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Sugar Rush: The Race Is on to Commercialize Low-Cost, High-Quality Sugars from Nonfood Sources
May 2, 2012 – 5:00 pm | No Comment

by Bryan Sims (Biorefining Magazine)  The biorefining industry is hungry for a low-cost, high-quality and readily available supply of sugar feedstock from nonfood biomass sources. A number of pure-play sugar technology developers and manufacturers like …

Innovation Turning Wood Waste into Bio-Fuel for Transportation
May 1, 2012 – 2:20 pm | No Comment

by Denise Deveau (Financial Post)   {ISSUE} Soaring energy prices are thinning profit margins in the transport sector and increasing operational costs in many manufacturing industries
{SHIFT} Turning wood waste into bio-fuel helps industry find a …

Commission to Decide if Farms Allowed to Produce Ethanol
April 27, 2012 – 1:23 pm | No Comment

by Diane Wagner   (Rome News Tribune)  The Floyd County Commission is expected to decide at its May 8 meeting if it will allow local farmers to make a limited amount of ethanol onsite, for use as …

Virdia Opens Its Cellulosic Sugar Demonstration Plant in Va.
April 26, 2012 – 2:11 pm | No Comment

(Virdia/Biorefining Magazine)  Cellulosic sugar developer Virdia announced April 24 the opening of its demonstration facility at its new technology center in Danville, Va. Located on the campus for the Institute for Advanced Learning and Research, …

Montana State University-Northern’s Bio-Diesel Now Available Commercially in Havre
March 8, 2012 – 4:45 pm | No Comment

by Kay Rossi   (KRTV.com)   MSU-Northern’s bio-diesel product is available commercially for the first time for engines in Havre.
With the possibility of more distribution in the future, the school’s Bio-Energy Center is working to …

Aqualia Eyes Large-Scale Algae Biofuel Production
March 6, 2012 – 6:11 pm | No Comment

by Nina Chestney (Reuters)  Water management company Aqualia plans to launch a commercial-scale demonstration project using waste water to cultivate algae for biofuel production, which could fuel 400 vehicles, the firm said on Monday.
Spain’s Aqualia, …

Gaia Association Requests Expressions of Interest for Procurement of Ethanol Microdistillery, Addis Ababa Ethiopia
March 6, 2012 – 6:06 pm | No Comment

(PR.com)  Request for Expression of Interest
Promotion of Ethanol Microdistillery for Cooking Fuel in Ethiopia
Loan No. /Credit No./ Grant No.: TF096664
Activity Title: Demonstrating the Feasibility of Ethanol for Household Cooking
The Gaia Association, an Ethiopian non-governmental and …

[LL] Cool Planet Rocks the Bells
March 5, 2012 – 9:51 am | No Comment

by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest)  What are Google, BP, Conoco, and GE investing? Is 3,000 gallons per acre of renewable gasoline possible?
In the past few weeks, news has begun to circulate around the industry – …

Fueling Education Loud and Clear: AIDB’s Biodiesel Program Provides Unparalleled Work Experience for Its Students
March 2, 2012 – 5:10 pm | No Comment

by Bryan Sims (Biodiesel Magazine)  Alabama native Helen Keller once said, “No one has the right to consume happiness without producing it.” The same could be said of biodiesel at the Alabama Institute for Deaf …

Engineering Grad Student Debuts On-Campus Biodiesel Processor
February 22, 2012 – 12:49 pm | No Comment

by Bryan Sims (Biodiesel Magazine)  Ever since she was little Michelle Rodio was fascinated with trying to make the world a better place. While growing up, partaking in recycling and other ecofriendly initiatives became a …

Startup Takes Wood Pellets in, Turns out ‘Biogasoline’
February 15, 2012 – 10:13 am | No Comment

by Martin LaMonica (CNET)  For a new crop of biofuel companies, ethanol is out and “biogasoline” is in.
One of them is Primus Green Energy, which plans to open a demonstration plant by the end of the …

Synenergy Limited LLC and Allard Energy, Inc. to Revolutionize Medium-Scale Distributed Ethanol Fuel Refineries
January 25, 2012 – 4:27 pm | No Comment

(PR NewsWire/Allard Energy, Inc.)  Synenergy Limited, LLC, a global green solutions provider, today announced their distributorship with Allard Energy, Inc. (formerly, Allard Research and Development LLC), a leading innovator for small to medium scale ethanol production. Allard …

