by John Davis (DomesticFuel.com) Kinder Morgan, one of the nation’s pioneers in biofuels by pipeline development, has signed a 30-year deal with Carteret, New Jersey to turn 14 acres of brownfields into a biodiesel storage and processing facility. ... Ultimately the project
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Back TO HOMEMilwaukee Brewing Co. Saves Big on Energy Costs by Brewing Biodiesel
(BizTimes.com) Every Monday morning, a crew of workers inside the Milwaukee Brewing Company brews up a special batch of product. Unlike the brewery’s beer, this product is usable right away, and becomes fuel for the brewing process. For more than one
March 23, 2010 Read Full Article
CAMELINA Aviation Biofuels: Market Opportunity and Renewable Energy Report
by Biomass Advisors Available for USD $695, the Camelina Market Opportunity and Renewable Energy Report includes: Graphs, charts and at-a-glance summaries for a quick understanding of key information Summaries and updates of over 50 North American Camelina trials and research and development
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New Zealand's First Biodiesel Station Opens in Queenstown
(NZHerald) New Zealand's first biodiesel station has opened in Queenstown. The Queenstown Lakes Biodiesel Consortium will supply B20 blended biodiesel -- 20 per cent biodiesel and 80 per cent standard diesel -- to commercial vehicles. The consortium, set up by Otago Polytechnic
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ASABE Revises Its Biodiesel Standard
by Nicholas Zeman (Biodiesel Magazine) The American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers has revised its standard for testing biodiesel fuel. ASAE EP552.1, Reporting of Fuel Properties when Testing Diesel Engines with Alternative Fuels Derived from Plant Oils and Animal
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Microalgae Research Advances towards Biodiesel Production
(FIS) A team of researchers at the National Technological University of Mar del Plata (UTN) is working on a research project to produce biodiesel from marine microalgae, with the aim of developing economically viable and environmentally sustainable processes. The group already
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Uhde Process for Biofuel R&D Project
(The Engineer) BioTfueL is a new joint project launched by five French partners and Uhde. BioTfueL integrates the various technology stages of the so-called biomass to liquid chain (BTL chain = biomass to fuel) with the aim of developing and
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Daimler Committed to Jatropha Biodiesel
(TheBioenergySite) Daimler AG has started a new project for the cultivation of the biodiesel raw material jatropha in the south of India and the seedlings for the first 100 hectares have been planted. The company is supporting several village communities in
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Small Biofuel Farm Bears Fruit
by Craig Gima (Star Bulletin) If the vision of father and son farmers Christian and James Twigg-Smith becomes reality, acres of now-fallow sugar cane land will be growing crops again. But rather than producing food, the land would be used
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Nanobiotechnology for the Production of Biofuels from Spent Tea
Bioenergy is the only alternative and cheap source of energy which can be made easily available to the world. The present experiment included three steps for the conversion of spent tea (Camellia sinensis) into biofuels. In the first step, spent
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ASABE Revises Biodiesel Fuel Testing Standard
The American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers (ASABE) has revised its standard for testing biodiesel fuel. ASAE EP552.1, Reporting of Fuel Properties when Testing Diesel Engines with Alternative Fuels Derived from Plant Oils and Animal Fats, covers the reporting
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Brazil’s Petrobras to Double Production at Its Biggest Biodiesel Unit
(MacauHub) Brazilian state oil company Petrobras said Monday it would invest 66 million reals to double production at the country’s biggest biodiesel factory. The investment will make it possible to increase production at the Candeias unit from 108.6 million litres per
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Canada Invests C$80 Mln in Quebec Biofuel Plant
(Reuters) Canada will invest nearly C$80 million ($77 million) to expand a Quebec ethanol plant, the government said on Tuesday, as it promotes the use of the grain-based fuel as a substitute to gasoline and creates jobs. Ottawa, through its ecoENERGY
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NASDAQ Launches New Clean-Tech Index
by Nicholas Zeman (Biodiesel Magazine) U.S. biofuel companies get no representation on NASDAQ’s new DB NASDAQ OMX Clean Tech Index (DBCC), launched Feb. 10, after a rigorous selection process performed by Deutsche Bank’s Climate Change Advisors. Solar, geothermal and waste
March 02, 2010 Read Full Article
Steven Cole Smith: Keep Ethanol in the Fuel Mix, GM Exec Says
(Orlando Sentinel) ...(Tom) Stephens, who was in Orlando last week to speak at the National Ethanol Conference, is vice chairman of global product operations for General Motors. He knows as well as anybody that our gasoline supply won't last forever,
March 02, 2010 Read Full Article
Would Things Be Different without RFS1or2? Not Really.
by Robert E. Kozak (Advanced Biofuels USA) Since the provisions of the RFS were written into the Energy Independence and Security Act (EISA) of 2007 without a realistic funding provision, RFS and RFS2 are, as a practical matter, “Sense of
February 25, 2010 Read Full Article
2011 Ford F-Series Super Duty Leads Heavy-Duty Trucks in Capability, Now Fuel Ecomomy and B20 or E85 Compatibility Too
The Ford F-Series Super Duty is the most powerful and fuel efficient for the 2011 model year, offering customers their choice of either gas or diesel engines ...B20 compatibility added for 2011 model year: The strict testing work also ensured the
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China Shrub Shows Biofuel Promise
China's poisonous jatropha shrub is showing promise as biofuel and could boost the country's efforts to reduce dependency on imported crude oil. In the past, farmers planted the poisonous perennial only as a barrier to ward off animals from their fields.
