It’s New Year’s Eve, and many people will be stepping out on the town, riding in style in a limousine. But some folks will be able go green while they go swanky, thanks to Seattle’s first eco-friendly limo service, Seattle GreenLimo. During this edition of the Domestic Fuel Cast, we talk to company president Kevin Williams, who has four limos …
The Ethanol Decade
The Renewable Fuels Association (RFA) is calling the decade of the 2000’s “the era when biofuels came of age.” The ethanol advocacy organization reflects on the last ten years: As we prepare to begin a new decade, the Renewable Fuels Association is taking just a moment to look back at the decade that saw ethanol emerge as the leading renewable …
Iberdola Completes 149-mw North Dakota Wind Farm
Construction is complete on a 149-megawatt wind farm in North Dakota. This post on RenewableEnergyWorld.com says the $300 million Iberdrola Renewables Rugby Wind Power Project near Rugby, North Dakota with 71 turbines created more than 250 construction jobs and will support 29 more jobs while in operation: Missouri River Energy Services (MRES) purchases 40 MW of output from the Rugby …
Biodiesel Makers Could Get New Hedging Tool
Biodiesel producers could get a new trading instrument that will help them hedge against fluctuations in the price of feedstocks and the actual fuel. Biodiesel Magazine reports that if a new trading instrument proposed by the Chicago Mercantile Exchange gets approved by the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission, green fuel makers could hedge both feedstocks and biodiesel production in a …
Biodiesel Part of 11 States’ Low Carbon Fuel Standard
Eleven states in the New England and the Mid-Atlantic region have inked a deal to develop a comprehensive, regional low carbon fuel standard to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from transportation fuels, including biodiesel. This press release from the Pennsylvania’s Department of Environmental Protection says that state’s governor, Ed Rendell, sees alternative energy as a locally produced, clean source of fuel …
Sustainable Biodiesel Meets Before NBB Conference
Sustainable biodiesel will get its voice heard right before the National Biodiesel Board holds its annual conference and exhibition in Texas in just over a month. The seventh annual Sustainable Biodiesel Summit is set for February 6th and 7th, in Grapevine, Texas … right before the NBB’s big gig, Feb. 7-10. This press release says community activists, backyard brewers, farmers, …
Biofuels Maker Files for $100 Mil IPO
Biofuels maker Codexis Inc. has filed for a $100 million initial public offering on Nasdaq. This blog post from the Wall Street Journal says the San Francisco-based company develops microbes that turn plants into sugars for ethanol and biodiesel production. Shell has a 20 percent stake in Codexis, a company that tried an IPO back in September 2008, but had …
AWEA: More Businesses to Adopt Wind Power in 2010
A combination of more affordable wind turbines and more government incentives will make wind power more attractive to businesses, which should mean more will adopt the green energy source in the coming year … that assessment from the American Wind Energy Association. This article from Environmental Leader says the AWEA has identified its top wind trends for 2010, including a …
Alt Fuels Training Expands to Another College
A group that trains technicians, fleet managers, law enforcement and first responders on how to handle today’s vehicles fueled by biodiesel, ethanol, hydrogen, propane and other renewables has added another college to its list of training sites. BlueRidgeNow.com reports that Blue Ridge Community College in Weyers Cave, Virginia is the latest member of the National Alternative Fuels Training Consortium (NAFTC), …