Thursday, June 11, 2009

Colombian ethanol output to increase in 2009


Reuters reports that Colombian ethanol output is expected to increase to 2.42 million liters a day by the end of 2009 as new projects come onstream, Agriculture Minister Andres Fernandez Acosta said. Fernandez Acosta revealed that Colombia was seeking new investors to join projects to boost ethanol production capacity and create jobs. The minister also said six new projects this year would add 1.37 million liters a day of new production to the present level of 1.05 million liters a day. Fernandez Acosta said Colombia had the potential to grow sugarcane for biofuel production in an area of 3.9 million hectares

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Firefighting planes scrambled from south of France to tackle huge wildfire near Paris. Officials say blaze in Fontainebleau forest is of ‘exceptional scale’, with 900 homes evacuated and road and rail links hit

  The wildfire in France’s Fontainebleau forest, about 40 miles south-east of Paris. Photograph: Franck Desprez/SDIS 77/AFP/Getty Images by...