Big oil producer Marathon Petroleum Corp. is buying an Ohio biodiesel plant. This company news release says Marathon has agreed to buy the 60 million gallon per year Felda Iffco facility in Cincinnati “MPC has been a producer and large blender of ethanol for many years, and this acquisition will broaden our renewable fuels portfolio with a quality asset,” said …
Microorganism for Waste-to-Biodiesel Patented
A Spanish company has patented a microorganism that will help produce biodiesel from organic waste. Neol announced its patent on Neoleum, a microorganism that will produce oils for industrial use. Obtained oils are highly versatile and their composition makes them ideal raw material for the production of biofuels such as biodiesel and biokerosene or for other industrial application such as …
Princeton Power, EnStorage Awarded BIRD Grant
Princeton Power Systems and EnStorage have been awarded a $950,000 grant from the Israel-U.S. Binational Industrial Research and Development Foundation (BIRD). The grant will support the commercialization and deployment of an energy storage system based on EnStorage’s proprietary hydrogen bromide (HBr) flow battery and Princeton Power Systems’ inverters and site controller. The first system will be deployed to support a …
Solar Lights Up Students in Zambia
SolarAid and Yingli Green Energy have “lit up” Mayukwayukwa High School in Kaoma, Zambia by installing a solar PV system on the newly built UNHCR (United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees) School. The project was successfully completed with partner contributions including Atama Solar Energy, Kingspan Energy and Solar Roof Systems. The High School is located in the Mayukwayukwa Settlement, one …
2014 Propane Engine Fuel Summit
The fourth annual 2014 Propane Engine Fuel Summit will take place on March 27, 2014 in Irving, Texas. The event will include panels of industry experts discussing topics such as how fueling with propane autogas can benefit your company’s bottom line, which propane autogas vehicle technologies are available now, which OEMs offer propane applications, and more. Joe Thompson, president of …
BioEnergy Bytes
Orion Energy Systems was recognized as a 2013 Xcel Energy Efficiency Partner for outstanding efforts to save energy. SeaRoc, was awarded 2nd place award in the 2014 renewableUK and The Crown Estate Health & Safety Awards for their innovation and delivery of a ‘minimal human intervention’ lattice tower installation methodology, recently deployed at Dogger Bank, alongside Forewind and Universal Foundation. …
Future Scientists Voice Biodiesel Support in RFS
The future of science is voicing its support for the future of biodiesel. This National Biodiesel Board (NBB) news release says the four student leaders of NBB’s Next Generation Scientists for Biodiesel (NGSB) made sure to get in their comments into the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) during its recently completed Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) comment period. “We see your support …
NJ Biodiesel Pioneer Celebrates 5th Anniversary
Five years ago, a pioneer in biodiesel in New Jersey became the first in that state to offer the green fuel to the public. This article from Biodiesel Magazine says Maplewood’s Woolley Fuel is still going on strong with a blending dispenser is capable of doling out blends 5 to 30 percent biodiesel. “We are pleased that demand has pushed …