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Frustration, under the Optimism and Hoopla of the National Biodiesel Conference

by Peter Brown (Biofuels Digest)  ...Walking the floor at the NBB last week, speaking with exhibitors, buyers and sellers, and the broad Biodiesel community in general, one topic was raised time and again: the parlous state of project financing. While the

February 22, 2011 Read Full Article

S.S. Lootah to Introduce Compact Biodiesel Processor to UAE

(Zawya)  The UAE-based conglomerate S.S. Lootah Group will introduce biodiesel processor known as the Biobot to the UAE, in cooperation with UK- based Practical Energy Solutions. The compact processor is fitted with a unique feature that accelerates the reaction and settling

February 22, 2011 Read Full Article

Pulp Non-Fiction: Biofuels a Ray of Sunshine in a Gloomy Season

by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest)  As the pulp and paper industry reels from the internet’s impact, biofuels and renewable chemicals are offering value-adds, waste remediation, and new markets In Florida, the affable Rod Young, perhaps the most pre-eminent analyst and forecaster

February 22, 2011 Read Full Article

Biofuel Plant to Use Cooking Waste

by Gavan Gideon  (Yale Daily News)  Leftover cooking oil from (Yale) University dining halls will soon contribute to an expanding renewable energy industry. Connecticut-based Greenleaf Biofuels is planning construction of a biodiesel production facility in New Haven. If everything works out

February 22, 2011 Read Full Article

Bill Requiring Increased Use of Biodiesel Sparks Dispute

by Cy Ryan  (Las Vegas Sun)  Truckers would be required to use 10 percent biodiesel in their fuel under a bill introduced in the Senate, which is already sparking a disagreement. Paul Enos, representing the Nevada Transport Association, said such a

February 22, 2011 Read Full Article

Biodiesel Boom Catches Drivers In Grease Trap

by Jeffrey Ball (Wall Street Journal/MarketWatch)  ...It takes grit to be a greaser: Stalwarts must recruit restaurants as back-alley sources, filter the smelly liquid in the garage or backyard, and modify a vehicle with a diesel engine to burn it.

February 22, 2011 Read Full Article

Iran Produces Biodiesel Fuel

(Trend)  Iranian experts and scientists for the first time managed to produce biodiesel fuel using the oil extracted from Jatropha curcas plant cultivated in Southern Iran, FARS news agency reported. "Iran could produce biodiesel fuel through extracting oil from Jatropha plant

February 21, 2011 Read Full Article

Excellent Results from Biofuel Trial Involving Neste Oil, Helsinki Region Transport, and Proventia: Significantly Reduced Local Emissions

(Neste Oil Corporation)  A three-year biofuel trial organized by Neste Oil, Helsinki Region Transport (HSL), and Proventia has recently been completed, and the results have confirmed that Neste Oil's NExBTL renewable diesel can significantly reduce local emissions that have a

February 21, 2011 Read Full Article

Scania Receives Large Order for Biofuel Buses in Sweden

(BusinessWire)  Scania  has received an order for 158 buses from public transport company Keolis Sverige. By ordering buses that run on biofuels, the company strengthens its position in sustainable urban transport. The delivery to Keolis consists of urban, suburban and intercity

February 21, 2011 Read Full Article

ADM to Invest in Sustainable Palm Production in Brazil

(ADM)  Archer Daniels Midland Company (NYSE: ADM) today announced plans to invest in sustainable palm production in Brazil. Spanning five years, the ADM investment will encompass approximately 12,000 hectares of palm production in the state of Pará and include the

February 21, 2011 Read Full Article

Agriculture Secretary Vilsack Announces Funding for Projects to Create Jobs and New Economic Opportunities for Rural Residents

(USDA) Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today announced the selection of 16 projects in 10 states for funding to create jobs and provide new economic opportunities. The projects are being funded through the Rural Economic Development Loan and Grant Program (REDLG), which

February 21, 2011 Read Full Article

Railways to Set up Four Biodiesel Plants

(Economic Times/India Times)  In one of the biggest initiatives for bio-fuel production in the country, Indian Railways is poised to set up four bio-diesel plants costing about Rs 120 crore. While two bio-diesel esterification plants are going to be commissioned at

February 21, 2011 Read Full Article

BFJ.com Podcast with GM's Coleman Jones on GM's 2011 B20 Pickup Trucks Announced Feb. 8

(Biofuels Journal)  General Motors Announced Feb. 8 at the National Biodiesel Board (NBB) Conference in Dallas, TX, that pickup trucks in 2011 will be capable of using B20 biodiesel blends. BioFuels Journal interviewed GM's Dr. Coleman Jones, biofuel implementation manager, at the

February 21, 2011 Read Full Article

Nation's Advanced Biofuel to Break Records This Year

(National Biodiesel Board/PRNewsWire)   The National Biodiesel Conference & Expo wraps up today leaving attendees with many reasons why the future is bright for biodiesel. 2011 promises to set a record pace for biodiesel. Here's why: Record biodiesel sales. Petroleum companies

February 21, 2011 Read Full Article

Solar Acquisition Corp. Signs MOU With Global Natural Energy to Form Bio-Fuel Subsidiary

(MarketWire)  GNE-USA Will Have Exclusive US Rights to Breakthrough Bio-Diesel Technology Solar Acquisition Corp. and Global Natural Energy Cyprus Ltd today announced that they have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to form a joint venture, GNE USA, to produce algae-based bio-diesel

February 12, 2011 Read Full Article

Railways to Set up Four Biodiesel Plants

(Deccan Herald)  In one of the biggest initiatives for bio-fuel production in the country, Indian Railways is poised to set up four bio-diesel plants costing about Rs 120 crore. While two bio-diesel esterification plants are going to be commissioned at Raipur

February 08, 2011 Read Full Article

Biofuel Sales Reach New Record Levels

(Scoop)  Independent fuel retailer Gull New Zealand has today reported record bio fuel sales volumes. Over the past three years, Gull has expanded its biofuel range and its distribution and now sells bio fuels at 39 locations throughout the North Island,

February 08, 2011 Read Full Article

RIN-Tin-Tin: Will the RINs Mechanism Save the Day, Power Biofuels to New Heights?

by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest)  ...RINs- those pesky Renewable Information Numbers that have so many digits they give 140-character tweets on Twitter a run for their money. The bar code of biofuels – the thing that virtually no one understands,

February 08, 2011 Read Full Article

Biofuels Facility Planned for New Haven Terminal Site

by Mary E. O'Leary  (New Haven Register)  A biofuels production facility with water transport access in the city’s port is being planned for the New Haven Terminal property. Greenleaf Biofuels would operate the plant at 100 Waterfront St. and hopes to

