A coalition working to make sure there are resources in this year’s Farm Bill to prop up renewable energy has recognized Ohio Congresswoman Rep. Marcy Kaptur and 16 other lawmakers for their work on energy programs in the current legislation: The Ag Energy Coalition applauded Kaptur and bill’s original co-sponsors, including Rep. Earl Blumenauer (D-Ore.), Rep. Leonard Boswell (D-Iowa), Rep. …
Truman Project VP Talks Green Energy to Congress
Folks from the Truman Project, a progressive think tank, were on Capitol Hill today, making their pitch for green energy. Mike Breen, Vice President of the Truman National Security Project and Operation Free Veteran, testified before the House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, talking about the need for clean, domestic energy: “The connection between our energy posture …
Partnership to Power Small Wind Project at NY Plant
While big wind turbine projects sometimes get most of the attention, small scale projects are making their presence known as well. Gamesa Technology Corp., Inc. and its partner Harvest the Wind Network (HTWN) have announced a plan to put in a community wind project at HARBEC Plastics in western New York: This is Gamesa’s first distributed wind project with Harvest …
New Ad Campaign Shows Biodiesel on the Fast Track
For years, the folks at the National Biodiesel Board have been emphasizing how their green fuel is on the fast track to more jobs and American energy independence. Now, in a new web and television campaign, they’re also talking about how biodiesel is also part of the literal fast track of vehicle land speed records. Check it out: The ad …
$1.8 Mil Grant to Fund New Tech at Cal Biodiesel Plant
A California biodiesel maker receives a $1.8 million state grant to fund some new technologies at an existing refinery at a military base. A press release from its parent corporation, Biodico, says Biodiesel Industries of Ventura, LLC got the grant to use at Biodico’s 10 million gallon per year facility at the National Environmental Technology Demonstration Site, at Naval Base …
Power of Propane Continues Demos Through Southeast
Propane continues to show its versatility and ability to step up as a mainline automobile fuel during the Southeast Propane Autogas Development Program‘s latest stop during this year’s roadshow appearance at the Maryland International Speedway in Mechanicsville. During the visit, attendees got to see a variety of autogas-powered fleet vehicles, as well as meet Susan Roush-McClenaghan, driver for the ROUSH …
9,000 Acres to be Dedicated to Non-Food Energy Crops
An additional 9,000 acres in New York and North Carolina, and the expansion of an area in Arkansas, is being set aside as part of the Biomass Crop Assistance Program (BCAP) project. USDA announced $9.6 million will be spent to fund this latest effort to use more non-food crops for the production of biofuels, such as biodiesel and ethanol: “Increasing …
LS9 Opens Biodiesel Demo Plant in Florida
Renewable energy and chemical producer LS9 has opened it’s demonstration plant in Okeechobee, Florida and is expected to be producing 75,000 gallons of biodiesel and biochemicals from local feedstocks in the coming months. This company press release says the retrofit of the plant was completed last month: “The opening of our demonstration plant in Florida moves LS9 from a development …
Making the Deserts Bloom with Biofuels
After spending the past year in the desert myself, I can tell you personally that the prospect of seeing ANYTHING growing, whether it is a plant or animal, is quite a highly anticipated event. And being in that desert far from home really helped bring home how much this country needs domestically produced fuels. That’s why this story from the …
Biodiesel Board’s Weber on Biomass R&D Committee
A man well-known to the biodiesel community will be taking his seat on a top-level, federal government committee looking at helping the rural economy, while making the country more energy secure. Alan Weber, who has served as a consultant on new resources for biodiesel for the National Biodiesel Board and vice president of Missouri-based MARC-IV Consulting, has been tapped to …