Biofuels moratorium ordered on Prince Edward Island, Canada; Atlantec BioEnergy plant stranded, may move

In Canada, the provincial government on Prince Edward Island announced a biofuels moratorium for several months while awaiting a report on sustainability. Atlantec BioEnergy, which intended to commence production at a sugar beet-based ethanol plant this summer, has been delayed by the annoucnement. The company said that it would have to make a decision this week whether to proceed with planting more than 5,000 acres for sugar beet feedstock, or to move its project to a new location.

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