February 07, 2011 Read Full Article

Biodiesel Roars Back with Mandate, Tax Credits, B20 OKs

by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest)  ...“The EPA has said that they are going to enforce the 800 million gallon volume RFS2 requirement” said National Biodiesel Board CEO Joe Jobe to Biodiesel magazine, “and we will have the tax credit in

February 07, 2011 Read Full Article

Detroit-Based NextCAT Inc. Secures $250,000 to Commercialize Biodiesel Technology Developed at Wayne State University

(Wayne State University)  NextCAT Inc., a Detroit-based company, announced that it has received $250,000 in seed funding from Automation Alley in Troy, Mich. NextCAT is commercializing biodiesel catalyst technology developed at the National Biofuels Energy Lab at Wayne State University

February 06, 2011 Read Full Article

Masdar Institute Completes First Sustainability Assessment for Biofuels Production from an Integrated Seawater Agriculture System

(ME NewsWire)  Research confirms viability of using saltwater and arid land to create new forms of sustainable bio energy Masdar Institute of Science and Technology (MI), the Boeing Company, Etihad Airways, and Honeywell’s UOP announced today the completion of a Sustainability

February 04, 2011 Read Full Article

Successful Jatropha Planting Season Expanding New Acreage by Over 30%

(Mission NewEnergy Ltd.)   Mission NewEnergy Limited, a vertically integrated biodiesel producer and one of the world’s largest Jatropha plantation companies, is pleased to announce results of the Jatropha planting season as follows:  Outperformed projected new Jatropha planting target;  Increased overall productive

February 04, 2011 Read Full Article

KiOR Receives Loan Guarantee Term Sheet for over $1 Billion Project from US Department of Energy

(KiOR)  Project would produce drop-in fuels from wood biomass at four facilities across three states KiOR, Inc., announced today that it has received a term sheet for a loan guarantee supporting an over $1 billion biofuels project from the U.S. Department of Energy’s

February 04, 2011 Read Full Article

Oregon's B5 Mandate Triggered

By Ron Kotrba  (Biodiesel Magazine)  The Oregon agriculture department's measurement standards division issued notice yesterday that its in-state biodiesel production threshold of 15 MMgy was recently met, triggering Oregon's B5 mandate.  Come April 1, all diesel fuel sold in the state

February 03, 2011 Read Full Article

Brazilian Miner Vale Expands Its Activities to Produce Biodiesel

(UPI.com)  The mining company Vale, the world's largest producer and exporter of iron ore, is intensifying its efforts to produce bio-diesel. It already opened since last year project to produce 160,000 tonnes of this cleaner fuel, from 2014, for personal use

February 03, 2011 Read Full Article

Hawaiian Electric Seeks Suppliers of Biodiesel for Campbell Industrial Park Generating Station

(Hawaiian Electric)  Hawaiian Electric Company today issued a call for a supply of three to seven million gallons of biodiesel per year for the 110-megawatt Campbell Estate Industrial Park Generating Station.  Included is a request to supply 250,000 gallons per

February 02, 2011 Read Full Article

Endicott Biofuels LLC to Construct 30-Million Gallon-Per-Year Second-Generation Biorefinery at KMTEX Ltd. Facility in Port Arthur, Texas

(Endicott Biofuels)  Endicott Biofuels, LLC (EBF) has signed an agreement with KMTEX Ltd. (KMTEX) to construct a 30-million gallon-per-year biorefinery in Port Arthur, Texas, that will employ EBF’s proprietary technology for the production of high-purity G2 Clear™ biodiesel. KMTEX will

January 31, 2011 Read Full Article

Iowa Economy Powered by Renewable Fuels

by Cindy Zimmerman (DomesticFuel.com) ...At the Iowa Renewable Fuels Summit in Des Moines on Tuesday, the Iowa Renewable Fuels Association (IRFA) released a new study detailing the positive benefits that provides for Iowa. According to the report, the renewable fuels industry, both

January 31, 2011 Read Full Article

Ethanol Trade Groups Bash Draft EPA Report

by Ben Geman (The Hill/E2Wire)  The ethanol industry is quickly attacking a draft EPA study that details a slew of ecological harms that could accompany increased biofuels production. “EPA’s failure to provide this report in any context with the environmental degradation done

January 31, 2011 Read Full Article

Thieves Busted Stealing Gallons of Used Cooking Grease

(KSN.com)  ...At 5:30 Tuesday morning at an east Wichita Burger King, an alert manager saw someone with a Ford truck sucking out the grease from storage containers in the back of the restaurant which contained used cooking grease. “They come to

January 31, 2011 Read Full Article

Bugs Might Convert Biodiesel Waste Into New Fuel

(NewsWire/University of Alabama)  A strain of bacteria found in soil is being studied for its ability to convert waste from a promising alternative fuel into several useful materials, including another alternative fuel. A graduate student at The University of Alabama in

January 28, 2011 Read Full Article

Enervation Advisors Aquires Tri-City Energy Biodiesel

by Joanna Schroeder (DomesticFuel.com)  ...The company will deploy multiple feedstock technology as rising costs of feedstocks are a common source of financial hardship for biofuel plants. It has recently been reported that rising corn prices are currently squeezing ethanol margins. This

January 28, 2011 Read Full Article

BAAC, Bangchak to Grow Oil Palm Trees

(Bangkok Post)  The Bank for Agriculture and Agricultural Cooperatives (BAAC) and Bangchak Petroleum Plc have teamed up to grow oil palm for a biodiesel project. The state bank will allow the oil company to lease 1,200 rai of degraded tangerine orchards

January 28, 2011 Read Full Article

European Commission Approves State Support for Development of Second Generation Biofuel

(Chemrec)  The European Union has  approved the SEK 500 million (€55 million, $75 million) R&D  grant  awarded by the Swedish Energy Agency towards the industrial scale demonstration biofuels plant based on Chemrec’s gasification technology at the Domsjö Fabriker biorefinery in

January 28, 2011 Read Full Article

Penn State Demonstrates Biofuel Crops for PA

by Kelsey McNeeley and Joanne Ivancic (Advanced Biofuels USA/Lancaster Farming)  In 2002, Penn State University began using 20 percent (B20) biodiesel fuel on campus in the division of farm operations.  Because of their expertise in biodiesel, Penn State’s farm operations (Farm Ops)

January 25, 2011 Read Full Article

Biofuels Group Offering Grants to Kentucky High Schools

(WKYT/AP)  The Kentucky Biofuels for Schools Program is offering grants to high schools in the state that design projects to teach, produce and use biofuels in their schools and community. The Kentucky Biofuels for Schools Program is offering grants to high schools in

