Biodiesel has started moving through the 115-mile Oregon Pipeline. The Houston (TX) Business Journal reports that Kinder Morgan Energy Partners has shipped the first 100,000 barrels of B2 from Portland to Eugene: “This new biodiesel shipment capability will help diesel fuel suppliers throughout Oregon meet a state biodiesel mandate that goes into effect on Oct. 1,” said KMP Products Pipeline …
Biodiesel Industry Split Over End of B99 Bill
While the biodiesel industry’s biggest advocacy group is praising a bill that could make B99 a thing of the past, not all biodiesel makers are glad to see the change. This article from Biodiesel Magazine says the Biodiesel Tax Incentive Reform and Extension Act, introduced last month by U.S. Sens. Chuck Grassley (R-IA) and Maria Cantwell (D-WA), is being hailed …
Purdue Study Proves Biodiesel Burns Well in Furnaces
Yesterday, I told you how oilheat industry officials have set out a plan to make more use of biodiesel blended to burn in home furnaces. For those who might be worried about the performance of the green fuel in your home heater, a new study indicates it will do just fine. This story from Purdue University says researchers have been …
ASA, Biodiesel Board Call for RFS2 Comments
The deadline for getting in your two cents’ worth on the U.S. EPA’s proposed Renewable Fuels Standard (RFS2) is rapidly approaching, as this Friday, Sept. 25th will mark the end of the comment period. This article in Biodiesel Magazine says the American Soybean Association and the National Biodiesel Board are making a last-minute appeal to their members and biodiesel supporters …
Hurricane Recovery Money to Help Build Biodiesel Plant
Money intended to help rebuild economic activity in parts of the Gulf Coast hit by Hurricanes Katrina and Rita will be used to build a biodiesel plant in St. Rose, Louisiana. The New Orleans Times-Picayune reports that the State Bond Commission has unanimously approved $100 million in hurricane-recovery bonds to help finance the project: The $100 million will come from …
Heating Oil Industry Adopts Biodiesel Plan
More homes across the country, especially along the East Coast, could soon be burning a combination of biodiesel and heating oil better known as Bioheat®. This press release from the National Biodiesel Board says oilheat industry leaders from Maine to South Carolina met and set a plan for wider adoption of the green fuel: At the national oilheat industry policy …
Alternative Energy Symposium Set for Chicago
Mark your calendar for October 1st and 2nd for the third annual Alternative Energy Symposium held at the campus of Chicago State University. The event is put on by the folks at American Science Technology‘s Center for Alternative Energy Technology (CAET): Renewable and sustainable energy derived from natural resources could hold the key to the United States not only reducing …
Car Completes Cross-Country Tour on Algae Fuel
A car that is part Prius Hybrid, part algae-biodiesel burner, has completed a 3,750-mile trip from San Francisco to New York City… the first cross-country trip running on a blend of algae-based gasoline in an unmodified engine. This press release from Sapphire Energy, the company that provided the green fuel, says the trip by the Alageus (Algae+Prius, get it?) took …
DF Cast: The Past and Future of Biodiesel Feedstocks
Algae is all the rage as the next great feedstock for biodiesel… although the longtime champion for the green fuel, soybeans, might not be ready to give up its crown to the green pond scum. One the one hand, you have guys like Riggs Eckelberry, the CEO of Origin Oil… a company that develops technology to turn algae into oil …
EPA, NHTSA Declare B20 Vehicles as Flex-Fuel
In what’s being characterized as an “historic national program” that would dramatically reduce greenhouse gas emissions and improve fuel economy for new cars and trucks sold in the United States… vehicles that can run on B20, a 20 percent blend of biodiesel… will be considered flexible fuel vehicles. Biodiesel Magazine reports the 1,200 page proposal issued by the EPA and …