Earlier today, Matt Horton, CEO of California based Propel Fuels was featured on CNBC’s “The Tech Effect”. The title of the piece: Going Green One Tank at a Time. The premise is how air quality officials in Sacramento, California are spending millions so owners of flex fuel vehicles can find gas stations offering environmentally friendlier fuels. Horton noted that ‘today’ …
Ethanol, Biodiesel to Grow By More than 12% A Year
A new report says that the world’s biofuels market is prepared to grow by an average of 12.3 percent a year between 2007 and 2017. This post from Biofuels International says that a report by industry research specialists RNCOS shows ethanol and biodiesel production worldwide will grow at 6.04 percent and 5 percent a year respectively between 2008 and 2019: …
E85 and Biodiesel Promotions in MN
August 1: 9 am – 1 pm 85¢ off per gallon of E85 Goodhue Country Station 100 Third Ave in Goodhue, MN Supporters include the Goodhue/North Wabasha Counties Corn & Soybean Growers, Minnesota Corn Growers Association, US Department of Energy Clean Cities, American Lung Association in Minnesota & The Clean Air Choice™ Team August 18: 10 am – 2 pm …
Biodiesel Back on the Menu for NC Town
A North Carolina city that had tried using biodiesel in the past is giving the green fuel another chance. The Greensboro (NC) News & Record reports that after dropping a seven-year experiment with biodiesel last year, the city is ready to start fueling its garbage trucks with soybean-based B5: “For the period that they used it, they had technical issues. …
North Carolina Port Running on Biodiesel
One of the biggest ports on the East Coast of the United States is now handling freight with a cleaner option: biodiesel. The StarNewsOnline says the Port of Wilmington, North Carolina is switching to B20 biodiesel: The new fuel system systems in Wilmington and the Port of Morehead City will replace existing diesel storage tanks and systems that are approaching …
Massachusetts to Get First Biodiesel Distribution Center
Massachusetts is about to get its first commercial biodiesel distribuiton facility. This story from the North Andover (Mass.) Eagle-Tribune says Baystate Biofuels is using an old Lucent property for the center and will come as the state’s biodiesel mandate kicks in next summer: “In about 10 days, we’ll have biofuel for sale off our rail cars,” Baystate Biofuels chief executive …
Webinar Features Talk on Algae for Fuels & Chemicals
Last time, we told you about how researchers are working on ways of making algae into a viable feedstock for Midwest biodiesel production. In this edition of the Domestic Fuel Cast, we continue the conversation on algae and it’s potential as a fuel… and the chemical by-products and processes it can bring to the table. During the recent 2009 World …
REG to Open Biodiesel Research Facility
Iowa-based Renewable Energy Group will be opening a new multi-million dollar research and support lab for seven network biodiesel production plants and others in the industry this coming Tuesday, July 28th at its Ames locaiton. The company is promising reporters some pretty cool photo and video opportunities with a live demonstration of biodiesel production and more than 25 biodiesel feedstocks …
Trucks Line Up for BioTrucker Biodiesel
It was quite a scene today as more than 50 semis, pickup trucks and cars lined up for biodiesel at the newest stop in the BioTrucker network at the Gas City station in Romeoville, Ill. This press release from the National Biodiesel Board says Gas City was offering off per gallon on the purchase of B11: The B11 blend, common …
New “BioTrucker” Stop Offers Biodiesel Savings
The National Biodiesel Board (NBB) welcomed the Gas City station in Romeoville, Illinois as the latest addition to the BioTrucker network. BioTrucker is a program that encourages truck stops to sell environmentally friendly, domestically produced biodiesel blends. Biodiesel is an alternative to diesel fuel. It’s made from diverse renewable resources, such as recycled cooking oil and soybean oil. Bill Schireman, …