January 24, 2011 Read Full Article

Fill ’er Up, with Fuel Made in Oregon

by Merry MacKinnon (Pamplin Media Group)  ...Jana Gastellum, global warming program director for the Oregon Environmental Council, says the sustainable approach to making biodiesel for heavier vehicles and ethanol for passenger cars is to concentrate on “cellulosic biomass” found in

January 21, 2011 Read Full Article

Department of Energy Offers First Conditional Commitment for a Loan Guarantee for Advanced Biofuels Plant

(US Department of Energy)  Project Expected to Create Over 700 Jobs and Nearly Triple Amount of Renewable Diesel Produced Domestically U.S. Energy Secretary Steven Chu January 20, 2011, announced the offer of a conditional commitment to Diamond Green Diesel, LLC, the

January 21, 2011 Read Full Article

Florida Biodiesel, Inc., Will Save the Biodiesel Industry up to 5% on Production Costs

(PR-USA.net) Florida Biodiesel, Inc. has released the Cyclonic Mixer, an inline high shear blender that is 100 times more effective in mixing feedstock and catalyst for the transesterification of Biodiesel.  This new technology can lower the Methanol requirements of Biodiesel plants

January 20, 2011 Read Full Article

Advancing Colorado's Renewable Energy (ACRE) Doles out Colorado Renewable Energy Grants

by Bryan Sims (Biodiesel Magazine)   The Advancing Colorado’s Renewable Energy program awarded 15 grants totaling more than $600,000 in an effort to spur additional instate renewable energy development. Administered by the Colorado Agricultural Value Added Development Board, ACRE specifically

January 19, 2011 Read Full Article

City’s Biofuel Experiment Ends

by Denis Langlois   (OwenSoundSunTimes.com)  Owen Sound is scrapping its environmentally conscious biodiesel program due to its cost and a "considerable" number of engine failures. ...The city first fuelled a bus on a blend of diesel and cooking oil in 2007

January 18, 2011 Read Full Article

Canadian Biodiesel Plant to Make Fuel from Flax

by Susan Taylor  (Reuters)  A tiny Canadian startup company that is preparing to open a biodiesel plant in Toronto this spring says it will produce clean fuel, animal feed and human food all from the modest flax seed. Privately held Energy

January 18, 2011 Read Full Article

Low Cost Algae Oil Production System Advances

by Bob Brooks (Automotive Industries)  Photon8, a new venture algae oil development firm has emerged from research work at the University Of Texas, Brownsville, TX, by placing its priority on the economics of making algal based diesel fuel oil at

January 13, 2011 Read Full Article

Laila Padi 'Waste' Found to Have Great Potential as Biofuel

by Ubaidillah Masli   (Brunei Times)  LAILA, the rice variety heralded as the answer to Brunei's food self-sufficiency woes, might also fuel the Sultanate's cars in the future as an efficient and more environment-friendly biofuel. This is the finding of a

January 12, 2011 Read Full Article

New Service Station to Offer Alternative Fuels

by Vikki Broughton Hodges (The Dispatch)  The first local retail sales of ethanol and biodiesel fuels are scheduled to begin in April at Sparky’s Marketplace, a new service station, convenience store and car wash being developed by Hill Oil Co.

January 12, 2011 Read Full Article

Raptor Fabrication and Equipment Announces Completion of New Biodiesel Plant

(MarketWire/Raptor Technology Group, Inc.)  Greenwave Biodiesel Facility in Fort Lauderdale Operational Raptor Technology Group, Inc.  announced that the company it is in the process of acquiring, Raptor Fabrication and Equipment, Inc. ("Raptor"), has started up its newest biodiesel plant for its customer,

January 12, 2011 Read Full Article

Bright Future for Biodiesel Gains Focus at North American International Auto Show

(National Biodiesel Board)  Automakers Back Biodiesel, America’s First Commercially Available ‘Advanced Biofuel’ The North American International Auto Show (NAIAS) in Detroit has long been known as THE event of the year for the latest vehicle technologies and innovations, setting the pace

January 12, 2011 Read Full Article

The Top Five Heating Oil Stories to Watch in 2011

by Josh Garrett (HeatingOil.com)  ...Fitful economic recovery in the US and around the world, looming fights over financial and environmental regulation, and the continuing advancement of alternative fuel technologies are certain to make 2011 an interesting and eventful year for

January 11, 2011 Read Full Article

Philadelphia Eagles Go Greener with Eco-Friendly Stadium

by Neela Banerjee  (Los Angeles Times)  ...(Jeffrey) Lurie and his wife, Christina Weiss Lurie, are retrofitting Lincoln Financial Field with wind turbines, solar panels and a biodiesel-reliant power plant with the goal of making it the first major U.S. sports facility

January 10, 2011 Read Full Article

China’s Biofuels Market Grows, Remains on Subsidy Life-Support

(GCiS China/PR.com)   China’s pricing controls, subsidies and cultivation policies have played a critical role in shaping this USD 2.3 Bn market, but over-regulation has made it unattractive for profit making ventures and the much needed innovation they bring. GCiS China

January 07, 2011 Read Full Article

EU Wants Answers over German Animal Feed Dioxin Scandal

by Gregg Benzow (Deutsche Welle)  ...The poisonous chemical dioxin was discovered in eggs and poultry last week and is believed to have stemmed from animal feed contaminated with industrial fats. ...The German feed manufacturer Harles & Jentzsch in Schleswig-Holstein said on Tuesday

January 07, 2011 Read Full Article

Biofuels Not Sustainable as Fuels for Automobiles in India: Ramesh

(India Transport Portal)  While biofuels are being considered as the alternative fuel for the vehicles in number of countries, they are not the sustainable option as the fuel for automobiles in India, said Jairam Ramesh, Environment Minister of Indian Union

January 06, 2011 Read Full Article

Firm Asks Restaurants to Be Part of the Green Network

by Liza Agoot   (Baguio Midland Courier)  ...Nathan Angara of the Noble Trends Unbound (NTU) together with Biodiesel Philippines have launched the green network, a group of restaurants and other establishments using oil and lard in cooking, that are willing

January 06, 2011 Read Full Article

Michigan Pre-Seed Capital Fund Reports Investments Totaling $2.5 Million in 2010

(PR NewsWire)  Several Michigan companies recently received investments from the Michigan Pre-Seed Capital Fund, pushing the total investments made through the Fund to over $11.6 million.  To date, 52Michigan companies have received seed funding from the Michigan Pre-Seed Capital Fund, a collaborative effort of Michigan's

