So you think a biodiesel engine is just for slow-moving tractors and slow-accelerating big rigs? Well, the bike pictured above is changing that whole line of thinking. What you see is the “DIE(sel) MOTO” project… a converted BMW biodiesel-powered motorcycle that now holds the world record for a diesel bike at more than 220 kph! This story on motoring.co.az says …
Smiling Earth Recommits to Chesapeake Biodiesel Plant
In an effort to quell some of the rumors that they might back out of building the nation’s largest biodiesel plant, senior managers for Smiling Earth Energy held a press conference today on a dock overlooking the Elizabeth River’s Southern Branch… the future site of a 320-million-gallon-a-year biodiesel refinery. This article in the Hampton Roads PilotOnline says it was the …
Virginia Governor’s Energy Plan Highlights Biofuels
Virginia Governor Timothy M. Kaine has released his plan for how Virginia will become more energy independent and practice better energy conservation… and at the top of the list seems to be the promise of more ethanol and biodiesel production. This press release from the governor highlights the Virginia Energy Plan: The first goal calls for increased energy independence through …
Commercial Roofer Goes Green with Biodiesel
The shingles might be black, but a leader in the commercial roofing business in California and Arizona is going green… by using bidiesel for its entire fleet of trucks in California. This press release from the company says Highland has always been committed to lowering man’s environmental footprint, and this was a natural fit: The switch to Biodiesel fuel was …
Possible Soybean Crush Partnership in Wisconsin
Officials with Landmark Services Cooperative have announced they want to partner with the state of Wisconsin to build a soybean crushing facility near Evansville, WI., which could help the possibilities of a biodiesel facility going in to the same area. This story in Wisconsin Ag Connection has more details: During a public press conference at its Rock County facilities on …
OECD and FAO Not Friends of Ours
If you’re not familiar with the Organization for Economic Co-operation (OECD) you probably will soon since they’ve released their “OECD-FAO Agricultural Outlook – 2007-2016” report and it’s already being quoted and used by the people who want to bash the development of biofuels, most especially ethanol. The report devotes quite a bit of misguided text to the subject of biofuels. …
Garbage Trucks Pick Up More than Trash with Biodiesel
The Lawrenceville, Georgia city fleet supervisor got a surprise when he converted his garbage trucks to biodiesel. “I was expecting the economy to go down and the trucks to be more sluggish,” [Lamar] Hall said. But now, “I figure it’s about 10 percent more efficient with biodiesel.” This story in the Atlanta (GA) Journal-Constitution says the suburban Atlanta community is …
Western Dubuque Biodiesel Holds Grand Opening
State, industry, and company officials gathered this week at a brand-new biodiesel plant near Farley, Iowa for the official ribbon-cutting ceremony for Western Dubuque Biodiesel’s $50 million plant. This story in the Telegraph-Herald (Dubuque, IA) says those in attendance praised biodiesel’s environmental and economic contributions: “This plant has no carbon (emissions),” [Nile Ramsbottom, president of Renewable Energy Group Inc. – …
Biofuels Council offers Biofuel Bio
The biofuels industry is rapidly picking up steam and the fast track growth is spurring a demand for professionals who are educated in biodiesel, ethanol and other alternative fuels. The American Biofuels Council wants to meet that demand wtih a new biofuels educator program. The American Biofuels Council (ABC), a national grassroots communications network for the advancement of biofuels adoption, …
Fighting Fire with… Biodiesel
Firefighters in Charlottesville, Virginia will be rushing off to fires, running their fire engines on biodiesel. This story from WCAV-TV quotes Charlottesville Fire Chief, Charles Werner as pointing out the benefits of the green fuel: [T]he fire department is changing [its] larger vehicles to run on biodiesel 20. Which means that 20% of the diesel is now an alternative fuel. …