San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom highlighted green energy, including biodiesel, solar, and wind, in his inaugural address. Here’s an excerpt from that speech from the mayor’s web site: The most important step we can take is to make this city carbon neutral. And that is exactly what we are going to do. Today I am pledging to make city government …
Daimler Joins Bayer & ADM to Study Jatropha Biodiesel
German carmaker Daimler will join with Archer Daniels Midland (ADM) and Bayer CropScience to look at the feasibility of jatropha-based biodiesel. This story from Reuters says the trio will study the tropical plant’s properties and how best to grow it for biofuel production: “Biodiesel derived from Jatropha nut kernels has properties similar to those of biofuels obtained from oilseed rapes. …
Detroit Auto Show Featuring Green-Fueled Vehicles
The 2008 North American International Auto Show in Detroit will feature vehicles using a variety of green fuels, including ethanol, biodiesel, hydrogen, and fuel cells. This story from The Auto Channel says when the public comes in to the annual gathering on January 19th-27th, 2008, they’ll see more clean fuels more than ever before: Going green is no longer a …
SD Gov Calls for Tax Cut on Biodiesel
South Dakota Governor Mike Rounds is calling for a two-cents-a-gallon cut to the state’s motor fuel tax on biodiesel. This story posted on the KMEG-TV (Sioux City, IA) web site says it’s a plan to encourage the production of biodiesel: The governor announced the proposed tax cut today during his annual State of the State speech to open the 2008 …
McCain’s & Clinton’s Alternative Energy Stands
Last week after Sen. Barack Obama and former Arkansas Mike Huckabee posted wins in the Iowa caucuses, I posted their renewable energy stances from their web sites. Now, as it looks like Sens. Hillary Clinton and John McCain have posted wins in their respective Democratic and Republican primaries in New Hampshire, I wanted to give you their stands on alternative …
State Grant Helping Move Biodiesel Plant to PA
Binghamton, NY-based Alternative Fuels, Inc. is looking at putting a biodiesel plant in Northeast Pennsylvania after the state has come up a $1 million grant to help the refiner make biodiesel out of algae. This story in the Wilkes-Barre (PA) Times Leader says the company has several options where it could relocate, and company officials seem pretty serious about the …
NY Grocer Goes Green on Delivery
New York City area online grocery delivery service FreshDirect is switching its delivery trucks to biodiesel. The gourmet food deliverer says it will get its fuel from locally-based Tri-State Biodiesel. According to this press release from Tri-State, FreshDirect is starting to convert its 150 delivery trucks this month to run on B5 biodiesel: Starting in the fall, FreshDirect began donating …
Biodiesel, Algae Makers Merge
Utah biodiesel maker Better Biodiesel has announced it will buy GeoAlgae Technologies (GAT). The Arizona-based GAT makes inexpensive feedstock for the production of biodiesel. This story on C|Net News’ Green Tech Blog says it will give the biodiesel producer a chance to recover from a devastating fire this summer: The buyout is Better Biodiesel’s first public news since announcing this …
Butter Sculpture To Become Biodiesel
The centerpiece of the Pennsylvania Farm Show will be turned into green energy. This story in the Centre Daily Times (State College, PA) says the show starts tomorrow (Saturday), and a 900-pound butter sculpture of a cow and a school bus with three children boarding the bus made for the eight-day show will be recycled into biodiesel: The sculpture will …
Obama’s and Huckabee’s Biofuels Stands
Well, it looks like Iowans have chosen Illinois Senator Barack Obama and former Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee as the top vote-getters in the Democratic and Republican caucuses in the Hawkeye State. While there’s still a lot of election left to go with all of the rest of the country’s primaries and caucuses still up for grabs, Iowa is many times …