January 06, 2011 Read Full Article

San Francisco Falling Short on Use of Biodiesel for Public Vehicles

by Katie Worth  (San Francisco Examiner)   In late 2007, Mayor Gavin Newsom announced that every diesel-powered vehicle owned by The City — 1,500 in all — had been converted to run on a 20 percent biodiesel blend. ...But while Muni buses

January 04, 2011 Read Full Article

Biodiesel Industry Primed to Flourish

by Philip Brasher  (Des Moines Register)  Boom times are ahead for a biodiesel industry that struggled just to stay alive in 2010. The industry could produce as much as a billion gallons in 2011, nearly triple this year's production, said Gary

January 04, 2011 Read Full Article

Top 10 Biofuels Predictions for 2011

by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest)   ...For our 2010 batch of predictions, we give ourselves 6 marks out of 10. We gave ourselves 1 full mark for predicting the spread of Low Carbon Fuel Standard activity, the boom in renewable chemicals, a

December 31, 2010 Read Full Article

China to Exempt Consumption Tax on Biodiesel

(Reuters)  China's Finance Ministry has retroactively exempted consumption tax on pure biodiesel made from waste animal fats or vegetable oils, and will refund taxes already paid over the last two years. The policy is backdated to January 1, 2009...   It will make

December 30, 2010 Read Full Article

Revenue Bonds to Help Finance South Sioux Biodiesel Plant

by Dave Dreeszen  (Sioux City Journal)   The South Sioux City Council on Monday agreed to issue $25 million in revenue bonds to help finance the proposed Nature’s BioReserves plant at the Roth Industrial Park...  The 60-million-gallon-per-year plant would make clean-burning biodiesel

December 30, 2010 Read Full Article

Study Finds Autothermal Reforming with WGS Reactor Preferred Option for On-Board Reforming of Biodiesel and Bioethanol

(Green Car Congress/FavStocks)   A study by a team at the German Aerospace Center (Deutschen Zentrums für Luft- und Raumfahrt, DLR) identified autothermal reforming in combination with a water gas shift reactor as the preferred option for on-board reforming of biodiesel and

December 29, 2010 Read Full Article

Brandon Pulls Plug on Biodiesel Processor

by Allison Dowd  (Winnepeg Free Press)  The City of Brandon is saying goodbye to its biodiesel processor. Getting the proper licensing from Manitoba Labour to run the processor proved too expensive and time-consuming, said Rod Sage, Brandon's director of operational services. The city

December 27, 2010 Read Full Article

Palm Oil-into-Biodiesel is Heart of Hawaii's Green Energy Future

by Tom Tanton (Hawaiian Star Advertiser)  Hawaiian Electric Co. has announced plans to build a facility to convert palm oil into biodiesel. The biodiesel will contribute badly needed and affordable fuel for the utility to provide electricity to Hawaii's people. The

December 27, 2010 Read Full Article

Bioheat 2011 in the ‘New Normal’ Economy

by Michael Devine  (Biodiesel Magazine)   ...Now more than ever, the oilheat industry must recreate its brand image. Integrating biodiesel into the existing petroleum infrastructure provides the oilheat marketer a new, improved liquid fuel for the existing oilheat consumer. In this

December 22, 2010 Read Full Article

Changing of the Guard at National Biodiesel Board

(Biodiesel Magazine)  ...(Ed) Hegland, (soybean grower from Minnesota, served as the NBB chairman for the past 3 years): One thing discussed at the November board meeting was the need to re-launch and redefine biodiesel as an advanced biofuel, rather than

December 22, 2010 Read Full Article

College Students Work to Turn Algae into Fuel

by Kassia Micek (The Courier of Montgomery County) Instead of trying to get rid of that slimy, green substance that habitually grows in water, Lone Star College-Montgomery students are are growing large amounts of the organism in hopes of turning it

December 22, 2010 Read Full Article

Bahamas Waste Biodiesel Hit by 'Poor' Oil Quality

by Alison Lowe  (The Tribune)  Bahamas Waste's biodiesel production has been delayed after the company discovered used cooking oil donated for conversion was "in far worse shape" than expected. Having expected the first batch of biodiesel to be produced at its $750,000

December 22, 2010 Read Full Article

Court Rejects Refiners' Challenge to EPA Biodiesel Blending Rules

by Jenny Mandel (New York Times/Greenwire)  An appeals court rejected a challenge today (December 21, 2010) by petroleum industry groups to U.S. EPA's biodiesel blending requirements, in a move affirming the agency's implementation of the renewable fuel standard (RFS2). A three-judge panel of

December 22, 2010 Read Full Article

Coffee-Based Fuel Set to Burgeon in Ontario

by Joan Delaney (The Epoch Times)  Biodiesel made from waste coffee grounds and flax oil solves the ‘food for fuel’ dilemma, says manufacturer. Spotting a thin layer of oil around the edges of a cold cup of coffee was what led Mano

December 21, 2010 Read Full Article

Kanchanfur Forests Farm Jatropha for Bio-Diesel

(The Himalayan Times)  Two community forests of Kanchanpur district have started growing Jatropha (Sajeevan) from which biofuel can be produced. Basanta Community Forest and Sri Krishna Community Forest are into sajeevan farming with the technical and financial assistance of Crystal Bio Energy

December 20, 2010 Read Full Article

Baltimore to Test Biofuels in City Boilers

(Bloomberg/AP)  ...The city's spending panel on Wednesday approved a deal with New Generation Biofuels to start burn tests at three city facilities. If the tests are successful, the clean-burning, vegetable-based biofuels would replace heating oil in city buildings. Two Baltimore elementary schools

December 20, 2010 Read Full Article

Biodiesel RIN Prices Trend Higher

by Erin Voegele  (Biodiesel Magazine) Although the U.S. biodiesel industry has struggled since the lapse of the $1 per gallon tax credit, renewable identification number (RIN) prices are currently trading high enough to fill that void. One factor that seems to

December 13, 2010 Read Full Article

Researchers Engineer New Methane-Production Pathway in Microorganism

(University of Arkansas)  A University of Arkansas researcher and his colleagues have created the first methane-producing microorganism that can metabolize complex carbon structures, which could lead to microbial recycling of waste products and their transformation into natural gas. Daniel J. Lessner, assistant

December 13, 2010 Read Full Article

IPT Reduces Biodiesel Capex to $0.10 per Gallon for 60 Mgy Project

by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest)  In Nevada, International Procurement Tools  announced that they had developed a biodiesel construction platform that would bring down ‘pipe to pipe’ installed costs for a 60 Mgy biodiesel system (100,000 tons/year) to $6 million, or

December 13, 2010 Read Full Article

Country-Fried Biofuels

by Shannon Brescher Shea  (U.S. Department of Energy)  But a more humdrum risk of deep-frying is improperly disposing of the grease. Pouring it down the drain, which can clog municipal pipes and pollute local waterways, is actually illegal in many places.