February 24, 2010 Read Full Article
The State of U.S. Biodiesel: Up the Creek Without a Paddle?
by Joshua Kagan (GreenTechMedia) ...Although biodiesel has many positive attributes, it is not immune from the criticisms leveled at first-generation ethanol, specifically the "food vs. fuel" debate. Biodiesel production uses at least 10% of the U.S. soybean crop and 60%
February 24, 2010 Read Full Article
Tunisia: Local Scientist Develops New Technique for Extracting Biodiesel
(AllAfrica.com) ...The latest achievement which comes to us from Sfax, is the development of a new technique for extracting biodiesel from olive water (a black liquid formed primarily by water discharged from olives during oil extraction). Developed by Dr Kamel Halouani,
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Yogyakarta, Indonesia: Villagers Turn Local Fruit into Biodiesel
(New Tang Dynasty Television) The kamani tree grows well throughout the coastal area in Yogyakarta, and produces abundant fruit. Traditionally, the fruit is used for cooking and firewood. But villagers in Yogyakarta are using it for biodiesel. This new “green business”
February 23, 2010 Read Full Article
Next Generation Bio-Based Chemicals Summit Review
by Pete Davey (Advanced Biofuels USA) Currently many of the world’s chemicals originate from petroleum based sources, causing a major dependence on petroleum that encompasses more than transportation fuels. Some of the chemicals currently derived from non-sustainable sources are the
February 22, 2010 Read Full Article
U.S. Foodservice-SF Moves to B5
(Biodiesel Magazine) U.S. Foodservice-San Francisco, the only green-certified broadline food distributor in California—one of only a handful across the country—is now running its entire delivery fleet on B5. All of the San Francisco division’s 136 tractors and 148 trailers began using
February 22, 2010 Read Full Article
Ricardo Consortium Aims to Meet the Engineering Challenge of Biofuels
Ricardo today announced the formation of a consortium that is open to automakers, Tier 1 suppliers, oil companies, additive manufacturers and government agencies, with the aim of evaluating the impact of biofuels on current and future light duty engine technologies. Concerns
February 18, 2010 Read Full Article
New Renewable Fuel Standard A Mixed Blessing For Agriculture
by Lisa Hare (Yankton Press & Dakotan) The Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) recent final ruling on the national Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) was met with mixed responses by farm state politicians and organizational leaders. “This is a good news/bad news announcement
February 18, 2010 Read Full Article
Biofuel Expanding to the Big Island
by Peter Sur (West Hawaii Today) A new biodiesel plant that will produce 2.6 million gallons a year is planned for Keaau. ...Now an undeveloped property, a little more than a year from now the Maui-based principals of Pacific Biodiesel
February 18, 2010 Read Full Article
Algae Investment Trends – Advanced Biofuels Insight
by Will Thurmond (Biofuels Digest) The global biofuels industry is entering a new decade of emerging opportunities and considerable challenges in reaching 2020 targets. The global economic recession is already shaking out many of the would-be players in a crowded
February 17, 2010 Read Full Article
Daimler Committed to Jatropha Biodiesel
(TheBioenergySite) Daimler AG has started a new project for the cultivation of the biodiesel raw material jatropha in the south of India and the seedlings for the first 100 hectares have been planted. The company is supporting several village communities
February 17, 2010 Read Full Article
Garbrook Introduces the 2010 Advanced Biofuels Resource with Business Intelligence Tools
Garbrook introduced the 2010 Advanced Biofuels Resource (ABR), an upgraded version of its online knowledgebase that summarizes scientific, technical, commercial, environmental, and policy information on all generations of biofuels. The enhanced product features the US Ethanol and Biodiesel Mega Tables
February 17, 2010 Read Full Article
Splash Blending Advantageous for Marketers Under RFS2
(OPIS) ...Multi-state non-refining retailers such as Quik Trip, WaWa and RaceTrac will remain -- for now anyway -- the least encumbered and most advantaged part of the supply chain where biofuel regulation is concerned. Splash blenders, who don't produce or
February 16, 2010 Read Full Article
Questions About Biofuels’ Environmental Costs Could Alter Europe’s Policies
by James Kanter(New York Times)...In a memorandum, Jean-Luc Demarty, the top civil servant in the agriculture department at the European Commission, wrote to a colleague in December that “an unguided use of I.L.U.C. would kill biofuels in the E.U.” His words
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Indirect Land-Use Changes Can Overcome Carbon Savings from Biofuels in Brazil
David M. Lapola, Ruediger Schaldach, Joseph Alcamo, Alberte Bondeau, Jennifer Koch, Christina Koelking, and Joerg A. Priess (Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences) Abstract: The planned expansion of biofuel plantations in Brazil could potentially cause both direct and indirect
February 15, 2010 Read Full Article
GreeNow's Winter Power System Successfully Powered 3 Winter Events in New York
GreeNow, the only company in the United States leasing generators that run on 100% American soybean biodiesel, announced a technological breakthrough which enables its generator engines to power outdoor events through the winter. Knowing at low temperatures that pure biodiesel can
February 15, 2010 Read Full Article
Blendstar to Add Biofuel Terminal In Louisiana
by Michelle Kautz (Domesticfuel.com) Blendstar, LLC has announced the launch of a biofuel transload terminal to distribute ethanol and biodiesel in Bossier City, Louisiana, a suburb of Shreveport. The facility is expected to open late this month with capacity to
February 11, 2010 Read Full Article
Enterprise Holdings Shifts Alamo Rent A Car, Enterprise Rent-A-Car and National Car Rental Airport Shuttle Buses to Biodiesel
(Marketwire) Enterprise Holdings today announced plans for its entire fleet of more than 600 Alamo Rent A Car, Enterprise Rent-A-Car and National Car Rental airport shuttle buses across more than 50 North American markets to begin using at least 5
February 11, 2010 Read Full Article
New Life Cycle Profile Shows U.S. Soy Delivers Environmental & Energy Benefits
The United Soybean Board (USB) released a new peer-reviewed life cycle profile that documents multiple energy and environmental benefits of U.S. soybean farming and processing. It confirms why manufacturers are increasingly using U.S. soy in green chemistry for a wide
February 10, 2010 Read Full Article
Bio This and Bio That….So What is Biodiesel Anyway?
