While the cellulosic ethanol industry is worried that it won’t be able to meet the U.S. EPA’s proposed advanced biofuels production volumes for the new Renewable Fuels Standard (RFS2), the folks who make biodiesel believe they could pick up any slack. This article from Biodiesel Magazine points out that biodiesel plants in the U.S. have the ability to produce 2.2 …
Oahu Gets First Utility-Scale Wind Project
Paradise just got greener as ground was broken on the Hawaiian Island of Oahu’s first utility-scale wind energy project today. This press release from First Wind says the wind energy company has begun construction on its 30 MW Kahuku Wind project on Oahu’s famed North Shore and could provide power for up to 7,700 homes each year: Hawaii Governor Linda …
Biodiesel Innovators Could Clean Up Gulf Oil Spill
Leave it to biodiesel to fix another problem caused by non-renewable petroleum. This article from Biodiesel Magazine says the same people who produce the green fuel could be formulating methyl esters, the chemical yielded in biodiesel production, into a biobased solvent safe for cleaning up shorelines impacted by the oil: The process starts with crews spraying the biosolvent from shallow …
Biodiesel Could Be Key to Winning War in Afghanistan
I know the name of this blog is Domestic Fuel, but I wanted to point out a story I found that makes the case how biodiesel might just help the U.S. win the war in Afghanistan. A new white paper from Wayne Arden, an expert in the financial technology field, and John Fox, a former CEO of a biodiesel company, …
NBB Pleased to See EPA’s Biodiesel Requirement
Today’s Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announcement to require the domestic use of 800 million gallons of biodiesel in 2011 is being welcomed by the National Biodiesel Board. The group says the number, established under the new Renewable Fuels Standard (RFS2), shows that biodiesel is the only widely accepted, commercial scale Advanced Biofuel produced in the U.S. that meets the definition …
William & Mary Turns Fish Killer Into Biodiesel
Virginia’s College of William and Mary is turning algae, which is killing fish in a local lake, into biodiesel. This article from the Daily Press says the school, working with industry and other universities, is using a flume to remove the algae from Lake Matoaka: A rectangle-shaped floating dock with its midsection removed, the flume acts as a channel that …
Obama Touts Electric Vehicles, Jobs at KC Plant
Pres. Barack Obama made a stop at a factory that makes all-electric trucks in Kansas City, Missouri today to tout those type of vehicles and the Stimulus Bill money that is helping build up the plant’s capacity. The White House says the $32 million grant for Smith Electric’s new factory, coupled with $36 million in private funds, has help the …
OriginOil to Harvest Hydrogen from Algae
OriginOil, Inc., a company that has developed technology to extract oil from algae to be a competitor with petroleum, has invented a process that will be able to get hydrogen from the living algae. This company press release says the new Hydrogen Harvester will use little or no external energy inputs, requires no sulfur deprivation or other “stressing” of the …
Loss of Biodiesel Incentive Killings Plants, Mandates
It’s been more than six months since the federal $1-a-gallon biodiesel tax incentive was allowed to expire, and more refineries … and even some mandates … are in serious trouble. This story from News14 in Charlotte, North Carolina says Patriot Biodiesel in Greensboro is in danger of closing because of the loss of the credit: “People aren’t buying biodiesel, not …
UK Trains to Use Biodiesel Additive
Just yesterday, I told you how International Fuel Technology had just recently finished testing on a couple of its fuel additives that make biodiesel run better with more miles per gallon. Now, the St. Louis-based company has announced that East Midlands Trains in the United Kingdom, which were the test trains for DiesoLiFT 10 in its light rail, diesel multiple …