Georgia Governor Sonny Perdue has announced that Range Fuels, Inc., a Colorado-based cellulosic ethanol company, will build Georgia’s first wood-based cellulosic ethanol plant in Treutlen County. “Georgia will be a national leader in cellulosic ethanol, and Range Fuel’s investments here will be a major step forward helping us address our state’s long-term energy issues,” said Governor Perdue at the Georgia …
American Le Mans Goes With Ethanol Blend
The American Le Mans Series has partnered with the Ethanol Promotion and Information Council to make E10, “the official ethanol-enriched fuel” of the series. Scott Atherton, President and CEO of the American Le Mans Series, considers this a perfect fit for the platform that is the American Le Mans Series. “We’ve often described the American Le Mans Series providing a …
Getting John Deere’s Perspective on the Conference
I want to thank our sponsor for my coverage of this year’s National Biodiesel Conference, John Deere, represented here by Don Borgman. The conference is winding down with the NBB Board meeting and a few workshops still taking place. I’m headed home but have a number of posts that I’ll add within the next day, including all the Eye on …
Mary Matalin & James Carville Press Conference
At our general session this morning here at the National Biodiesel Conference we got the political perspective from both sides of the aisle. On hand were Mary Matalin and James Carville. The couple have figured out how to get along even though they look at life through very different political eyes. After their presentation they conducted a short question and …
The BioWillie Song by Emily Richards
Here’s your chance to hear a new song from Emily Richards and her new band – 2012AM. Theycame by the media room this afternoon in advance of their performance tonight which I’ll be attending. We sat down for a group interview in which I found out why they’re involved. Listen to my Emily Richards Band (2012AM) interview here: Emily Richards …
Darryl Brinkmann Annual Report
NBB Chairman Darryl Brinkmann took to the stage today at the National Biodiesel Conference and gave us a great overview of what the organization is doing. He mentioned that the word biodiesel is now in the dictionary for the first time. You can learn a lot about what NBB is doing, especially in the area of quality control. Darryl talks …
DaimlerChrysler Rewards NBB
The folks at the National Biodiesel Board have to be happy about an announcement made by DaimlerChrysler representative Deb Morrissett. She said that the company would provide a nice purchase incentive for NBB board and staff members as a way to show support and thanks for all the work they do to help further the promotion and development of biodiesel. …
Merle Haggard on Biodiesel
One of the newest stars to advocate biodiesel is Merle Haggard. The legendary country star performed for attendees at this year’s Conference after meeting with the press and the board of the National Biodiesel Board. Before coming to the auditorium where he performed though his bus got a fill up with biodiesel. During the press conference Merle said that he …
Explorer, Environmentalist, Educator and Ethanol Evangelist
The dogs may be pulling the sled when world-renowned arctic explorer Will Steger departs on his latest expedition February 14, but the trip will be powered by ethanol. When Steger was looking for sponsors to support his Global Warming 101 expedition, he decided that the ethanol industry would be a natural choice. “I’ve been talking up the benefits of ethanol …
Darryl Brinkmann Interview
I think that I’ve mentioned that many of my interviews and some other audio files like general session presentations are available as a podcast. It’s the National Biodiesel Conference Podcast in fact. You can find the link and instructions on how to subscribe here. One of the interviews in the podcast series is one I did today with the chairman …