Algae-biodiesel production company Solazyme, Inc. will be featuring its SoladieselRD(TM), the world’s first algal-based renewable diesel, at a summit this week in California. This company press release posted on MarketWatch.com says SoladieselRD(TM) will be showcased at the Governor’s Global Climate Summit in Beverly Hills, CA, Nov. 18th-19th: “We are glad to be a part of Governor Schwarzenegger’s Global Climate Summit …
Ohio Schools Urged to Try for Biodiesel Grants
Schools in Ohio are being urged to apply for grants to fund using soy biodiesel in buses. This story from the Chilicothe (OH) Gazette says 21 school districts are already taking advantage of the program designed to help kids breathe easier: “It is great to see schools take advantage of this program that requires no additional costs but provides a …
45 MGY Biodiesel Plant to Open in Illinois
Blackhawk Biofuels has announced it will cut the ribbon on its newest biodiesel plant this coming Wednesday (Nov. 19) in Danville, Illinois, with production at the 45-million-gallon-a-year facility to start the next day. This story in TradingMarkets.com says the plant will at first use soybeans from Bunge Milling, adjacent to the biodiesel plant: The cost of soybeans, which had skyrocketed …
Alternatives Helping Drop Oil Prices
This past summer, when oil prices were skyrocketing past $145 a barrel, one man was saying that the price would fall back to $60. People laughed and said we had seen the end of less-than-$100-a-barrel oil. Well, that price has dropped below $60, and 82-year-old oil analyst Henry Groppe has proved his critics wrong… again. So, when Groppe says in …
SF Auto Show to Feature Biodiesel, Hydrogen & More
Luxury vehicles, exotic new rides, and the latest in domestic developments are all part of any auto show. Add to that list the environmentally-friendly aspects of a new car at this year’s San Francisco Chronicle|SF Gate.com 51st Annual International Auto Show. This story from the Chronicle has the green details about the week-long event slated to start on November 22nd: …
EPA Publishes Biodiesel Facility Environmental Rules
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has published environmental regulatory rules and requirements for the construction and operation of biodiesel production facilities. In a press release, the agency says it’s a user-friendly manual for the 176 biodiesel plants in operation nationwide: Region 7 Administrator John B. Askew said, “We are taking steps to provide useful tools to help biodiesel facilities comply …
Colorado Firm Building Algae-Biodiesel Plant
A Fort Collins, Colorado biofuel company will build an algae-biodiesel plant on an Indian reservation in southern Colorado. Solix Biofuels has announced it has raised $10.5 million in funding with another $5 million commitment from investors to build the facility on 10 acres on the Southern Ute Indian Reservation. This story on Colorado.com has details: The plant will be jointly …
Big Sky Professor Discovers Biodiesel-Producing Fungus
A trip to a Patagonian forest (that’s in South America) has produced the latest development in the biodiesel game. Dr. Gary Strobel from Montana State University has found the endophytic fungus, Gliocladium roseum — a hydrocarbon-producing fungus he found growing in a tree in Patagonia — has been shown to produce many of the same hydrocarbons found in diesel. This …
MO Agribusiness Summit Focuses on Biofuels
Jenna Higgins Rose from the National Biodiesel Board said, “The National Biodiesel Board’s Future Vision is to increase the demand for commercially produced biodiesel within the United States through education, communication, and quality assurance programs.” She added that the goal of NBB is to have 1.85 billion gallons of B100 sales, mostly as blends by 2015. Sponsoring the summit were: …
Cal Company Produces Sugarcane Biodiesel
A California biotechnology company has opened a biodiesel plant that makes the green fuel from sugarcane. This story from Cleantech.com says Emeryville, Calif.-based Amyris Biotechnologies opened the first of its two pilot plants in its home state with plans to open four commercial-sized plants in Brazil in the next couple of years: The 2.4 million gallon-capacity pilot plant in Emeryville …