Just another reason for you to attend this year’s National Biodiesel Conference & Expo! Dow Water & Process Solutions, a branch of Dow Chemical Company, will present its portfolio of solutions it picked up in its acquisition of Rohm and Haas to include biodiesel capabilities during next week’s conference in Grapevine, Texas. Stop by booth #1005 to talk to experts …
Biodiesel Conference BOGO Registration Extended
The new Renewable Fuels Standard … aka RFS-2 … is set to be released in just the next few days. That’s why the National Biodiesel Board has extended the regular registration rates, as well as the “buy one, get one (BOGO)” offer to bring a friend for free to the National Biodiesel Conference & Expo, Feb. 7-10, at the Gaylord …
Timing Key with this Year’s Biodiesel Conference
Outside of location, location, location (for real estate, at least), the three most important words in business might be timing, timing, timing. You get both when you attend the National Biodiesel Conference and Expo, Feb. 7-10 in the Dallas-Forth Worth area (actually Grapevine’s Gaylord Texan Resort & Convention Center). The NBB points to location, in the 30 biodiesel plants that …
DF Cast: Bring a Friend to the Biodiesel Conference
The 2010 National Biodiesel Conference and Expo is just around the corner, going on February 7-10 just outside of Dallas at the Grapevine Gaylord Texan Resort and Convention Center, and you’ll be able to bring a friend for free. CEO of the National Biodiesel Board Joe Jobe says, with federal legislation and rules pending, this is an event anyone in …
Biodiesel Conference Place to Discuss RFS-2
As the EPA gets closer to implementing the new Renewable Fuels Standard (RFS-2), those attending this year’s National Biodiesel Conference and Expo, Feb. 7-10 at the Gaylord Texan Resort & Convention Center in Grapevine, Texas will have the chance to talk about and prepare for RFS-2: This year’s implementation of the RFS-2 will be the single largest factor in biodiesel …
Biodiesel Board Disputes Media’s Production Estimate
Ben Franklin said, “Believe none of what you hear and half of what you see.” That saying could apply to the latest dispute between some of the media and the National Biodiesel Board and biodiesel production levels for 2009. While some major news outlets ran a story that put the number at 350 million gallons for the past year (a …
Sustainable Biodiesel Meets Before NBB Conference
Sustainable biodiesel will get its voice heard right before the National Biodiesel Board holds its annual conference and exhibition in Texas in just over a month. The seventh annual Sustainable Biodiesel Summit is set for February 6th and 7th, in Grapevine, Texas … right before the NBB’s big gig, Feb. 7-10. This press release says community activists, backyard brewers, farmers, …
NBB: No Long-Term Biodiesel Tax Extension this Year
The National Biodiesel Board seems to be conceding defeat for a long-term extension of the the biodiesel blender tax credit … but the group seems to be holding out hope for a one-year extension of the incentive set to expire after Dec. 31, 2009. The U.S. House has already passed the tax extender package in H.R. 4213, which included a …
Biodiesel Completes Capitol Christmas Tree Journey
Tomorrow (Tuesday) night will be a magical time in Washington, D.C., as the Capitol Christmas Tree is officially lit. The National Biodiesel Board points out that the 85-foot blue spruce made the 4,000-mile cross-country trip from Arizona to the nation’s capital on a truck fueled with biodiesel … a first for the tradition of the Capitol Christmas Tree that goes …
Growing Biodiesel Crops on the Road
Roadsides and median strips may turn out to be the perfect place to grow crops for biodiesel. “It’s a very non-traditional approach to utilizing some public lands that are not being utilized as well as they could be,” says Utah State University researcher Dallas Hanks. It is estimated that there are some 10 million available acres of land in roadsides, …