A biodiesel subsidiary has just received a line of credit to buy land to grow hemp … just as the company completed its first mobile hemp-to-biodiesel production unit. This article in Biodiesel Magazine says Extreme Biodiesel Inc.’s subsidiary XTRM Cannabis Ventures received the $5 million line of credit. XTRM plans to use the credit line for purchasing real estate for …
Epic Biodiesel Agreement for Southeast U.S.
Oil and gas storage expert Epic Midstream is partnering with and fuel supplier U.S. Oil to put biodiesel in Epic’s oil products terminals in the Southeastern U.S. This Epic news release says it’s a 10-year partnership to get the green fuel into the four terminals in Montgomery, Ala., Moundville, Ala., Macon, Ga., and Bremen, Ga., by end of June. Epic …
Hawaii, Pacific Biodiesel Getting Water from Grease
Researchers in the Aloha State are partnering with a local biodiesel maker to try to figure out how to make the water in restaurant grease traps reusable. This news release from the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa says the school’s scientists are working with Pacific Biodiesel to get the water out of the feedstock the biodiesel brewer uses. “It is …
Opinion: EPA Putting Carrot Behind Biodiesel’s Back
As the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) considers its proposal to cut down on the amount of biofuels to be blended into the Nation’s fuel supply, biodiesel makers are still scratching their heads trying to figure out why their green fuel is even being considered. In this piece in Biodiesel Magazine, Ron Kotrba makes the case that when it comes to …
How to Make BioGasoline From Plant Waste
A new process developed by researchers at the University of California, Davis (UC Davis) could better produce “biogasoline” from cellulosic materials. This new process of converting cellulosic materials such as farm and forestry waste, could open up new markets for plant-based fuels beyond existing diesel substitutes. “What’s exciting is that there are lots of processes to make linear hydrocarbons, but …
DF Cast: Hearing in the Heartland Talks EPA & RFS
Unable to get the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to come to the heart of where biodiesel and ethanol are produced, leaders in the Midwest decided to hold their own “field hearing” to let the Obama Administration know they are unhappy with what proposed cuts to the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS). The comment period for this proposal has recently ended, but …
Primus Green’s STG Technology Awarded Patent
Primus Green Energy has been awarded a patent by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office for its STG+ liquid fuel synthesis technology. The company says its STG+ produces high quality, cost-effective, drop-in liquid transportation fuels such as gasoline, diesel and jet fuel directly from syngas derived from natural gas and other carbon-rich feedstocks in a single-loop process. STG+ represents a …
BDI Retrofits Greek Biodiesel Plant to Take Grease
A Greek biodiesel plant gets retrofitted to take a wider range of lower quality feedstocks, including grease. BDI-BioEnergy International AG announced the retrofit of the Elin Biofuels S.A refinery in Volos, Greece. The aim of the RetroFit optimisation project was to increase both raw material flexibility and the quality of the final biodiesel product via the remodelling, expansion and process …
Crimson Renewable Gets $5 Mil Biodiesel Grant
A Colorado-based biodiesel maker has received a $5 million grant from the State of California to expand its biorefinery in that state. Crimson Renewable Energy LP was awarded the money from the California Energy Commission’s Alternative and Renewable Fuel and Vehicle Technology Program (ARFVTP) to support expansion of its Bakersfield biorefinery. The Energy Commission said its solicitation was designed to …
Aemetis Upgrades Biodiesel Plant in India
A California advanced fuels and renewable chemicals company is now producing high-quality biodiesel in India. Aemetis, Inc. says its 50 million gallon per year capacity biodiesel and refined glycerin production facility in Kakinada, India will use advanced technology to produce the green fuel and glycerin by-product. “The new distillation production unit is fully commissioned and the India facility now produces …