by Dr. Rosalie Lober (Biofuels Digest) Unless you’re working daily in the field of biofuels, you will probably do research to learn the specifics of the variety of fuel options, feedstocks and technologies. How will you do this without becoming
February 10, 2010 Read Full Article
National Biodiesel Board Drives into the New Decade With “Carbon-Neutral” Cars and Trucks
by Will Thurmond (Biofuels Digest) This evening I enjoyed a drive from Houston to Dallas and arrived at the National Biodiesel Board (NBB)’s 2010 event just in time for the auto-show. I’m a big auto enthusiast, and a fan of
February 10, 2010 Read Full Article
General Motors Announces B20 Biofuel Capability For New, 2011 Duramax 6.6L Turbo Diesel
GM announced today that its new lineup of heavy-duty diesel pickups will have B20 biodiesel capability. B20 fuel is a blend of 20-percent biodiesel and 80-percent conventional diesel, which helps lower carbon dioxide emissions and lessens dependence on petroleum. The
February 10, 2010 Read Full Article
Panic Reported at the National Biodiesel Conference Over EPA Implementation of the Biodiesel Mandate
Jim Lane and Will Thurmond (Biofuels Digest) In Texas, Biofuels Digest columnist Will Thurmond, covering the National Biodiesel Conference, reports that “EPA’s half-baked, not ready for prime time beta version of RFS2 report to NBB on RIN tracking system,” used
February 10, 2010 Read Full Article
Roundup of Reaction to Obama Administration's New Biofuels Policies, EPA, USDA Rules
(Biofuels Digest) Roundup of reaction to the new Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS2) and related announcements. Included are: Nathanael Greene, NRDC’s director of renewable energy policy; Bob Dineen, CEO of the Renewable Fuels Association; Joe Jobe, CEO of the National Biodiesel
February 09, 2010 Read Full Article
Advanced Engine-Control System Reduces Biodiesel Fuel Consumption and Emissions
Researchers from Purdue University and Cummins Inc. have developed an advanced "closed-loop control" approach for preventing diesel engines from emitting greater amounts of smog-causing nitrogen oxides when running on biodiesel fuels. Operating truck engines on a blend of biodiesel and ordinary
February 09, 2010 Read Full Article
Kansas Mine Tests Back Up Air Quality Benefits of Biodiesel
Miners have several ways of knowing whether the air they breathe hundreds of feet below ground is cleaner. Mine companies Rogers Group and Hutchinson Salt Company both have extensive testing that shows biodiesel cuts emissions in their mines. Employees have
February 09, 2010 Read Full Article
Peterson Comments on Obama Administration Biofuels Announcement
Agriculture Committee Chairman Collin C. Peterson (MN) issued the following statement on Renewable Fuel Standard regulations announced by the Obama Administration today. "Typical of most decisions made in Washington, there is some good and some bad in the Renewable Fuel Standard
February 03, 2010 Read Full Article
INL Research Helps Turn Waste Grease to Fuel
by Mike Wall (Idaho National Lab) While oil companies drill deeper and deeper for increasingly hard-to-find petroleum, legions of mini-gushers lie untapped right on the surface. There's one behind every restaurant, for example, and in the heart of every potato-processing
February 02, 2010 Read Full Article
Canadian Truckers, Feds Advance Biodiesel Research; Highlight Pitfalls
(Today's Trucking) The Canadian Trucking Alliance says it has partnered with the Government of Canada and the Canadian Petroleum Products Institute for a study to better understand the technical issues related to renewable diesel. The study, funded by the Government of
February 02, 2010 Read Full Article
Algae Biofuels: From Development to Deployment
by Jim Long (Gabriel Ventures and Aurora Biofuels) At the January 2010 Pacific West Biomass Conference in Sacramento, California, this presentation focused on comparing the economics of algae's potential productivity for biodiesel to that of sugar-based feedstocks and processes. Charts of Aurora's process
February 02, 2010 Read Full Article
Algae-Powered Vehicles within Five Years
Alan Fischer (University of Arizona and Western Farm Press) University of Arizona (UA) researchers believe the microscopic organism algae will be providing fuel to power vehicles within the next five years. Joel Cuello, UA professor of agricultural and biosystems engineering, said
February 02, 2010 Read Full Article
Study Shows Iowans Want Biodiesel in State’s Diesel Fuel
Nearly seven out of 10 Iowa voters say they want legislation to ensure the state’s diesel fuel supply includes five percent biodiesel (B5). The Iowa Biodiesel Board released the results of new public opinion research today to show legislators that
February 02, 2010 Read Full Article
East or West, Home is the Best
by Nidhi Nath Srinivas (The Economic Times) Indian biodiesel companies always wanted to be players in the global green fuel market. Most are 100% export units. But a near-death experience over the last one year has now made the sector
February 01, 2010 Read Full Article
Fund Sanctioned for Research on Biodiesel Production
(The Hindu) The Department of Science and Technology, Government of India, has sanctioned Rs. 13.33 lakh to the Department of Botany, PSGR Krishnammal College for Women here, to undertake research on biodiesel production in a cost-effective method from karanja oil
February 01, 2010 Read Full Article
Sarawak, Malaysia, Now a Biodiesel Producer
by Samuel Aubrey (CheckBiotech) Sarawak is now producing biodiesel following the completion its first biodiesel plant operated by Senari Biofuels Sdn Bhd on a ten-acre site at Assar Senari Industrial Complex. ...Senari Biofuel, a wholly-owned Sarawak company started the RM80-million
February 01, 2010 Read Full Article
India’s PM Makes National Biofuels Mandate Obligatory for All State-Owned Oil Marketing Companies, Will Chase Non-Compliance
by Joelle Dent (Biofuels Digest) ...Prime Minister Manmohan Singh announced that the National Biofuels Mandate will be obligatory for all government-owned oil marketing companies, and warned that the Central Government will prosecute all noncompliance. ...Earlier this week environmental activist Subhash Dutta
February 01, 2010 Read Full Article
Big Spring School District and Hampden Township Bio-fuels Company Get State Money for Projects
by Dan Miller (The Patriot-News) The state will provide $3 million toward an $11 million upgrade of the Keystone BioFuels bio-refinery production plant in Hampden Township (Pennsylvania). The Alternative Energy Investment Fund will provide a $1 million loan guarantee and a
February 01, 2010 Read Full Article
Food, Fertilizer and Biofuel All in One Place
by Michael Kannellos (GreenTechMedia) Take marginal land, fish waste and a plant that's not currently cultivated for human purposes and what do you get? Hopefully jet fuel. The Masdar Institute of Science and Technology, Honeywell UOP, Boeing and Ethiad Airways announced
January 22, 2010 Read Full Article
Combatting Climate Change by Investing in CleanTech: Government of Canada Announces CleanTech Companies to Receive$58 Million
Sixteen clean technology projects from across Canada will receive $58 million in funding to help move innovative technology solutions to the market. The announcement, confirming the decision of the Board of Directors of Sustainable Development Technology Canada (SDTC), was made
January 22, 2010 Read Full Article
Bayer, Dow Join Biodiesel Forces
by Ron Kotrba (Biodiesel Magazine) Two global powerhouses, Bayer Technology Services GmbH and Dow Water and Process Solutions, joined forces recently to offer a new biodiesel process, trademarked BayFAME. Based on the Dow Amberlyst BD20 solid acid catalyst, which Dow
January 21, 2010 Read Full Article
Argentine-European Biofuels Trade: Proposals for the Transparent Development of an Industry
by Carlos St. James (Argentine Renewable Energies Chamber) …Argentina, along with the rest of Latin America, is poised to begin capturing more and more of the growing pie that is global renewable energies investment. …Clearly, the world is coming to the
