The Senate Finance Committee has approved the Heartland, Habitat, Harvest and Horticulture (4-H) Act of 2007… a measure containing energy tax provisions considered very important to continue the integration of the biodiesel industry into the domestic energy supply. Those measures include an extension of the federal biodiesel tax incentive, that is set to expire at the end of 2008, through …
Georgia Biofuels Company Honored
Georgia Commissioner of Agriculture Tommy Irvin this week recognized Davis Oil Company of Perry as a “Pioneer in Biofuels” for its efforts to develop the industry and to market biofuels such as ethanol and biodiesel in Georgia. Irvin presented Davis Cosey, Davis Oil Company CEO, with a certificate and proclamation Thursday during a ceremony at one of the company’s fueling …
Biofuels Fueling Industrial Boom
Biofuels, such as ethanol and biodiesel, are more than just good for the environment and shedding America’s dependance on foreign oil… they’re also good for our industrial construction base. This story on the Reliable Plant.com web site says construction of biofuel plants has helped increase North American industrial construction by a whopping 34.5 percent increase over a year ago. Looking …
Thinking Small for Biodiesel
While much of the talk regarding biodiesel these days has been about mega-refineries that try to keep up with the growing demand for the green fuel, there was some recent “small” talk about the biofuel… in fact, microscopic talk. This story in the Fort Worth (TX) Business Press says at the recent conference on nanotechnology, NanoTx 2007, in Dallas, scientists …
Jatropha’s the Choice for Hawaii’s Biodiesel
Thanks, in part, to a $677,000 grant from the U.S. government, a program to plant jatropha trees to use as a feedstock for biodiesel in Hawaii will soon get underway. This story on EnergyCurrent.com says the tropical plant is a natural for the island paradise… and having to import all of its petroleum products makes biodiesel a no-brainer for Hawaii: …
Aspen Airport Offsets Some of Its Carbon Footprint with Biofuels
Aspen, Colorado has been a favorite destination for many in the jet-set for some time, but all those jets are not good for the mountain resort area’s environment. Airport officials, knowing they can’t do much right now about the planes’ pollution, are making moves to offset as much of the carbon footprint as possible. This story in the Aspen Daily …
Imagine It with Biodiesel
The Children’s Museum of Atlanta’s motto is “Imagine It!” Well, now schoolchildren can expand those imaginations, thanks to a biodiesel-powered bus donated by a couple of benefactors. This story from the Atlanta Journal-Constitution says it’s been dubbed the “Imagine It! Express”: Museum board member Elizabeth Klump and her husband Michael recently donated a biodiesel bus to take children to the …
Baucus Unveils Biofuels Incentives
Sen. Max Baucus, from Montana has taken the wraps off a tax package that is designed to help biodiesel and ethanol. This story from Ethanol Producer Magazine says Baucus’s bill would add enough money to put the total incentive $9 billion above the 2007 Farm Bill’s baseline levels… but part of that money would come from taking away from existing …
Power Plant Growing Algae for Biodiesel & Ethanol
A power plant near Farmington, New Mexico is working to make itself a greener operation. The Four Corners Power Plant is growing a crop of algae to be turned into ethanol and biodiesel. This story in the Farmington (NM) Daily Times says it is a circular process: Arizona Public Service Company, which owns the 2,040 megawatt coal-fired power plant, has …
Indiana Biodiesel Plant Gets Construction Funding
Indiana Clean Energy, LLC has secured funding for construction of an 80-million-gallon-a-year biodiesel plant near Frankfort, Indiana. This article from the Lafayette-West Lafayette (IN) Journal and Courier says Dougherty Funding is providing $52 million in financing to build the plant: “We believe this is a significant step in putting the final pieces in place so that we can break ground …