleum Secretary MS Srinivasan says that India plans to replace 10% of its transport fuels with biofuels in

Hon Harry Duynhoven: The Guild Contribution  -  Oct 19, 2007
Scoop.co.nz,...join the emissions trading scheme from the 1st January 2009, making it the first emissions trading scheme internationally to include transport fuels.

Q&A: What's the future of world's biofuels?  -  Oct 18, 2007
DesMoinesRegister.com,Biofuels provide 1 percent of road transport fuels now. That could rise to 2 percent by 2012, and might get to 5 to 10 percent by 2030.

News in full  -  Oct 10, 2007
EEMS - Energy Efficient Motorsport,Biofuels, in moderation, are acknowledged to offer potential advantages over conventional fuels and can occupy part of the transport fuels market over the

Oil To Remain Dominant In Transport; Biofuels To Rise –Study  -  Oct 5, 2007
CattleNetwork.com,Yet, the biofuel portion of transport fuels will likely also be significant by 2050, the study said. The study sees biofuels as having the highest potential

Biofuel bill passes first reading  -  Oct 16, 2007
Stuff.co.nz,..."A range of likely developments will enable biofuels over time to make up an increasing proportion of transport fuels. "The biofuels sales obligation should

XTL - the proven alternative  -  Oct 14, 2007
ScienceAlert,Together, these issues focus attention on developing local alternative sources for transport fuels. Australia is fortunate in having ample reserves of

REA not happy with UK pre-budget report  -  Oct 10, 2007
EnergyCurrent,Clare Wenner, head of Transport Bio-Fuels, said, "We welcome the laying of the Renewables Transport Fuels Order, although we do need to see more of the

UN rapporteur calls for biofuel moratorium  -  Oct 11, 2007
Swissinfo,Biofuels should produce less greenhouse gas emissions than conventional transport fuels. Burning the fuels releases carbon dioxide but growing the plants

UK biofuels industry backs mandatory standards  -  Oct 4, 2007
Biofuel Review,...by the Environmental Industries Commission’s (EIC) Renewable Transport Fuels Working Group. Graham Hilton, Chair of EIC Renewable Transport Fuels Working

Rising grain prices put a dent in fuel revolution  -  Oct 19, 2007
Sydney Morning Herald,...feedstock prices and continued uncertainty from the investment community, government and community support for alternative transport fuels in Australia.

Many biofuels have more climate impact than oil  -  Sep 27, 2007
ReutersBy Emma Graham-Harrison BEIJING (Reuters) - Most crops grown in the United States and Europe to make "green" transport fuels actually speed up global

Biofuel industry fights the critics  -  Oct 16, 2007
Reuters India,Produced from food crops like sugar cane, rapeseed and palm oil, they provide an alternative to conventional transport fuels like gasoline and diesel,

Chewonki to host seminar on carbon capture and storage  -  Oct 12, 2007
Wiscasset Newspaper,...especially for electric power and transport fuels production from carbonaceous fuels (biomass, coal, natural gas) and for efficient end use of energy.

Richard Heinberg : Pic de tout (VO)  -  Oct 8, 2007
Contre Info,The decentralization of economic activity that we must pursue as transport fuels become more scarce could lead to more local jobs and more fulfilling

UK biodiesel producer slows refinery expansion  -  Sep 26, 2007
Guardian Unlimited,..."Until we have more data to fully assess the impact of the (government's new) Renewable Transport Fuels Obligation (RTFO) on the UK market after April 2008,

TASK FORCE ACTION PLANS OF ASIA-PACIFIC PARTNERSHIP ON CLEAN ...  -  Oct 12, 2007
Press Information Bureau (press release),...of solar thermal energy to enhance the energy content of natural gas or coal bed methane, for application in electricity generation or transport fuels.

Europe's September Inflation Rate Rises Above ECB's 2% Ceiling  -  Oct 16, 2007
BloombergPrices for transport fuels rose 4.4 percent in September from a year earlier, according to today's report, adding 0.12 percentage point to the overall

News in full  -  Oct 1, 2007
EEMS - Energy Efficient Motorsport,Most crops grown in the US and Europe to make "green" transport fuels actually speed up global warming because of the NOx emissions related to fertilizer

Biofuel plants fail to start  -  Oct 14, 2007
ABC Online,He also cited government and community support for alternative transport fuels in Australia. "Our knowledge is that mandating will not happen and of course

Volumes 'improving' on DME  -  Sep 23, 2007
Khaleej Times,...a commodity for which I think there is a tremendous appetite, especially in the Gulf and Asia where there is huge growth in transport fuels.