January 19, 2010 Read Full Article
Algae Emerges as DOE Feedstock of Choice for Biofuel 2.0
by Amy Westervelt (Solve Climate) There was a sense of deja vu in the biofuels sector this week when U.S. Energy Secretary Chu announced nearly $80 million in funding for research and development of algae-based fuels. The dream of turning pond
January 18, 2010 Read Full Article
Scientists Sequence Soybean Genome, Reveal Pathways for Improving Biodiesel
(Physorg.com) Soybean, one of the most important global sources of protein and oil, is now the first legume species with a published complete draft genome sequence. The sequence and its analysis appear in the January 14 edition of the journal
January 18, 2010 Read Full Article
A Brand New Renewable Engine Fuel
Swedish SunPine is aiming to be the first company worldwide producing biodiesel from tall oil. At the plant site of SunPine, in Piteå harbor in northern Sweden, the building activity is intense. In the spring of 2010 the plant will
January 17, 2010 Read Full Article
Evolution Resources Signs Testing Services Agreement With North Carolina State University
Evolution Resources, Inc., an advanced biofuels production company focused on the production of cellulosic ethanol using the latest in modern processes and technologies, today announced the signing of a Testing Services Agreement with North Carolina State University. Under the terms of
January 15, 2010 Read Full Article
Solix Biofuels Signs Agreement With Los Alamos National Laboratory to Develop Algal Oil Extraction Process
Los Alamos National Laboratory has teamed with Solix Biofuels, Inc. to use an award-winning LANL sound-wave technology to optimize production of algae-based fuel in a cost-effective, scalable, and environmentally benign fashion. Acoustic focusing—the novel use of sound waves at the heart
January 15, 2010 Read Full Article
Cavitation Technologies, Inc., Is Unveiling Renewable Fuel Technology for Algae Oil
Cavitation Technologies, Inc. (CTI) is pleased to announce filing a Nonprovisional Utility Patent Application titled "Method for Processing an Algae to Produce Algal Oil and By-Products" CTI successfully completed development and testing of its Algae reactor. This technology is able
January 15, 2010 Read Full Article
Saskatchewan Research Council to Test Biodiesel's Performance in Agriculture Equipment
The Saskatchewan Research Council (SRC) is leading a biodiesel pilot project to demonstrate how well the renewable fuel performs year-round in agriculture equipment. Supported under the National Renewable Diesel Demonstration Initiative (NRDDI), the project will help SRC assess biodiesel's quality
January 11, 2010 Read Full Article
Ottawa Orders Study into Environmental, Health Effects of Making Renewable Fuels
(Agweek) A study has been ordered into the environmental and health effects of producing ethanol and biodiesel. A government contract document says “there is now evidence of implications to the environment from biofuels-based ethanol production facilities.” The study comes after
January 08, 2010 Read Full Article
Ethanol Subsidies are $82 per Barrel of Replaced Gasoline, Says Incendiary Baker Institute Report
by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) In Texas, a report from the Rice University’s Baker Institute for Public Policy concluded that “based on the latest available US GAO data, which is for the year 2008, the US government spent $4 billion
January 08, 2010 Read Full Article
Tennessee Misses Biofuels Goal
by Michelle Kautz (DomesticFuel.com) ... "The 20 percent reduction was a challenging goal,” said Alan Jones, manager of the environmental policy office at TDOT. The problem, he noted, is that there aren’t enough E85 and biodiesel stations to serve all
January 06, 2010 Read Full Article
Boosting Biofuels With Extra Chromosomes
by Michael Kanellos (GreenTechMedia) By doubling the genetic material in an oil plant, Kaiima says it can make biodiesel more economical. It can also get around GMO regulations. Arguably, it's a GMO without GMOs. Kaiima, based in Israel, says it has
January 05, 2010 Read Full Article
Canadian Support for Biofuels Tops 80 Percent
by Susanne Retka Schill (Biodiesel Magazine) Canadian support for biofuels is quite strong according to a study released at the opening of the Canadian Renewable Fuels Summit held Dec. 1 and 2 in Vancouver, British Columbia. Ontario-based Praxicus Public Strategies
January 05, 2010 Read Full Article
A Brand New Renewable Engine Fuel
Swedish SunPine is aiming to be the first company worldwide producing biodiesel from tall oil. At the plant site of SunPine, in Piteå harbor in northern Sweden, the building activity is intense. ... “The tall oil diesel is unique in that
January 05, 2010 Read Full Article
OUTLOOK ’10: US Biofuel Firms Need Government Help to Survive
by Ben Lefebvre and William Lemos (ICIS.com) US ethanol and biodiesel players have put a disastrous 2009 behind them, but many are wondering if they can survive 2010 without major government support. Biofuels producers are awaiting the roll-out of the updated
January 04, 2010 Read Full Article
India’s 20 Percent Biofuels Mandate is Back: Biofuels Digest Special Report
Joelle Brink (Biofuels Digest) Like Old Saint Nick, the new incarnation of India’s 20% biofuels mandate arrived in Delhi on Christmas Eve, bringing tidings of great joy to those inside and many outside the industry, including the announcement of a national
January 04, 2010 Read Full Article
British Columbia: Low Carbon Fuel Requirements Regulation
The December 2008 British Columbia Renewable Fuel Requirements Regulation established a five per cent provincial annual average renewable fuel requirement for 2010. The new Renewable and Low Carbon Fuel Requirements regulation amends the 2008 regulation to include new requirements to
January 04, 2010 Read Full Article
EU Green Protectionism = Economic Madness
by Carpe Diem (benzinga.com) Some excerpts from the new study "Green Protectionism in the European Union: How Europe’s Biofuels Policy and the Renewable Energy Directive Violate WTO Commitments" from the European Center for International Political Economy: Biofuels production in Europe is
December 29, 2009 Read Full Article
Gascoyne Biofuel Project Could Help Miners
(ABC Rural) Western Australia's mining sector could be one of the first to reap the benefits of a biofuels trial in the state's north-west. The Gascoyne Research Station is halfway through a project to test the Moringa tree, which is
December 29, 2009 Read Full Article
State of the Argentine Biodiesel Industry
(Camara Argentina de Energias Renovables/CADER) · In the last few months the Argentine biodiesel industry has stabilized output, if not profitability, and in August 2009 produced some 109,000 tons after a very good July; · In the last few months
December 29, 2009 Read Full Article
Algae as a Biodiesel Feedstock: A Feasibility Assessment
by Ron Putt (Auburn University) Alabama has an immediate opportunity to lead the nation in becoming self sufficient with respect to liquid fuels for transportation. Mass cultivation of micro-algae in the state, using less than 3% of our land area,
December 28, 2009 Read Full Article
Canada’s GV Energy to Produce Little-Known Biodiesel
by Charlotte LoBuono (heatingoil.com) A Canadian energy company has proposed building a biorefinery to produce dimethyl ether, or DME, the CBC reported Wednesday. In November, Calgary-based GV Energy signed a memorandum of understanding with the city of Terrance, British Columbia,
December 28, 2009 Read Full Article
Company Wants to Turn Fat into Fuel at Iowa Plant
by Amy Lorentzen (AP) A central Iowa plant could soon begin producing jet fuel from poultry fat. Bolingbrook, Ill.-based Elevance Renewable Sciences plans to build a $15 million plant in Newton, adding onto an existing biodiesel operation. The experimental operation plans
December 28, 2009 Read Full Article
Green Racing Documentary To Follow Only Diesel Racing Series in U.S.
