The Indonesian government’s decision to launch crude palm oil (CPO) export tax exemption from Nov. 1 is aimed at boosting CPO export amid the global financial crisis, an official said here on Thursday.
“We delete the tax export to zero,…

A draft of a new law encouraging renewable energy usage in Turkey has been presented to Parliament as part of a move to decrease Turkey’s energy dependence.
According to the draft, prepared by Soner Aksoy, the head of Parliament’s Energy…

If the spread between the selling price of palm methyl ester and the feedstock holds, biodiesel exports should continue at robust pace, says the Malaysian commodities minister
Malaysia has raised its 2008 biodiesel export forecast to 200,000 tonnes, more than…

Taraba State government of Nigeria has signed an agreement with a Chinese firm, A-Dinota Ventures Ltd, to establish a $115 million ethanol factory in the state.
Addressing government officials during the signing of the agreement at the executive chamber of…

Malaysia and Indonesia want the European Union (EU) to consider their views pertaining to its directives on renewable energy and fuel quality, especially on the use of palm oil for the production of biofuel.
"Malaysia and Indonesia jointly account for 85…

Malaysian IJM Plantations Bhd plans to invest RM600mil in capital expenditure to expand its Indonesian operations.
Chief executive officer and managing director Velayuthan Tan said the investment would be staggered over six to seven years.
“So far, we have spent RM50mil,…

Malaysia and Indonesia Monday agreed to use the surplus from their palm oil stockpiles to produce biodiesel as part of the mechanism to boost the palm oil price. Plantation Industries and Commodities Minister Datuk Peter Chin Fah Kui and Indonesia’s…

Global Biofuels Limited, the first biofuels refinery in Nigeria, endorsed by the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), has committed  the  sum of $750 million to ethanol project in the country.
Global Biofuels has committed the fund to the first series…

D-8 Secretary General, Dipo Alam, said the organization expects that both Working Groups on Energy and Civil Aviation will learn, observe, and study more possibilities on the usage of bionergy fuel for civil aviation to combat the high rising price…

In Nigeria, the federal government has outlawed the use of ethanol after officials proposed the ban because they lack the testing equipment to check on the ethanol blend in shipments reaching the country. A Presidential Commission has proposed a five…