RIO DE JANEIRO, Feb. 10 (Xinhua) -- Brazilian
President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva said on Saturday that he will discuss the
issue of biodiesel at his meeting with U.S. President George W. Bush scheduled
for next month.
"I think that the main topic will be biofuels," Lula
said. Bush is expected to arrive in Brazil on March 9.
Lula said the United States produces a great amount
of ethanol from corn, but "it is no good business" producing ethanol from corn,
an important livestock feed.
"What we want is to establish a partnership under
which Brazil will be able to introduce ethanol made from sugarcane in the
American market," he said.
He also said he expected the whole world to be using
biodiesel within the next 15 or 20 years.
Lula inaugurated on Saturday a biodiesel plant in the
northeast state of Bahia. The plant, with investments of 33 million reais (15.7
million U.S. dollar), is expected to benefit 35,000 families, who provide raw
materials for it.
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Philippine bicameral body approves biofuels
bill
MANILA, Nov. 23 (Xinhua) -- Philippine bicameral
conference committee on energy approved early Thursday morning a bill that makes
the use of biofuels mandatory, Senator Aquilino Pimentel Jr.said.
"This is the most exciting piece of legislation for this
Congress because we'll be hitting two birds with one stone, cutting our
umbilical cord of dependence on fossil fuel from the Middle East and at the same
time cleaning the air that we breathe in this country," said Pimentel, who was
assigned to chair the committee.
Thai oil refiner to produce biodiesel with vegetable
oil
BANGKOK, Sept. 4 (Xinhua) -- A Thai major oil refiner,
Bangchak Petroleum Plc, has launched a project to buy used vegetable oil from
consumers to produce biodiesel to help recycle vegetable oil that would
otherwise provide a health risk and disposal problem.
Bangchak president Anusorn Saengnimnuan and Prince of Songkhla
University (PSU), Hat Yai Campus Rector Boonsom Siribamrungsuk signed an
agreement to cooperate in producing biodiesel from used vegetable oil, Thai News
Agency reported Monday.
US-Malaysian venture to build
biodiesel plant
JAKARTA, March 7 (Xinhuanet) -- A U.S.-Malaysian joint
venture is to construct a plant to process crude palm oil (CPO) into biodiesel
fuel on Indonesia's Batam island, a local newspaper reported Tuesday.
The joint company had signed a Memorandum of Understanding
(MoU) with the Batam Industrial Development Authority (BIDA) on its investment
plan, said The Jakarta Post.
