According to the latest government figures, U.S. biodiesel production has already set a new record this year. National Biodiesel Board (NBB) is proud to report that the industry has produced more than 802 million gallons of biodiesel in plants from Florida to Iowa to Washington state, more than doubling last year’s production of about 315 million gallons and breaking the …
IRFA Announces Video Contest for Iowa High School Students
Lights, camera, cash prizes! The Iowa Renewable Fuels Association (IRFA) wants Iowa high school students to submit their best videos highlighting renewable fuels such as ethanol and biodiesel. The second annual “Fuel the Future” video contest is for students in grades 9-12 in public, private or home schools who can show how renewable fuels are important to local communities, Iowa …
Biodiesel Board Announces Officers
National Biodiesel Board members this week elected seven returning governing board members and one new member to serve on the leadership committee as part of the organization’s membership meeting in Washington D.C. Officers elected to lead the board are: Gary Haer, chairman, Renewable Energy Group, Inc. (Producer) Ed Ulch, vice chair, Iowa Soybean Board (Farmer) Ron Marr, secretary, Minnesota Soybean …
San Diego School Buses Now Running on Biodiesel
San Diego-based Buster Biofuels has formed an Alliance with LEGOLAND California, the San Diego Padres, hundreds of restaurants, hotels, and resorts to collect their grease and oil and turn it into biodiesel. Now this biodiesel is being used to fuel the San Dieguito Union High School District (SDUHSD) school buses. Emissions from the use of the biodiesel are being reduced …
E. coli Could be Used to Make Biodiesel
The bacteria that is most commonly associated with triggering food recalls could be a catalyst to convert sugars into biodiesel. Researchers at Stanford University believe that Escherichia coli, better known as E. coli, could convert sugar to biodiesel at “an extraordinary rate.” Biodiesel can be made from plant oil or animal fat – usually the former. Used cooking oil from …
Raleigh Gets Biodiesel and Ethanol Station
Crown Express Mart is opening Raleigh’s first E85/Biodiesel fuel station today. Crown Express owner Kargo Corporation will join with the N.C. Solar Center/N.C. State University and Protec Fuel to celebrate the offering of two cleaner-burning renewable fuels to North Carolina’s capital city with a ribbon cutting ceremony at the first commercial fuel station offering both E85 and B20 biodiesel. The …
USDA Funds Algae Fuel Project in New Mexico
USDA has issued a loan guarantee that will allow a biofuels firm to construct a facility in New Mexico to produce “green crude” oil from algae which can be refined into transportation fuel. The loan is going to Sapphire Energy, which intends to design, build and operate a $135 million integrated algal biorefinery (IABR) in Columbus, N.M., for the production …
Soybean Checkoff Promotes Biodiesel and Bioheat
For the fourth year, the United Soybean Board (USB) through the soybean checkoff is joining with U.S. Department of Energy-affiliated Clean Cities to build demand for soy biodiesel and Bioheat® in major urban areas by providing some reimbursement incentive. The Clean Cities program is a government-industry partnership sponsored by DOE that has more than 90 local chapters across the United …
Biodiesel Industry Pleased with Supreme Court Decision
The U.S. Supreme Court will not hear a case brought by petroleum interests against the Environmental Protection Agency over the expanded Renewable Fuels Standard (RFS2). The petition made by the National Petrochemical Refiners Association (NPRA) and the American Petroleum Institute (API) was rejected by the District Court of Appeals in December 2010. The petition filed in March 2010 claims that …
Iowa RFA Now on Facebook
The Iowa Renewable Fuels Association (IRFA) is now on Facebook. IRFA announced the launch of its Facebook page today as part of an ongoing effort to provide Iowans with news and information on renewable fuels. IRFA’s Facebook page will feature news, announcements, press releases, photos, and videos. “The IRFA Facebook page gives our organization another effective outlet to communicate the …