A report on food prices and the role biofuels have played (and have not played) in the spike of those prices has been recognized for a very prestigious award. The Farm Foundation report entitled “What’s Driving Food Prices?” released last year has won the 2009 Quality of Communication Award presented by the Agricultural and Applied Economics Association (AAEA) for the …
JB Hunt’s Big Rigs Running on Algae Biodiesel
National carrier J.B. Hunt has committed to burning algae biodiesel in its semi-trucks. This post on the FleetOwner blog says that after successfully testing 20 and 50 percent blends of SunEco Energy’s biodiesel, made from algae oil, J.B. Hunt found it reduced emissions by more than 80 percent without any loss of power: “Producing renewable fuel supplies from algae grown …
Denver Converting 100 Trucks to Biodiesel
The city of Denver is coverting more than 100 trucks and snow plows to run on clean-burning biodiesel. The Denver Business Journal says the city is getting $700,000 in federal stimulus bucks to retrofit the equipment: Denver announced Thursday that it had received the “Clean Diesel Conversion” grant from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. The money will be spent on: …
Report: Biofuels Market to Triple by 2020
A new report shows some pretty strong growth in the biofuels market in the next decade, especially in the biodiesel sector. This article from Biodiesel Magazine says Boulder, Colorado-based Pike Research sees the biofuels market tripling by the year 2020, growing from $76 billion to $240 billion: “The study started out as an assessment of technologies in the biofuels industries, …
New Biodiesel Plant Nearly Doubles California’s Output
A Colorado biodiesel company has nearly doubled California’s total output of the green fuel. Denver-based Crimson Renewable Energy has completed a 30-million-gallon-a-year biodiesel and glycerin plant near Bakersfield, California, the largest biodiesel facility in the state. Previously, California had only 34 million gallons a year of biodiesel production: Crimson’s new Bakersfield production facility can utilize a wide variety of feed …
Going Green One Tank at a Time
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 …