Bozeman, Montana-based Sustainable Oils is working toward an important goal. They are working to produce advanced biofuels using sustainable methods and feedstocks. One of their prime energy crops is camelina, which has a naturally high oil content and relatively low input costs (the crop needs little water or fertilizer and is suited well to grow on marginal land). It is …
Clean Energy Policy Under Fire by Big Oil & Friends
The Center for American Progress Action Fund (CAPAF) has released a new analysis that concludes that Big Oil and other special interests have spent millions of dollars in lobbying and campaign contributions to defeat clean energy legislation. The study, “Dirty Money” found that the top 35 spending companies and trade associations, including oil, mining and electric utility, invested more than …
POET to Keynote at Wisconsin Bioenergy Summit
Next month, Wisconsin will host a summit to focus on the state’s future in bioenergy. The Wisconsin Bioenergy Summit, hosted by the Wisconsin Bioenergy Initiative (WBI), will be held on October 14, 2010. This year’s event will focus on fueling Wisconsin’s future and will feature presentations from multidisciplinary university experts, state policymakers and innovators from the private sector. One of …
Green Star to Build Algae-to-Biodiesel Plant
Utah-based Green Star Products, Inc. has announced it will build an algae-to-biodiesel refinery on the west coast. This company press release says Green Star has already started building the 13 modules to process the algae oil into biodiesel: The algae to biodiesel plant will be rated initially at two million gallons per year with all necessary provisions incorporated so that …
Hart Releases Global Biofuels Outlook Report
Despite the growing number of people who are calling for a global halt or scale back of biofuels development, global biofuel demand is still expected to grow. Biofuel use is projected to grow by 133 percent by 2020, primarily driven by government policies and renewable fuel mandates. However, despite the growing demand, the market is expected to be short by …
EPAC Hosting Free Ag Biofuels Summit
The Ethanol Producers and Consumers (EPAC) is hosting an Agricultural Biofuel Summit on October 19 & 20, 2010 at the MSU Northern Bio Energy Center. The focus of the Summit will be wheat and barley ethanol production using small grains. Discussions will also focus on barely research and development, the Appomattox Barley to Ethanol plant model, biofuels and biodiesel in …
Biodiesel Vaporized into Substitute Natural Gas
A Maryland company has found a way to vaporize biodiesel into a natural gas substitute that can be turned into renewable electric power. LPP Combustion, LLC announced it has installed the hardware on a demonstration unit in Columbia, MD to get some operational experience: Generally, combustion of biodiesel in gas turbines requires extra refinement of the fuel due to impurities …
REG Buys New Mexico Biodiesel Plant
Renewable Energy Group has acquired a New Mexico biodiesel plant in an agreement that will see a California company invest in the Iowa-based biodiesel maker and distributor. REG has announced that ARES Corporation will become a strategic investor, putting in an additional $8 million into REG in return for control of ARES’ 15-million-gallon-a-year Clovis, New Mexico plant: “In support of …
Next Gen. Biodiesel Scientists Holding Virtual Conference
They’re some of the newest and brightest scientific minds in the country, so it just makes sense that the Next Generation Scientists for Biodiesel would choose one of the most cutting-edge formats to hold the first interactive virtual conference on biodiesel for students. These biodiesel champions will join one of the nation’s foremost biodiesel researchers from the National Renewable Energy …