| |
| Newsroom
Belarus signs agreement assuring feedstocks for Greenfield Ethanol refinery Ballsbridge firm to build ethanol refineries in Belarus Chernobyl-affected areas can be source of raw stock to produce ethanol in Belarus Belbiopharm: ethanol fuel production may become promising branch of Belarus economy [ Biofuels news: Greenfield, the EU, east Europe and CIS ] Belarus comes in from the cold at London investment forum LONDON, 19 November 2008 (BBC News) — A landmark investment forum in London is a sign that Belarus, long shunned by the West, is emerging from relative isolation. Hundreds of business people flocked to the first Belarus Investment Forum in London this week. "If two years ago somebody had told me Britain would be nationalising its banks and Belarus privatising, I would not have believed it," said one British lord attending the meeting. [ more ] Speculators, not ethanol, to blame for rising food prices CHICAGO, 23 October (Reuters) — A 'speculative bubble' in food commodity markets was the prime driver of rising food prices during 2007, and not rising demand for ethanol, according to analysts commenting on recent falls in prices of key food commodities such as corn. Prices have fallen back 50% since June 2008, when speculation was at its height and biofuels were taking the brunt of the blame for the increases — yet ethanol production is surging and demand for corn has matched that. [ more ] Premier confirms Belarus will build biofuels sector MINSK, 2 October 2008 — The Belarus Prime Minister, Mr Sergei Sidorsky, confirmed yesterday that his country will set up "enterprises producing biofuel ... in all the regions of Belarus". The Prime Minister was speaking during a visit to an enterprise processing oil plants in the town of Sharayevshchina, Bobruisk region, and a future plant which will produce biodiesel from rapeseed in Kalinino. “In the nearest future, enterprises like these will be established in every region. These two enterprises employ the most advanced imported technologies which will be adjusted to Belarusian conditions,” he said. "Such enterprises will help reduce imports of crude oil by about 300,000 tonnes. Our country consumes about 2 million tonnes of diesel fuel a year." [ original story ] Lukashenko wants West to lift sanctions and help with Chernobyl MINSK, 1 October 2008 — Belarusian president Alexander Lukashenko told the OSCE vice-president Anne-Marie Livin he expects western nations to lift the sanctions against his country and deliver some assistance to help overcome the effects of the Chernobyl nuclear disaster. [ more ] EU examines ways to trim Belarus sanctions BRUSSELS, 1 October 2008 — EU experts are preparing options on how to reduce Belarus sanctions, with a majority of EU states open to the idea of re-opening diplomatic ties with President Lukashenko's government despite their view that parliamentary elections fell short of Western standards. [ more ] Envoy says Belarus will develop biofuels sector to clean up Chernobyl BRUSSELS, 23 September 2008 — Belarus is to develop a huge biofuels sector in an effort to finally rid its territory of the radioactive contamination which still remains, 26 years after the nuclear reactor exploded in Ukraine, near its border with Belarus. [ more ] Janssens joins Greenfield team to head marketing drive DUBLIN,
11 September 2008 — Marc Janssens, a Belgian entrepreneur
with
extensive sales and marketing experience, has been appointed as
director of marketing by Greenfield Project Management. [ more
]Belarus harvests 9.3m tonnes of grain so far in 2008 MINSK, 9 September 2008 — Belarus harvested 9.31 million tonnes of grain by 9 September, as opposed to 7.4 million tonnes by the same date in 2007, according to the Ministry of Agriculture and Food in Minsk. Farmers have now begun the maize harvesting campaign and have so far brought in corn from 630 hectares, or 0.4% of the planted area. The crop so far totaled 3,100 tonnes, with a yield of 49.5 c/ha, as opposed to 46.6 c/ha during the previous year. The preliminary forecast of the total maize harvest is 700 to 800,000 tonnes. [ original report ] Rietveld lays out path to vibrant biofuels sector in CIS WARSAW,
13 June 2008 — "We
are now looking at a €500 million biofuels refinery which can
take
feedstock from the Chernobyl lands, can bolt on Cellulose-To-Ethanol
technology to the
ethanol module when it is commercially proven, will never interfere
with food production, and will aid in decontaminating 50,000 sq km of
land in
Belarus alone. " So said Greenfield CEO Michael Rietveld in his speech
to the biofuels
conference
on Thursday.
