FIFA World Cup to Feature Biofuels & Solar

Joanna Schroeder

The FIFA World Cup 2014 is underway in Brazil and this year’s event features several renewable energy and sustainable measures never before seen during the event. Sugar Cane Industry Association (UNICA) is supplying the governing body of the football fleet (known as soccer to those living in the U.S.) with ethanol. Flex-fuel cars from Hyundai, Model HB20 Edition FIFA World …

advanced biofuels, Carbon, Climate Change, Education, Environment, Ethanol, global warming, International, Renewable Energy, Solar, UNICA

Sierra Club Launches Wind Energy Jobs Ad Campaign

Joanna Schroeder

With uncertainty around the major federal wind incentive, the Sierra Club has launched a national ad campaign urging Congress to reauthorize the critical incentive for domestic wind energy investments. The campaign focuses on Members of Congress with wind manufacturing jobs in their districts and states that are at risk of the Wind Production Tax Credit is not renewed. The first …

Electricity, Legislation, Renewable Energy, Video, Wind

Green Plains Purchases Supreme Cattle Feeders

Joanna Schroeder

Green Plains (GPRE) has acquired the assets of Supreme Cattle feeders from Agri Beef Co. The deal includes the feed yard doing business as Supreme Cattle Feeders and the Cimarron Grain Storage facility located near Kismet, Kansas. “Supreme Cattle Feeders is one of the premier cattle feed yards in the U.S. and this operation is an ideal adjacent business for …

Agribusiness, biofuels, corn, Ethanol, Ethanol News, Renewable Energy

Sullivan Power Sponsors the Junior Solar Sprint

Joanna Schroeder

And the winner of the 5th annual Junior Solar Sprint was the solar powered model car, ‘Stewart,’ built by two students from High Tech Middle School North County who won the championship race, finishing the 20 meter track in just 8.32 seconds. Second and third place medals were awarded to students with solar cars named to ‘Ninja Chicken’ and ‘Japan …

Education, Renewable Energy, Solar

Department of Navy Seeks 37.5M Gallons of Biofuels

Joanna Schroeder

The U.S. Department of Navy is seeking at least 37 million gallons of drop-in biofuels to power its F-76 marine diesel and JP-5 shipboard jet fuel supply in the upcoming Inland/East/Gulf Coast bulk fuels solicitation released by the Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) Energy on June 9, 2014. Bids are due by July 9, 2014 and deliveries of fuel will start …

advanced biofuels, Biodiesel, military, Renewable Energy

Where do Iowa Candidates Stand on the RFS?

Joanna Schroeder

Americans United For Change want Iowans to know where their candidates for U.S. Senate stand: with Iowa farmers or Big Oil. The Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS), legislation that mandates the U.S. transportation sector blend 36 billion gallons of alternative fuels into our fuel by 2022. With more than 30,000 comments sent to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) on their proposed …

Biodiesel, biofuels, Ethanol, Oil, politics, Renewable Energy, RFS

Edeniq’s PATHWAY Validation Facility Shows Success

Joanna Schroeder

Leading into the Fuel Ethanol Workshop that is taking place this week in Indianapolis, Indiana (June 9-12) Edeniq, Inc., has announced the successful performance of its PATHWAY Validation Facility. The company’s PATHWAY Platform is a proprietary, integrated platform that produces cellulosic ethanol inside existing corn ethanol plants. Edeniq said their pilot facility showcases how their patented technologies, the Cellunator and …

biofuels, Ethanol, Ethanol News, FEW, Renewable Energy

REG Completes Dynamic Fuels Acquisition

Joanna Schroeder

The largest U.S. biodiesel company Renewable Energy Group (REG) has announced that its wholly-owned subsidiary REG Synthetic Fuels, LLC has completed its acquisition of the remaining 50 percent ownership interest in Dynamic Fuels, LLC. Dynamic Fuels was previously owned by Tyson Foods. The new biodiesel facility will be known as REG Geismar, LLC and is a 75-million gallon renewable diesel …

advanced biofuels, Biodiesel, REG, Renewable Energy

2 Ethanol Plants Select ICM’s Added Value Technologies

Joanna Schroeder

In the past few weeks ICM has signed on three new ethanol plants which will use two of their second-generation ethanol technologies. Patriot Renewable Fuels has selected ICM’s Fiber Separation Technology (FST) while Front Range Energy has selected ICM’s patent-pending Selective Milling Technology (SMT) for their ethanol plant located on Windsor, Colorado. SMT is what is known as a “value-added …

advanced biofuels, corn, Ethanol, Ethanol News, Renewable Energy

Spider ST Solar Roof Mount System Seeing Success

Joanna Schroeder

Patriot Solar Group (PSG) has announced they are seeing success with their recently launched Spider ST roof mount system. The Spider ST is a polypropylene polymer-based roof mount for commercial flat roof applications. Because of its design and ease of use, the company says it offers solar installers unique cost saving features. Although mounting systems are defined as “hardware costs,” …

Alternative energy, Renewable Energy, Solar