Over 2 dozen Ride-N-Drive vehicles were displayed along with a number of exhibits. The event was hosted by NC Solar Center/NCSU with support provided by Triangle Clean Cities, Centralina Clean Fuels Coalition, Land of Sky Clean Vehicle Coalition, Triad Air Awareness and NC State Engineering Foundation. A cosponsor included Growth Energy.
Snazzy, Eco-Friendly Items from Biodiesel of Las Vegas
One of my tweeps from the Twitterverse has launched a new, eco-friendly store. Biodiesel of Las Vegas (@biodeiseloflv) has its official online store at www.BiodieselofLasVegas.com. Biodiesel of Las Vegas will launch the Ecommerce portion of their website, offering eco- friendly products such as mouse pads made from recycled cardboard, aluminum water bottles, 100% organic t-shirts and hats. BLV aims to …
Obama Calls for Alt Energy at California Solar Plant
President Obama has used his trip to solar manufacturing plant built with federal stimulus money to make a push for alternative fuel sources. KGO-TV in San Francisco reports that speaking at the Solyndra plant in Fremont, California, Obama made his case in a facility built with $535 million in federal loan guarantees, mindful that the oil disaster in the Gulf …
Clean Air Task Force Sues EPA Over RFS2
Earlier this year Big Oil sued the EPA over the biodiesel requirement in the RFS2. Today, the Clean Air Task Force, on behalf of environmental groups including Friends of the Earth, filed suit against the EPA claiming that RFS2 encourages the world to use more oil, which will cause more pollution, because America would be reducing its dependence through the …
US Energy Co. Buys Part of Canadian Biodiesel Maker
A Nevada clean energy company is buying more than half of a British Columbia-based biodiesel maker. This press release posted on MarketWatch.com says W2 Energy has signed a letter of intent to purchase 60 percent of Agri-Green Biodiesel, Inc.: Agri-Green Biodiesel (AGB) consists of three divisions that generated sales of $655,000 in 2009. The different divisions in AGB are a …
House Leader Promises Biodiesel Tax Credit Will Pass
“We will have enough votes” … that’s the promise from U.S. House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer when asked about the American Jobs and Closing Tax Loopholes Act, the latest piece of legislation that would reinstate the $1-a-gallon biodiesel federal tax credit. Talk Radio News Service says the credit is part of a much larger $190 billion package that would extend …
Biodiesel User New Holland Launches New YouTube Site
Long-time supporter of biodiesel New Holland has launched a new YouTube site, featuring all things farming, including New Holland’s long line of farm implements that run on biodiesel … some of those up to B100 blends. “Our YouTube channel creates an incredible opportunity to broadcast our brand and engage our audience with compelling content,” says New Holland’s North American Senior …
Students’ Grease-to-Biodiesel Project Wins EPA Award
Some Rhode Island students are screaming, “TGIF!” But this time, it doesn’t mean “Thank God Its Friday;” it means “Turn Grease into Fuel.” The seven students from Westerly Middle School in Westerly, Rhode Island have picked up the 2010 President’s Environmental Youth Award (PEYA) and are being recognized in Washington, DC: The students, Cassandra Lin, John Perino, Marissa Chiaradio, Taylor …
IA Biodiesel Board, Petroleum Marketers Offer Webinar
They work together to sell biodiesel, so it only makes sense that the Iowa Biodiesel Board and the Petroleum Marketers and Convenience Stores of Iowa have teamed up to offer a free webinar to help those who sell to the general public whether biodiesel is a good option for stations. The webinar, called “Biodiesel Economics: What’s In It For Me?” …
Biodiesel By-Product Could be Made Into More Biodiesel
A by-product of biodiesel could end up being another feedstock for more of the green fuel. This article from Biodiesel Magazine tells how Spain-based Neuron BioIndustrial is turning glycerin, made during the biodiesel brewing process, into an oil called MicroBiOil, which, in turn, is being made into more biodiesel: Neuron BioIndustrial has selected a specific type of microorganism that metabolizes …