The solar industry in this country could be getting quite a boost, as Pres. Barack Obama announced over the weekend $2 billion in conditional commitments The President says the money for two companies will come from the Stimulus Bill: The first is Abengoa Solar, a company that has agreed to build one of the largest solar plants in the world …
Canadian Biodiesel Startup to Get $750K from Gov’t
Canadian biodiesel maker QFI Biodiesel Inc. has received $750,000 ($800,000 Canadian) in repayable funding from the Canadian giovernment for starting its Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu refinery. This government press release says the plant will make biodiesel from animal and vegetable oils to be sold in Quebec, Canada and internationally: “The Government of Canada is proud to support small and medium-sized businesses that, like …
IFT’s Biodiesel Booster Just in Time for Higher Blends
A St. Louis-based company has recently finished testing of a product that not only will boost the performance of biodiesel … just in time as more people look at using higher blends of the green fuel … but some it is being made from renewable feedstocks. International Fuel Technology’s Director of Science and Technology, Sergio Trindade, explains IFT’s DiesoLiFT 10, …
RFS2 Start Impetus Behind MO Biodiesel Plant Start
Today’s implementation of the new Renewable Fuels Standard (RFS2) was the impetus behind getting one Midwest biodiesel open by July 1st. RenewableEnergyWorld.com reports the new owners of ME Bio Energy of Lilbourne, Missouri wanted to have the doors open of their 5 million-gallon-a-year refinery for today’s historic date: General Manager, Jerry McDowell, said the group has “been working night and …
Biodiesel RIN Prices Spike as RFS2 Starts
The price producers or importers of renewable fuel are having to pay for biodiesel RINs … Renewable Identification Numbers … have been going up as we approached today’s kickoff of the new Renewable Fuels Standard … better known as RFS2. The 38-numeral identifiers are the basic currency for the RFS program for credits, trading, and use by obligated parties and …
Air Force Testing Camelina Biofuel in Fighting Falcons
From a guy who has had some great opportunities to be right on the flightline as Fighting Falcons roared to life, this picture doesn’t do justice to that rumble you feel deep down in your bones as you watch these magnificent machines take off to fight the war in the air, ready to blow things up and kill the bad …
USB: Unfair Argentinian Subsidies on Biodiesel Feed
The American soybean industry is crying foul over Argentina’s practice of taxing its whole soybeans for export at a higher rate than it taxes its soybean meal, oil and biodiesel destined for foreign markets. And this article from Feedstuffs.com says the United Soybean Board (USB) believes that is costing the U.S. soybean industry up to $500 million each year: The …
Land Rover to Introduce Biodiesel Concept Vehicle
SUV maker Land Rover is set to formally introduce a vehicle that is purported to do pretty well on biodiesel. This post on The Car Connection blog says the unveiling of the LRX Concept will take place tomorrow for the 40th anniversary of the Range Rover: The LRX was previously expected to make its public debut at the Paris Motor …
Grassley: Funding Key to Bill with Biodiesel Measure
The bill that would renew the $1-a-gallon federal biodiesel tax incentive could pass right… if Democrats would just fund the entire bill. That’s according to a key Republican senator trying to renew the tax break. This article from the Minnesota Independent says U.S. Sen. Charles Grassley (R-Iowa) believes the jobs bill, which has an extension of unemployment benefits that is …
Three Algae Biofuels Consortia to Share $24 Mil Funding
Three groups researching algae-based biofuels will get a big boost from $24 million in funding from the U.S. Department of Energy. Biofuels Digest reports that Assistant Secretary for Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Cathy Zoi made the announcemet at this week’s BIO World Congress on Industrial Biotechnology and Bioprocessing in Washington, DC: According to Zoi, the selections will support the …