Everyone’s favorite online retailer (well, ok, at least the favorite in the Davis household) is offering its customers some more environmentally friendly options when it comes to having their items shipped to your door, and one of those options is hydrogen. The London Financial Times reports that Amazon has patented its “environmentally conscious electronic transactions” that allow customers to see …
CUERP Biodiesel Program Licensed to Sell Biodiesel
No school in the U.S. has ever been given approval to sell its biodiesel, until now. Loyola University Chicago Center for Urban Environmental Research and Policy’s (CUERP) Biodiesel Program has become the first school program to be licensed by state and federal authorities to produce and sell its biodiesel fuel. The program has received the approval of the Environmental Protection …
Proposed Pennsylvania Tax Threatens Biodiesel
A bill pending before the Pennsylvania State Legislature could hurt the biodiesel industry in that state. Biodiesel Magazine reports an amendment to SB 901 would slap some new fuel taxes on places that sell biodiesel and could affect selling and blending biodiesel in surrounding states: The amended legislation establishes a total of four of these registration fees: – $5,000 for …
Cottage Grove, MN to Celebrate Odyssey Day with E85 Promo
Jack’s BP in Watkins, Minnesota is also celebrating AFV Odyssey day with an E85 “frequent fuel card” promotion – after two tankfuls of E85, eligible participants will receive a $15 discount on their third fill up at Jack’s BP. Supporters of the promotion in Cottage Grove include the Linn Companies, the Minnesota Corn Growers Association, the Clean Air Choice Team …
Oct. 15th is National Alternative Fuel Vehicle Day
The National Alternative Fuel Vehicles Training Consortium (NAFTC), located at the University of Virginia, is kicking off its annual National Alternative Fuel Vehicle Day Odyssey in New York City Union Square on October 14, 2010. The official AFV Day is October 15th. The event was created in 2002 to create consumer awareness about alternative fuels and the vehicles that can …
Learn How Canada is “Growing Beyond Oil”
Learn how Canada is “Growing Beyond Oil: Delivering Canada’s Energy Future,” during the Canadian Renewable Fuels Association (CRFA) 7th Annual Summit on November 29-December 1, 2010. The conference is designed to impart valuable information for people in North America and Canada working in and around the ethanol and biodiesel industries including grain and cellulose ethanol producers, biodiesel producers. Other people …
Company Gets $1.8 Mil to Put Biodiesel in More Trucks
A California company has received a $1.8 million grant from that state to get biodiesel into more trucks. This article from the San Diego Union Tribune says alternative energy company Pearson Fuels picked up the money from the California Energy Commission: “We are going into a diesel terminal where diesel is sold,” said Pearson General Manager Mike Lewis. “We are …
Biodiesel to Power Fuel Cells for Electric Vehicles
Biodiesel could be the fuel that charges fuel cells for electric vehicles. ScienceDaily reports Norwegian company Nordic Power Systems (NPS) has developed a silent generator that works with California-based SAFCell Inc.’s new fuel cell using a smart diesel reformer and a tolerant fuel cell and could contend for the market in generators in electric vehicles: This combination of two advanced …
Brown Researchers Green WVO-to-Biodiesel Conversion
Researchers at Brown University have found a more streamlined and greener way to turn waste vegetable oil into biodiesel. This school press release says Brown University chemist Jason Sello and postdoctoral researcher Aaron Socha have eliminated the corrosive chemicals usuallu used in the reactions… a process that is six times faster than previous methods, using less energy: “We wanted to …
OPXBIO Named GoingGreen Silicon Valley Top 100
GoingGreen Silicon Valley has named it’s Top 100 for 2010 and on the list includes renewable biofuel and biochemical company, OPX Biotechnologies (OPXBIO). The list honors the companies that are developing technologies that will ‘change the world’ and ‘disrupt existing markets and entrenched players’. The list is based on five major categories including innovation, market potential, commercialization, stakeholder value, and …