A New “OPEC” Energy Source: Biofuel from Brazilian Orange Peels
January 17, 2012 – 10:00 am | No Comment

by Loreto Urbino  (AMÉRICAECONOMÍA/Worldcrunch)  A London-based project dubbed OPEC (Orange Peel Exploitation Company) aims to make biofuel from the waste from the more than 10 million tons of oranges that Brazil squeezes into juice each …

Springboard Biodiesel Teams With Pinnacle Capital to Provide Schools With Attractive Clean-Tech Financing Options
January 6, 2012 – 6:00 pm | No Comment

(MarketWire/Springboard Biodiesel)  Springboard Biodiesel and Pinnacle Capital announced this morning (January 5, 2012) a new and innovative financing program designed to help US educational institutions — public and private — establish small-scale biodiesel production programs …

Washington State University Center at Prosser Researches Possible Biofuels
December 15, 2011 – 1:07 pm | No Comment

by Ross Courtney (The Seattle Times/Yakima Herald-Republic)  …”You get down to it, it’s dirty work,” said Steve Fransen, a research agronomist at the Washington State University Irrigated Agriculture Research and Extension Center.
He means research, not …

Drop-in Biofuels Take Flight in Commerce City, Colorado
December 15, 2011 – 11:05 am | No Comment

by John Schueler (US Department of Energy)  The Energy Department’s Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy works in partnership with industry to develop, build, operate and validate integrated biorefineries across the country at various scales …

Seminar Touts Small-Scale Biofuel Production on Wisconsin Farms
December 14, 2011 – 9:32 am | No Comment

by Nathan Phelps  (Green Bay Press-Gazette)  On-site production of fuel builds security
…Small-scale production of biodiesel and other biofuels derived from sources like canola was the focus of a seminar Friday in Denmark.
On-farm production of fuels …

Cooking Oil, Anyone?
December 14, 2011 – 9:23 am | No Comment

(SmyrnaVinings.com)  The City of Smyrna plans to open a biodiesel processing plant, designed to cut fuel costs and reduce fossil fuel consumption, by January 2012. The use of biodiesel results in the substantial reduction of unburned …

The Fat of the Land
December 5, 2011 – 10:21 am | No Comment

(The Economist)  Green-minded motorists are making car fuel at home, from used cooking oil
…The recipe starts by filtering the breadcrumbs out with a mesh screen. After that you warm the oil up and add sodium …

The Louisville Biodiesel Cooperative, MSD and the The Green Triangle in the 9th District Announce Waste Cooking Oil Recycling Partnership
December 2, 2011 – 4:47 pm | No Comment

(PR NewsWire)  The Louisville Biodiesel Cooperative, the Louisville/Jefferson County Metropolitan Sewer District (MSD) and The Green Triangle in the 9th District are pleased to announce a partnership to recycle Waste Cooking Oil.
The first recycling station is: Louisville …

Sloud, Inc. Acquires SouthWest BioFuels
November 29, 2011 – 2:36 pm | No Comment

(PRNewsWire)  Sloud, Inc., announced today that the company has acquired SouthWest BioFuels, Inc., a Tucson Arizona based, development stage company focused on the research and development of algae based bio fuels and related biomass products. The SouthWest BioFuels …

Coping with the Cost of Heat: Alternative Energy Sources Available
November 28, 2011 – 4:26 pm | No Comment

by Thomas Caywood  (Worcester Telegram & Gazette)  Rising heating oil prices and dire forecasts predicting the most expensive heating season ever have left many local homeowners feeling anything but warm and fuzzy, with some scrambling …

Town of Gunning Are Turning Used Cooking Oil into Biodiesel Fuel for a School Bus
November 28, 2011 – 9:03 am | No Comment

by  Samantha Townsend (The Daily Telegraph)  With the price of fuel skyrocketing, residents in the tiny town of Gunning have come up with an environmentally friendly and cost-effective answer to running their school bus. They …

SeQuential Pacific Biodiesel Hits Production Milestone
November 2, 2011 – 12:57 pm | No Comment

by Bryan Sims (Biodiesel Magazine)  …The company’s community-scale model is paying off as the plant reached a milestone surpassing its 10 millionth gallon of biodiesel produced from used cooking oil.
The plant, which officially came online …

