The Iowa Corn Indy 250 presented by Pioneer will return once again to the Iowa Speedway in 2010. The Iowa Corn Growers Association, the Iowa Corn Promotion Board and Pioneer have renewed their sponsorship for the 4th Annual race, to be held on June 20, 2010. There were concerns that the race started specifically to highlight the United States ethanol …
Dakar Rally Race to Debut Ethanol Category in 2010
The world’s largest rally competition will include an ethanol category for the first time next year. The new category was introduced by the Dakar Rally organizers at the request of Brazilian rally veteran and former rally winner Klever Kolberg, who will drive the first-ever flex-fuel vehicle to take part in the prestigious race next year – a Brazilian-made 2010 Mitsubishi …
Iowa Corn Indy 250 Celebrates Homegrown Ethanol
Even though the Indy Car Series races this year are sponsored by the Brazilian ethanol industry, the Iowa Corn Indy 250 will still feature homegrown fuel. The race will be held June 21 at the Iowa Speedway in Newton, Iowa and sponsored once again by Pioneer Hi-Bred and the Iowa Corn Growers Association. According to Craig Floss, CEO of the …
Biodiesel Could Benefit from Higher CAFE Standards
President Barack Obama has proposed that vehicle fuel economy standards be substantially increased to 35.5 miles per gallon by the year 2016… and biodiesel could be a big benefactor of that change. This article from Biodiesel Magazine says auto industry folks, such as Dave Barthmuss, group manager for General Motors Environment and Energy Communications North America, believe the new Corporate …
DF Cast: Farm Foundation’s Global Conversation
The latest edition of Domestic Fuel Cast listens in on some of the conversation at this week’s Farm Foundation “Transition to a Bioeconomy: Global Trade and Policy Issues” conference. This is the fourth in a series of conferences looking at the transition to a bioeconomy the Farm Foundation has sponsored. This week’s event brought people from around the world to …
Uranium Miner Unveils Algae Biodiesel Plan
Nevada-based Russell Industries, primarily known for its lucrative uranium mining operations, is looking at expanding into the biodiesel business. This company press release says it’s moving into algae biodiesel development because of the massive amount of federal money to be poured in to green energy: At this time the Company is focused on renewable energy, specifically, its Houston Algae Farm …
Report: Alt Fuels Could Clean Up Ports
Alternative fuels, such as biodiesel and natural gas, and hybrid electric vehicles could be the keys to cleaning up the world’s ports, polluted by the running of petroleum diesel enginesto onload and offload the goods coming and going through these points of commerce. This story from NGVGlobal.com quotes a study, “Container Ports and Air Pollution,” published by Energy Futures, Inc.: …
EU Pulls Trigger on Biodiesel Tariffs
As I told you a couple of weeks ago, the European Union for some time has been threatening to slap tariffs on American biodiesel coming into Europe… barring some deal today to derail the measures. Well, this story from Reuters says that there was no last-minute reprieve and the duties are set to hit on March 13th: The EU firms …
Biofuels Focus at Commodity Conference
National commodity organizations representing growers of corn, soybeans, wheat and sorghum gathered together for the first time as one group last week in Grapevine, Texas at the annual Commodity Classic. Corn and soybean growers have been together as one for the past 14 years, wheat joined the group last year, and sorghum made four this year. Renewable fuels were a …
Algae Association to Hold Biofuels Workshop
That little green pond scum is growing more and more every day as a feedstock for a green fuel. And a group backing the turning of algae into biodiesel is hosting a summit to help make the fuel some green… money. The National Algae Association‘s Mid-South Chapter is hosting the Atlanta Algae Workshop, entitled “Algae, Our New Biofuel,” at the …