by Nick Chamber (Gas2.0) Volkswagen has announced that the documentary “Racing Under Green”—detailing the trials and tribulations of the Jetta TDI Cup, the U.S.’ only professional green racing series—will premiere the week of January 18 on the various channels of Discovery
December 17, 2009 Read Full Article
Audi Exec: Obama's Love for Electric Vehicles Premature
by David Shepardson (Detroit News) Audi's top U.S. executive said here Monday that political leaders have "fallen in love" with electric vehicles even though widespread use may be two decades away. At a speech at the National Press Club, Audi
December 15, 2009 Read Full Article
International Technology Action Plan on Bioenergy Released
Bioenergy includes any kind of chemical energy accumulated through photosynthetic processes in organic plant matter (i.e., biomass). Example sources of bioenergy include dedicated energy crops (short rotation wood, perennial grasses), agricultural and forestry products and wastes, biogas resulting from the
December 15, 2009 Read Full Article
Verde Biofuel Building One-of-a-Kind Mobile "Seed to Fuel" Biodiesel Processor
North Carolina's traditional tobacco farms are switching to other crops, so the state’s Southeastern Community College in Whiteville, has initiated a program to educate farmers on the ins-and-outs of biodiesel manufacturing, anticipating producers will be growing more oilseeds in the
December 15, 2009 Read Full Article
Bayer and Dow Sign Worldwide Biodiesel Technology Licensing Agreement
(Biodiesel Digest) Dow Water & Process Solutions, a business unit of The Dow Chemical Company (Dow), and Bayer Technology Services GmbH (BTS), announced a licensing agreement for the worldwide marketing of the registered BayFAME technology, a continuous process developed by
December 11, 2009 Read Full Article
Study: Global Biofuels Reduce GHGs by 123.5 Million Tonnes
Just in time for the critical climate talks now underway in Copenhagen, new data once again confirms the significant greenhouse gas (GHG) reductions from global biofuels production. Prepared by (S&T)2 Consultants Inc., an internationally recognized energy and environmental consulting firm, the
December 11, 2009 Read Full Article
Valero & Mission NewEnergy Execute US$3.5 billion Biofuels Offtake Agreement
Mission NewEnergy Limited (“Mission”) a biodiesel refiner and one of the world’s largest Jatropha plantation companies by acreage announced that it has entered into a binding five-year biodiesel Supply Agreement with Valero Marketing and Supply Company, a subsidiary of Valero
December 11, 2009 Read Full Article
FINLAND: Biodiesel Breakthrough or Environmental Nightmare?
by Linus Atarah (IPS) As Finnish energy major Neste Oil scales up production of its ‘green’ diesel NExBTL, environmental activists fear that more land will go under palm oil plantations at the expense of Southeast Asia’s threatened rainforests. Palm oil
December 10, 2009 Read Full Article
Petrobras CEO Highlights Performance in 2009
(Pre-Salt) The president of Petrobras, José Sergio Gabrielli de Azevedo, ... presented an overview of activities in 2009 . ... "Petrobras has expanded production capacity allowed in biodiesel plants and intensified contacts to expand presence in the area of ethanol. We
December 10, 2009 Read Full Article
U.S. Sen. Harkin Pushes for Extension of Biodiesel Blenders' Tax Credit
by Grant Gustafson / Kate Cyrul (IowaPolitics.com) Senator Tom Harkin (D-IA) today wrote to Senators Max Baucus (D-MT) and Chuck Grassley (R-IA), Chairman and Ranking Member of the Senate Committee on Finance, urging them to prepare and introduce legislation to
December 10, 2009 Read Full Article
House Approves Extension of Biodiesel Credit that Industry Calls Vital
by Ben Geman (The Hill) The broad $31 billion tax extenders package the House approved Wednesday afternoon includes a one-year extension of the $1-per-gallon tax credit for biodiesel that is set to lapse at year's end. The bill, approved 241-181, would
December 10, 2009 Read Full Article
Report: Moving to Clean Energy Would Drive Job Growth and Economic Recovery in Arkansas
Shifting to renewable energy sources, such as wind and bio-energy, would bring significant job growth, economic investment and revenues to Arkansas' struggling rural communities, according to a new report released today by the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC). These benefits
December 09, 2009 Read Full Article
SEC Slaps Nova Gen with Charges
by Onell R. Soto (San Diego Union-Tribune) A La Jolla company bamboozled investors out of $2.3 million with promises of a new technology that would covert coal into green fuels and make trillions of dollars, federal officials alleged yesterday. The
December 07, 2009 Read Full Article
Uganda to Extract Biodiesel from ‘Wonder Plant’ Jatropha
by Halima Abdallah (East African) The National Forestry Research Institute has embarked on a project to test the viability of biodiesel from jatropha, a drought resistant crop. According to a senior researcher at the institute, Dr Peter Kiwuso, they planted jatropha
December 07, 2009 Read Full Article
Global Biodiesel Demand to Double in 5 Years
by Susanne Retka Schill (Biodiesel Magazine) The driver for biofuels usage is not limited to the United States and Europe, but is also growing in the Asia-Pacific and Latin American regions, according to Tammy Klein, executive director of global biofuels
December 04, 2009 Read Full Article
We Are Green: “Always Clean 110″ Project Is an Example of a Growing Trend in Biofuels: “Symbiosis” Project Produce Biodiesel, Using Recovered Methanol, Cooking Oil
by (Biofuels Digest) ...Here is an under funded grad student (with a mechanical engineering degree from Northern Illinois University) who, while working part time, put together a system that will produce bio-diesel fuel from basic waste by-products found on campus,
December 04, 2009 Read Full Article
CPO Biodiesel Production Plan May Lift Regions
(Jakarta Globe) The government is planning to develop regional centers for processing palm oil into biodiesel and other products to boost profit margins and create jobs, a minister said on Wednesday. The government is seeking investment to produce oleochemicals — used
December 04, 2009 Read Full Article
School Club's Biodiesel Project Going Global
