From: ClimateIntel.com
In our final installment examining the issues surrounding the
creation of a Russian biofuels market, we examine the "green
shoots" of a nascent industrydomestic production for export and
domestic interest in development of an industry. The Russian
National Biofuels Association, which monitors biofuel developments
in the country, held the IV International Conference "Fuel
Bioethanol 2009 in ...
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