Special Feature
This is a video report about
World Business: A couple of
years ago, with surging
demand for biofuel from
Europe and riding crude oil
prices, investors rushed to
build plants to turn palm oil
into biodiesel. But with
falling oil prices and
changing opinions towards
biofuel many of those
projects were put on hold.
To adapt, biofuel producers
now have to be a little more
creative.
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Biodiesel in Brazil |
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The PROBIODIESEL (Programa Brasileiro de Desenvolvimento Tecnolόgico de Biodiesel) programme, coordinated by the Ministriy of Science and Technology, Secretariat of Technology and Enterprise Policy, was announced in May 2002. This helps to set up the regulatory framework for the development and production of Biodiesel in the country. |
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As a major manufacturer of Bioethanol from sugar cane, Brazil has taken into consideration the production of soy-ethyl-ester besides soy-methyl ester. |
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Generally, both the soy methyl ester and soy ethyl ester are used at a blend of 5% with fossil diesel. |
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