The State of North Dakota has launched a program that will make $2 million in grants available for fuel station owners who install new, multifuel pumps that will mix ethanol right at the point-of-sale. This post on InForum, the forum of Fargo-Moorhead, says buyers will be able to choose from pure gasoline up to E85 ethanol: “We’re excited about this …
Evolution Fuels Unveils Truck Stop Biodiesel Plan
Dallas-based Evolution Fuels, Inc. has announced a plan to put the biodiesel it produces in five of its own truck stops. This company press release says the company hopes that by controlling the entire supply-to-user chain, the venture will be successful: The Company’s ownership in the Willie’s Place at Carl’s Corner Truck Stop located near Hillsboro, TX has provided valuable …
Michigan School Bus Hits Milestone with Biodiesel
A school bus in Michigan has just hit 300,000 miles, and the bulk of those miles have come while running on biodiesel. This National Biodiesel Board press release tells the tale of Bus #14 of the St. Johns, Michigan Public School system, which started burning a 20 percent blend five years ago: “Since switching to biodiesel, it is much cleaner …
Obama Pushes Hybrids, Wind & Solar at MIT
President Barack Obama was touting renewable energy during his visit this week to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. The Wall Street Journal reports that during a speech before 750 MIT faculty, local business leaders and politicians reminded those in attendance that green energy choices will lead the country to true economic prosperity: Mr. Obama also touted the $80 billion in …
Ethanol, Biodiesel to be Part of Navy’s Green Fleet
The U.S. Navy has launched a new program to green its fleet… and biodiesel and ethanol are important elements of that campaign. This article in the Pacific Coast Business Times says that during a seech this week in Santa Barbara, California, U.S. Secretary of the Navy Ray Mabus launched the idea of a “Green Fleet,” an ambitious goal to use …
Montana More than Doubles its Wind Energy Output
A new wind energy farm in Montana will more than double that state’s wind energy output. The $500 million Glacier Wind Farm in Northern Montana is now the biggest in the state, putting out more than 210 megawatts and joins Montana’s Judith Gap farm, which produces 135 megawatts of power. This article in the Great Falls (MT) Tribune says Gov. …
Biodiesel Makers Win Canadian Cleantech Award
A pair of pioneers in biodiesel production in Canada have been recognized for their green efforts. Timothy Haig and Kevin Norton of BIOX Corp picked up the 2009 Ontario Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of The Year – Cleantech Award. They were congratulated by the Canadian Renewable Fuels Association: “BIOX is globally recognized as a biodiesel pioneer, and today’s cleantech entrepreneur …
Soybean-based Biodiesel Back in the Black
It looks like soybean-based biodiesel is returning to profitability. This article from Biodiesel Magazine says the USDA-funded Agricultural Marketing Resource Center model shows that a hypothetical, soy biodiesel plant has reversed a six-month trend of losses and would now be operating in the black. The overwhelming impact of soybean oil prices, which amount to close to 90 percent of the …
Solar, Wind Top Survey Choices for Green Energy
Americans want green energy choices, with the largest motivating factor for those choices being saving some greenbacks. And the top choices for that green-saving energy are solar and wind. The latest Nielsen Company Energy Trends report shows that 80 percent of the 32,000 respondents polled cited cutting costs as their main motivation for conserving energy: Overall, the study shows that …
Company to Turn Natural Gas & Biogas into Clean Diesel
A Nevada company is looking to turn natural gas and biogas, such as methane from garbage dumps, into a clean form of diesel. Advanced Refining Concepts, LLC is building a 100,000-gallon-a-day plant 10 miles east of Reno in Northern Nevada that will use a proprietary pollution-free process, called ClearRefining™, that liquefies natural gas and other biogases into a product they …