by Conrad deFiebre (Minnesota 2020 Hindsight) More than just a niche or a fad, biofuels produced from soybeans, used cooking oil, algae and even livestock fat are moving into the energy mainstream in a big way, with new applications in aviation,
used cooking oil (UCO)
Back TO HOMESkyNRG Serves First Airline Customer out of the US: Alaska Airlines and launches SkyNRG in North America together with Partner EPIC Aviation
(SkyNRG) SkyNRG, the Amsterdam based global market leader in sustainable jet fuel will supply Alaska Airlines with sustainable Jet Fuel in the month of November. The airline will operate 75 regularly scheduled flights out of its hub Seattle using a
November 10, 2011 Read Full Article
Biodiesel Plant Will Collect Grease in Oakland, CA
(UK.IBTimes) A biodiesel plant that's completely energy self-sufficient has been approved for the Oakland, California area. Oakland-based Viridis Fuels won a long-term contract from the East Bay Municipal Utility District (EBMUD) to build a 20 million gallon per year biodiesel processing
November 09, 2011 Read Full Article
Race for Scale: United, Alaska Airlines Launch Commercial Aviation Biofuels Flights
by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) United and Solazyme, Alaska and Dynamic Fuels hook up, as producers scramble to make fuel, raise cash, ratchet down costs. Will producers scale, or fail? ...United Airlines will operate the first U.S. commercial flight powered by
November 07, 2011 Read Full Article
SeQuential Pacific Biodiesel Hits Production Milestone
by Bryan Sims (Biodiesel Magazine) ...The company’s community-scale model is paying off as the plant reached a milestone surpassing its 10 millionth gallon of biodiesel produced from used cooking oil. The plant, which officially came online in the fall of 2008,
November 02, 2011 Read Full Article
California Cracking Down on Kitchen Grease Thieves
(Bloomberg BusinessWeek/Associated Press) ...The California Department of Food and Agriculture said Thursday it is contracting with police to target areas where restaurants leave out used kitchen grease to be picked up by rendering facilities. It can be converted into fuel
November 02, 2011 Read Full Article
Building a Unique Small-Scale Solution
by Erin Voegele (Biodiesel Magazine) When he was only 14 years old, Sam Flournoy set out to design and build his own biodiesel processor. ...According to Flournoy, it took about six months of work before he was able to produce his
October 31, 2011 Read Full Article
Air France and Airbus Team for Low Emissions Flight
(AviationBrief.com) Air France is laying claim to the world’s lowest CO² emissions commercial flight, after operating a service from Toulouse-Blagnac to Paris-Orly using a combination of 50% mix biofuel mix and new air traffic management technologies. Airbus said the Air France Airbus
October 24, 2011 Read Full Article
Cassandra Lin, Rhode Island Student, Applauded For Recycled Biodiesel Project
by Pete Danko (Earth Techling/Huffington Post) ...The child this time is 13-year-old Cassandra Lin, who two years ago came up with the idea of collecting used cooking oil in the Westerly, R.I., area where she lives and turning it into
October 19, 2011 Read Full Article
Cooking-Oil Theft: Arlington Police Charge Two with Increasingly Common Crime
by Allison Klein (The Washington Post) For months, used cooking oil has been disappearing from containers behind Washington area restaurants. Thieves have been siphoning tens of thousands of gallons a month and reselling it, authorities say. Arlington County police last week arrested
October 14, 2011 Read Full Article
Argent Secures £7m in Funding from RBS
(Biofuels International) Biodiesel producer Argent Energy Group has been awarded £7 million (€8.1 million) from the Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) to help fund its development. ...Lombard is funding the purchase of innovative equipment that will enable Argent to convert used
October 12, 2011 Read Full Article
New Mexico Producer Awarded Rural Development Grant
by Erin Voegele (Biodiesel Magazine) New Mexico-based Rio Valley Biofuels has been awarded a total of $40,962 in grant funding from USDA Rural Development to support upgrades at the facility and help support the hire of new employees. According to Dean
October 12, 2011 Read Full Article
Empire Oil Refineries Corp. Signs LOI to Acquire Promethean Bio-Fuels Inc as a Wholly owned Subsidiary
(BusinessWire) Arshad Shah, President and CEO of Empire Oil Refineries Corp., announces today on behalf of the Board of Directors of the Company, that the company has signed a Letter of Intent (LOI) to acquire Promethean Bio-Fuels Inc., as a
October 12, 2011 Read Full Article
Green-Tech Firms Win Key Backing for Work
Neal St. Anthony (Star Tribune) ...Two years ago, McNeff's family-owned Anoka company inaugurated a $9 million plant in Isanti, Minn., that produces 3 million gallons annually of biodiesel made from used cooking oil. The approach is based on a discovery