ICM Designs Cassava Ethanol Plant in Mozambique
November 2, 2011 – 8:47 am | No Comment

by Cindy Zimmerman (DomesticFuel.com) Ethanol plant design company, ICM, Inc., of Colwich, Kansas, has designed and constructed equipment for a “one gallon per minute ethanol plant” currently under construction in Mozambique that will use locally …

Building a Unique Small-Scale Solution
October 31, 2011 – 5:10 pm | No Comment

by Erin Voegele (Biodiesel Magazine)  When he was only 14 years old, Sam Flournoy set out to design and build his own biodiesel processor.
…According to Flournoy, it took about six months of work before he …

Green-Tech Firms Win Key Backing for Work
October 10, 2011 – 3:00 pm | No Comment

Neal St. Anthony (Star Tribune)  …Two years ago, McNeff’s family-owned Anoka company inaugurated a $9 million plant in Isanti, Minn., that produces 3 million gallons annually of biodiesel made from used cooking oil. The approach …

SarTec Corporation Awarded $500,000 Department of Energy Grant
October 5, 2011 – 3:13 pm | No Comment

(PR NewsWire/SarTec) SarTec Corporation announced today it has received a $500,000 Department of Energy grant (Award # DE-EE0003127) as part of a larger project to develop and enhance the use of inedible energy crops for the production of advanced …

Turning Waste into Inexpensive, Green Fuel
September 16, 2011 – 8:57 am | No Comment

(University of California-Riverside) Two grants will allow further development of steam hydro-gasification process that turns waste from food, yards and other sources into transportation fuels or natural gas
Researchers at the University of California, Riverside’s Center for Environmental …

BQ-9000: A Community-Scale Perspective
August 17, 2011 – 6:14 pm | No Comment

by Rachel Burton (Biodiesel Magazine/Piedmont Biofuels)  …Piedmont Biofuels made a strategic decision to voluntarily implement a quality management system (QMS) at its central North Carolina production facility. With this NREL data published, Piedmont was inspired …

Streamlining a Community-Scale Solution
August 17, 2011 – 6:03 pm | No Comment

by Erin Voegele (Biodiesel Magazine)  …According to Greg Springer, president of Green Fuels America Inc., interest in community-scale biodiesel production is increasing all around the world. He attributes this to both high fuel prices and …

Avjet Biotech Releases Podcast on Red Wolf Refining System
August 16, 2011 – 8:08 am | No Comment

(AvJet Biotech/PR.com)  Unique Refining System Creates Aviation Biofuel from Renewable Native Feedstocks
Avjet Biotech, Inc., a leading developer of small distributive refining systems in the 10 million gallon per year range and parent company of Red …

Biofuel Firm Seeks to Convert Yellow Grease into Liquid Gold
August 12, 2011 – 8:51 am | No Comment

by William D’Urso  (Milwaukee Wisconsin Journal Sentinel)   …Cream City Grecycling, a division of Fushion Renewables, was launched in July and it’s seeking out restaurants for their used cooking grease.
The plan: Turn the waste grease …

Missouri University Professor Helps to Plant Seeds for an Advanced Biofuel Economy
August 1, 2011 – 8:22 am | No Comment

by Megan Cassidy  (Columbia Missourian)  Shibu Jose and his team believe that today’s soggy river bottoms could be untapped grounds for the largest advanced biofuel economy in the nation.
Jose, director for MU’s Center for Agroforestry, is …

Energy Independence: On-Farm Biodiesel Production
July 28, 2011 – 5:46 pm | No Comment

Roger Rainville is ahead of the curve when it comes to reducing costs on his farm near Alburgh, Vermont.
…Rainville first got interested in oilseed production when University of Vermont Extension approached him about growing  canola …

Messiah College Uses Flower Power to Save Money, Environment
July 28, 2011 – 11:37 am | No Comment

(ABC27.com)  Messiah College has been around for over 100 years, but they’re trying something for the first time this year. The school is a couple of months into what they are calling, “The Sunflower Power …

Farms of the Future: Bio-oil, Biochar from Biomass
July 26, 2011 – 6:35 pm | No Comment

by Lance Nixon (Renewable Energy World)  Those pyrolysis plants would pass that crude “bio-oil” on to refineries elsewhere to be made into drop-in fuels and industrial chemicals; they would capture and use for their own …

