Knowledge is power, and the folks at the University of Illinois are giving a new crop of students the power they’ll need in the fields of bioenergy… biodiesel and ethanol. The Center for Advanced BioEnergy Research (CABER) on the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign campus is offering the first new master’s degree in bioenergy approved by Illinois Board of Higher …
North Carolina Funds Biofuels Projects
The Biofuels Center of North Carolina is giving the emerging biofuels sector in the state a $2.77 million jolt. The Center has approved a total of 18 grants to accelerate the technologies and feedstocks needed to develop the state’s biofuels sector. “The Midwest has corn and Brazil has sugarcane. North Carolina needs to develop conversion technologies for the types of …
Report Makes Case for Homegrown Biodiesel
Can small and community-scale biodiesel plants be economically viable and contribute to rural development in the Western United States? A new report by the Western Organization of Resource Councils (WORC), “Homegrown Prosperity from the Bottom Up,” answers that question with case studies of biodiesel plants in those western rural communities… and the answer is YES! This article from Biodiesel Magazine …
Bug Helps Make Biodiesel
The little guy on the left might not look very pretty, but it could be beautiful when it comes to turning food waste into biodiesel. It’s the larva of the Black Soldier Fly, and this bug is at the heart of EcoSystem Corporation’s MAGFUEL™ biofuel feedstock model. This company press release says EcoSystem is using the larvae to turn food …
Company Develops Algae Growth Booster for Biodiesel
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 …