December 12, 2010 Read Full Article

The Goldilocks Challenge: Getting It ‘Just Right’ at Aurora Algae

by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest)  ...Oak Investment venture partner (and now Aurora chairman) Brian Hinman noted that “Aurora Biofuels has made a significant genetic engineering achievement in doubling the productivity of its proprietary algae, and this round of funding will

December 12, 2010 Read Full Article

BDI to Build Biodiesel Plant in Belarus

(Biofuels International)  Product chemical manufacturer JSC Mogilevkhimvolokno Organic Synthesis Factory in Mogilev, Belarus, has placed an order to construct a biodiesel plant with BDI BioEnergy International. The value of the order is just under €10 million. The biodiesel production facility, which will

December 09, 2010 Read Full Article

FRA Advances Use of Bio-Based Fuels and Lubricants with New Research Grants

(US Department of Transportation)  U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood today announced two research grants totaling $766,562 intended to advance the use of bio-based fuels and lubricants with the goal of cleaner air and decreasing the nation’s dependence on fossil fuels. “We are

December 03, 2010 Read Full Article

BIODIESEL -- Ultrasonic remedy . . .

(Physorg.com/Oakridge National Research Laboratory)  A significant barrier to greater use of biodiesel could be blasted away with a proprietary approach developed by a team of researchers led by Mike Kass of Oak Ridge National Laboratory's Energy and Transportation Science Division.

December 03, 2010 Read Full Article

Ugandans Turn Kampala's Uncollected Garbage into Versatile Fuel

by Wambi Michael  (The Guardian Weekly)   Cement kilns are used to transform waste, which would otherwise pollute the city, into a fuel that suits petrol engines Fred Kyagulanyi and James Sendikwanawa used to get up in the dark to dump bags of

December 03, 2010 Read Full Article

Neste Oil Becomes Chief Monster as Renewable Diesel becomes Biofuels Monster

by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest)   ...In renewable diesel there are two companies that are getting it done, in terms of putting fuel on the street in meaningful volumes. Those are Dynamic Fuels and Neste Oil. Dynamic, which is a JV

December 03, 2010 Read Full Article

La Capacidad de Producción de Biodiesel en España Supera los 4,2 Millones de Toneladas

(Europa Press)  La capacidad de producción de biodiesel en España supera los 4,2 millones de toneladas en 2010, lo que supone un descenso del 3% con respecto a 2009, a pesar de descender el número de plantas de producción en

December 02, 2010 Read Full Article

Fat-to-Biodisel Plant Approved

by John Upton  (The Bay Citizen)   A proposal to convert a rendering facility in southeastern San Francisco into a biodiesel manufacturing plant was approved Tuesday by the Port of San Francisco. ...Under the plan, animal and food waste that is currently turned

December 02, 2010 Read Full Article

Renewable Fuel Body Wants Quotas Doubled

by Nicole Mordant (Reuters/Toronto Sun)  Canada’s renewable fuels industry is pressing the federal government to double the percentage of renewable fuels it will require in gasoline and diesel, the head of the industry association said on Tuesday. The Canadian Renewable Fuels Association wants

December 01, 2010 Read Full Article

EPA Confirms Tiny Cellulosic Biofuels Mandate for 2011; Is Brazil the Big Winner?

by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest)  ...In July, the EPA indicating in a draft ruling that it would specify a range of 6-25 million gallons of cellulosic ethanol, and finalized its mandated volumes at 6.6 million gallons, way, way down from

November 30, 2010 Read Full Article

White House Names Top Mobile Apps

(Information Week Government)  ...In a White House blog post last week, the Obama administration listed 10 "must-have" mobile applications it's made available on its USA.gov mobile applications site. The site, launched in July as part of a redesign of USA.gov, supports

November 29, 2010 Read Full Article

EcoRoamer: High-tech, Zombie-Proof Survival RV

by Matt Hardigree (Jalopnik/MSNBC)  Family makes full-fledged home on wheels from recycled materials ...With 46-inch tires and a biodiesel engine also used by construction equipment, the EcoRoamer looks and sounds terrifying. Its size belies its sophistication — it also uses a NASA-designed

November 29, 2010 Read Full Article

Singapore Opens World's Largest Biodiesel Plant

(Business Green)  Neste Oil cuts ribbon on giant biofuel facility and promises additional plant in Rotterdam early next year. Finnish refinery giant Neste Oil has this month opened a major new biodiesel refinery in Singapore, hailing the facility as the world's largest

November 29, 2010 Read Full Article

China's CNOOC Sells Its First Biodiesel Product

(Alibaba.com)  State-owned China National Offshore Oil Corp (CNOOC) has sold out its first batch of biodiesel on the island province of Hainan, the company said on Wednesday.   The fuel was blended into normal diesel and offered to drivers starting from

November 26, 2010 Read Full Article

Drive toward Energy Independence

by Jason Armstrong  (West Hawaii Today)  Within a year's time, Big Island truckers will be able to run their diesel engines with a sustainable, locally produced fuel made from used cooking oil. That's the goal of Big Island Biodiesel, which on

November 22, 2010 Read Full Article

GE Unit Invests in Biofuels Producer

by Candace Lombardi  (Green Tech)  GE subsidiary GE Energy Financial Services and North Bridge Venture Partners will invest $8 million in a company developing a biofuel production process coupled with the production of biochar. Cool Planet Biofuels converts cellulosic byproducts like plant

November 22, 2010 Read Full Article

NAABB Consortium Announces Successful Conversion of Algal Oil to High Quality Biodiesel

(The Donald Danforth Plant Science Center)    National  Method employs cost saving catalyst and produces useful byproducts The National Alliance for Biofuels and Bioproducts (NAABB), a consortium of leading scientists and engineers from universities, private industry, and national laboratories announced today that they

November 22, 2010 Read Full Article

Neste Oil Starts up Its New Renewable Diesel Plant in Singapore

(MarketWatch) Neste Oil has started up the world's largest renewable diesel plant in Singapore. Production of NExBTL renewable diesel will be ramped up on a phased basis. The plant was completed on-schedule and on-budget and marks a major step forward in