October 10, 2011 Read Full Article
Diesel Engine Renaissance
by Katherine Tweed (GreenTechMedia) Diesel car sales are soaring in the U.S. as Americans reconsider the latest diesel offerings ...Most diesels command a 30 percent improvement in real-world fuel economy against their non-diesel counterparts. Just as important, these new diesels drastically cut
October 07, 2011 Read Full Article
John Lewis Use Biodiesel to Power Jungheinrich Forklift
(Logistics Business Magazine) At its distribution centre at Brackmills, Northamptonshire, leading retailer John Lewis is turning waste cooking oil from its in-store restaurants into eco-friendly biodiesel which it is using to power a Jungheinrich counterbalanced forklift truck. The oil is collected directly
October 07, 2011 Read Full Article
Thomson to Operate Britain's First Biofuel Flight
by Oliver Smith (Telegraph) The first commercial flight in Britain to use "environmentally-friendly" biofuel will take off from Birmingham on Thursday afternoon. Thomson Airways will fly passengers to Arrecife, on the island of Lanzarote, using a combination of “hydroprocessed esters and fatty
October 06, 2011 Read Full Article
Extreme Biodiesel Announces Nationwide Waste Virgin Oil Collection Contract for Production of High Grade Bio-Diesel Fuel
(MarketWatch) Book Merge Technology, Inc., through its wholly owned subsidiary, Extreme Bio-diesel, has been selected by a New York warehousing company to be its exclusive vendor to acquire all expired virgin oils from all regional warehouse facilities in Southern California. Extreme
September 29, 2011 Read Full Article
Building Out for Bioheat
by Erin Voegele (Biodiesel Magazine) The market for biodiesel-blended heating oil is growing swiftly as oilheat dealers look for ways to green their offerings and supply a product that offers comparable economic benefits to natural gas. The lack of proper
September 26, 2011 Read Full Article
UK Biodiesel Producer Looking to Expand Capacity
by Luke Geiver (Biodiesel Magazine) When the founders of Organic Drive, a U.K.-based biodiesel producer, decided to leave their industrial and operational consulting positions, the team wanted to find an industry that was growing. They chose the biodiesel industry, according
September 26, 2011 Read Full Article
Filta Expands Waste Oil Collection Network
by Bryan Sims (Biodiesel Magazine) A growing number of restaurants and other industrial facilities that use cooking oil will be frying green as Filta Environmental Kitchen Solutions opened three new franchise locations in the U.S.—North Dakota, Florida and Virginia—to offer
September 26, 2011 Read Full Article
Biofuel Producer Increasing Production
(ABC News) Pilbara biofuel producer ASHOIL says it is looking to double its production by next year. The subsidiary of the Ashburton Aboriginal Corporation turns waste cooking oil from Rio Tinto's mining camps into biodiesel for drill and blast operations at
September 20, 2011 Read Full Article
Filta Introduces Cooking Oil Micro-Filtration and Fryer Management Service Franchise to Fargo, ND
(PR Web/Filta Environmental Kitchen Solutions Franchise) One of the truly unique services being introduced to the Fargo market is Filta’s FiltaBio service, which is essentially waste oil collection and recycling without the traditional collection bin. Once the cooking oil has come
September 19, 2011 Read Full Article
Biofuel Feud in Boulder County Prompts Libel Suit against Online Critic
by Erica Meltzer (Colorado Daily) A longstanding feud between companies that recycle used cooking oil has led to a rare libel lawsuit against a Longmont biofuel advocate who has been a vocal critic of one of the companies and
September 16, 2011 Read Full Article
Keystone BioFuels Paves Way for Evolving Fuel industry
Monica Von Dobeneck (The Patriot-News /PennLive.c0m) Ben Wooten is doubling his workforce, quadrupling his space and increasing his production tenfold at his Keystone BioFuels in Lower Allen Twp. Not bad in a stagnant economy, he said. Wooten said government
September 12, 2011 Read Full Article
US Open Green Initiatives
(US Open) The US Open Green Initiative began as a pilot program in 2008 and has expanded each subsequent year, all with the goal of making the US Open an environmentally responsible and eco-friendly event. In partnership with environmental consultant
September 10, 2011 Read Full Article
BIOSIRE - Sustainable Transport in Tourism Regions
(BIOSIRE) BIOSIRE aims to establish a shift towards bio-diesel and electric propulsion for fleets, ships and special vehicles in tourist areas in Spain, France, Greece, Italy, Croatia and Austria. Furthermore BIOSIRE formulates recommendations for other tourist regions and provides the
September 08, 2011 Read Full Article
Amsterdam Airport Schiphol and KLM take Another Step on the Way to Sustainable Mobility.
