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EU: Oil, Biofuel Companies May Have Colluded on Price Distortion
May 14, 2013. Source: Frances Robinson, Wall Street Journal BRUSSELS–The European Union’s antitrust authorities raided the offices of oil and biofuel companies in two EU member states and Norway on suspicion of distorting prices, the EU Commission said Tuesday. “On 14 May 2013, Commission officials carried out unannounced inspections at the premises of several companies active…
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A Biomassacre Down Under
A Biomassacre Down Under A new report out of Australia, Biomassacre: How Logging Australia’s Native Forests for Bioenergy Harms the Climate, Wildlife and People, by Markets for Change, highlights the harm to forests, climate, wildlife and human health from logging native forests for industrial-scale bioenergy. Instead of being a clean, green solution to wean Australia off of…
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129 Gigawatts of Biomass by 2020?
Electricity Generation from Biomass: Installed Capacity Forecasts for Dedicated, Co-Fired, Anaerobic Digestion, and Biorefinery Facilities May 27, 2013. Source: PR Newswire Accounting for 3% of global electricity generation capacity, biomass power generation (“biopower”) offers reliable baseload power to the grid and is expected to play a cornerstone role in meeting renewable energy targets worldwide. Capacity expansion…
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