November 22, 2010 Read Full Article

Liquid Fuel Technology Enables Clean and Green Power

(Earthtimes/PRNewsWire)  LPP Combustion, LLC, a Columbia, Maryland-based innovator in liquid fuel technology, has successfully demonstrated clean and green generation of renewable electric power using both   bio-ethanol   and   bio-diesel. LPP   Combustion   has   developed   a  

November 22, 2010 Read Full Article

Biofuel Potential in Coastal Districts Will Be Tapped

(Deccan Herald)  Sardine oil, cashew apples, jackfruit are good source of bio-ethanol State Taskforce on Biofuels is ready with several initiatives and programmes to boost the production of biofuels. In coastal districts, the taskforce will produce biofuel using cashew apples, jackfruit

November 21, 2010 Read Full Article

Trial to Run Buses on Old Chip Fat to Boost Biofuel Confidence

(Click Green)  Liverpool's bus operators Merseytravel and Stagecoach Merseyside are launching a new green initiative which will see buses run on recycled vegetable oil. The initiative forms part of a commitment to the European BIONIC project which is funded by the

November 21, 2010 Read Full Article

Thailand to Shift Focus on Jatropha for Biofuel

(Financial Express)  Shifting focus to its biodiesel programme, Thailand is planning to open large scale jatropha seed based plants to produce the much needed commodity. Analysts said long-neglected jatropha ready for a starring role and a rival to palm oil as

November 21, 2010 Read Full Article

New US Special Relationship with India Is Set to Benefit Advanced Biofuels Technology Companies in Both Nations

by Joelle Dent (Biofuels Digest)  ...The US president’s visits to four key Asian democracies were scheduled long in advance to coincide with the G20 Summit in Korea and boost US sales of technology and equipment in Asia. Deals worth $10 billion in

November 21, 2010 Read Full Article

GreenGold Ray Energies to Benefit From Europe's Bio-Diesel Inceased Demand

(Marketwire)  GreenGold Ray Energies announced today that due to the increase target by the European Union of 10% of fuel sold at the pump be bio-diesel by 2020, the company will expedite its land acquisition.  According to GreenGold Ray Energies, the current

November 12, 2010 Read Full Article

Rentech and ClearFuels Integrated Bio-Refinery Project to Receive Full Construction and Operations Funding

(Rentech/Enhanced Online News)  U.S. Department of Energy Approves Remaining $19.7 Million of Funding Rentech, Inc., and ClearFuels Technology Inc., jointly announced today that a cooperative agreement has been signed with the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) to receive the remaining $19.7 million

November 11, 2010 Read Full Article

Waste Plastics to Diesel Being Scaled up in the UK

by Al Fin (OilPrice.com)  STA UK is gearing up to build 10 new waste plastic to diesel plants in the UK. The first plant is to be built in Port Laoighise, Ireland. The process utilises pyrolysis (heating in absence of oxygen)

November 11, 2010 Read Full Article

Singapore Biofuel Plant: Slow Legislation May Impede Biofuel Demand

(Eco-Business.com)  Finland’s Neste Oil - which is in the midst of starting up a $1.2 billion renewable diesel plant here - has warned that demand may be crimped by the slower-than-expected progress in biofuel legislation in Europe and the US markets. Giving an

November 10, 2010 Read Full Article

First European Ethanol Swap Traded Against Argus Price

The first Argus-based European ethanol swap was traded November 8, 2010. The December swap for 1,000m3 was sold by AOT to Total at $695/m3 and brokered by Prebon. International energy price reporting agency Argus produces daily price assessments for T1 and

November 10, 2010 Read Full Article

Amyris “Renewable” Diesel Gets EPA OK for Blend Level to 35%

by Wendy Leavitt  (FleetOwner)  Amyris, Inc. has announced that the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has furthered its official registration of Amyris’s renewable diesel fuel, raising the registered blend level with ultra-low sulfur diesel from 20% to 35%.  According to the company,

November 08, 2010 Read Full Article

First U.S. Commercial Scale Advanced Biofuels Plant Opens

(Stockhouse)  Dynamic Fuels Producing World's Leading Fuels From Non-Food Fats, Greases Operations are underway at the new Dynamic Fuels plant, which is successfully converting animal fats and greases into high quality renewable fuels, officials from Syntroleum Corporation and Tyson Foods, Inc. 

November 08, 2010 Read Full Article

Carbohydrate-to-Lipid Project Wins Award

by Erin Voegele (Biodiesel Magazine)  A research team at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology has won a $50,000 ConocoPhillips Energy Prize to support the development of a carbohydrate-to-biodiesel process. The technology, which is designed to significantly increase yields, may also

November 04, 2010 Read Full Article

Global Vegetable Oils Market to Reach 169 Million Metric Tons by 2015, According to a New Report by Global Industry Analysts, Inc.

(StreetInsider.com)  ...Factors such as economic recovery; increasing investments in biodiesel plants; new food regulations; growing demand for palm oil-derived biodiesel; increasing world population; changing living standards and eating habits in emerging countries; accentuates a robust outlook for oilseeds and vegetable

November 04, 2010 Read Full Article

Altranex, Brown University Collaborate on Biodiesel Processing

by Michelle Lang  (Mass High Tech)  Bedford biofuels startup Altranex Energy LLC is working with Brown University to develop process technology to make biodiesel that works in cold climates. ...At Altranex, the fuel is called Green Kero, and it’s designed to

November 04, 2010 Read Full Article

U.S. Navy, Cobalt to Develop Military Jet Biofuel

by Andrew Nusca (SmartPlanet)  The U.S. Navy and Mountain View, Calif.-based biofuel outfit Cobalt Technologies on Wednesday agreed to jointly develop military jet fuel converted from biobutanol. Under the new agreement, Cobalt’s biobutanol will be converted to bio-jet and biodiesel fuels using

November 03, 2010 Read Full Article

Erie's HeroBX Launches New National Biodiesel Lobbying Group

Global Biofuels Alliance, Inc. (GBA), established in 2010, is a new nonprofit trade association representing small to midsize biofuels producers, traders, marketers, distributors, and other interested biofuels parties.  The GBA’s formation was prompted by the need for a voice for

November 03, 2010 Read Full Article

Audi A3 TDI® Performs Flawlessly in First-Ever Extended Drive on RenDiesel® Synthetic Fuel

(Rentech, Inc.)   ‘Eureka! Diesel Drives the Future’ drive raised awareness with California political leaders, consumers on 1,000-mile drive The journey was a crowning moment for the Audi A3 TDI as the ‘2010 Green Car of the Year®’ Two cars on the tour averaged

