Last April, I told you about how visitors to one of the most sacred places in U.S. history, Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, were now being shuttled out to the USS Arizona Memorial by a boat that runs on biodiesel. This U.S. Navy press release says a second biodiesel boat, USS Arizona Ferry Boat #39-2, “Samuel G. Fuqua,” is now taking people …
Ford’s B20 Biodiesel-compatible Engine Cheered by NBB
The news that Ford has developed a new diesel engine… code-named Scorpion… to put in its 2011 F-Series Super Duty diesel pickups will be fully compatible with a 20 percent biodiesel blend (B20) (see my post from yesterday) is being welcomed by the National Biodiesel Board: “This is the first of what we expect to be many formal announcements of …
Ford Offers Rival to GM Biodiesel-ready Engine
Previously, I told you about how General Motors was soon to debut a new heavy-duty, diesel engine designed to burn B20 biodiesel (see my post from Aug. 11, 2009). Well it looks like Ford is going to give GM a run for its money in the green, heavy-hauling pickup engine race. This story from green.autoblog.com says Ford’s V8 diesel… code-named …
Biodiesel Powers Sleds and Tractors
What do you think of when you hear that there’s a sled running on biodiesel? Probably not thinking tractor pull sled are you? Unless you’re a tractor pull fan. Well those big machines that the tractors and trucks pull are also diesel powered and in Jefferson City, MO there’s a company that manufactures them and runs them on biodiesel. The …
Tractor Pulling With Biodiesel
Thanks to an invite from the United Soybean Board I met this Missouri soybean grower. He’s Dennis Shramek and one of the competitors in this weekend’s NTPA Midwest Extreme Truck and Tractor Pull in Jefferson City, MO. He’s one of several competitors who use a biodiesel blend in their tractors. I met him early Friday evening long before his class …
Energy Grants $1.6 Mil for Public Education Efforts
The U.S. Department of Energy has handed out $1.6 million to the Alternative Fuel Trade Alliance… a group made up of the Renewable Fuels Association, the National Biodiesel Foundation, the Propane Education & Research Council, the Clean Vehicle Education Foundation and ASG Renaissance… to boost efforts for a targeted educational plan aimed at Clean Cities Coordinators and related stakeholders. This …
Algae-to-Energy Researchers Talk Future in St. Louis
St. Louis was the destination this week as more than 100 researchers and industry leaders from 10 states came together for the “Algae-to-Energy in the South” regional summit aimed at looking at algae’s potential as a renewable energy resource, particularly making it into biodiesel. This National Biodiesel Board press release says Dr. Richard Sayre, the Director of the Enterprise Rent-A-Car …
Discount E85 and B5 in Woodbury, MN
“Thank you to the event supporters: Woodbury BP Daily Express, Minnesota Corn Growers Association, Minnesota Soybean Growers Association and the Minnesota Clean Air Choice™ Team,” said Kelly Marczak, with the American Lung Association of the Upper Midwest. She noted that E85 is for flexible fuel vehicles (FFVs) only. FFVs use E85 or gas interchangeably and one can check to see …
Soy Biodiesel Powers Tractor Pull
The power of soybean-based biodiesel will be on display this Friday and Saturday nights in Jefferson City, Mo., as the Midwest Xtreme Truck and Tractor Pull, a National Tractor Pullers Association Grand National event, comes to town. The United Soybean Board (USB) and soybean checkoff sponsor the event at the Cole County Fairgrounds as a way to showcase the homegrown, …
Schrum: High Taxes Killing German Biodiesel Industry
In what should be a cautionary tale to American lawmakers who might want to raise revenues from biodiesel sales, a leader of Germany’s biofuels industry says high taxes on biodiesel in that country are killing the green fuel there. This article from Forexyard.com quotes Peter Schrum, president of biofuels industry association BBK, saying that Germany’s nearly 5 million tonnes annual …