Ethanol and biodiesel producers in Canada will ask their government early next year to increase the amount of the green fuels produced and added to fossil fuels… even as there are doubts the industry can meet current mandates and production incentives. Reuters reports that the industry has not decided what those levels should be: Canada has given annual incentives for …
Founder and CEO Out at Denver Biodiesel Firm
The man who founded and served as the CEO of one of Denver’s first biodiesel firms is out. This article from the Denver Business Journal says Blue Sun Energy Inc.’s Jeff Probst, resigned from the company at the end of October… but offers few details about the split: Probst, who couldn’t be reached for comment Wednesday, also left the director …
Food Deliveries in Georgia to Ride on Biodiesel
One of the country’s premier foodservice distributors has converted another one of its delivery fleets to run on biodiesel. This press release posted on the EarthTimes.org Web site says U.S. Foodservice-Atlanta is running its 185 tractors and 210 trailers on B5, joining U.S. Foodservices’ Streator, Ill., and Plymouth, Minn. divisions burning the green fuel: “Utilizing biodiesel is a continuation of …
Biodiesel Gets Boost from Palm Oil Genome Project
A joint American-Malaysian effort has completed an important oil palm genome sequencing project that could unlock even more potential from this oil-rich feedstock for biodiesel. Biodiesel Magazine reports that the Malaysian Palm Oil Board and St. Louis-based Orion Genomics have led a consortium that has sequenced three oil palm genomes from two oil palm species: Oil palm plantations on average …
Biodiesel Equipment Set for Sale on November 12
Don’t forget, there’s a big sale on biodiesel equipment just around the corner. On this Thursday, November 12, auction company Maas Companies, which recently sold the Altra Nebraska ethanol plant in Carleton, Nebraska, will be selling six, 10-million-gallon-a-year biodiesel process trains at the Hampton Inn & Suites – Newark Harrison Riverwalk, 100 Passaic Ave, Harrison, New Jersey, starting at 11 …
Street Edition of VW Biodiesel Racer Available Soon
A version of the same Volkswagen that raced on biodiesel the past couple of years will soon be available for the general public. Racer.com reports Volkswagen of America, Inc. has announced the Jetta TDI Cup “Street Edition” will be hitting the showrooms this coming January: “Since our inaugural TDI Cup series in 2008 we have received numerous inquiries as to …
Kansas Project Turning Algae into Biodiesel
Researchers in the land of sunflowers are looking for a way to convert sunshine into algae… and then into biodiesel. The Lawrence (KS) Journal-World & News reports University of Kansas scientists are working on one of just a few in the world functioning, pilot-scale bioreactors connected to a municipal wastewater treatment plant, where they’re turning sewer waste into the green …
New Report Offers Algae Ethanol, Biodiesel Markets Info
Algae might be the feedstock of the future for biodiesel and ethanol… if you know how to use it right. This press release posted on Reuters.com says a new report from Research and Markets entitled “Algae For Fuel, Algal Oil, Biofuels, Ethanol, Biodiesel And The Future Of Petroleum And Green Energy: Global Markets, Technologies, And Opportunities: 2009-2020 Analysis and Forecasts” …
Pennsylvania Biodiesel Maker Gets $1.6 Mil Grant
A $1.6 million grant from the state of Pennsylvania is helping a big biodiesel producer get even bigger. HERO BX picked up the $1,640,250 million grant from the Commonwealth Financing Authority and will use nearly $3.3 million of its own money to expand its operations from 45 million gallons to 55 million gallons a year: “It is imperative that biofuels …
Biodiesel to Haul Capitol XMas Tree from Arizona to DC
A green fuel will be used to haul the nation’s foremost evergreen cross-country. This story from The Explorer newspaper out of Tuscon, Arizona says this year’s U.S. Capitol Christmas tree will be hauled from Arizona’s White Mountains to Washington, D.C., all on a truck running on biodiesel: “We are thrilled to be a part of history, and bringing biodiesel as …