This briefing paper reviews evidence of the impacts of the U.S. Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) on food prices, with a focus on corn and soy, and presents new analysis on the impact of the RFS on U.S. livestock farmers. Studies examining the relationship between food prices and biofuel demand conclude …
Bio-fuel derived from biomass will be the foundation of power generation in Sri Lanka in the future, Power and Energy Minister Patali Champika Ranawaka said. He was participating in an inspection tour of the Tokyo Cement Factory in Trincomalee recently. The Minister asserted that the power demand in the North …
NEW DELHI: India and Brazil are exploring the possibility of cooperation in production of ethanol and agricultural investment. It is felt that the joint efforts of the world's two largest sugarcane producers, India and Brazil, were crucial to making ethanol a global commodity and a sustainable, low-carbon energy alternative to …
Ajay Modi / New Delhi September 7, 2010, 1:23 IST First such tie-up between a sugar and a petroleum company. Shree Renuka Sugars is looking to set up an integrated sugar-cum-ethanol plant with oil marketing company Hindustan Petroleum Corporation (HPCL) in Maharashtra. This would be the first such tie-up between …
Ajay Modi / New Delhi September 3, 2010, 1:15 IST Offers 1,000 million litres ethanol to OMCs. The sugar industry has offered to supply around 1,000 million litres ethanol to oil marketing companies for blending it with petrol. This is more than the 860 million litres required for blending the …
This article empirically demonstrates that the European and US globalisation and capitalism in agriculture, food and the agro-industry since the mid-20th century have been supported and powered by subsidies (which at present is 50 per cent of the value of agricultural production in Europe and the US) and technological advances …
This report from the Biofuels task force of the World Energy Council reviews the debate between supporters and opponents of Biofuels, against the backdrop of rapidly increasing energy demand. Skyrocketing prices of crude oil in the middle of the first decade of the 21st century accompanied by rising prices for …
Large-scale production of crop based (first generation) biofuels may not be feasible without adversely affecting global food supply or encroaching on other important land uses. Because alternatives to liquid fossil fuels are important to develop in order to address greenhouse gas mitigation and other energy policy objectives, the potential for …
Sanjay Jog / Mumbai August 31, 2010, 0:20 IST Demand that the deposit fee sought by OMCs be cut to 1% from 10%. Ethanol manufacturers in Maharahstra, in a serious bid to supply ethanol for five per cent blending with petrol, have decided to reserve half their alcohol stock exclusively …
Meghnad Desai During the passage of the Nuclear Liability Bill, the Prime Minister pointed out that India had to retain the option of using nuclear power as a source of energy. Put it this way, the use of civilian nuclear energy is a
With its biofuels business increasingly dominated by giant corporations, Brazil is seeking to extend its biofuels sector to include farmers like Lucas Scariot, who makes around $10,000 per year from selling grain. For the past three years, Scariot has sold soy beans at a premium over market prices to a …
Narayan Lakshman WASHINGTON: India and the U.S. on Friday formally signed an agreement for cooperation on a joint Clean Energy Research Development Centre. The agreement follows from the discussions held between Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and President Barack Obama during the former's visit to Washington in November 2009. At the …
Left over food and vegetable waste discarded in the garbage could soon be used to generate bio cooking gas (alternative to LPG) in the Capital. The Delhi Government is all set to tie up with Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (BARC) to generate cooking gas from kitchen waste or food waste. …
A peg of Scotch whisky can reduce carbon emission too as scientists in Scotland have developed a biofuel from the by-products of whisky which can be used to power cars. Edinburgh Napier University has filed a patent for the biofuel which has been created in two years by the university
IT WAS a big win, at least for now, for the powerful Maharashtra sugar lobby when the three ministers from the state on the ethanol GoM clinched the contentious price of Rs 27/litre for ethanol at the CCEA on Monday. Under intense lobbying from ministers Vilasrao Deshmukh, Murli Deora and …
Is the rising price of petroleum depriving you of a long drive with your partner? Worry not, for soon, you could run your car with fuel created from nothing but thin air. Researchers say that car fuel could be created from air using an enzyme from a common soil bacterium. …
IMAP, Inc., an exclusive global merger and acquisition (M&A;) organization, is pleased to announce the availability of its 2010 Alternative Energy Global Report. The report details M&A; activity in the alternative energy industry by country and region for the last 12 months, growth projections for the remainder of 2010 and …
The food crisis at the end of the last decade and the resulting food riots that occurred in cities all over the world exposed the vulnerability and fragility of the current global food system and highlighted the increasing problem of urban food security. Urban households were among the hardest hit …
Mass planting of jatropha as a biofuel crop could benefit poor areas as well as combating global warming, but only if a number of scientific and production issues are properly addressed, a review has warned.
There is rising skepticism about the potential positive environmental impacts of first generation biofuels. Growing biofuel crops could induce diversion of other crops dedicated to food and feed needs. The relocation of production could increase deforestation and bring significant new volumes of carbon into the atmosphere. This paper develop a …
