AFR – Indeni Ready to Blend Biofuel
INDENI Petroleum Refinery has the capacity to mix biofuels in the energy portfolio and reduce on the amount of imported crude oil, Energy, Land and Water Development acting permanent secretary Oscar...
View ArticleAFR – Oracle Biofuels Limited secures biofuel at low interest
ORACLE Biofuels Limited, a local firm has secured about K2 trillion from the international financial markets for the procurement of biofuel refining equipment and support more than 500,000 farmers...
View ArticleAFR – South African Biofuel Plan May Boost Sorghum Sixfold
South Africa’s proposed mandatory blending of biofuels with gasoline and diesel may signal the start of a biofuels industry and boost sorghum output sixfold, an economist at the farmers’ body Grain SA...
View ArticleAFR – Bedford Biofuels Breaks Floor in Nigeria
Bedford Biofuels provides damaged soil within Kenya to build up the Jatropha curcas nursery. Jatropha can be a sturdy, drought proof sapling, which starts to flower inside six or eight weeks of...
View ArticleAFR – Viaspace highlights advances in Giant King Grass crop
VIASPACE Inc. Chief Business Officer Munzer Sundos spoke at the Biomass West & Central Africa Congress in Ghana on Nov. 24-25, about the progress the company has made in developing Giant King...
View ArticleAFR – Tereos and Petrobras May Make Ethanol at Mozambique Sugar Mill
Tereos Internacional SA, a Brazilian agribusiness, and oil company Petroleo Brasileiro SA may modify a sugar mill in Mozambique to produce ethanol as the African country seeks to increase its use of...
View ArticleREPORT – Renewable energy can limit poverty in Africa
Renewable energy technologies (RETs) can help end poverty as well as mitigate climate change related effects, a 2011 report, Technology and Innovation; Powering Development with Renewable Energy...
View ArticleAFR – Swedfund invests 10 million euro towards bioenergy
Swedfund has invested €10 million into Addax Bioenergy, a company based in Sierra Leone. Swedfund’s investment, which Addax & Oryx is also a part of, will be the biggest private sector agriculture...
View ArticleItalys Agroils Takes A Hard Look at Biofuels
If you want to get somewhere, you have to just point yourself in that direction and start walking. You can’t be swayed by “that won’t work” or “it will be really hard to do that.” You have to just do...
View ArticleSouth African bodies plan united front to champion renewables
South African bodies plan united front to champion renewables Four renewable energy associations have unveiled plans to launch an umbrella body acting as a single voice to champion renewables in South...
View ArticleProfiles in Scale-up-China and Nigeria ink deal to invest 2.55B dollars in 15...
Chinese government to invest $1.78B in Nigerian biofuels, the latest in a series of projects announced in West Africa. In Nigeria, Bloomberg and several local outlets are reporting that the Nigerian...
View ArticleAF – 15 biofuel plants worth N414bn to be constructed
Fifteen biofuel plants, which are expected to create a total of 120, 000 direct and 750,000 indirect jobs across the value chain, will spring up soon in 15 states across the country, BusinessDay can...
View ArticleSouth Africa sees 258M dollar ethanol plant by 2014
South Africa sees 258M dollar ethanol plant by 2014 South Africa plans to invest 2 billion rand ($258.5 million) to build an ethanol plant and help a nascent biofuels sector that could reduce the...
View ArticleFirst Solar and Abengoa Bullish on Mideast and Africa Power
First Solar Inc. (FSLR) and Abengoa SA (ABG)’s renewable energy unit are targeting the Middle East and North Africa as utilities seek to cut reliance on burning oil and natural gas in power plants to...
View ArticleHow Syria Crisis Impacts Ethanol
President Obama has stated he wants Congress to decide on the US course of action in Syria. At the same time, the ethanol industry is pressing lawmakers to allow greater market access by not...
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