This coming Thursday marks the 40th anniversary of Earth Day, and media giant NBC Universal is taking the whole week to mark the occasion. Part of this sixth green-themed Earth Week by the network includes biodiesel as part of the effort. This NBC press release has details: “NBC Universal’s green-themed weeks continue to drive consumer awareness around the environment,” said …
AWEA Wants Grid More Compatible for Wind Energy
An advocate for wind energy in the country is calling for a better electrical grid to handle wind energy needs. The American Wind Energy Association has called for Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) to update the way the nation’s electric utility system is operated to make it more efficient and better able to accommodate wind and solar power: “While utility …
House Leader: Biodiesel Incentive Back by Summer
A key Democrat in the U.S. House of Representatives has set a goal of Congress renewing the $1-a-gallon federal biodiesel tax incentive and sending the measure to Pres. Obama by the end of May. The Des Moines (IA) Register reports that House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Michigan Democrat Sander Levin made the prediction: The House and Senate have been …
REG Buys Nova Biosource’s Biodiesel Assets
Iowa-based biodiesel maker Renewable Energy Group has bought up the biodiesel assets of Nova Biosource Fuels of Seneca, Illinois. This Security and Exchange Commission filing says REG will also assume Nova’s debts of about $36.25 million. Pursuant to the Seneca Asset Purchase Agreement, the Seneca Purchaser agreed to acquire substantially all of the Seneca Sellers’ assets, excluding certain specified assets, …
Biodiesel Board Renews Call for Incentive Renewal
The National Biodiesel Board has renewed its efforts to get Congress to renew the $1-a-gallon federal biodiesel tax incentive that expired at the end of 2009. In this latest move, the NBB has sent a letter to Congressional Leadership urging Congress to take immediate action to retroactively reinstate the incentive and was joined by the Petroleum Marketers Association of America; …
Iowa Biodiesel Backer Awards Applications Open
Another round of Biodiesel Backer Awards will be handed out by the Iowa Renewable Fuels Association to four K-12 Iowa schools at the 47th Annual School Transportation Conference and Trade Show in Des Moines on July 20. The $2,500 grants will go to Iowa schools that promote biodiesel: “Fueling school buses with clean, renewable biodiesel is a key component of …
Iowa Airs “Commercial” Success of Biodiesel
The organizations in Iowa that promote biodiesel are taking to the airwaves to promote the green fuel in the Hawkeye State. The Iowa Biodiesel Board, Iowa Soybean Association and Iowa Renewable Fuels Association are bringing some public service announcements to TV stations in Iowa to increase the awareness of the many benefits that biodiesel brings to Iowans: The 30 second …
Corn Oil from Ethanol Plant to Feed Biodiesel Refinery
Mansfield Oil Company has acquired East Fork Biodiesel of Algona, Iowa … a 60-million-gallon-a-year refinery that will get its feedstock of corn oil from Mansdfield’s network of C&N Companies ethanol plants in the Midwest. This company press release says this will give East Fork a cheap source of biodiesel feedstock while providing a market for those ethanol plants’ corn oil: …
Growth Design Biodiesel Plant Closer to Reality
A new biodiesel plant in Northern Iowa is closer to cranking out the green fuel. The 3-million-gallon-a-year Growth Design Corp. refinery planned for near Forest City, Iowa, as we told you about last month, could break ground next month, according to this story from KIMT-TV and would the first-of-its-kind facility in Iowa: It will use what’s called “the MCGYAN process,” …
Brown Adds to Green Fleet
Shipping giant UPS has added to its fleet of alternative-fueled vehicles with 200 next-generation hybrid electric delivery trucks in eight U.S. cities. This company press release says the HEVs will be used in Austin, Houston, Philadelphia, Chicago, Washington, D.C., Long Island, Minneapolis and Louisville, and they will add to UPS’ fleet of about 20,000 low-emission and alternative-fuel vehicles already in …