by Joel Hood (Chicago Tribune) Some time ago, Brian Sievers picked up a crazy notion that one simple idea might just change the world. So for the last two school years, the popular science teacher at Thornridge High School in
December 03, 2009 Read Full Article
NBB Calls on EPA to Implement RFS2 Biodiesel Targets
From a letter from the National Biodiesel Board to the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency: By statute, the Biomass-based Diesel requirement was to begin on January 1, 2009, and EPA is required to issue a renewable volume obligation to
December 03, 2009 Read Full Article
Canadian Biofuel Cuts Emissions Sharply: Report
by Rod Nickel (Reuters) Canadian ethanol emits 62 percent less greenhouse gas than conventional fuel, taking into consideration all stages of the fuel's production from planting a crop to burning the fuel, a new report prepared for Canada's biofuel industry
December 03, 2009 Read Full Article
Group Helps Small Cities Go Green
by Larisa Brass (Knoxvillebiz.com) A number of new organizations are springing up across Tennessee with a green glint in their eye. Among them is the Tennessee Renewable Energy and Economic Development Council, a group that's working with smaller cities to implement green
December 03, 2009 Read Full Article
CP Rail Tests Animal-Fat, Vegetable-Oil Biodiesel
by Susan Taylor (Reuters) Animal fat, restaurant grease and vegetable oil will help power four Canadian Pacific Railway locomotives this winter to test if biodiesel fuel can stand up to a harsh Canadian winter. The Canadian government, which plans to
December 02, 2009 Read Full Article
Piedmont Biofuels Wins Grant for Energy Research
(Newsobserver) Piedmont Biofuels Industrial will receive a $139,249 American Recovery and Reinvestment Act grant for innovative clean energy research and development, U.S. Sen. Kay Hagan announced. ... Piedmont Biofuels will use the money to develop biodiesel production processes that reduce water
November 30, 2009 Read Full Article
DOE and Israel Announce US$3.3m in Cooperative Clean Energy Projects
With financial support of DOE and the Israeli Ministry of National Infrastructures, the bilateral BIRD Foundation Energy Executive Committee has competitively selected four cooperative clean energy projects in the United States and Israel. This initiative will award up to $3.3
November 30, 2009 Read Full Article
Biodiesel Companies Fret about Expiring Tax Break
by Brett Clanton (Houston Chronical) ... Losing the biodiesel tax incentive would be another blow to an industry that has closed many plants this year and slashed jobs amid rising costs of raw materials, weak domestic demand and on-again, off-again backing
November 30, 2009 Read Full Article
2nd Sustainable Biofuels Awards Nominations Invited
Held during the gala dinner on day two of World Biofuels Markets 2010, the awards are designed to recognise the companies who have had the biggest positive impact on their environment and on the wider society. Categories for 2010: - Sustainable Bioethanol Award
November 30, 2009 Read Full Article
Renewable Energy Group Publishes "Feedstock and Biodiesel Characteristics Report"
... The goals of this project were to produce biodiesel from a wide variety of feedstocks and to provide the characteristics of both the feedstock and biodiesel. The project is unique because it encompasses an extensive range of feedstocks and
November 22, 2009 Read Full Article
Canadian Government Program Invests Money in SK Ethanol Plant
(TradingMarkets.com) The Government of Canada announced Tuesday that it would invest up to C$77.75 million over seven years to help support ethanol production in Saskatchewan, said National Resources Canada in a press release November 10. The money is being delivered
November 13, 2009 Read Full Article
Natural Resources Defense Council Publishes "The Promise of Algal Biofuels"
The algae biofuels industry is comprised of many pathways to produce fuels from algae and is developing rapidly, with most companies operating in “stealth” mode. This makes measuring progress toward the promise of algae extremely difficult. Given the thousands of
November 11, 2009 Read Full Article
Biodiesel via the Heterogeneous Catalysis Catilin Process
by Ronald G. Bray (SRI Consulting) The majority of the biodiesel production facilities utilize a homogeneous alkaline catalyst, either sodium hydroxide or sodium methoxide. Axens has commercialized a process for the production of biodiesel via heterogeneous catalysis at elevated temperatures
November 05, 2009 Read Full Article
KLM to Fly First Passengers Using Bio-Diesel
by Sukhpreet Manchanda (TopNews) Dutch KLM will be the first airline to fly a passenger flight using bio-diesel. The Boeing 747 flight, carrying a limited number of passengers, will take off on November 23 using a mixture of bio-fuel and
November 05, 2009 Read Full Article
Impact of Biofuel Crop Production on the Formation of Hypoxia in the Gulf of Mexico
by Christine Costello, et al. (Environmental Science and Technology) Many studies have compared corn-based ethanol to cellulosic ethanol on a per unit basis and have generally concluded that cellulosic ethanol will result in fewer environmental consequences, including nitrate (NO3−) output. This study
November 05, 2009 Read Full Article
K-Fuel Finally Coming Together: City Biodiesel Endeavor Ran into Early Problems
by Scott Smith (Kokomo Tribune, Ind., Waterworld) Microorganisms, it seems, can live in about anything -- including diesel fuel. That's why it's taken the city of Kokomo several months to -- quite literally -- work the "bugs" out of the
November 05, 2009 Read Full Article
Abandoned Mines Would Grow Algae in Mo. Biofuels Project
by Katie Howell (New York Times/Greenwire) Backers of algae-based biofuels tout the simplicity of their feedstock. Sunlight and water are all that's needed to convert carbon dioxide into fuel. Now, some scientists are testing the notion that sunlight might be
November 05, 2009 Read Full Article
U.N. Panel Report Confirms Potential for Significant GHG Reductions from Biofuels
The Global Renewable Fuels Alliance (GRFA) today responded to a report on biofuels produced by the United Nation’s International Panel for Sustainable Resource Management. The report, “Towards Sustainable Production and Use of Resources: Assessing Biofuels”, asserts that more research and
