A caravan of more than than 24 alternative fuel vehicles will leave from Raleigh, NC on April 15 at 3:30 p.m. and travel across the state. The Clean Fuel Advanced Technology program at the NC Solar Center is leading a clean transportation technology drive across North Carolina. The tour will continue with stops in Greensboro and Charlotte on April 16.
Canadian Bioenergy, ADM Building Biodiesel Plant
A leading biodiesel company north of the border has teamed up with an American agri-business giant to go in to the green fuel business together. A press release from the Canadian Bioenergy Corporation says it will work with ADM to build and run a 70 million-gallon-a-year biodiesel plant. The joint venture will make biodiesel from canola crushed at ADM’s crushing …
Biodiesel Cold Soak Tax Credit Deadline Pushed Back
Biodiesel producers not quite able to pass the newest quality standard… ASTM D 6751, which now includes a Cold Soak Filtration Test (CFST)… will have some extra time when they can still claim the Internal Revenue Service’s dollar-per-gallon tax credit. Those not meeting the new standard were supposed to lose the credit as of April 1st, but that’s been rolled …
Illinois Biodiesel Plant Expands Feedstock Choices
An Illinois biodiesel plant has made some upgrades and can now use a wider variety of feedstocks. Hoosier Ag Today reports that the improvements made by Renewable Energy Group to the 45-million-gallon-a-year Blackhawk Biofuels plant in Danville, Ill., will be able to turn more fats and oils, such as used cooking grease, into biodiesel: “These upgrades enhance local production of …
Biodiesel’s New Cold Soak Method Gets ASTM Number
The new Cold Soak Filtration Test method for B100 biodiesel finally has an official number. This story from Biodiesel Magazine says the ASTM’s Committee of Standards has given the method the an official number – ASTM D 7501, due to be published later this month: The CSFT method currently in effect was developed as a result of the Minnesota experience …
Midwest Senators Sponsor Biofuels Pipeline Bill
The Midwest has plenty of ethanol and biodiesel… the big population centers in the Eastern United States needs those renewable fuels. You’d think it would be a match made in heaven, but the lack of infrastructure to move those biofuels has been a problem, adding extra transportation costs. But a new piece of legislation looks to rectify that. According to …
Virginia Governor to Visit Biodiesel Plant
Virginia Governor Tim Kaine, along with his Cabinet and members of his staff will be visiting a biodiesel plant Thursday as part of the first “Cabinet Community Day” of 2009. The Governor holds four such events each year, visiting eight regions of the state twice over the course of the administration. The governor will visit Red Birch Energy – the …
Labs Added to Biodiesel Quality Assurance Program
A new certification for commercial labs will help ensure the most reputable biodiesel quality program will be verifying the green fuel. This press release from the National Biodiesel Board says the National Biodiesel Accreditation Commission (NBAC) has created the BQ-9000 Lab Program: “Reliable lab results are a major factor in guaranteeing fuel quality,” Rod Lawrence, Manager of Quality Control for …
Just Scratching the Surface of Biodiesel’s Potential
Growing biodiesel oilseed feedstocks along the nation’s highways… capturing the power of the sun by growing algae for biodiesel production… finding multiple uses for the by-products of biodiesel refining… the U.S. is just scratching the surface of the potential biodiesel holds for this country. Those are just some of the findings of a new report. Entitled “High Yield Pathways for …
DF Cast: Farm Foundation’s Global Conversation
The latest edition of Domestic Fuel Cast listens in on some of the conversation at this week’s Farm Foundation “Transition to a Bioeconomy: Global Trade and Policy Issues” conference. This is the fourth in a series of conferences looking at the transition to a bioeconomy the Farm Foundation has sponsored. This week’s event brought people from around the world to …