A leader in small-to-medium scale biodiesel production equipment has announced the development and release of technology that eliminates cold-flow issues to help biodiesel pass the new mandatory ASTM cold soak test and always performs in cold weather. Greenline Industries’ “Greenline Tea FASTRACK” was debuted at the recent National Biodiesel Conference and Expo and, according to a company press release, combines …
Enterprise Expands Hybrid Fleet
Enterprise Rent-A-Car, already home to the world’s largest fleet of fuel-efficient vehicles, is doubling the number of gas/electric hybrids in its inventory by adding 5,000 of the green vehicles. This company press release says Enterprise is also designating nearly 80 rental locations across the country as “hybrid branches” that will have a high concentration of the new hybrids available for …
Carbon Credits for Burning Biodiesel
Farmers in Pennsylvania could soon be earning carbon credits for burning a clean fuel that they help grow right on those farms. Biodiesel Magazine reports that the Pennsylvania Farm Bureau has partnered with Global Emissions Exchange of Closter, N.J. to work out a plan they hope to roll out by the last quarter of this year that will give the …
Pipeline Moves Biodiesel
An American company that moves fuels and runs terminals has successfully tested a biodiesel pipeline in the Southeastern United States, joining the firm’s efforts of moving ethanol through another pipeline in the South. This story from Reuters says Kinder Morgan Energy Partners recently sent 20,000 gallons of 5 percent biodiesel from Mississippi to South Carolina through the Plantation oil products …
Wal-Mart Using Biodiesel, Alternatives to Make More Sustainable Fleet
The world’s largest retailer has increased the efficiency in its private fleet by 25 percent over the last three years, reducing carbon dioxide emissions and fuel use… and it wants to get even greener in the years to come. This story from ArkansasBusiness.com says Wal-Mart will test trucks that have diesel-electric hybrid motors and recycle grease from its stores to …
Propane Fueling Popular F-150s
A Northern New York State auto dealer has become the exclusive installation center of ROUSH Liquid Propane Injection systems in Ford trucks and vans in the Northeastern United States. This press release from Ferrario Ford in Elmira, NY says it expects to convert thousands of Ford vehicles, especially the very popular F-150 and F-250 models of trucks: With the introduction …
REG Expanding Biodiesel in the West
Iowa-based Renewable Energy Group (REG) is making more inroads in the Western United States as it has opened a new biodiesel terminal in Southern Colorado. This company press release says the opening of REG’s 20,000 gallon tank in Alamosa, Colorado comes on the heels of another terminal in Ogden, Utah and will make available the company’s REG-9000TM brand biodiesel in …
Oregon Biodiesel Standard to Start in September
Oregon could become the latest state to mandate that every gallon of diesel sold in the state have a 2 percent biodiesel blend. As you might remember from my post last August 29, the state has a new five-million-gallon-a-year biodiesel plant run by Sequential Pacific Biodiesel, and five-million gallons is the threshold for Oregon’s mandate to kick in. This article …
Farm Foundation to Hold Wind Energy Forum
Wind energy is an important resource for the country, and our friends at Farm Foundation are sponsoring another important conversation on the subject. The Farm Foundation Forum: Wind Energy Issues and Challenges will be held Tuesday, February 10, 2009 from 9 to 11 am (coffee starts at 8:30 am) at the National Press Club, 529 14th Street NW, in Washington …
Biodiesel is Part of a Mickey Mouse Operation
That headline is not a slap to the green fuel. Biodiesel made from what would be waste is now fueling the trains at one of America’s most beloved theme parks. This story from Orange County (CA) Register says Disneyland is now using the leftover grease from its restaurants to power its trains: On Wednesday, the five Disneyland Railroad trains that …