Oil and gas storage expert Epic Midstream is partnering with and fuel supplier U.S. Oil to put biodiesel in Epic’s oil products terminals in the Southeastern U.S. This Epic news release says it’s a 10-year partnership to get the green fuel into the four terminals in Montgomery, Ala., Moundville, Ala., Macon, Ga., and Bremen, Ga., by end of June. Epic …
Farm Service Co-Op Offers E15
Farm Service Cooperative (FSC), located in Harlan, Iowa, is now selling E15 for 2001 and newer vehicles. The entry of this new station brings the Iowa total to 15. FSC also offers E30, E50 and E85 to flex-fuel vehicle (FFV) owners. “Being farmer-owned, we wanted to support the agriculture industry by offering more ethanol options to our customers,” said FSC …
Deepwater Wind Selects Alstom Technology
Alstom has announced a contract to supply 5 Haliade 150-6 megawatt (MW) offshore wind turbines for Deepwater Wind’s 30-MW Block Island pilot Wind Farm located off the coast of Rhode Island. The project will be one of the first offshore wind farms in the U.S. and will be the first to feature Alstom’s Haliade 150-6 MW –the largest turbine installed …
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The Air Force Contracting Summit will take place March 25-26, 2014 in Dayton, Ohio – home to the Air Force Materiel Command (AFMC) and Wright-Patterson Air Force Base. Summit attendees will learn about the more than $630 billion for fiscal year 2014 Defense appropriations. Attendees will also hear about the more than $34 billion for Air Force procurement which includes …
Reusing EV Batteries for Energy Storage
Sumitomo Corporation has developed and installed what the company says is the world’s first large-scale power storage system which utilizes used batteries collected from electric vehicles (EVs). This commercial scale storage system, built on Yume-shima Island, Osaka, will begin operating this month. Over the next three years, the system will measure the smoothing effect of energy output fluctuation from the …
Hawaii, Pacific Biodiesel Getting Water from Grease
Researchers in the Aloha State are partnering with a local biodiesel maker to try to figure out how to make the water in restaurant grease traps reusable. This news release from the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa says the school’s scientists are working with Pacific Biodiesel to get the water out of the feedstock the biodiesel brewer uses. “It is …
Opinion: EPA Putting Carrot Behind Biodiesel’s Back
As the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) considers its proposal to cut down on the amount of biofuels to be blended into the Nation’s fuel supply, biodiesel makers are still scratching their heads trying to figure out why their green fuel is even being considered. In this piece in Biodiesel Magazine, Ron Kotrba makes the case that when it comes to …
ACE Elects 2014 Board Officers
The American Coalition for Ethanol (ACE) has elected its 2014 board officers this week with a continued emphasis on providing opportunities for independent ethanol producers, farmers, and grassroots advocates to innovate and succeed. Ron Alverson, founding chairman and current board member of Dakota Ethanol, a 48 million-gallon-per-year (MGY) ethanol producer in Wentworth, SD, was re-elected as President of the ACE …
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CHS Inc., a leading farmer-owned cooperative and a global energy, grains and foods company, said today it is investing an additional $20 million in 2014 to strengthen refined fuels supply dependability and flexibility for its customer network. The projects include the final phase of an ongoing replacement of the company’s refined fuels pipeline between Billings and Glendive, Mont., and a …
How to Make BioGasoline From Plant Waste
A new process developed by researchers at the University of California, Davis (UC Davis) could better produce “biogasoline” from cellulosic materials. This new process of converting cellulosic materials such as farm and forestry waste, could open up new markets for plant-based fuels beyond existing diesel substitutes. “What’s exciting is that there are lots of processes to make linear hydrocarbons, but …