Presentations from the 2007 Farm to Fuel Summit in Florida are now available on-line at floridafarmtofuel.com. All of the power point presentations from panels on Renewable Fuels Status Reports, Advancing the Science of Bioenergy, Business of Bioenergy, Biomass Resources/Feedstocks in Florida, and Renewable Energy Technology Grants Program are available, as well as the presentation on “25x’25 – America’s Energy Future” …
Peanuts for Biodiesel
No, it’s not cheap biodiesel… although it certainly could end up being biodiesel for just peanuts. What I’m talking about is scientists at the USDA’s Agricultural Research Service looking at using peanuts as the feedstock for biodiesel… maybe even cheaper than soybeans. This article from the ARS web site says it could push the goober into the forefront of biodiesel …
Energy Title of House Farm Bill
The US House passed its version of the 2007 Farm Bill Friday by a vote of 231 to 191 – a vote largely along party lines on a bill that came out of the House agriculture committee as a bipartisan piece of legislation. Republican members of the committee withdrew their support for the bill when a tax increase on foreign …
Company Introduces On-site Biodiesel Tester
Companies worried about the quality level of biodiesel they’re selling… or buying… can now use a biodiesel testing kit that fits into a brief case. In fact, the Kittiwake Biodiesel test kit comes in a sturdy, aluminum case to make it easier to take anywhere. This press release posted on the ThomasNet Industrial NewsRoom web site says the kit can …
Biodiesel Bike Goes for Record
You might remember this motorcycle from the National Biodiesel Board Conference in February (and my post from January 30th). The folks from the Oakland, California-based The Crucible… a non-profit educational collaboration of arts, industry and community… will attempt to break the world speed record on a motorcycle when they try to crank their machine up to 160 miles an hour …
Biofuels Bring Left and Right Together
Ethanol and biodiesel are experiencing what some are calling a “gold rush” as the biofuels have seen dramatic jumps in usage… and investors… to the green technology. This column from Renewable Energy Access.com says, in the U.S., tax incentives have helped grow the biodiesel market by a whopping 1000 percent in just a two year stretch between 2004 and 2006: …
US Steel to Roll on Biodiesel
US Steel is expanding its use of biodiesel, first at its Gary, Indiana plant and then at other US Steel facilities across the country. This story from the Gary (IN) Post-Tribune says the company started fueling 85 of its trucks at the plant with biodiesel in April, and that will expand to its entire 150-vehicle fleet next August: The company …
NBB Calls for Passage of Farm Bill
The National Biodiesel Board today called for passage of the U.S. House’s version of the Farm Bill – H.R. 2419, the Farm, Nutrition, and Bioenergy Act of 2007 – especially the parts referring to biodiesel. NBB officials say the energy title portion of the bill includes an expansion of the Commodity Credit Corporation (CCC) Bioenergy Program and the Biodiesel Education …
The Future of Biofuels
A middle school student from Merritt Island was in the spotlight at the 2007 Florida Farm to Fuel Summit last week in St. Petersburg for her work in making biofuels. Yep, you read that right. Erin McCaskey, 12, attends Thomas Jefferson Middle School and her seventh grade science project last year was making biodiesel from a variety of sources. “I …
Marathon Pumping Biodiesel at Two Illinois Terminals
Marathon Oil Company is now pumping biodiesel at two of its terminals in Illinois. This company press release says the biodiesel blended fuel will be available at its Robinson and Champaign terminals: “Marathon is proud to announce that two more locations have been expanded to offer biodiesel storage and distribution. Similar to our existing biodiesel facilities in Minnesota and Kentucky, …