Vegetable Oil Fuels Biodiesel Production Company in Florida Keys
July 25, 2011 – 8:59 am | No Comment

by Cammy Clark (The Miami Herald/Sun Sentinel)  Vegetable oil once used at Florida Keys restaurants and backyard fish fries is being processed into green fuel for trucks, tiki torches and a 53-foot sailboat that offers …

Boost for Biofuel Users in Cowichan Valley
July 25, 2011 – 8:46 am | No Comment

(Times Colonist)  A group of Cowichan Valley residents who rely on recycled cooking oil to fuel their vehicles can now process the biofuel in bigger batches thanks to new equipment.
The new processor is near the …

Grand Opening Ceremonies Planned for Biodiesel Facility
July 25, 2011 – 8:26 am | No Comment

by Ron Kotrba (Biodiesel Magazine)  In Catawba County, N.C., a partnership between the county and Appalachian State University is planning to commemorate the completion of the Catawba County-Appalachian State University Biodiesel Research, Development and Production …

Biodiesel Shipment Could Be First Step in Fueling Base
July 20, 2011 – 8:30 am | No Comment

by Suzanne Ulbrich (ENCToday)  A delivery aboard Camp Lejeune Monday morning marked the culmination of a test project to provide renewable fuels for North Carolina’s military.
Officials aboard Camp Lejeune received 800 gallons of state grown and …

From Apples to Ethanol: Manson Teacher Finds Power in Wasted Fruit
July 14, 2011 – 1:31 pm | No Comment

by K.C. Mehaffey  (The Wenatchee World)  Instead of fueling his truck at the gas station, Tim Bombaci is getting his fuel from his neighbors. His neighbors who own orchards, that is.
Over the past year, the Manson …

Chicago Park District Launches New Biodiesel Production Program
July 13, 2011 – 12:36 pm | No Comment

by Bryan Sims (Biodiesel Magazine)  Through a public/private partnership with Darling International, in participation from this year’s Taste of Chicago and area restaurants for the supply of feedstock, the Chicago Park District officially launched a …

Homemade Biofuel Program Begins in Norwood
June 30, 2011 – 12:43 pm | No Comment

by Lianna Albrizio   (NorthJersey.com/Northern Valley Suburbanite)     The Department of Public Works officially unveiled the borough’s home-grown biofuel for its trucks on June 23.
The borough is the only town in the Northern Valley that …

Biodiesel Fuels Powering Camp Blanding Vehicles
June 29, 2011 – 2:06 pm | No Comment

by Sgt. 1st Class Blair Heusdens  (Clay Today)  In an effort to reduce waste and meet recycling goals, the Florida National Guard is producing biodiesel from used vegetable oil to fuel state maintenance vehicles at …

World’s First Self-Powered Modular Cellulose Ethanol Refinery Announced
June 27, 2011 – 12:01 pm | No Comment

(PRNewswire)  New product will include cellulose feedstock grown in shipping containers along with the container based ethanol refinery
Allard Research and Development, the world leader in small to medium-scale ethanol fuel production systems, announced today the …

Modular Ethanol Production System Wins FiRe Award
June 17, 2011 – 3:26 pm | No Comment

Joanna Schroeder   (DomesticFuel.com)  The Future in Review (FiRe) technology conference was held last week and during the event, 11 companies were honored for their “world-changing” technologies. Scientists from around the world submitted more than 1,000 …

Could This Be the Farm of the Future?
May 25, 2011 – 9:50 am | No Comment

by Tom Quaife (Dairy Herd Network)  “Pretty amazing,” commented one man standing next to a demonstration model at the Alltech International Animal Health and Nutrition Symposium this week in Lexington, Ky.
The large-scale model, measuring approximately …

Zambia: Investor Sets Up Biofuel Plant
May 25, 2011 – 7:12 am | No Comment

(AllAfrica)  Black Power Investment has set up a refinery plant which produces 3,000 litres of biofuel a day.
…Mr Sheriff said the firm spent US$250,000 to acquire equipment which produces 3,000 litres of fuel a day. …

BioPro Takes DIY Approach To Biofuels
May 25, 2011 – 7:05 am | No Comment

(TechCrunch/Washington Post)  …The BioPro 190, made by Springboard, is a tall stainless steel box containing a biodiesel processor that that mixes, heats and separates used cooking oil, producing ready-to-pump biodiesel in about 48 hours. Both animal …