While the focus in Minneapolis-St. Paul this week has been the Republican National Convention, another important meeting is set for the Twin Cities later this month. Facing a Renewable Fuels Standard that will go from using 600 million gallons of renewable fuels next year, growing to 21 billion gallons by 2022, the Advanced Biofuels Workshop & Trade Show will work …
Chicken Fat Biodiesel Company Honored
A company that turns chicken fat into biodiesel has been honored as the Manufacturing Industry of the Year for small companies for Pasco County on Florida’s Gulf of Mexico coast. The Tampa Tribune reports Agri-Source Fuels picked up the honor at the Pasco Economic Development Council’s annual awards banquet: EDC President Mary Jane Stanley said Agri-Source was honored because, as …
Summer Campers Learning Biodiesel Lesson
No macaroni-covered tissue boxes for some summer campers near Poolsville, Maryland this summer. They learned about how to be green using clean-burning biodiesel. This story from Biodiesel Magazine says this is the second year Calleva Inc.’s Building Green adventure camp offered 12-18 year-olds the chance to learn about sustainable building construction and biodiesel production: One day of the building green …
World’s Biggest Camelina Grower Fueling Biodiesel Production
The world’s largest producer of camelina is fast becoming the biggest producer of a non-food feedstock for biodiesel. This press release from Great Plains – The Camelina Company says it has several crushing partners in North America, helping it produce more than 10 million road miles of camelina biodiesel to date… and the company plans to bump that up to …
Biodiesel Board Moves Into Green Building
The National Biodiesel Board is moving into some new digs, cleaner and greener… just like the fuel the group backs. Jefferson City, MO-based board has a new building on the east side of the city in an area that has undergone some massive renovations over the past couple of years. The good folks at NBB will hold a press conference …
Biodiesel Roadster Goes 200 MPH, Gets 100 MPG
High performance and great gas mileage don’t have to be exclusive, as British-based Trident Performance Vehicles proves with its Iceni two-seater sports car. This article from gizmag.com says the company is nearing production of the green, turbo-charged roadster that can go 200 MPH and still get 100 MPG (although at quite a bit slower speed: The car’s 6.6 litre turbo …
Biodiesel May Replace Ethanol Plans in Florida
Plans for an ethanol plant near Tampa have been scrapped, but a biodiesel plant could take its place. According to the St. Petersburg Times, legal problems caused Port Sutton EnviroFuels to shelve plans to build Florida’s first ethanol plant but a Texas company has stepped in to take over Port Sutton’s 22-acre lease and build a biodiesel plant instead. GreenHunter …
Oregon Biodiesel Plant Opening Triggers Mandate
The opening of the 5-million-gallon-a-year Sequential Pacific Biodiesel refinery in Salem, Oregon today is attracting celebrities and kicking in a new biodiesel mandate. The Eugene (OR) Register-Guard reports not only is country music legend and biodiesel backer Willie Nelson expected at the opening, but Oregon’s new biodiesel mandate will start: Once the plant is producing at the 5-million-gallon capacity, that …
Biodiesel Bus Patrons Ride for Free
Riders of the new biodiesel bus at the University of Montana in Missoula won’t get just a clean ride on an eco-friendly piece of mass transit… they’ll get all that for free. This story from the Missoulian says drivers could end up fighting over who gets to get behind the wheel of the 50-passenger bis: The new addition is the …
Ag Secretary Defends Ethanol in WSJ
The Wall Street Journal published a letter to the editor this week from U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Ed Schafer that defends ethanol and the nation’s biofuels policies. Schafer wrote the letter mainly in response to an op-ed by Texas Governor Rick Perry that appeared in the paper after EPA’s recent decision to deny his request to waive the Renewable Fuels …