Canadian canola could miss out on demand from Canada’s soon-to-be-implemented biodiesel mandate. This analysis from Reuters says the country’s second most-popular crop might be a much lower choice as a biodiesel feedstock because of some ambiguity in Canada’s requirement that could be started this coming April: Canada has finished selecting biodiesel plant proposals to receive funding from a C$1.5-billion ($1.5 …
Congress May Make Deal on Tax Cuts
After defeating a compromise measure proposed by Sen. Max Baucus (D-MT) to extend the Bush tax cuts only for the middle class, the talk on Capitol Hill is now turning to a deal that would keep all of the tax cuts in exchange for extending unemployment benefits. Baucus had proposed a compromise amendment late Thursday that would have continued unemployment …
Home of Little Green Men Soon Home of Green Fuels
Algae-to-biofuel maker OriginOil, Inc. has been tapped to help build a new Advanced Algae Center devoted to algae commercialization … growing little green microbes where little green men were once rumored to have landed. This company press release says Sustainable Resources, Inc. (SRI) has agreed to contract with OriginOil to plan and deploy the new center on the site of …
San Fran Grease-to-Biodiesel Plant Gets Green Light
After being stalled for the past couple of years, it looks like a San Francisco facility that will turn used cooking oil into biodiesel will finally become a reality. The San Francisco Chronicle reports the city’s Port Commission has finally given the green light to the Darling International, Inc. 10-million-gallon-per-year plant on San Francisco’s waterfront: Darling has been operating at …
Biodiesel Industries’ Navy Project Wins California Grant
Biodiesel Industries, Inc. has picked up a nearly $1 million grant from the California Energy Commission’s Alternative and Renewable Fuel and Vehicle Technology Program for its at a naval base in California. The company says the Biofuel Production Plant grants provide funding and financial assistance for the development of new biofuel production plants based in the Golden State and enhance …
Canadians Look to Up Biodiesel, Ethanol Requirements
On the heels of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency setting the Renewable Fuels Standards for 2011, our friends north of the border are looking at increasing the amount of ethanol and biodiesel in fuel in Canada. The Toronto Sun reports the Canadian Renewable Fuels Association wants to see the federal government double the ethanol-in-gasoline mandate from 5 percent to 10 …
REG Biodiesel at Major Chicago Fuel Terminal
A major fuel terminal in the Chicago area soon will be offering Renewable Energy Group’s biodiesel. And REG officials say much of the REG-9000/1 biodiesel available for splash blending at Kinder Morgan’s Argo, Ill. terminal in mid-December will come from the company’s refineries in the state: “Illinois petroleum distributors blend more biodiesel than any other state due to the B11 …
Soybean Growers Fly-in for Biodiesel
In an effort to convey the urgent need for Congress to extend the biodiesel tax incentive, American Soybean Association (ASA) farmer-leaders are participating in a biodiesel fly-in today to meet with members of Congress in Washington, D.C. Participating from ASA are grower-leaders Joe Steiner of Ohio, Bob Henry of Kansas and Darryl Brinkmann of Illinois. These ASA leaders are joining …
Monsanto Ups Investment in Oilseed Canola
Seed giant Monsanto is upping the amount of money it is investing in the oilseed canola, which can be turned into biodiesel. This Reuters article says Monsanto is raising its spending on canola research and development to between about $20 million and $30 million, about the same amount the company puts into wheat, and will open a $12 million canola …
Florida Biodiesel Firm Acquires Puerto Rico Company
A Florida-based biodiesel firm is investing in a Puerto Rico company’s algae biofuels research. Alternative Fuels Americas (AFA) announced today that it is acquiring Sustainable Agro Biotech of Puerto Rico, which has been developing proprietary technologies “to recycle carbon dioxide emission into microalgae varieties with robust growth and oil production capabilities and to achieve commercially feasible harvesting of microalgal products.” …