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		<title>Japanese Pacific Bio-Fields Holdings to invest in coco-biodiesel plant</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Pacific Bio-Fields Holdings PLC of Japan has committed to a joint venture with local company,  Bio-Energy NL Inc. (BENLINC), for a P3.5 Billion biodiesel processing plant that will churn out 24,000 tons of coconut methyl esthers (CME) a year.
Construction of the biodiesel processing plant is said to start by August and will be finished [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.alternat1ve.com/biofuel/2009/07/04/japanese-pacific-bio-fields-holdings-to-invest-in-coco-biodiesel-plant/</link>
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		<title>Goldman Sachs, engineering a carbon credit bubble?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[According to an article by Matt Taibbi in Rolling Stone Magazine, Investment bank Goldman Sachs is largely to blame for the oil price hike due to their machinations to drive up the price.  This site has long suspected that speculators and not market demand and supply were what was causing the price of oil [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.alternat1ve.com/biofuel/2009/07/04/goldman-sachs-engineering-a-carbon-credit-bubble/</link>
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		<title>PNOC-AFC to jointly operate a 1k Hectare Jatropha plantation in Negros</title>
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PNOC-Alternative Fuels Corp. (PAFC) recently signed an agreement with the Ilog Diversified Multi-Purpose Cooperative and Katilingban Sang Katawhan Sa Katayoyon Nga Kauswagan Sa Kabankalan Inc.(5K) to establish a 1,000-hectare jatropha curcas plantation in Negros Occidental.  Jatropha Curcas is a very hardy plant that grows easily on infertile ground and its seeds could be used [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.alternat1ve.com/biofuel/2009/06/30/pnoc-afc-to-jointly-operate-a-1k-hectare-jatropha-plantation-in-negros/</link>
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		<title>Aboitizes accused of electricity monopoly</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Freedom from Debt Coalition (FDC), represented by Wilson Fortaleza,  said that with the passage of the Electric Power Industry Act (EPIRA or Republic Act No. 9136), it hastened corporate control over the whole power system and results in &#8220;sweetheart deals&#8221; between energy distribution companies and power generation companies.  This is because the law [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.alternat1ve.com/biofuel/2009/06/30/aboitizes-accused-of-electricity-monopoly/</link>
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		<title>Global Biomass signs 3 Biomass Supply Contracts</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Global Biomass PLC Corp. (GBC), a UK based company, has signed a 25 year contract to supply three power plants with biomass.  GBC will harvest the biomass from farm waste.  Specifically corn, rice straw, sugar cane and other farm residues.

The three companies that they will supply biomass residues to are Green Power Panay [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.alternat1ve.com/biofuel/2009/06/26/global-biomass-signs-3-biomass-supply-contract/</link>
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		<title>Philippines and Brazil ink pact to help develop alternative energy resources</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Philippines and Brazil recently inked a pact to cooperate in developing alternative energy sources as well as stop protectionist trade measures and increase further bilateral trade between countries.  
The Philippines could learn a lot from Brazil because they are looked upon as the world model for bioethanol use and production.   Brazil [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.alternat1ve.com/biofuel/2009/06/25/philippines-and-brazil-ink-pact-to-help-develop-alternative-energy-resources/</link>
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		<title>Price of Toyota Prius is at P2.5 Million</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Toyota Motor Philippines revealed that the price of the local variant of the Prius will cost a whopping P2.5 Million due to importation taxes.
The Prius is called a hybrid vehicle because it uses both a 1.8L gasoline engine and a nickel-metal hydride battery powered electric motor to propel the vehicle.  When the batteries are [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.alternat1ve.com/biofuel/2009/06/24/price-of-toyota-prius-is-at-p25-million/</link>
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		<title>Eastern Petroleum ethanol plant in Isabela Province</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Eastern Petroleum Corp (EPC) announced that they are planning to finance their ethanol processing plant in Isabela province by a syndicated loan worth $30 Million.  
The ethanol plant is to be developed by their subsidiary, Eastern Renewables and Fuels Corp (ERFC). The plant is targeted to produce 30 million liters a year of ethanol [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.alternat1ve.com/biofuel/2009/06/23/eastern-petroleum-ethanol-plant-in-isabela-province/</link>
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