Connecticut, known for its bedroom communities for commuters heading into New York City, has its first station for those commuters wanting to fuel up with biodiesel. This press release says Governor M. Jodi Rell cut the ribbon on the first public-access retail biodiesel station in Connecticut at the Berkshire Country Store in West Cornwall: “Today marks a true milestone for …
A Green Christmas in Hershey
The twinkling Christmas lights glistening off the new fallen white snow this season at the Hershey Lodge in Hershey, Pennsylvania will be powered by a green fuel: biodiesel. This press release from Hershey’s says the lodge is using a local company to turn its old kitchen grease into biodiesel: Hershey Lodge will use biodiesel made by recycling its used cooking …
Google Makes Renewable Energy Commitment
To many of us Google is synonymous with Internet searching. Well, Google the company also wants to be known for its green ways. According to a Google press release, the company has launched a new initiative to develop cheap electricity from renewable sources: The newly created initiative will focus initially on advanced solar thermal power, wind power technologies, enhanced geothermal …
Biodiesel Summit to Feature Imperium Chief
The Biodiesel Finance & Investment Summit, January 14th-16th, 2008 in New York, NY, will feature Martin Tobias, the president of biodiesel giant Imperium Renewables, as one of three keynote speakers. Joining Tobias will be James W. Eiler, Managing Director, First National Investment Banking and Gene Gebolys, President and CEO of World Energy Alternatives. The summit’s web site invites those interested …
Chocolate Biodiesel Truck Heads to Timbuktu
A truck that runs on biodiesel made from waste chocolate and that I featured during a post on November 15th has left England for Timbuktu in Africa. This update from the Environment News Service says the trip is designed to raise public awareness about biofuels and their potential to ease the impact of climate change: Andy Pag of London and …
Ethanol in the Midwest
The Midwest is getting three new ethanol production plants. Washington Group International has received $150 million worth of cost-reimbursable contracts from E85 Inc. for the construction of E85’s first three ethanol plants in the Midwest region. Washington Group will provide procurement, construction, commissioning, and start-up services for the facilities in Wahoo, Neb., and Red Oak and Council Bluffs, Iowa. Each …
Oregon Biorefinery Looking at $500 M Financing Deal
Officials with Inland Pacific Energy Center of Stanfield, Oregon are looking at a $504 million financing deal from an undisclosed European source. This story from the East Oregonian news web site says the deal will go to finish a 96-million-gallon-per-year biodiesel plant, 120-million-gallon ethanol plant, and feed mill project: Bob Doughty, project manager for the Inland Pacific Energy Center, said …
Wind Turbine Factory Opening in Former Maytag Town
Newton, Iowa, hit hard by the impending closing of the Maytag Appliance factory, is getting a second life as a company that builds wind turbines moves in. This article from the Des Moines Register says TPI Composites of Warren, Rhode Island is putting in a 500-employee factory in Newton: TPI will begin construction next week on a 316,000-square-foot wind turbine …
CO2 from Coal Burning to Help Grow Biodiesel
Two Australian companies are joining forces to use the carbon dioxide from burning coal to grow algae… and then turn that algae into biodiesel. This article on C|Net.com has more details about this truly green idea: Linc Energy and Bio Clean Coal announced the creation of the company last week and said they would spend $1 million over the next …
Stanford Scientists Look to Connect Wind Farms
Scientists at Stanford University are looking at a way to connect North America’s wind farms, making wind power less intermittent than its source. This entry on the ZDNet blogs says they’re trying to find a way to literally connect the dots you see on the map (wind speeds at 80 meters in the year 2000) on the right: This research …