The National Biodiesel Board is refusing to let food companies spread fear and misinformation in the continuing food-versus-fuel debate. NBB CEO Joe Jobe, responding to Kraft Foods’ CEO Irene Rosenfeld’s blame of biofuels for the rise in food prices, has submitted his own opinion piece to USA Today asking how Kraft can continue to make soaring profits at the cost …
Philly Utility to Run on Wind, Biodiesel Power
A Philadelphia-based utility has announced plans to use wind and biodiesel power, along with more hybrid vehicles to help power its headquarters. This story from the Philadelphia Business Journal says Peco Energy Co. wants to buy enough wind-generated electricity to cover 15 percent of its power needs at its Center City Philadelphia headquarters through the end of 2011: The electric-and-gas …
Colorado Hands Out $620K in Ethanol, Biodiesel, Wind & Biomass Grants
The State of Colorado has handed out $620,000 in grants for research and development into a variety of renewable energy sources, including ethanol, biodiesel, biomass and wind energy. This press release from the state Department of Agriculture says the 14 grants have been hand out through the “Advancing Colorado’s Renewable Energy” (ACRE) program: “ACRE is a statewide effort to promote …
North Dakota Group Wants Biodiesel, Ethanol & Wind Mandate
A group advocating for the development and use of renewable energy, including biomass, biodiesel, ethanol, carbon and wind, wants a renewable fuels standard in North Dakota. This story from Biodiesel Magazine says the North Dakota Alliance for Renewable Energy (NDARE) has issued a proposal for how the state can be more renewable energy friendly: Regarding biofuels, NDARE recommended that the …
EPA Approves GreenHunter Biodiesel
Texas-based GreenHunter Biofuels continues its road to recovery after Hurricane Ike nearly wiped its biodiesel operation last September. Back in November, I told you how the refinery went back on line. Now, according to this company press release, GreenHunter Biodiesel has been approved for the on-road market in the U.S. by the Environmental Protection Agency: Previously, as a part of …
Kiwis Make First Jatropha Biodiesel Flight
Over the last month, I’ve been telling you how some airlines have been racing to become the first to use biodiesel in a commercial flight… whether it was camelina-based biodiesel from Montana or algae-based biodiesel. Both of those flights are scheduled for January, but it looks like a jatropha-based biodiesel flight will beat them to the punch. This story from …
Toro Turns to Biodiesel
A company famous for its lawn tractors, mowers and snow blowers is offering more of its products to run on biodiesel. This article from the Minneapolis Star Tribune says Twin Cities-based Toro Co. is getting more requests for biodiesel-powered equipment… and it is responding: Toro Co. has experienced an increase in demand for biodiesel products in the past five years …
Algae-Biodiesel Maker Raises Funds for Commercial Plant
A Florida-based algae-biodiesel maker has raised funds for what it hopes will become its first commercial plant. This story from TheAutoChannel.com says PetroAlgae Inc. has raised $10 million in capital for the project: “The proceeds from this offering are expected to help finance the launch of PetroAlgae’s most significant milestone to-date, the commercialization of its first biodiesel product derived from …
Iowa Gets First Biodiesel Blender Pump
The folks who visit Ron’s Five Point Mart in Dubuque, Iowa will have a choice in the variety of biodiesel they put into their tanks… not just a choice of using biodiesel. The gas station has installed Iowa’s first biodiesel blender pump, which this article from the Dubuque (IA) Telegraph Herald says gives drivers a choice in what percentage of …
Eat Christmas Cookies, Save the Earth
Christmas cookies helping you grow your spare tire a little more this season? Well, you could get that fat sucked out and made into biodiesel to power your green ride. According to this article from Forbes, for a time, Beverly Hills doctor Craig Alan Bittner was turning the fat he liposuctioned from patients into biodiesel and putting it into his …