In Puerto Rico, researchers from the University of Puerto Rico at Río Piedras say in a new study that most palm oil plantations under development in Latin America are on former pasturelands. The study looked at NASA satellite images for 10 Latina American countries. The region’s palm oil acreage under production has doubled since 2001. […]
In Puerto Rico, a new study published last week in the journal Environmental Research Letters by researchers at the University of Puerto Rico offers the first regional look at lands being converted to palm oil plantations in Latin America. Palm oil is a primary ingredient in processed foods, soaps, cosmetics, and biofuel. Growth of the […]
In Puerto Rico, an online campaign is trying to collect 1,000 signatures to send to the governor urging him to participate in the Renewable Fuel Standard before the Oct. 31 deadline. The island’s fledgling biofuels industry needs support to grow and to ensure the island’s increased energy independence and campaign supporters believe the protectorate can […]
In Puerto Rico, Swiss oil company Puma Energy Caribe says it is starting an ethanol blending trial at 56 of its gas stations around the island beginning Wednesday. The blend level nor the origin of the ethanol for the pilot project was indicated. If the trial goes well, it will extend the blending to all […]
In Georgia, the University of Georgia has teamed with the University of Puerto Rico to develop a new R&D center that will focus on algae-based biofuels thanks to a $4 million grant from the Dept. of Defense. In Athens, where UGA operates a state-of-the-art algae research facility, researchers will focus their efforts on production of […]
In Georgia, the University of Georgia has teamed with the University of Puerto Rico to develop a new R&D center that will focus on algae-based biofuels thanks to a $4 million grant from the Dept. of Defense. In Athens, where UGA operates a state-of-the-art algae research facility, researchers will focus their efforts on production of […]
In Florida, Alternative Fuels Americas has purchased Puerto Rico’s Sustainable Agro Biotech, a firm focused on algae R&D. The company develops technologies to recycle carbon dioxide emission into microalgae varieties with robust growth and oil production capabilities and to achieve commercially feasible harvesting of microalgal products. The Company operates facilities in Gainesville, Florida and a […]
