More than 140 speakers will be talking during four track session at the upcoming 2013 International Fuel Ethanol Workshop & Expo, the ethanol industry’s largest and longest-running conference. Officials released the agenda for the June 10-13, 2013 event in St. Louis, Mo. “Attendees of the 29th annual FEW will gain extremely important information about the ethanol industry,” said Tim Portz, …
Houston Biodiesel Plant Idled by Hurricane to Re-Open
A biodiesel plant that was nearly completed and put on hold when Hurricane Ike roared ashore in south Texas in 2008 will get new life today. This article in the Houston Business Journal says Houston’s Channel Biorefinery & Terminals LLC will hold a re-groundbreaking ceremony today at 2:30 pm CDT at the site of the 105 million gallon GreenHunter Biofuels …
Two-Home Wind Turbine Tested in Canada
A wind turbine designed to serve up to two homes is being tested in Canada. CBC News reports the mid-sized turbine designed by students from 16 universities from across Canada have is being tested at P.E.I.’s Wind Energy Institute of Canada and is intended to hit that niche between the really small turbines and the bigger ones too large to …
St Patty’s Day Foodmaker Goes Green with Solar
A maker of a traditional St. Patrick’s Day favorite is doing more than just wearing the green; it’s going green! Salisbury, North Carolina-based Freirich Foods, makers of some fine corned beef, put in 93 kilowatts of photovoltaic solar at its headquarters plant, according to this story in the Salisbury Post: The rooftop system is comprised of 377 solar panels using …
Plenty of Diesel Vehicles for Biodiesel Production
To those who think there’s not enough diesel-capable vehicles out there to help boost biodiesel’s demand, our friends over at the Biodiesel Magazine blog say that’s just not true. Ron Kotrba writes that while he’d like to see more diesel engines on the road, the current group of them out there is more than enough to put up big numbers …
Wind Could Blow Away Nuclear, Coal
Wind energy might be poised to do something that should warm the hearts of environmentalists: kill off the nuclear power industry and hurt coal-powered energy operators. This Businessweek article says the news comes on the heels of a record 13,124 megawatts of wind turbines added to the country’s power grid at the end of 2012, trying to take advantage of …
United Refining Acquires Brooklyn Biodiesel Plant
As the song goes, United Refining Company wants to see if it can make it in New York. In this case, “it” is biodiesel, and this United news release says it has acquired a partially completed 50 million gallon per year biodiesel facility in Brooklyn, New York from getting certain assets of Metro Fuel Oil Corp. The state-of-the-art facility is …
Dublin (Georgia) Goin’ Green with Solar Power
The Georgian namesake for that famous city on the Emerald Isle is putting on a bit of green itself (and why not? since we’re so close to St. Patrick’s Day!). Georgia Solar Utilities, Inc. congratulated Dublin, Ga.’s high school for the launch of the solar schools project that is expected to offset 40 percent of the schools annual power costs …
Biodiesel Tax Credit Helps to Nearly Double Output
Biodiesel production in the U.S. nearly doubled in January, jumping a whopping 86 percent compared to December’s output. According to this article from Platts.com, quoting the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s Moderated Transaction System, the industry got the boost from the renewal of the $1-a-gallon biodiesel tax credit: After reaching its lowest output level of 2012 in December and falling for …
Maryland Man Sentenced for Biodiesel Fraud
In a case that shows prosecutors are cracking down on sellers of fake biodiesel credits, a Maryland man got 12 1/2 years prison and has been ordered to pay more than $42 million in restitution after being convicted of selling $9 million worth of the fake credits to oil companies and commodities brokers. This Baltimore Sun article says Rodney R. …