Another biodiesel producer is showing a pretty good bottom line compared to last year’s figures. On the heels of last week’s report from Renewable Energy Group (REG) of its record-setting third quarter, FutureFuel Corp. shows a similarly strong period as well. The St. Louis Business Journal reports FutureFuel has third-quarter net income of $15.3 million, up 22 percent from the …
Adkins to Add Corn Oil Biodiesel Plant to Ethanol Ops
Adkins Energy LLC will add a corn oil biodiesel plant to its Lena, Ill. ethanol operation. This article in BioFuels Journal says the company will get some help in the form of a $500,000 Rural Energy for America Program (REAP) grant to start building the $4.5 million, 2-million-gallon biodiesel plant expected to start operating next spring. “We are excited to …
Ennovor Aims to be Biodiesel Leader with New Mgmt
Singapore-based Ennovor Biofuels announced a trio of new managers as part of the company’s effort to become the world’s second largest second generation global biodiesel producer by 2015. This news release posted on the Sacramento Bee’s website says a new chairman, managing director and plant manager were put in place for Ennovor. Chairman John Markham will take responsibility for guiding …
Alt Fuel Finder? Yep, There’s an App for That
Finding the right place to fill up on alternative fuels might be as close as your iPhone. The Energy Department’s (DOE) National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) developed a new, free mobile application for DOE’s Clean Cities program that helps users find a place to top off their tanks, whether it’s electricity, natural gas, biodiesel, e85 Ethanol, propane or hydrogen. The …
Renewable Fuels Video Contest: Enter Now
The 4th Annual “Fuel the Future” video contest has been official kicked off by the Iowa Renewable Fuels Association (IRFA). The high school student contest is seeking the best student-produced video promoting the use of ethanol, E15 and/or biodiesel. The top three video entries will receive prizes in the amounts of $1,000, $600 and $400 respectively; will be aired at …
REG Boast Big 3rd Quarter for Biodiesel
Biodiesel producing giant Renewable Energy Group (REG) is boasting a big third quarter for its biodiesel operation. The Iowa-based company reports 77.6 million gallons of biodiesel sold in the third quarter 2013, an increase of 26 percent compared to the third quarter of 2012. In addition, revenues are up more than 40 percent compared to the same time a year …
SeQuential Adds Seattle Locales for Biodiesel Stock
SeQuential Pacific Biodiesel is adding more Seattle, Washington locations to its customer base. This story from Pacific Business News says the joint venture between Oregon’s SeQuential Biofuels and Maui-based Pacific Biodiesel is adding the Woodland Park Zoo and Husky Stadium as providers of used cooking oil for the biodiesel producer. The longest-running commercial biodiesel producer in the Pacific Northwest, the …
Dutch Researchers ID Fittest of Fattest for Biodiesel
Researchers in The Netherlands are finding the fattest, or best oil-producing, algae in hopes of developing the fittest strain for biodiesel production. This story from TU Delft says the school’s scientists have published their findings in the scientific journal Energy & Environmental Science. ‘The ultimate goal of our research is to make oil-producing algae as fat as possible, then press …
IRFA 2014 Iowa Renewable Fuels Summit Announced
The Iowa Renewable Fuels Association (IRFA) has announced the start of registration for the 8th Annual Iowa Renewable Fuels Summit and Trade Show. The Summit is free, open to the public, and will be held January 28, 2014 at The Meadows Conference Center at Prairie Meadows in Altoona, Iowa. With discussion over renewable fuels policy at fever pitch, the 2014 …
Waste Grease-to-Biodiesel Plan Wins Aussie Prize
A plan to turn waste grease into biodiesel wins a prize from Down Under. Impress Media Australia reports Energy from Waste Pty Ltd., with members Lisa Chao, Philip Curran, Dr David Rutley, Brian O’Neil and Ted McMurchie, picked up first place in the 2013 University of Adelaide Entrepreneurship, Commercialisation and Innovation Centre (ECIC) Australian eChallenge, and the group will travel …