The nation’s first closed-loop ethanol facility has opened near Mead, Nebraska. Closed-loop means it has a cattle feedlot attached with an ethanol plant. The E3 BioFuels Genesis Plant uses the manure from feedlot’s 28,000 cattle manure and some cellulosic biomass to make a biogas in an anaerobic digester. That biogas powers the ethanol plant, and the ethanol by-product, distillers grain, …
Making Biofuels More Accessible in Tennessee
Tennessee Governor Phil Bredesen wants drivers to be able to find ethanol and biodiesel to fill their tanks. This story on the WKRN-TV web site says stickers at the gas pumps pushing the state’s new BioTenn plan, promoting E85 ethanol and biodiesel, should be popping up in about a month or so: “What I’m trying to do is get Tennessee …
Tuscaloosa Latest to Make Biodiesel Switch
Tuscaloosa, Alabama is the latest city to switch its diesel powered fleet to biodiesel. This story on the WVUA-TV web site says the city is switching nearly 300 vehicles to run on a 20% biodiesel blend: The fuel comes from a plant in West Alabama called Alabama Biodiesel, located in Moundville. According to the company’s website, they began producing biodiesel …
EPA at FEW
The administrator for Region 7 of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency told participants at the 2007 Fuel Ethanol Workshop in St. Louis this week that the partnership between EPA and agriculture is helping to find solutions to environmental challenges. “We’ve had a major role in dealing with one of America’s top priorities – reducing dependency on foreign oil,” said John …
E85 in DC
VeraSun Energy Corporation, in partnership with General Motors, today announced the opening of the first E85 retail fueling location in Washington, D.C. According to a company release, the VeraSun branded VE85™ is now available at the Georgetown Chevron and at the Navy Exchange station near the Pentagon. “This partnership exemplifies the efforts being made to improve the availability of E85 …
Ethanol Powers Porsche Prototypes
Porsche will introduce an ethanol-mixed fuel in its Le Mans Prototype 2 RS Spyders for the July 7 American Le Mans Northeast Grand Prix at Connecticut’s Lime Rock Park. According to an American Le Mans Series release, the four Porsche prototypes, entered by Penske Motorsports and Dyson Racing, now use the same E10 Ethanol fuel mixture as the GT2 Porsche …
Familiar Face to Lead Renewable Energy Market
For a long time, Texas was known to be a leader in the non-renewable energy fields… in particular, the petroleum market. But it looks like the Lone Star State is now poised to dominate the green fuel picture as well. This story in the Houston Chronicle says Texas will lead the nation in renewable energy production by 2025, and could …
Ethanol Stocks Enjoying a Rise
Buoyed by developments in the U.S. House of Representatives working on an energy bill that calls for more alternative fuel use, stocks in ethanol producers are rising. This AP story, appearing on the financial web site Forbes.com, says the U.S. Senate has already approved an alternative-fuel rich version last week: Friedman Billings Ramsey analyst Kevin Book expects the full bill …
Two Ethanol Plants Win EPA Awards
The Environmental Protection Agency has handed out Energy Star awards to two Midwest ethanol plants… recognizing their efforts to reduce energy consumption and greenhouse gas emissions that equal the amount of pollution from nearly 6,000 cars a year. The awards were presented Wednesday at the 23rd Annual International Fuel Ethanol Workshop and Expo in St. Louis. According to an EPA …
Royal Riding on Biodiesel
In an effort to be more friendly to the planet, Prince Charles says he is using biodiesel in a couple of his personal vehicles… and might even use the green fuel on the Royal Train. This story appeared in the Seattle Post Intelligencer: The report — printed on recycled paper in vegetable-based ink — said the prince had reduced the …