October 28, 2010 Read Full Article

U.S. Biofuels Exchange Announces Opening in Colorado

(US Biofuels Exchange)  The US Biofuels Exchange, “the US-BX”, has opened today for live Ethanol and Biodiesel trading and will offer free trading on all listings posted before January 1, 2011. The US-BX’s proprietary “two-sided” trading platform was designed with direct

October 28, 2010 Read Full Article

US Energy Information Administration Indicates Growth in Renewable Energy

(AZO CleanTech)  A recent data released by the US Department of Energy’s Energy Information Administration (EIA) indicates the growing role of renewable energy sources in the national growth. ...Wind energy has increased its percentage of growth by 21.4% and currently constitutes nearly

October 27, 2010 Read Full Article

Aloha Delivers First Supply of E85 in Hawaii

(CSP)  Believes new E85 station at Marine base will help pave way for wider use in Islands Aloha Petroleum Ltd. last week delivered the state's first supply of E85 fuel (a blend of 85% ethanol and 15% gasoline). The fuel was

October 26, 2010 Read Full Article

REVIVAL! Hawai’i Bi-O Style: Elite Squad of Scientists Aim to Boost Hawaii via Bioenergy

by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest)  ...Hawaii is a code word meaning “paradise” not only to sun-starved tourists, but to bioenergy developers. It has all the hallmarks of the “perfect market”. 1. A state that generates no energy from fossil fuels and

October 26, 2010 Read Full Article

Refining Equipment Funding Available in Ohio

by Luke Geiver (Biodiesel Magazine)  The Advancing Biofuels Beyond the Basics program, run by the Ohio Department of Development, is now accepting applications from biodiesel and ethanol companies seeking funding for refining equipment purchases. With $8 million in available funding

October 26, 2010 Read Full Article

Chemists Improve Synthesis of Biodiesel

by Sahil Luthra  (The Brown Daily Herald)  Two Brown chemists have developed a more efficient way to produce biodiesel from waste vegetable oil.   Using two catalysts common in organic chemistry, Assistant Professor of Chemistry Jason Sello and Postdoctoral Fellow Aaron Socha

October 25, 2010 Read Full Article

Biodiesel Catching on with Brazilian Underclass

(Just Means)  The MIT's IDEAS Competition challenges members of the MIT community to come up with good ideas that make a positive change in the world. One of this years' winning teams is doing just that. The Grease Project is

October 25, 2010 Read Full Article

Ford College Community Challenge Grants

(Ford) Florida A&M University (FAMU) has been selected as one of the 2010 winners of the Ford College Community Challenge (Ford C3) and the recipient of a $50,000 grant to develop a student-led community project focused on sustainability in the farm

October 22, 2010 Read Full Article

Verenium Announces Regulatory Approval for Purifine(R) PLC in China

(Verenium)  Verenium Corporation, a pioneer in the development and commercialization of high-performance enzyme solutions, today announced that Purifine(R) PLC, the Company's novel enzyme specifically developed for the edible oil industry, has received all necessary Chinese government authorizations for sale as

October 21, 2010 Read Full Article

Board of Australian Renewable Fuels Announces Biodiesel "Take or Pay" Arrangement

(Australian Renewable Fuels Ltd.)  The Board of Australian Renewable Fuels (ASX:ARW) is pleased to announce that an agreement has been concluded for the production by the Company of at least 30 million litres of biodiesel per annum under a minimum

October 21, 2010 Read Full Article

LakeMaster to Co-locate at Northern Biodiesel Refinery

(Algae Industry Magazine)  LakeMaster Corporation, of Rochester, NY, has announced a move to co-locate in space within the refinery of Northern Biodiesel, Inc. in Ontario, NY. LakeMaster will produce lipid oil made from algae as a feedstock for the NBI refinery

October 20, 2010 Read Full Article

Railway in Hyogo Unveils Biodiesel-Fueled Train

(The Japan Times)  Japan's first train to run on biodiesel fuel, in this case refined edible oil, has taken to the tracks in Hyogo Prefecture. Hojo Railway Co., a third-sector entity financed by the city of Kasai and other organizations, started

October 20, 2010 Read Full Article

Plant to Produce Biodiesel by Months End

by Inderia Saunders (The Nassau Guardian)  The production of biodiesel at the Bahamas Waste plant set to start by the end of this month. State Minister for Utilities Phenton Neymour said the move will mean real progress is being made in renewable

October 19, 2010 Read Full Article

South Africa Could Face Blackouts again Next Year: MaNoa

(Times Live) ... She (MaNoa director Esmé Bluff) says although it's not feasible for everyone, first prize is to get off the grid as much as possible - which is not as expensive or tricky as it may sound. "When the power

October 19, 2010 Read Full Article

Development of Technology to Produce Biodiesel from Microalgae

(FIS Worldnews)   A new project, which is financially supported by the Chilean government, will promote the diversification of energy through the production of biofuels from microalgae. The main objective of the initiative is to develop algae production which captures carbon dioxide

October 18, 2010 Read Full Article

Syracuse University Partners with Arden-Fox to Support the Advancement of Department of Defense's Net Zero Energy Initiative

(PR Newswire)  Syracuse partnership substitutes petroleum diesel with biodiesel Syracuse University today announced a partnership to advance the use of biofuels by the U.S. armed forces as an alternative energy source.  The effort involves entrepreneurs John Fox '92 and Wayne Arden,

October 18, 2010 Read Full Article

Pennsylvania Bill Would Establish New Biodiesel Fee

by Erin Voegele  (BioDiesel Magazine)  Legislation currently pending in Pennsylvania could negatively impact the state’s biodiesel industry. On Oct. 6, the Pennsylvania House of Representatives adopted an amendment, SB 901, which seeks to impose a new fuel tax on businesses

October 18, 2010 Read Full Article

Gas Oil Users Warned to Check for Biodiesel Presence

by Dennis Flower (H&V News)  Users of gas oil should prepare for the inclusion of biodiesel following changes in line with new European Directives for Renewable Energy and Fuel Quality, ICOM Energy Association has warned.  The new fuel will be available later

October 18, 2010 Read Full Article

San Diego Biofuels Company Lands $1.8M Grant

by Onell R. Soto (Sign On San Diego) Pearson Fuels is working on infrastructure to make it easier and cheaper to distribute biodiesel. San Diego-based Pearson Fuels has landed a $1.8 million state grant to help put biodiesel into more tanker trucks. "We

October 15, 2010 Read Full Article

Loyola University Chicago Becomes First School of Any Kind Authorized to Produce and Sell Biodiesel Fuel

Biodiesel Fuel Manufactured From Cafeteria Waste Oil and Sold to Area Businesses  The Loyola University Chicago Center for Urban Environmental Research and Policy's (CUERP) Biodiesel Program has become the first school program in the United States to be licensed by state

October 14, 2010 Read Full Article

Uganda: Do We Have Reasons to Support Local Research?

