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Indonesia EVs render biofuels moot

Given its rich agriculture resources, biofuel will be vital for the region's net-zero plans. Solving the feedstock crunch is necessary to meet market demands, which requires careful planning and a supply chain strategy.

15 May 2023

woman farmworker water pump

Women often get the short end of the stick in rural areas where energy access is poor. In the drive to improve energy access, directing finance to increase the participation of women in the energy sector is necessary.

soybean farmer in malawi

As the demand for vegetable oil soars, soybean farmers are deciding whether to sell their products for food or biofuel production. With biofuel producers emerging as the highest bidders, what does this mean for the future of food security?

bioenergy

For the last decade, bioenergy has been confined to the sidelines of climate-policy debates, owing to the environmental problems associated with its production. But recent innovations have made this option for supplying sustainable, renewable energy not just viable, but necessary.

22 November 2018

Dawn on the border of the Juma Reserve in the Brazilian Amazon

27 September 2018

Storm over Fossil Fuels

8 July 2018

Oil Palm Harvesters in Indonesia

26 April 2018

Children in a boat in the Colombian Amazon.

5 January 2018

Motorists queue for fuel at a petrol kiosk in Seminyak, Bali.

7 March 2016

27 January 2016

rapeseed field sweden

23 April 2015

ukraine fertiliser

Food & Agriculture

Save our soils

4 February 2015

corn field close up

24 December 2014

rapeseed field spain

3 May 2014

Kalimantan forest

4 April 2014

Energy for farming equipment

Food & Agriculture

Food + energy = crisis?

20 March 2014

Delta Airlines's biofuels use

3 February 2014

Hydrogen-powered car

22 November 2013

Corn for biofuel

18 November 2013

On-shore wind turbines in Europe

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