Algae-to-biofuel maker OriginOil, Inc. has been tapped to help build a new Advanced Algae Center devoted to algae commercialization … growing little green microbes where little green men were once rumored to have landed. This company press release says Sustainable Resources, Inc. (SRI) has agreed to contract with OriginOil to plan and deploy the new center on the site of …
San Fran Grease-to-Biodiesel Plant Gets Green Light
After being stalled for the past couple of years, it looks like a San Francisco facility that will turn used cooking oil into biodiesel will finally become a reality. The San Francisco Chronicle reports the city’s Port Commission has finally given the green light to the Darling International, Inc. 10-million-gallon-per-year plant on San Francisco’s waterfront: Darling has been operating at …
Qatar’s Solar-Power Stadiums to Host 2022 World Cup
In what’s being described as a bit of a stunning announcement, the tiny Middle Eastern country of Qatar has been picked as the site for the 2022 World Cup, soccer’s biggest event. So how did a small country that will be subject to temperatures of above 120 degrees Farhenheit during World Cup play get the games? This inhabitat.com article I …
Biodiesel Industries’ Navy Project Wins California Grant
Biodiesel Industries, Inc. has picked up a nearly $1 million grant from the California Energy Commission’s Alternative and Renewable Fuel and Vehicle Technology Program for its at a naval base in California. The company says the Biofuel Production Plant grants provide funding and financial assistance for the development of new biofuel production plants based in the Golden State and enhance …
Canadians Look to Up Biodiesel, Ethanol Requirements
On the heels of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency setting the Renewable Fuels Standards for 2011, our friends north of the border are looking at increasing the amount of ethanol and biodiesel in fuel in Canada. The Toronto Sun reports the Canadian Renewable Fuels Association wants to see the federal government double the ethanol-in-gasoline mandate from 5 percent to 10 …
REG Biodiesel at Major Chicago Fuel Terminal
A major fuel terminal in the Chicago area soon will be offering Renewable Energy Group’s biodiesel. And REG officials say much of the REG-9000/1 biodiesel available for splash blending at Kinder Morgan’s Argo, Ill. terminal in mid-December will come from the company’s refineries in the state: “Illinois petroleum distributors blend more biodiesel than any other state due to the B11 …
DF Cast: GM Rolls Out First Volts Today
It’s a red letter day for General Motors today, as the very first Chevrolet Volts rolled off the assembly line today at the company’s Detroit-Hamtramck Assembly Plant in Michigan. The Volt is the world’s first electric vehicle that also has a gasoline-powered generator, allowing it to keep on driving past the usual 40-mile battery limit. In this edition of the …
Chevy to Highlight Volt During Web Event
Chevrolet will be highlighting a promise the company made three years ago – to design, build and sell the world’s first electric vehicle with extended-range capability, the Volt – in a web event tomorrow (Tuesday) morning: To commemorate this milestone, we’ll host an event at the Detroit-Hamtramck Assembly facility – the home of the Chevrolet Volt. The pre-show begins at …
Monsanto Ups Investment in Oilseed Canola
Seed giant Monsanto is upping the amount of money it is investing in the oilseed canola, which can be turned into biodiesel. This Reuters article says Monsanto is raising its spending on canola research and development to between about $20 million and $30 million, about the same amount the company puts into wheat, and will open a $12 million canola …
Lufthansa to Start Commercial Flights on Biofuel
Last May, I told you how Lufthansa was going to start flying some of its commercial flights on a biofuel mix sometime in 2011. Now, Biofuels Digest reports the German airliner will start a six-month trial of a 50-50 mix of biofuel and traditional kerosene in one of the aircraft’s engines on its regular Hamburg-Frankfurt-Hamburg route: During the six months …