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 …
Nation’s Capital to Host Renewable Energy Expo
A coalition of business, environmental and energy policy organizations advocating aggressive development of renewable energy will team up with members of Congress for the the 11th Annual Congressional Renewable Energy & Energy Efficiency EXPO + Forum, July 31st in Washington, DC. According to the group: This year’s EXPO will bring together more than three dozen businesses, sustainable energy industry trade …
Company to Commercialize New Biofuel Technology
California biofuels technology corporation Primafuel has created a new Kansas-based subsidiary for next-generation biofuels solutions. According to the company, Primafuel Solutions will deliver next-generation, market-ready technology solutions to the biofuels industry. By taking Primafuel’s advanced technology platforms to market, Primafuel Solutions is working with customers to facilitate the transition to more sustainable bio-refineries. The team’s initial offering is SMAART™Oil, a …
Big Easy Bouncing Back with Biodiesel
Nearly three years after Hurricane Katrina slammed into New Orleans, destroying a large portion of the city and trashing more than half of its 370 buses, the city is getting some public transportation fueled by biodiesel. The New Orleans Times-Picayune reports that the eight new biodiesel buses arrive just as skyrocketing gas prices are helping increase ridership: The vehicles were …