(KLM) Effective today (September 6, 2011), approximately 40 ground transport vehicles in the Amsterdam Airport Schiphol and KLM fleet are powered by 100% BioDiesel. Both parties are investing efforts in introducing more sustainable transport vehicles at the airport, where a
September 07, 2011 Read Full Article
Washakie Renewable Energy Celebrates Utah Plant Opening
by Bryan Sims (Biodiesel Magazine) Washakie Renewable Energy LLC hosted local and state dignitaries on Sept. 1 for an open house event and plant tour celebrating the start of its 10 MMgy biodiesel production facility near Plymouth, Utah. According to WRE
September 07, 2011 Read Full Article
Green Grease Solutions to Supply Feedstock to e-Biofuels
by Erin Voegele (Biodiesel Magazine) ..."We are very excited to strengthen our relationship with our primary feedstock supplier–Green Grease Solutions LLC—and to secure a longer term feedstock supply agreement for our biodiesel operations,” said Jeffrey Wilson, president of Imperial Petroleum.
August 31, 2011 Read Full Article
China’s Vision for Renewable Energy: The Status of Bioenergy and Bioproduct Research and Commercialization
Elizabeth R. Nesbitt, Paul Thiers, Johnway Gao, Sharon Shoemaker, Manuel Garcia-Perez, Julie Carrier, Joy Doran-Peterson, John Morgan, Guangyi Wang, Pierre Christian Wensel, Shulin Chen (Journal of International Commerce and Economics) The Chinese government is vigorously promoting commercialization of renewable energy and bioproducts, given environmental issues plus food, energy, and national security concerns,
August 30, 2011 Read Full Article
China and Biofuels - Stir-Fry or Fly?
by Dr. John C.K. Daly (IBTimes) While biofuel production is one of the rising energy stars of the 21st century, it is unlikely to become a significant source for China in the near future, as the country's arable land is devoted
August 30, 2011 Read Full Article
Company Takes Biodiesel From Field to Fryer to Fuel
(Voice of America) ... At Cork Street Tavern in Winchester, Virginia, kitchen manager Chris Bennett cooks his freshly-fried potato chips in canola oil from Shenandoah Agricultural Products, a small company just a few kilometers away. ... After the restaurant has fried
August 29, 2011 Read Full Article
First Load of Biodiesel Sold from Re-Started REG Albert Lea Biorefinery in Minnesota
(Renewable Energy Group) Biodiesel is now available via truck and rail from Renewable Energy Group®’s (REG) newly acquired facility, REG Albert Lea, LLC. The first truckload of biodiesel exceeded ASTM D6751 and was picked up this morning for the
August 26, 2011 Read Full Article
Do Community Co-Ops Matter?
by Luke Geiver (Biodiesel Magazine) ...Biodiesel co-ops are doing their part in the continued growth of the industry one 5-gallon jug of waste vegetable oil (WVO) biodiesel at a time. If the 5 MMgy producers are working to provide an
August 17, 2011 Read Full Article
Biofuel Firm Seeks to Convert Yellow Grease into Liquid Gold
by William D'Urso (Milwaukee Wisconsin Journal Sentinel) ...Cream City Grecycling, a division of Fushion Renewables, was launched in July and it's seeking out restaurants for their used cooking grease. The plan: Turn the waste grease into biodiesel. The company hopes to
August 12, 2011 Read Full Article
Company Buys, Plans to Reopen NextDiesel Plant
by John Mulcahy (Daily Telegram/LenConnect) A New York-based company has bought the closed NextDiesel plant in Adrian and plans to reopen it to produce biodiesel fuel. ...EnerVation Advisors is preparing to clean the plant’s tanks and make other preparation for reopening,
August 09, 2011 Read Full Article
China Clarifies Consumption Tax Exemption for Biodiesel Production
(China Briefing) Following its announcement in December last year that pure biodiesel made from waste plant and animal oil is exempt from consumption tax, the Chinese government has recently clarified the actual scope of animal and plant oils subject to such
August 09, 2011 Read Full Article
Is New Zealand’s New Government Killing Biofuels?
