A new feedstock for the growing biodiesel industry could be a cash cow for the western states where it will be growing. Camelina is an oilseed that is growing in popularity in the more arid regions of the western United States. In fact, the profit potential is believed to be so great that the State of Colorado’s Agricultural Value-Added Development …
Ethanol Waiver Delay Gains Biodiesel Chief Praise
While the EPA delay of issuing a decision on Texas’ request for a waiver from the Renewable Fuel Standard (see Cindy’s story from earlier today) is seen as good news for the ethanol industry, it is also being praised by its biodiesel brethren. National Biodiesel Board Chief Executive Officer Joe Jobe issued this statement on the decision: “In considering the …
Federal Grant Helps Buy Cincy’s Biodiesel Buses
Cincinnati has received a federal grant to help the city’s mass transit system buy some biodiesel buses. This story from the Business Courier of Cincinnati quotes Ohio U.S. Sen. George Voinovich in announcing a $776,000 Clean Fuels Grant from the Federal Transit Administration through the U.S. Department of Transportation to the Southwest Ohio Regional Transit Authority (SORTA): Funds provided by …
Beef Tallow to Fuel Nebraska Biodiesel Plant
A beef producer that cranks out 22 million pounds of tallow a week will be turning that waste into another alternative to non-renewable petroleum. This story from the Sioux City (IA) Journal says Beef Products, Inc., better known as BPI, the world’s largest producer of lean boneless beef, has partnered with Natural Innovative Renewable Energy to build a 60-million-gallon-a-year biodiesel …
Home of Pony Express Making Run at Biodiesel Capitol
St. Joseph, Missouri is becoming a center for renewable fuels in this country as the city will soon become home to its third biodiesel plant, joining an ethanol refinery in the area. This story in the St. Joseph News-Press says the groundbreaking ceremony this week was purey ceremonial as Terra Bioenergy has been busy for some time, pouring concrete slabs …
Blue Hawaii Using Green Algae for Biodiesel
While the waters along those world-famous Hawaiian beaches will still be picture-perfect blue, some folks in the Aloha State are banking on some murky-green H2O for power. This story from the Honolulu Star-Bulletin says three companies will team up to develop the world’s first commercial microalgae facility on Maui that will produce oil for biodiesel and and animal feed. Alexander …
Wisconsin Paper Mill Turning Into Biodiesel Plant
A 100-year-old paper mill in Northern Wisconsin is being converted to make biodiesel. This press release posted on the Milwaukee Business Journal web site says Flambeau River BioFuels has received a $30 million U.S. Department of Energy grant to build and to operate a first-in-class refinery that will turn biomass from forestry and agricultural operations into biodiesel at an existing …
Maryland Biodiesel Plant Resumes Re-Opening Plans
Officials with a Maryland biodiesel plant, where a man was killed while working on bringing the idled refinery back on line in May, say they will continue to work to get the facility back in to production. This story from the Delmarva Daily Times says Greenlight Biofuels held a town meeting in the Princess Anne community to reassure residents that …
Blackhawk Buys Mothballed Illinois Biodiesel Plant
An Illinois biodiesel company has bought a biodiesel refinery that had been mothballed. Blackhawk Biofuels, LLC, with $19.8 million in financial backing from the state of Illinois, has bought the 45-million-gallon-a-year biodiesel plant at Danville, Illinois. This press release from Blackhawk’s web site says the company will upgrade the facility to accept a wider range of feedstocks in hopes of …
Biodiesel Favorite of Favorite Foods
New Hampshire-based Favorite Foods, a $20 million a year broadline foodservice distributor, is switching its fleet of trucks to biodiesel. This story from the Foster’s Daily Democrat says it is part of the company’s overall green plan: “As a business, we have always done everything we can to positively impact our customers and our economy,” stated Chris Barstow, president of …