A Seattle-based company has come up with a new method of boosting the growth of algae that will help make the green scum more commercially viable for biodiesel production. This story from Biofuels Media Ltd. says Bionavitas is using what the company calls Light Immersion Technology.. pencil-shaped rods that bring more light to algae, stimulating growth: The acrylic tubes can …
DF Cast: Biodiesel That Will Flow at 67 Below!
This latest edition of Domestic Fuel Cast we look at an exciting new development from the Indiana Soybean Alliance that might just put to rest some of the complaints about biodiesel’s tendency to gel at extremely cold temperatures. The group has developed a type of biodiesel that, even at a 100 percent mix, won’t gel at more than 60 degrees …
Get Personal With Biodiesel on Twitter
The National Biodiesel Board has joined the online conversation on Twitter. Today several of us have joined Twitter, to help answer your questions and discuss anything you feel like talking about in the biodiesel world. Whether you want to know if there is a biodiesel pump in your town, or have technical questions, or want to talk about anything biodiesel …
Conference to Address Garbage Made Into Biodiesel, Ethanol
More and more municipalities are finding ways to keep more waste out of their landfills and sewer systems, while putting that garbage and grease to work as alternative fuels. The effort has grown so much that another… the second one… Annual Waste-to-Fuels Conference & Trade Show, sponsored by the Florida BioFuels Association, Inc.; the Southern Waste Information eXchange, Inc.; and …
Association Calls Algae the “New Biocrude”
Algae as a feedstock for biofuels, in particular, biodiesel and ethanol, continues to grow in interest… especially in the Southeastern U.S. People from nine different states recently met in Atlanta the first official event of the National Algae Association’s new Mid-South Chapter. A press release from the group says the importance of turning algae into biodiesel can be summed up …
Happy National Biodiesel Day!
Today is National Biodiesel Day, celebrated on the 151st anniversary of the birth of Rudolf Diesel… the inventor, of course, of the diesel engine. But what you might not know is that Diesel’s first innovative engine ran on peanut oil… the first biodiesel! That’s why the National Biodiesel Board has chosen today to celebrate National Biodiesel Day and to highlight …
$1.3 Million Grant Helps Build Connecticut Biodiesel Plant
A $1.3 million State of Connecticut grant will help a private company build a biodiesel refinery. This press release from Greenleaf Biofuels, LLC, says the company inked the deal to build a waste-grease feedstock biodiesel plant in New Haven harbor: The grant to Greenleaf is the largest of several announced by Connecticut late last year and is part of the …
Algae Biodiesel Maker Announces Opening of Plant
Green pond scum will become green fuel at a new pilot production plant in Indiana. Stellarwind Bio Energy, LLC, a producer of fuel oil from algae, announced the opening of its new small scale pilot production facility and corporate headquarters in Indianapolis. The plant has a 1/10th acre greenhouse, along with offices and an advanced research and development Leveraging two …
Encore Energy Buying Troubled Biodiesel Plants
Mississippi-based Encore Energy has announced it is buying up biodiesel plants that are not producing at their capacity. Biofuels International reports the move comes on the heels of the company’s move to team up with another firm to provide plant management and feedstock allocation… moves that I’m sure are not just coincidental: This represents a major component of the company’s …
Biodiesel Maker Imperium Lays Off 24 to Weather Economic Storm
In a bid to stay afloat in these tough economic times, Seattle-based Imperium Renewables has laid off more than half of its staff at its Grays Harbor biodiesel plant. This story from the Seattle Times says the laying off of the 24 workers is due to the economic downturn and recent tariffs on American biodiesel implemented by the European Union: …