by Joelle Brink (Biofuels Digest Asia) Months are passing but New Zealand ’s new government still won’t say whether or not it will incentivise biofuels production and new plant construction. Latest in this shoot-your-own-economy-in-the foot saga is Ecodiesel’s multi-million dollar
August 09, 2011 Read Full Article
Faces of Energy: Andrew Butcher and GTECH
by Lindsay Derba (PopCityMedia) Andrew Butcher, 30, co-founded GTECH, one of Pittsburgh's premier green economy initiatives, along with his partner, Chris Koch. The nonprofit aims to help Pittsburgh grow by transforming vacant land, connecting people to the green economy, and using
August 04, 2011 Read Full Article
Big Green Bus Rolls on French-Fry Fumes to Teach Sustainability
by Marianne Brown (Dallas Morning News) ...Thirteen students from Dartmouth College rolled into Dallas on Monday in their environmental classroom on wheels: a converted Greyhound bus that runs on biodiesel and vegetable oil. The cooking oil, donated from restaurants, must be filtered
August 03, 2011 Read Full Article
Pacific Biodiesel to Power New Hawaiian Electric Emergency Plant
(Pacific Business News) Pacific Biodiesel, Inc., will supply at least 250,000 gallons of locally-produced biodiesel to Hawaiian Electric Co’s new 8-megawatt emergency power facility at Honolulu International Airport that will open in October 2012. The three-year contract calls for Pacific Biodiesel to supply
August 03, 2011 Read Full Article
Messiah College Uses Flower Power to Save Money, Environment
(ABC27.com) Messiah College has been around for over 100 years, but they're trying something for the first time this year. The school is a couple of months into what they are calling, "The Sunflower Power project." ...The school is growing five acres of
July 28, 2011 Read Full Article
Vegetable Oil Fuels Biodiesel Production Company in Florida Keys
by Cammy Clark (The Miami Herald/Sun Sentinel) Vegetable oil once used at Florida Keys restaurants and backyard fish fries is being processed into green fuel for trucks, tiki torches and a 53-foot sailboat that offers eco tours to the coral
July 25, 2011 Read Full Article
Boost for Biofuel Users in Cowichan Valley
(Times Colonist) A group of Cowichan Valley residents who rely on recycled cooking oil to fuel their vehicles can now process the biofuel in bigger batches thanks to new equipment. The new processor is near the Bings Creek Solid Waste Management
July 25, 2011 Read Full Article
REG Files for $100M IPO: The Complete Digest Analysis
by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) ...A successful IPO would cap a remarkable comeback for biodiesel from the depths of “The Troubles” in 2008-09. It’s a second time through for REG: the company filed for a $150 million IPO in 2007,
July 19, 2011 Read Full Article
Spanish NGO Recycles Used Oil Into Solidarity With Peru
by Tierramerica (EurAsia Review) Tons of artisanal soaps made from recycled olive oil are regularly shipped from Spain to Peru, where their sale and use helps finance local development and education for children in poor communities. When poured down the drain,
July 14, 2011 Read Full Article
Neste Oil Expands Its Renewable Raw Material Base with Jathropha and Camelina Oils
(Yahoo!Finance/Neste Oil Oyj) Neste Oil will expand the raw material base used to produce NExBTL renewable fuel with jatropha and camelina oils. By introducing these new raw materials in its feedstock base, Neste Oil increases the proportion of non-food materials
July 14, 2011 Read Full Article
Chicago Park District Launches New Biodiesel Production Program
by Bryan Sims (Biodiesel Magazine) Through a public/private partnership with Darling International, in participation from this year’s Taste of Chicago and area restaurants for the supply of feedstock, the Chicago Park District officially launched a biodiesel production program that will
July 13, 2011 Read Full Article
McDonald’s UAE in Venture to Make Biodiesel From Cooking Oil
by Vivian Salama (Bloomberg) McDonald’s UAE and privately held Neutral Fuels LLC formed a venture to produce biodiesel using recycled vegetable oil from the fast-food retailer’s outlets in the United Arab Emirates, the companies said. The venture involves the Gulf nation’s first plant
July 05, 2011 Read Full Article
Dixon Offers Volume Biodiesel Discounts for School & Municipal Diesel Fleets
(Dixon Energy/PRWeb) Diesel fleets now get a price break on fuel as well as lower emissions and improved performance by using Dixon’s biodiesel in northern New Jersey. Dixon Energy offers municipalities, school districts and corporations with substantial diesel usage, that
July 05, 2011 Read Full Article
Biodiesel Fuels Powering Camp Blanding Vehicles
by Sgt. 1st Class Blair Heusdens (Clay Today) In an effort to reduce waste and meet recycling goals, the Florida National Guard is producing biodiesel from used vegetable oil to fuel state maintenance vehicles at Camp Blanding Joint Training Center.