[ more
]Danchenko invites foreign investors into Belarus biofuels sector WARSAW,
12 June 2008 — Mr. Ivan Danchenko, chairman of the Belarus
state
concern Belgospicheprom, told an international conference on
biofuels in central and eastern Europe that Belarus has unique and
attractive conditions for producing biofuels and for foreign investment
in the industry. Speaking at the FO
Licht-organised
conference in Warsaw, Poland, Danchenko restated the Belarus
Government’s policy of achieving a share of 25% of total
energy
use for alternative energy sources, including biofuels, within the next
five years. [ more
]Greenfield, PvT Capital join forces to clean up Chernobyl BERLIN/DUBLIN,
20 May 2008 — The only agrofuels companies to have come up
with plans to use production
of biofuels to
remediate the lands contaminated by the Chernobyl nuclear disaster have
decided to pool their resources. German bioenergy expert PvT Capital
GmbH and Irish bioethanol developer Greenfield Project Management Ltd
today announced their agreement to jointly develop
Greenfield’s
proposed ethanol refineries in Belarus, and to make this the first step
in creating giant biomass refineries capable of producing a range of
biofuels. [ more ] Greenfield
appoints director
to Chernobyl Bio-clean project DUBLIN,
24 APRIL 2008 — Greenfield Project Management Ltd. has
appointed
Ms Iryna Ananich to head the Eurasia Energy Project (EEP), which will
organise and administer the company’s Chernobyl Bio-clean
Programme. Ms Ananich will take up her position as Project Director on
1 June 2008. [ more ] Chernobyl's harvest to clear
radiation from 70,000 sq. miles Energy
study is next step in Greenfield’s ethanol project Investment in
biofuels 2.0 essential to ease food supply issues Agreement
assures feedstocks for 550m litre ethanol plant From banking to
biofuels: Scott joins Greenfield as CFO
Belarus
wants ‘Decade of Chernobyl’ to aid clean-up Bio-ethanol
project will not influence grain price UN: biofuels not to blame for
high food prices Biofuels: next
generation will be more environment-friendly Energy
Charter: potential for biofuels in Belarus Lukashenko
approves draft Energy Security Concept MINSK, 11 September 2007 — The president of Belarus, Alexander Lukashenko, has approved a draft Energy Security Concept (ESC) to apply up to the year 2020. The policy document elaborates a long-term balance of fuel and energy resources and emphasises the need both to diversify energy sources and reduce the country's dependence on external supplies. [ more ] Belarus
on track to export bio-ethanol fuel to EU
Venture will pour green ethanol for Europe Greenfield
chief updates Belarus cabinet The
Belarus bio-ethanol project The
company behind the Belarus project Greenfield’s
partners in the joint venture
Greenfield’s partners in the joint venture are Belarus state
holding company, Belbiopharm, and Swedish engineering group Chematur
Engineering. [ more ] [ Other news: bio-ethanol, biofuels, renewable energy ] Oil at
$100: the case for biofuels is crystal clear HAMBURG,
17 OCTOBER 2007
— If Nobel
Prize winner Paul
Crutzen is right, then faster
progress to second
generation bioethanol production is the only solution to the
disadvantages of bioethanol which have emerged in the past couple of
years. Crutzen, whose
work on the ozone layer led to the banning of CFCs, says
growing grain crops for biofuel in temperate climates may
worsen global warming as it uses huge amounts of
nitrogen-based fertilisers. These release large quantities of
nitrous oxide (N2O), which has an effect 300 times greater than that of
carbon dioxide (CO2). [ full report ] by Olaf
Preuss and Mark InglinSecond generation bioethanol production uses naturally growing biomass, such as trees, grasses, and many forms of waste cellulose, rather than food crops. These would not require such high fertiliser input as they grow naturally in their specific climate range. Ziegler calls for biofuel moratorium BRUSSELS, 15 OCTOBER 2007
— A UN expert on the right to food has called for a five-year
moratorium on the production of biofuel out of concern that it was
contributing to hunger by using up increasing amounts of farmland. [ full report ] by swissinfo US water quality could be damaged by rush to
corn ethanol CO2 balance of electricity
production: biogas is best, nuclear OK but count it out EU video
explains all about biofuels |
 |
