Over 200 abstracts submitted to World bioenergy Jan. 26, 2012, Jönköping, SE - With months left until the World Bioenergy 2012 conference, preparations are already underway. According to the conference website, they have received more than 200 abstracts covering all aspects of bioenergy development, says Lena Dahlman, responsible for conference planning at Svebio. “The most inspiring aspect of the result of our call for papers is the wide geographical range of submissions. We have received abstracts from a record 39 countries, from all continents. India, China, Malaysia, Pakistan, Kenya, South Africa, Canada and Colombia are just some examples of Countries represented. This shows that World Bioenergy is truly a global event, attracting interest from all parts of the world.” For more information, please visit the conference website at: http://www.elmia.se/en/worldbioenergy/. in brief Windsor, QC The Honourable Joe Oliver, Minister of Natural Resources, delivered a keynote address celebrating the opening of the new CelluForce facility, the world’s first commercial-scale producer of nanocrystalline cellulose. ontario The speaker line-up for this year’s Ontario Feed-in Tariff Forum has been announced with the province’s key government and FIT policy administrators confirmed to speak on April 3-4 in Toronto. Uxbridge, on Most biodiesel production is making climate change worse not better, according to an article in Ecology & Society.Biodiesel from palm oil plantations may be the world’s dirtiest fuel – far worse than burning diesel made from oil when the entire production life cycle is considered.