June 29, 2011 Read Full Article
New Recipe For Biodiesel Calls For Lime
by Naomi Lubick (Chemical and Engineering News) Renewable Fuel: Calcium hydroxide, better known as hydrated lime, transforms used soybean oil into biodiesel A new method uses hydrated lime to transform soybean oil, recycled from other uses, into biodiesel, researchers report (Energy
June 27, 2011 Read Full Article
Energy in America: California Drivers Cutting Out Middle Man to Buy Fuel Straight from Manufacturer
By Claudia Cowan (FoxNews) Like many Americans seeking relief from surging gas prices at the pump, California resident Josiah Adams switched from a gas-guzzling car to a diesel truck. "We are officially gasoline free, and it feels really good," Adams says. But now, by switching
June 27, 2011 Read Full Article
KLM Launches Commercial Flights Amsterdam–Paris on Biofuel
(KLM) KLM Royal Dutch Airlines has taken another important step in aviation sustainability. In September KLM will launch more than 200 flights being operated on biokerosene between Amsterdam and Paris. “KLM has once again shown it is stimulating the development
June 24, 2011 Read Full Article
Zhengzhou, China Accelerates Big Plans for Biodiesel Sector
by Liu Yuanyuan (Renewable Energy World) The municipal government of Zhengzhou, the capital of Henan province, has been creating a roadmap for the development of the local biodiesel sector, setting guidelines, goals and policies in a move to regulate the
June 14, 2011 Read Full Article
Dubai Police to Fuel Its Buses with Biodiesel Produced from Used Cooking Oil
(AEMInfo) On the occasion of the World Environment Day celebration, the Dubai Police, under the guidance of His Excellency Lieutenant General Dhahi Khalfan Tamim, Commander General of Dubai Police, announced the launch of an environmentally friendly initiative to fuel its
June 10, 2011 Read Full Article
Kitchen Grease Fuels House Bill
by Anne Blythe (The Charlotte Observer) Yellow kitchen grease has become as good as gold as gasoline prices soar and biodiesel fuel becomes more appealing. Just as one industry's waste becomes a hot commodity for another, a slippery underworld of fry
June 06, 2011 Read Full Article
Enzymes Turn Vegetable Oils into Fuel through a Flexible Two-Step Process
by Lee Swee Heng (Physorg.com) Biodiesel is a promising future fuel, particularly because it can be made from a wide variety of renewable sources such as crude vegetable oils and waste fats produced by commercial kitchens. Conventional chemical processes for
June 03, 2011 Read Full Article
Joint Venture Secures Financing For Renewable Diesel Facility
(Daily Markets/PRNewsWire) Darling International Inc. today (May 31, 2011) announced that Diamond Green Diesel LLC, its previously announced joint venture project with Valero Energy Corporation, has secured financing for the planned construction of its renewable diesel facility in Norco, Louisiana.
June 01, 2011 Read Full Article
Veggie Oil Shortage Slows County Biodiesel Plan
by Laura Johnson (Anniston Star) Inside the Calhoun County Highway Department’s complex at McClellan, Eric Feemster brews batches of biodiesel fuel. ...It’s a program that has garnered Calhoun County two awards from state associations in the past 12 months. The fledgling
May 25, 2011 Read Full Article
Biodiesel New Zealand Establishes Nelson Distribution Hub
(Scoop) Biodiesel New Zealand is establishing a bulk distribution facility in Nelson to supply upper South Island customers with both its Biogold™ NZ20 renewable fuel blend and Biogold™ NZ100 pure biodiesel. General Manager Andrew Simcock says demand from customers in the
May 24, 2011 Read Full Article
Ford and Georgia Tech Partner on “Green Eco School Bus” - Nation’s First Hydraulic Hybrid School Bus Conversion
(Ford) The Ford Motor Company Fund and the Georgia Institute of Technology are partnering on the nation’s first conversion of a traditional school bus to a hydraulic hybrid vehicle that runs on recycled biofuel. Atlanta Public Schools (APS) donated the
May 16, 2011 Read Full Article
Industrial Biotechnology in China Amidst Changing Market Conditions
by Elizabeth Nesbitt (Journal of International Commerce and Economics) The increasing use of industrial biotechnology by the Chinese liquid biofuels and chemical industries is expected to help offset energy security and environmental concerns generated by China’s robust economic growth. The expanding use of bioprocesses