| Media Release – The Hon Barry O'Farrell MP, Premier of NSW, Minister for Western Sydney The NSW Government will introduce legislation to ensure motorists can continue to buy regular unleaded petrol, NSW Premier Barry O'Farrell said today. He said the NSW Government remained committed to promoting ethanol as a long term alternative fuel which will create hundreds of jobs in NSW. But Mr O'Farrell said he was determined to do everything possible to assist families facing increased cost of living pressures. "That's why the NSW Government will continue to allow the sale of regular unleaded petrol (ULP)," he said. "Motorists already pay enough for petrol and I am not going to force people into buying more expensive premium petrol to run their cars and other engine products." Mr O'Farrell said legislation would be introduced to overturn the former Labor Government's laws which would have made the sale of regular unleaded petrol illegal from 1 July 2012. He said the six per cent ethanol mandate would remain in place. |
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| $425m sugar ethanol plant gets green light |
ABC ONLINE - Posted February 01, 2012 12:17:27 A proposed $425 million sugar ethanol plant in north Queensland is set to go ahead after getting council and State Government approval. In the past several months, the Hinchinbrook Shire Council has been preparing reports for the Government on the impact of the NQ Bio-Energy plant on local roads and traffic. |
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| US EPA: Palm oil flunks the climate test |
By Ben Geman - 25/01/12 The Environmental Protection Agency will publish data Friday showing that biofuels made from palm oil won't count towards the nation's renewable fuels mandate because they're not climate-friendly. |
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| BP to resume E10 blend sales in South East Queensland |
BP today announced that E10 blended petrol is to be reintroduced at 48 service stations in South East Queensland. |
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| UK's biggest biomass plant ready for firing: RWE |
Reuters - Reporting by Karolin Schaps; editing by Jason Neely RWE npower will start firing Britain's largest dedicated biomass plant at Tilbury in Essex in the next few days and full commercial operations are expected by the end of the year, a spokeswoman said on Friday. |
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| US Military - Going into battle for biofuels |
Braden Reddall – SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) The US military has emerged as a key ally for fledgling producers of non-food-based biofuels, who find themselves threatened by looming budget cuts and growing political hostility to renewable energy funding. |
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| Shell sees Biofuels as the best Alternative Fuel for the next 20 years |
SOURCE: F.O. Licht's World Ethanol & Biofuels Shell re-affirmed its belief that biofuels are the best alternative to oil-based transport fuels for the next 20 years at F.O. Licht's World Ethanol & Biofuels in Barcelona on 8 November. |
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| Mission NewEnergy announces palm oil waste plant |
| By lcolquhoun
ASX-listed bioenergy producer Mission NewEnergy has announced the construction of a palm oil waste processing facility in Malaysia. |
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