November 04, 2009 Read Full Article
Used Cooking Oil to Reduce South Africa’s Carbon Emissions
Biogreen Diesel, a renewable energy company that is pioneering the conversion of waste oil to a less expensive, pollution-free biodiesel, ... uses the first patented Jet Reactor, invented by Org Nieuwoudt, to convert waste oil from restaurants and retailers, to
November 04, 2009 Read Full Article
Senator Charles Grassley Speaks Out Against Inappropriate Use of International Indirect Land Use Change Analysis
Prepared Floor Statement of Senator Chuck Grassley: Biofuels and the Environmental Protection Agency Thursday, October 29, 2009 ... The first issue I’m speaking about relates to the EPA’s proposal to penalize biofuels for greenhouse gas emissions from supposed changes in international
October 30, 2009 Read Full Article
Biodiesel Returns More Energy To The Earth Than Ever, Study Finds
(Reuters) Biodiesel is better than ever at harnessing the power of the sun and turning it into fuel. In fact, a study shows the fuel is returning more than four times the energy that it takes to make biodiesel. Newly published
October 24, 2009 Read Full Article
BioFuel Africa Begins Commercial Production of Jatropha Oil
Biofuel Africa Ltd. has begun commercial production of jatropha oil, the first company in West Africa to move from growing and selling jatropha fruits and seeds to production and sale of jatropha oil on a commercial scale for direct use,
October 23, 2009 Read Full Article
Another Biofuels Drawback: The Demand for Irrigation
by Robert F. Service (Science Magazine) At first blush, it's easy to make the case for biofuels. By converting crops into ethanol or biodiesel, farmers can reduce demand for imported oil, lower national dependence on authoritarian governments in the Middle
October 23, 2009 Read Full Article
Green Racing at Petit Le Mans: Jetta TDI's Demonstrate the Future of Racing
[caption id="attachment_3982" align="alignright" width="549" caption="Jetta TDI #5 races to qualify at Petit Le Mans."][/caption] by Joanne Ivancic (Advanced Biofuels USA) Back to my beloved TDI. This time not the expensive Audi's, but Volkswagen's Jetta TDI's swoop relatively quietly and gracefully around
October 16, 2009 Read Full Article
Indian States Fast-Track Jatropha 2.0, a Special Biofuels Digest Report
by Joelle Brink (Biofuels Digest) Despite the Indian Government’s official go-slow policy on Jatropha, several Indian states are now planting the crop in a big way. These are not the old style monoculture plantations that led to the central government’s
October 14, 2009 Read Full Article
Total Intends to Take an Active Part in BioTfueL France’s Second-Generation Biodiesel Pilot Program
As Europe’s leading automotive fuel refiner and marketer, Total is committed to stepping up the development of second-generation biofuels, which are needed to improve the environmental profile of crop-based fuels and avoid the use of food crops as feedstock. Already a
October 12, 2009 Read Full Article
Biodiesel Myths Busted
by Joanne Schroeder (DomesticFuel) The biofuels industry has yet to get a famous show like Mythbusters to test some of the false information floating around about biodiesel and ethanol. Well, maybe we don’t need them. The National Biodiesel Board (NBB) just
October 12, 2009 Read Full Article
Algae repositions as biofuels’ “humble but lovable” feedstock: industry gathers in positive, but low-key annual Summit
Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) provides a summary of the developing algae ethos at the Algae Biomass Summit in San Diego: The biotech elevator pitch usually adheres to a 'rule of 5′. The offer is invariably a product platform that "is
October 12, 2009 Read Full Article
Green Racing at Petit Le Mans: Audi and Shell
Joanne Ivancic (Advanced Biofuels USA) I am not a car guy. Not a car gal. That said, I LOVE the TDI Audi's that race the LeMans endurance races. I love them like I have never loved a car before. Up close,
October 10, 2009 Read Full Article
Green Racing at Petit Le Mans: The Beginnings
by Joanne Ivancic (Advanced Biofuels USA) In search of the real people doing real work on real technologies to develop advanced biofuels and improve the efficiency of our personal modes of transportation, I've begun following the green racing espoused by the
October 08, 2009 Read Full Article
European States Split Over EU-Wide Carbon Tax Plan
(Reuters) European Union countries are split over plans to introduce an EU-wide carbon tax on fuel, which could be proposed early next year. The idea, which EU officials say has gained fresh momentum after losing impetus earlier this year, is
October 08, 2009 Read Full Article
Distillery Using Algae to Cut CO2
(BBC) One of Scotland's best known whisky distilleries is taking part in a scheme to cut carbon dioxide emissions using oil-producing algae. The Glenturret Distillery in Perthshire will use the ground-breaking system to turn fumes generated by whisky production into
October 07, 2009 Read Full Article
Facility That Will Process Pennycress into Fuel Gets Boost by Federal Funds
by Steve Tarter (Journal Star) A biodiesel plant in Peoria County moved a step closer to reality Monday as U.S. Rep. Aaron Schock announced $500,000 in funding to help develop a new source for the biofuel. That source is pennycress,
October 06, 2009 Read Full Article
Kinder Morgan Annouce Commercial Transportation of Biodiesel through Oregon Pipeline
(Wall Street Grand) Kinder Morgan Energy Partners, L.P. had announced the beginning of commercial transportation of blended 2% biodiesel (B2) through its 115 mile Oregon Pipeline which run from Portland to Eugene. A test of moving B2 through the pipeline was
October 06, 2009 Read Full Article
National Biodiesel Board Urges Extension of Biodiesel Tax Incentive
Manning Feraci, Vice President of Federal Affairs for the National Biodiesel Board (NBB), testified before the U.S. House Committee on Small Business regarding the pressing need to extend and reform the biodiesel tax incentive. The incentive is currently set to
October 02, 2009 Read Full Article
Hart Energy Publishes Report on Ethanol and Biodiesel
Hart’s Global Biofuels Center released its annual Global Ethanol & Biodiesel Outlook. The study provides forecasts to 2015 and covers 32 countries. Some study findings: · Global ethanol demand will represent 12-14% of the global gasoline pool by 2015; · Demand for biodiesel
