The waste vegetable oil at a potato processing facility is now becoming the green fuel biodiesel, thanks to some new technology from a California maker of biodiesel refining equipment. Biodiesel Magazine reports that BioFuelBox Inc. has installed the first of a new biodiesel technology that has been operational since August at the potato plant in American Falls, Idaho: San Jose, …
Biodiesel Makes the Team with Pro Sports
Going to the ballpark, whether its a football field or a baseball diamond, fans are used to seeing plenty of green grass (well, unless you’re a Boise State fan!). But more and more teams are also going green when it comes to the fuel they use in those stadiums. The National Biodiesel Board has this story about how biodiesel is …
Iowa Schools to Get Biodiesel Education Grants
Two more Iowa schools will be the benefactors of Iowa Renewable Fuels Association (IRFA) grants aimed at educating communities about biodiesel and incorporating biodiesel and renewable fuels into school programming. The latest $2,500 Biodiesel Backer Awards will be awarded in December and follow this past summer’s awarding of three grants: IRFA has created the Biodiesel Backer Toolkit to help schools …
BIO Calls for EPA to be Fair on RFS2
The Biotechnology Industry Organization (BIO) has joined the chorus of renewable fuel advocates who are calling on the EPA to give biodiesel and ethanol a fair shake in the proposed Renewable Fuels Standard (RFS2). BIO’s remarks come as a growing number of green fuels backers say the EPA has to acknowledge the full extent of the uncertainty in its estimation …
NBB, RFA Submit Biodiesel, Ethanol Comments to EPA
The comment period for the EPA’s proposed Renewable Fuels Standard (RFS2) has come and gone, and the leaders in the biodiesel and ethanol industries have turned in the comments they’ve collected from their members and interested parties. The National Biodiesel Board’s main contention is that the proposal contains several significant flaws: • EPA’s GHG [Greenhouse Gas] methodology relies on outdated …
Subsidies Should Help Nearly Double Canadian Biofuels
Biodiesel and ethanol production in Canada is expected to rise more than 75 percent over the next two years, thanks to subsidies from that country. Reuters reports that total biofuel output north of the border will reach 660 million gallons each year by 2011, including about 500 million gallons of ethanol and about 160 million gallons of biodiesel: “We’re certainly …
RINWorld Summit Fast Approaching
EPA regulations as part of the Renewable Fuels Standard has impacted thousands of businesses working in the biofuels industry. As part of this regulation, the EPA now requires that each gallon of ethanol or biodiesel must have a Renewable Identification Number, known as RINS. While some perceive RINS to be a burden, others have learned how to improve their bottom …
Ford Debuts B20 Biodiesel, E85 Compatible Trucks
Back at the end of August, I told you about how Ford was getting ready to debut a new engine that would be compatible with more blends of fuels, including B20 biodiesel. Today, at the State Fair of Texas, the automaker unveiled its new line of F Series trucks that will not only take the higher blend of biodiesel but …
Biodiesel Boosts Renderer’s Bottom Line
A Texas-based company that has made its living rendering grease and animal carcasses has seen a recent boost to its bottom line… thanks to biodiesel. CNNMoney reports that Darling International, a company that picks up the waste at 116,000 restaurants and slaughterhouses and is the largest independent renderer in the nation, has also turned profits of $55 million. That makes …
Oregon Pipeline Starts Moving Biodiesel
Biodiesel has started moving through the 115-mile Oregon Pipeline. The Houston (TX) Business Journal reports that Kinder Morgan Energy Partners has shipped the first 100,000 barrels of B2 from Portland to Eugene: “This new biodiesel shipment capability will help diesel fuel suppliers throughout Oregon meet a state biodiesel mandate that goes into effect on Oct. 1,” said KMP Products Pipeline …