Brazil to Breathe Life into Faded Cuban Sugar Sector
by Esteban Israel and Peter Murphy (Reuters Africa) Brazilian builder Odebrecht plans to produce sugar in Cuba, the company said on Monday, as looser restrictions on foreign investment in the...
View ArticleCuba Begins Production of Biodiesel Plant “Physic Nut”
(Expansion.com) The first biodiesel plant that uses Cuban bush inedible oilseed “Jatropha curcas”, popularly known in the island as “physic nut” began to produce today, according to local media...
View ArticleInsight: U.S. and Brazil – At Last, Friends on Ethanol
by Brian Winter (Reuters/Chicago Tribune) After years at each other’s throats, Brazil and the United States are working together to promote the use of ethanol in a collaboration that could...
View ArticleCuba Expands Biofuel Production
(NewsTrackIndia) Cuba has opened its second biodiesel plant and plans to build three more to produce green fuel from inedible plants, the state-run TV reported. The new plant is now having trial run...
View ArticleCuba’s Sugar Industry to Use Bagasse for Bioenergy
(Inter Press Service) Cuba’s sugar industry hopes to become the main source of clean energy in the country as part of a programme to develop renewable sources aimed at reducing dependence on imported...
View ArticleCorn Growers in Cuba
by Cindy Zimmerman (AgWired) … Cuba has purchased corn from the United States since the early 2000s, with market share varying widely from as high as 100 percent to just 15 percent last marketing...
View ArticleGreenbelt Resources CEO Visits Cuba — Company Seeks Partners to Deploy...
(Greenbelt Resources/PR Newswire) As a result of recent changes to Commerce Department regulations by the Obama administration regarding trade with Cuba, the advanced modular technology available from...
View ArticleEthanol Sets Sights on Asia-Pacific Region
by Tom C. Doran (AgriNews) The U.S. Grains Council has long served as an international promoter of corn and other grain exports and has expanded its efforts to include ethanol and dried distillers...
View ArticleCuba Seeks Investors to Boost Clean, Renewable Energy
(Xinhuanet.com) Cuba is set to hold its first Energy & Infrastructure Summit in an effort to boost clean and renewable energy sources and cut down on fossil fuels, local media reported on...
View ArticleDeath of Castro Could Free Cuba to Produce Biofuels
(Voice of America) The death of Cuban revolutionary Fidel Castro, a fierce critic of biofuels like ethanol, has raised hopes among industry experts that some of Cuba’s vast tracts of fallow land may...
View ArticleBiodiesel Plant Opening up in Eastern Cuba
(Radio Havana Cuba) Industrial scale biodiesel production will begin this year in the Cuban province of Granma, where a bio-fertilizer, bio-stimulant and bio-pesticide factory will also be built....
View ArticleBiodiesel Sees the Sea: New Sailing School Vessel Fueled with B20
(National Biodiesel Board) Newport Biodiesel provides 6,000 gallons of B20 for voyage ending in Cuba — A one-of-a-kind ship with a special mission is now fueled with 20 percent biodiesel as it...
View ArticleLook for Renewable Fuel Options When You Fill up the Gas Tank
by Monte Shaw (Iowa Renewable Fuels Association/Des Moines Register) Growing up on a farm near Shenandoah, using ethanol and biodiesel was a no-brainer. It was simply the right thing to do to support...
View ArticleCuba Expands Biofuel Production
(NewsTrackIndia) Cuba has opened its second biodiesel plant and plans to build three more to produce green fuel from inedible plants, the state-run TV reported. The new plant is now having trial run...
View ArticleCuba’s Sugar Industry to Use Bagasse for Bioenergy
(Inter Press Service) Cuba’s sugar industry hopes to become the main source of clean energy in the country as part of a programme to develop renewable sources aimed at reducing dependence on imported...
View ArticleCorn Growers in Cuba
by Cindy Zimmerman (AgWired) … Cuba has purchased corn from the United States since the early 2000s, with market share varying widely from as high as 100 percent to just 15 percent last marketing...
View ArticleGreenbelt Resources CEO Visits Cuba — Company Seeks Partners to Deploy...
(Greenbelt Resources/PR Newswire) As a result of recent changes to Commerce Department regulations by the Obama administration regarding trade with Cuba, the advanced modular technology available from...
View ArticleEthanol Sets Sights on Asia-Pacific Region
by Tom C. Doran (AgriNews) The U.S. Grains Council has long served as an international promoter of corn and other grain exports and has expanded its efforts to include ethanol and dried distillers...
View ArticleCuba Seeks Investors to Boost Clean, Renewable Energy
(Xinhuanet.com) Cuba is set to hold its first Energy & Infrastructure Summit in an effort to boost clean and renewable energy sources and cut down on fossil fuels, local media reported on...
View ArticleDeath of Castro Could Free Cuba to Produce Biofuels
(Voice of America) The death of Cuban revolutionary Fidel Castro, a fierce critic of biofuels like ethanol, has raised hopes among industry experts that some of Cuba’s vast tracts of fallow land may...
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