Republican Senator Charles Grassley of Iowa says Democrats seem to just paying lip service to the concept of green energy and green jobs. He took to the floor of the Senate this week to blast the Democratic leadership for what appears to be allowing the $1-a-gallon biodiesel tax incentive to expire at the end of this month. Here are some …
NBB: No Long-Term Biodiesel Tax Extension this Year
The National Biodiesel Board seems to be conceding defeat for a long-term extension of the the biodiesel blender tax credit … but the group seems to be holding out hope for a one-year extension of the incentive set to expire after Dec. 31, 2009. The U.S. House has already passed the tax extender package in H.R. 4213, which included a …
New Jersey Station Celebrates Anniversary of Biodiesel
The first commercial service station in New Jersey that offered biodiesel is celebrating the first anniversary of that historic event. As you might remember from my post last year, it was an early Christmas present for the area around Maplewood, New Jersey as Woolley Fuel became the first in the state to offer Biodiesel to the public. Proprietor Norm Woolley, …
Audi Tells Obama, “Forget Plug-Ins, Think Biodiesel”
The top executive at Audi’s U.S. offices says American political leaders need to think less about plug-in electric vehicles and more about vehicles that run on biodiesel, as well as standardizing the rules for biodiesel. The Detroit News reports that Audi of America President Johan de Nysschen made the remarks at Washington, D.C.’s National Press Club, where he told the …
New Holland Biodiesel Machine Wins Tractor of the Year
If you’ve been a reader of Domestic Fuel for any amount of time, you know how big of a supporter of biodiesel our friends at New Holland have been. Their efforts and qualities are being noticed around the world as New Holland’s T7070 Auto Command tractor has been tapped as Tractor of the Year at Agritechnica, the world’s largest show …
U.S. Energy Company to Buy Jatropha-based Biodiesel
An American energy company with biodiesel and ethanol operations will be buyng some of its green fuel from down under. The New York Times reports that Valero Energy has signed a five-year deal with Australian biofuel refiner Mission NewEnergy to obtain biodiesel made from jatropha. Valero will also be able to buy a 25 percent stake in Mission: Mission will …
Algae Biodiesel Maker Teams with Japanese
California-based algae biodiesel producer OriginOil Inc. has signed a memorandum of understanding with Japan’s Research Institute of Tsukuba Bio-Tech (RITB) to develop algae-to-jet fuel technologies. This article from Biomass Magazine says the deal comes on the heels of RITB getting money from the Japan Science and Technology Agency to develop algae-to-jet fuel applications: Headed by Tsukuba University professor emeritus and …
Biodiesel Gets British Columbia to Cut Carbon Tax
A controversial tax imposed on some Canadians will be reduced at the beginning of the new year, thanks to biodiesel. Today’s Trucking.com reports that British Columbia’s carbon tax will drop by 5 percent and planned increases will also be lessened because of renewable fuels: On Jan. 1, 2010 the carbon tax rate on diesel drops from 4.04 cents per litre …
Copenhagen Seen as Good for Biodiesel, Ethanol
The Copenhagen Climate Change Summit, which started this week in Denmark, could be good for biodiesel and ethanol. Biodiesel Magazine reports that while not everyone agrees exactly on what the political negotiations will bring, an expected deal … if not a full treaty … outlining a carbon pricing or cap-and-trade system that puts a price on carbon will be a …
Biodiesel Tax Credit Passes House, On to Senate
A crucial tax break for the biodiesel industry has passed the U.S. House but is still a ways from being renewed. The Hill.com reports that the $1-per-gallon tax credit for biodiesel, set to expire in just a few weeks on Dec. 31, won House approval, 241-181, but the $31 billion package still must make it through the U.S. Senate. The …