EU-Staaten droht Verfahren für Verzögerungen bei Energieeffizienz  -  Oct 18, 2007
EurActiv,...savings of 1% in the retail, supply and distribution of electricity, natural gas, urban heating and other energy products, including transport fuels.

Power shifts to Loughborough  -  Sep 24, 2007
EducationGuardian.co.uk,Here sustainable transport fuels and transport management technologies will be developed, such as low carbon vehicle designs and alternative fuels.

Brian Fallow: Emissions bite deepens  -  Oct 10, 2007
New Zealand Herald,Oil companies in effect get next year's emissions from transport fuels free, and electricity generators get the next two years' emissions from power

UK carbon reduction: cap and trade is around the corner  -  Oct 17, 2007
ClimateChangeCorp.com,According to Defra’s consultation on CRC implementation, published in June, all energy other than transport fuels will be covered, including electricity as

Internet-like energy system becoming reality  -  Oct 9, 2007
StarPhoenix,Similarly, people, co-ops, companies and communities are beginning to produce their own heating and transport fuels, such as biogas, ethanol, biodiesel and

Hybrid Energy plans SA base  -  Oct 17, 2007
Advertiser Adelaide,...to produce low greenhouse emissions power, gas, transport fuels and other products in a sustainable manner,'' the company said yesterday.

RPT-Kuwait seeks stake in China oil product storage  -  Oct 9, 2007
Reuters.uk,...to turn into one of China's first government emergency stockpile for transport fuels, said a Beijing-based industry executive close to the project.

International trade conference on biofuels and carbon at U of M ...  -  Oct 3, 2007
UMN News,...“Biofuels are being encouraged in nearly every corner of the world as a substitute for petroleum-based transport fuels, and many are realizing that

Monkey business puts macaques in danger  -  Oct 2, 2007
Sydney Morning Herald,In March, European Union leaders agreed to set a binding climate-change target to make biofuel account for 10 per cent of all Europe's transport fuels by

UAE economists warn against raising domestic fuel prices  -  Sep 28, 2007
Gulf News,India has no immediate plans to raise the price of transport fuels but may issue bonds worth Rs80 billion ($1.97 billion) to state-run oil companies by the

UK. All-Energy '08 renewable energy exhibition in Aberdeen already ...  -  Oct 9, 2007
BYM News (press release),Suggestions for topics, and 250-word abstracts are invited, and should be sent to info@all-energy.co.uk With the launch of the UK’s Road Transport Fuels

Green fuel specialistupbeat despite loss  -  Sep 26, 2007
nebusiness.co.uk,...that if biofuels are to make a significant contribution to the world’s need for transport fuels, this must not be at the expense of the environment.

India's Aug crude oil imports up 9.7 pct y/y  -  Sep 24, 2007
Reuters India,Domestic sales -- a proxy for oil demand -- grew 3.5 percent on year largely due to higher consumption of transport fuels, the data released on Monday

RPT-ANALYSIS-Asian refiners looking down the barrel of $84 oil  -  Sep 23, 2007
Reuters UK,The expansion of Asia's refining sector has meant output of transport fuels has exceeded regional demand at times this year, cutting the margin for oil

Kurt Volker: Working To Tackle Climate Change  -  Sep 25, 2007
Scoop.co.nz,Through APP, we share new and emerging technology solutions - including clean coal, alternative transport fuels, renewable energy sources, and efficiency

Energy strategies rely on leading edge engineering  -  Oct 10, 2007
Scoop.co.nz,It suggested actions in the areas of transport fuels, heating and electricity, and identifies where the biggest gains can be achieved.

Token gestures are not enough  -  Sep 24, 2007
ScienceAlert,Unlike government, BP is increasing their focus on renewable energy sources including transport fuels. The general feeling from Dr Catherine Baudains of the

Meeting the aspirations of the British people  -  Oct 9, 2007
netPR.pl (komunikaty prasowe),Biofuels In June this year, the Government announced that from 2010 the Renewable Transport Fuels Obligation, which will be the principle mechanism for

$2B EXPANSION  -  Sep 27, 2007
Biloxi Sun Herald,..."It's just a much safer way to transport fuels." Szydlowski said he expects the expansion to be complete by 2012. Cities and counties along the line could

Biofuels will ‘re-order’ world agriculture  -  Sep 25, 2007
North Queensland Register,Fuller ‘Futurist’ Paul Higgins says two key challenges remain if the biofuels industry ever wants to become mainline competitor for transport fuels.

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