(All Africa)  ...CREEC - Centre for Research in Energy and Energy Conservation is an institution doing research in renewable energy (Biomass stoves and gasifiers); Biofuels; Solar PV and energy efficiency in households, industry and institutions. Obviously, CREEC gets a lot of

October 13, 2010 Read Full Article

Scientists Say It Is High Time for Hemp-Based Biofuel

by Danny Bradbury (BusinessGreen)   University of Connecticut reveals plan to build biofuel research plant capable of turning hemp into biodiesel. Researchers at the University of Connecticut have found that hemp is a viable feedstock for biodiesel fuel and are now working

October 12, 2010 Read Full Article

Future of Electric Cars? Running Fuel Cells on Biodiesel

(Science Daily/Research Council of Norway)  A smart diesel reformer and a tolerant fuel cell are the core components of a new type of electric power supply unit. Environmentally friendly and flexible, the unit could be a serious contender in the

October 12, 2010 Read Full Article

Home Made Biodiesel is Cheap and Easy

by William Surman (Farmers Guardian)  Buy a litre of diesel today and it will cost you £1.20, but do it yourself and it can cost you as little as 20 pence per litre.  That was what visitors to EBEC – the UK’s

October 12, 2010 Read Full Article

Brown University Chemists Simplify Biodiesel Conversion

(Physorg.com)  As the United States seeks to lessen its reliance on foreign oil, biodiesel is expected to play a role. According to the National Renewable Energy Laboratory, a branch of the Department of Energy, biodiesel "represents a significant energy resource and

October 08, 2010 Read Full Article

Program to Create Biodiesel from Brown Grease Begins Operation at San FranciscoTreatment Plant

(PowerMag.com)  A demonstration plant that creates biodiesel fuel from restaurant trap grease (commonly called brown grease), located at the Oceanside Wastewater Treatment Plant in San Francisco, has begun operation.   Developed by URS Corporation, it is the first municipal wastewater program in the

October 08, 2010 Read Full Article

Spanish Biodiesel Plant to Get Upgrade

(Argus Media)  Austrian biodiesel engineering company BDI has been commissioned to upgrade a Spanish biodiesel plant, in a move that is hoped will meet growing biodiesel demand in Spain and reduce the cost of imported vegetable oil feedstocks. ...BDI will install

October 07, 2010 Read Full Article

Malaysia Mulls Ways to Boost Biofuel

(Jakarta Globe/Agence France-Presse)  Malaysia will consider cutting a diesel subsidy next year in a bid to make its biofuel industry more attractive after production of the alternative fuel virtually ground to a halt. ...Plantations and Commodities Minister Bernard Dompok said the

October 07, 2010 Read Full Article

American Le Mans Series Cuts Carbon Footprint by Over One Third

by Joanne Ivancic (Advanced Biofuels USA)  According to Robert P. Larsen, Director Emeritus of the Center for Transportation Research at Argonne National Laboratory, the results of the 2010 Petit Le Mans race showed more than a 38% displacement of oil through

October 05, 2010 Read Full Article

Midwest Biodiesel to rehire workers thanks to $300,000 loan

by Kelsey Volkmann (St. Louis Business Journal)  Midwest Biodiesel Products LLC, the only biodiesel refiner in the St. Louis area, plans to use a $300,000 loan from the St. Louis Business Development Fund and St. Louis Private Fund to rehire

September 28, 2010 Read Full Article

Green Star Signs Contract to Fabricate Biodiesel Plant for Processing Algae Oil

(Green Star Products)  Green Star Products, Inc., announced it has signed a contract to build a biodiesel facility. This is the first of several contracts in conjunction with an ambitious Algae-to-Biodiesel project on the west coast. Green Star has already started fabrication

September 28, 2010 Read Full Article

Ohio to Offer $8M in Subsidies for Ethanol, Biodiesel

(Dayton Business Journal)  Ohio is preparing to dole out $8 million to boost manufacturers by subsidizing ethanol and biodiesel refining equipment purchases. ...Under the Advancing Biofuels Beyond the Basics program, companies can snag $500,000 to $1 million for buying equipment that

September 27, 2010 Read Full Article

Hot Technologies, RFS Power US Biodiesel Revival

by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest)  ...With the collapse in markets, rising prices and the evaporation of the tax credits, condition were ripe for the end of biodiesel 1.0. By early 2010, only two major producers were left standing, Imperium Renewables

September 27, 2010 Read Full Article

Swedish Biofuels Do Have Major Benefits for the Climate

(Alpha Galileo)  For the first time, researchers have taken an overall look at Swedish biofuels and analysed what impact they have on the environment, both in relation to one another and to the fossil fuel alternatives petrol and diesel. The results

September 24, 2010 Read Full Article

Waste-Based Microbial Oil set to Become a Raw Material for Renewable Diesel

(Neste Oil Corporation)  Neste Oil has applied for patents to cover technology developed to produce microbial oil from waste and residues with the help of various yeasts and molds for use as a feedstock for its NExBTL renewable diesel. Research work

September 24, 2010 Read Full Article

Fueling a New Market

by Kris Bevill (Ethanol Producer Magazine)  A mid-Atlantic company may have developed a solution for two of ethanol producers’ main problems: natural gas usage and how to increase demand for their product. ...LPP Combustion LLC may have the answer to the

September 22, 2010 Read Full Article

Can Biofuels Beat Drugs Crops and Save Lives in Afghanistan?

by Dean Irvine (CNN)  ...Wayne Arden, who has a background in technology and finance, and John Fox whose career has been in the renewable energy field, published a White Paper on producing and using biodiesel in Afghanistan earlier this summer. ...With

September 22, 2010 Read Full Article

Carbon2Green Will Produce Biodiesel

(MarketWatch)  ...Carbon2Green is currently conducting a pilot project in the Bandundu region of DRC and wants to achieve a funding enabling it, by the end of the year, to proceed with the hiring of over 300 people and planting nearly

September 10, 2010 Read Full Article

Ford Incorporates B20 Discussion in Super Duty Pickup Truck Marketing

Ford designed its 2011 Super Duty® diesel pickup trucks to run on 20 percent biodiesel, and has included a discussion of biodiesel in their diesel truck marketing campaign. Mike Rowe of TV's "Dirty Jobs" fame tells the story of the Ford

September 10, 2010 Read Full Article
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