October 01, 2009 Read Full Article
Biofuel from TB Bacteria
A team of researchers at Massachusetts Institute of Technology are attempting to engineer biofuel-producing microbes from Rhodococcus bacteria — soil-dwelling microbes that eat a variety of toxic compounds. The aim of Professor Anthony Sinskey's team is to make an organism
October 01, 2009 Read Full Article
BioFuelBox Deploys World’s First Waste-FOG-to-Fuel Plant
(Businesswire) BioFuelBox Inc., a leader in waste-to-fuel solutions, announces the world’s first fully scaled refinery for converting waste fat, oil and grease (FOG) from wastewater into a clean-burning renewable fuel. The company’s first plant, located in Idaho, is processing waste
October 01, 2009 Read Full Article
Minn. Biodiesel Plant Creates Fuel Without Waste
by Frank Vascellaro (WCCO) ... The plant creates fuel without water, chemicals or waste. The new process called "Mcgyan"-- named after its inventors -- converts fats into fuel within seconds. "When we get to full capacity in another week," said McNeff,
October 01, 2009 Read Full Article
Canadian Biofuel Seen Rising 76 pct in Two Years
(Reuters) Canadian biofuel production should rise 76 percent in two years, as government subsidies for production plants and renewable-fuel requirements take effect. Total biofuel production will reach 2.5 billion litres (660 million gallons) annually by 2011, including 2 billion litres
September 30, 2009 Read Full Article
Road Atlanta: Michelin Green-X Challenge and Dyson BioButanol Racing Reports
(Motorsport.com) "The competition to win the MICHELIN® GREEN X® Challenge continues to grow," said Silvia Mammone, Michelin Motorsport manager. "Seeing manufacturers like Audi, Porsche and Mazda; energy producers like Shell and BP, and teams like Audi, Flying Lizard Motorsports and
September 30, 2009 Read Full Article
B10 Biodiesel Tests to Start in Thailand
by Yuthana Praiwan (Bangkok Post) Local field tests will start soon on biodiesel B10, a blend of 10% methyl ester with 90% diesel fuel, according to an Energy Ministry official. PTT Plc and the ministry's Department of Energy Business are
September 30, 2009 Read Full Article
Connecticut Biodiesel Manufacturer BioPur Launches Green Power Project
A joint project between the Greater New Haven Clean Cities Coalition, BioPur and the Department of Energy (DOE); BioWatz provides multiple benefits and solutions for future alternative energies. The project not only yields a new and innovative way to generate
September 30, 2009 Read Full Article
Pursuing a Roadside Harvest: Researchers Work to Grow Biofuel
by Joseph M. Dougherty (Deseret News) ... The test plot of ground where the seeds were harvested Wednesday is designed to mimic the side of Utah highways, which could be used to grow safflowers instead of the grasses that the Utah
September 30, 2009 Read Full Article
Department of Agriculture Rural Business-Cooperative Service Announce Value-Added Producer Grant
USDA Rural Development welcomes projects that highlight innovative uses of agricultural products. This may include using existing agricultural products in non-traditional ways and/or merging agricultural products with technology in creative ways. As with all value-added efforts, generating new products, creating
September 30, 2009 Read Full Article
Are Biofuels Ready for a Comeback?
by Stephen Lacey (REnewableEnergyWorld.com) ... Biofuels typically get a lot of attention as gas prices go up in the summer driving season. This year was different. After the love affair with biofuels throughout 2006 and the bitter attack on biofuels
September 29, 2009 Read Full Article
Secretary Chu Announces Nearly $300 Million in Clean Cities Grants to Support Clean Fuels, Vehicles, and Infrastructure Development
U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Secretary Steven Chu announced the selection of 25 cost-share projects under the Clean Cities program that will be funded with nearly $300 million from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. These projects will speed the
September 29, 2009 Read Full Article
Bond Commission Renews St. Rose Biodiesel Project Bonds
by Matt Scallan (NOLA.com) The Louisiana state Bond Commission has renewed its approval for $100 million in GO Zone bonds to continue construction of a biodiesel refinery in St. Rose. REG Destrehan stopped construction of a 60 million gallon per year
September 29, 2009 Read Full Article
Mafuta Sasa Goes into Biodiesel Production
by Zaynab Turuku (The East African) In the wake of efforts to clean up the environment and mitigate against climate change through a reduction in the burning of fossil fuels, Dar es Salaam-based Mafuta Sasa Ltd is now producing biodiesel
September 29, 2009 Read Full Article
Green Racing
[caption id="attachment_3879" align="alignleft" width="197"] Green Racing Poster promotes the DOE, EPA, SAE collaboration to promote making racing relevant again.[/caption] Table of Contents Overview Green Racing Protocols American Le Mans Series Green Challenge/Tudor United IMSA Green Challenge MICHELIN® Green X® Challenge Jetta
September 27, 2009 Read Full Article
Freeways-to-Fuel Harvest Paves the Way for Biodiesel Production on Unused Municipal, Military and Other Lands
Twenty miles north of Salt Lake City, a flowery, red and yellow safflower crop is being harvested. These test plots at the roadside simulation lab at Utah Botanical Center are part of an innovative “Freeways-to-Fuel” project sponsored by the Utah
September 18, 2009 Read Full Article
Ohio's Meigs County Commissioners Back U.S. 33 ‘Biofuels Corridor’
by Brian J. Reed (Pomeroy Daily Sentinel) Meigs County Commissioners have agreed to work with Rural Action of Trimble and other organizations to develop a “biofuels corridor” between Columbus and the Ohio River. Robin Kinney, a volunteer with Rural Action, met
September 18, 2009 Read Full Article
Business and Non-Government Resources
Table of Contents Aldo Leopold Leadership Program Resources Center Biofuels for Europe Biofuels Center of North Carolina and the Biofuels Wiki Partnership for Clean Indoor Air (PCIA) and Global Alliance for Clean Cookstoves Southwest Research Institute SunGrant Centers of Excellence's