June, 2009

  Test Plant: Using algae to get rid if CO2 and produce ethanol Algenol A Florida company is partnering with Dow Chemical to install commercial photobioreactors at a Dow site in Texas. The planned design for the installation is shown above. Algenol...

  Colorado: Biodiesel described as "silver buckshot" instead of a silver bullet Logo from: http://www.cubiodiesel.org/ BOULDER, Colo. — About a dozen people in a basement chemistry lab at the University of Colorado donned goggles and gloves...

  New biodiesel and E85 station opens in Solano County, CA The station was made possible with a $3.5 million California Air Resources Board grant, administered by the Sacramento Metropolitan Air Quality Management District. Air Resources Board chairwoman...

  Keeping the biodiesel movement strong in the SF Bay Area Doing her part: Foster City resident Janet Migliore has worked for more than three decades in her family’s San Mateo auto-repair shop. In early 2006, she started offering biodiesel-conversion...

  Farmers see the huge potential of biodiesel TOM WILBER / Staff Photo Giff Foster pours biodiesel into his tractor, "Big John," at his Chenango County farm. Foster is part of a group of Southern Tier farmers trying to make the fuel commercially...

  From Biodiesel Magazine: Biodiesel student essays win scholarships Emily Johnson of Minnetonka, Minn., a recent graduate of Hopkins High School, has been awarded first place in the 2009 Minnesota Clean Air Choice Scholarship, presented by the Minnesota...

Workshop on how to convert diesel engine to run on cooking oil Photo from http://vcbiodiesel.org/ At least that is what Lynne Okun of Ventura is hoping. Lynne is organizing a daylong workshop, Learn to Convert from Dino-Diesel to Veggie Oil, to give participants...

  City of Seattle, WA will cut back on soy-based biodiesel Photo from: http://www.flickr.com/photos/robseattle/1273451/ But until alternative sources like algae are improved and mass produced, biodiesel will share petroleum's uncertain future...

  Canada: biodiesel in early stage, availability limits use in construction Photo from: http://www.truckblog.com/story.asp?storyid=264 These are relatively early days for biofuels. “It’s been slower to catch on in Canada than in other parts of the...

  MPG Biofuels wants to build biodiesel plant in PA Image from: http://turcon.blogia.com/2005/noviembre.php While MPG Biofuels plans to eventually sell its fuel in Pennsylvania, the company has signed a three-year contract to sell 100 percent of...

  More than 100 scientists have signed the "Scientists for Biodiesel" declaration "Our industry is at a critical juncture as we await details on implementation of the Renewable Fuel Standard, and the future of the biodiesel tax incentive...

  Money problems put several Maui green-energy projects on hold Bob and Kelly King Founders Pacific Biodiesel, Inc.  Photo from: http://www.biodiesel.com/index.php/company/about_pacific_biodiesel_inc Pacific Biodiesel was planning a 5-million...

Beginner's Guide to Aviation Biofuels, a free .pdf download The Beginner's Guide to Aviation Biofuels has been published to explain some of the benefits for aviation moving to a new, cleaner, source of fuel. "In a poll within the industry...

  Lynx biodiesel station begins construction in Orlando Photo of Lynx bus from: http://www.clickorlando.com/news/16417341/detail.html# Construction has started on the public bus agency Lynx’s biodiesel blending station, a $2.5 million project that...

  The Biotechnology Industry Organization (BIO) today asked EPA to maintain flexibility “The EPA’s own analysis makes clear that the infancy of the science makes the determination of international impacts highly uncertain at best. Furthermore, EPA...

  Retail biodiesel comes to South Jersey Staff photo by Jennifer Dailey New Jersey Secretary of Agriculture Doug Fisher speaks at Monday's grand opening at Exxon in Pennsville of the first-ever retail biodiesel fuel pump in the South Jersey area...

  Biodiesel “is a national security issue, and it does create local jobs,” Signer said. Mike Signer (right), who is seeking the Democratic nomination for lieutenant governor, jokes with supporters Saturday before a tour of Red Birch Energy's...

  Nexsun Corp. plans biodiesel plant in Hiawatha, Kansas See Nexsun’s website at http://nexsun.com/home.php Rochelle Heussmann, project manager for Nexsun, said if demand for the product is greater, that figure could increase to 5 million. Nexsun...

  Neste Oil Starting To Build Largest Biodiesel Plant In Europe SUGAR LAND--June 4, 2009--Researched by Industrial Info Resources (Sugar Land, Texas)-- Neste Oil Corporation (HEL:NES1V) (Espoo, Finland) has started construction of the largest biodiesel...

  Oregon students invent new biodiesel reactor Aaron Findley thinks he might have found a new way for “quickie marts” to save time and money. Findley, a student at Oregon Institute of Technology in Southeast Portland, has devised a way to filter...

  $17.5 million biodiesel plant in Moberly, MO Members of the Producers Choice Soy Energy Board, its employees, local, county and state officials cut the ribbon to celebrate the open house of the new $17.5 million biodiesel plant in Moberly. Many...

2,000th E85 fueling station DAVIE, Fla. -- The Renewable Fuels Association (RFA) celebrated the grand opening of the United States' 2,000th E85 fueling station last Thursday. The Griffin U-Gas station is located in the community of Davie, Fla., just...