“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 …
City Sewers Could be Next Fields for Biodiesel Stock
The next fields for biodiesel feedstocks could be underneath our streets. Environmental Protection Online reports that new research shows that municipal sludge would be a feedstock that would be nearly cost-competitive with diesel from petroleum: Author David M. Kargbo, Ph.D., with U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Region 3’s Office of Innovation, Environmental Assessment & Innovation Division, points out that demand for …
Levin, Baucus Put Biodiesel Credit in Unemployment Bill
Legislation that would reinstate the federal $1-a-gallon tax credit for biodiesel has been attached to a new bill would extend unemployment benefits. House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Sander Levin (D-Michigan) and Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus (D-Montana) introduced the measure today: The bill would extend for one year (through 2010) the $1.00 per gallon production tax credit for …
NY’s Cabrini Terrace Goes Green With Biodiesel
There are still victories for biodiesel despite the delay in passing the tax incentive. This week, Cabrini Terrace, a 217 unit co-op located in Manhattan, NY is getting a little greener with its switch from traditional heating oil to METRO’s Greenheat. Greenheat is a blend of heating oil and biodiesel, with the biodiesel, in part, made from recycled restaurant grease. …
Study: How Biofuel Chemicals React When Burned
A new research paper involving researchers from North Carolina State University (NC State) offers insights into how biofuel chemicals react when burned. The study, “Biofuel combustion chemistry: from ethanol to biodiesel,” was conducted as an effort to help pave the way for the development of new biofuels and technologies to maximize energy efficiency while minimizing environmental and human health risks. …
Rice U. Recognized for Biodiesel By-Product Research
A Rice University researcher has been recognized for his work on the biodiesel by-product glycerin. Biodiesel Magazine reports that Dr. Ramon Gonzalez has picked up the 2010 Glycerin Innovation Award sponsored by the Soap and Detergent Association and the National Biodiesel Board at the Annual Meeting & Expo of the American Oil Chemists’ Society for his work using a non-pathogenic …