Bioheat is doing more than warming bodies; it’s warming hearts. The National Biodiesel Board announced the winners of its NYC Proud 2B2 Renewable Warmup campaign, a four-week program recognizing charities in the New York area that dedicate their time and energy to provide much needed warmth to the city’s residents. A total of $30,000 in grants have gone out to …
Biodiesel Choice of Fleets Replacing Petroleum
The latest data from the U.S. Energy Information Agency shows alternative fuel use is up. And when it comes to what the groups using fuel at the highest rates, the larger, medium duty vans, are picking to replace non-renewable oil, that choice is biodiesel. Many fleets meet petroleum reduction requirements by using biodiesel rather than alternative fuels. Changes in biofuel …
Extreme Biodiesel to Acquire Promethean Biofuels
Combine small with community, and you might get a big deal! Biodiesel Magazine reports that small-scale refiner Extreme Biodiesel announced it wants to acquire fellow California renewable energy maker, Promethean Biofuels, a community-scale biodiesel producer and cooperative corporation that also provides waste oil and used motor oil collection services: “This relationship between Extreme Biodiesel and Promethean has flourished over the …
Stock Rising for Biodiesel Giant REG
Things are looking up for Renewable Energy Group. According to this article on DailyPolitical.com, Piper Jaffray has increased the Iowa-based biodiesel maker’s stock price target from $9.00 to $13.00 in a research note released on Friday morning: “We are lifting our estimates and raising our price target due to strengthening industry fundamentals where biodiesel RINs continue to improve and feedstock …
GE to Invest $40 Million Plus Turbines in KS Wind Farm
GE is investing $40 million in a wind project in Kansas. GE announced the expansion of its portfolio with Italian power company Enel to include investment of common equity and supplying turbines for the 250-megawatt Buffalo Dunes Wind Project: Last year, the companies invested in the 235-megawatt Chisholm View wind project in Oklahoma, and in the 200-megawatt Prairie Rose wind …
Green Tea Could Lead to More Green Biodiesel
Researchers have found that some of the compounds in green tea could lead to more biodiesel production. Scientists at the University of California, Davis found several compounds, including common antioxidants such as epigallocatechin gallate, found in green tea, and butylated hydroxyanisole (BHA), a food preservative, boosted the oil production by green microscopic algae: “They can live in saltwater, they take …
Spanish Study Finds Microalgae for Biodiesel
There might be a variety of microalgae previously overlooked for biodiesel that is back in the renewable energy game. This article from Biofuels International says scientists from the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB) in Spain have identified dinoflagellate microalgae as an ‘easy and profitable way’ of creating biodiesel: ‘If we make simple adjustments to completely optimize the process, biodiesel obtained …
Solar Homes to Test Microgrid System
Research at Missouri University of Science and Technology will use four solar homes to test a microgrid renewable energy management and and storage system. This university news release says the homes were built by students at the school, along with support from utility company representatives the Army Corps of Engineers and several Missouri businesses, at the university’s Solar Village. “Distributed …
AgFanatics Talk Ethanol & RINs
A podcast we’ve talked about on our sister website, AgWired.com is the AgFanatics … AgriVisor Account Manager Cory Winstead and AgriVisor Risk Management Specialist Nick Klump, who talk ag issues on a regular basis. No surprise that ethanol and Renewable Identification Numbers (RINs) made it onto their radar, as it is a topic pretty important in ag circles. In this …
February Biodiesel Production Hits Nearly 78 Mil Gallons
Government numbers show the biodiesel production pace for the year at just under a billion gallons. Biofuels Journal reports the EPA announced February’s production today at 77.6 million gallons of biodiesel: The numbers show a total of more than 80.4 million gallons of Biomass-based Diesel for February, but that total also includes renewable diesel production. With the February numbers, year-to-date …