Patriot Renewable Fuels‘ General Manager Rick Vondra came home seven years ago when he began working with the biorefinery. He grew up about 80 miles north of Annawan, Illinois on the Illinois-Wisconsin border. Since high school he has been working in the agriculture industry and has traveled around the world in his various roles with ag companies. But now because …
VoteVets Launches RFS TV Campaign
VoteVets.org has launched a new television ad in Iowa aimed at protecting the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS). The ad will also be aired in Washington D.C. where hundreds of biofuel supporters have flown to the beltway in the last few months to meet with legislators in support of the clean energy and jobs legislation. The TV ad features an Iraq …
Biodiesel Maker Expands Beyond Mideast & McD’s
A biodiesel maker in Dubai in the oil-rich Middle East is looking to expand out of its region and expand out of its primary feedstock supplier: McDonald’s. This article from the Wall Street Journal says for the last couple of years, Neutral Fuels has been turning used french fry cooking oil into the green fuel, while expanding from the United …
Simadan Investing $88.6 Mil in Dutch Biodiesel Plant
About $88.6 million is going into a Dutch biodiesel plant. This article from Biodiesel Magazine says Simadan Holding is putting the money into its subsidiary’s Biodiesel Amsterdam’s 45 million gallon a year refinery. The new plant is part of the largest ecological industrial complex in Europe, according to Simadan Holding. The 12-acre complex now includes a biodiesel plant, a storage …
Texas Town to Get Biodiesel Plant
A 9-million-gallon-a-year biodiesel plant will soon be coming to Temple, Texas. This article from the Killeen (TX) Daily Herald says Thomas Biodiesel LLC will build the the $30 million refinery that will employ 30 full-time workers. Thomas will manufacture biodiesel from waste cooking oils and other sources at the Temple plant. It is projected to generate 9 million gallons of …
EPA Biodiesel Proposal to Impact RINs
The proposal by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to cut the amount of biodiesel to be blended into the Nation’s fuel supply could have some pretty big impact on the Renewable Identification Number (RIN) situation in the coming year. In this piece in Biodiesel Magazine, the author looks at an analysis from the University of Illinois that shows how biomass-based …
Iowa Gov Branstad to Speak at IRFA Summit
Biofuel advocate Iowa Governor Terry Branstad and Lt. Gov. Kim Reynolds will address the 8th Annual Iowa Renewable Fuels Summit and Trade Show on January 28, 2014. Branstad has been a vocal supporter of the Renewable Fuel Standard, has participated in an RFS rally held last November and created a Protect the RFS Petition in support of the biofuel legislation …
Biodiesel Uncertainty Driving Cheaper Feedstocks
The uncertainty of the U.S. biodiesel market, caused by the double-whammy of the recent expiration of the $1-a-gallon federal biodiesel tax credit and the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) proposal to effectively cut the amount of biodiesel required to be blended into the Nation’s fuel supply, could be a big driver for cheaper feedstocks. This article from Biodiesel Magazine breaks down …
Ski Resort Proves Biodiesel is Just Fine for Winter
Temperatures falling to 30 below and snow piling up to your waist would make just about anyone nervous about using any type of transportation fuel. But the National Biodiesel Board‘s Biodiesel Bulletin says the folks at Jackson Hole Mountain Resort in Wyoming are proving that biodiesel works just fine in their snow cats and plows when it’s bone-chilling cold. “I …
Biodiesel Feedstock Palm Oil to Rebound in 2014
The past year was a pretty tough one for biodiesel feedstock palm oil, but traders are expecting it to rebound in 2014. This story from the Malaysia Star says overproduction and anti-palm oil campaigns in some countries took their tolls, but there are some real positives on the horizon for palm oil and, consequently, biodiesel. The Indonesian government recently set …