October, 2009

  Algae biodiesel industry leader asks Congress for consideration Mary Rosenthal with the Algal Biomass Association told the representatives that despite some good progress for the algae biodiesel industry in recent years (not to mention the potential...

  Permibus fills up on B100 biodiesel at Innovation Fuels You can’t eat free… unless you’re also getting renewable, clean-burning biodiesel. Well, the world’s first environmentally sustainable tour bus was able to get a free fillup of B100, pure...

  Rwanda: Interview--alleviating rural poverty with biodiesel Launched in 1992 on the initiative of the oilseeds producers joined together within the die of oils and plant proteins, the Diester - contraction of Diesel and Ester - is the name given...

  Michigan school district runs school buses 3Million miles on biodiesel A school bus in Michigan has just hit 300,000 miles, and the bulk of those miles have come while running on biodiesel. This National Biodiesel Board press release tells the...

  Brazil increasing biodiesel percentage to 5% next Jan. Lula da Silva cautioned production should not impact food supplies Brazil will raise the bio-fuel content of its diesel to 5% up from 4% previously, after President Lula da Silva approved the...

  China Clean Energy, Inc. completes huge new biodiesel plant in Jiangyin Photo from: http://www.chinacleanenergyinc.com/aboutus.htm See complete set of photos of the new Jiangyin plant here: http://www.chinacleanenergyinc.com/Picture.htm The commissioning...

  North Carolina high school students power “magic fuel bus” with biodiesel from WVO FNC  Oct. 21: Students fuel the school bus with fuel made from cooking oil at East Burke High School in Connelly Springs, North Carolina. For teacher Bob Smith...

  UNEP report criticizes palm-based biodiesel for not being green enough The production of palm oil--shown here in Malaysia--could generate more overall emissions than fossil fuel. (image: nytimes.com) According to the United Nations, not every form...

  Malaysia seeks standards for calculating the environmental impact of growing palm oil for biodiesel From left: Tan Sri Yusof Basiron hitting the gong to mark the opening of the conference. With him are Datuk Sabri Ahmad, MPOC council member Datuk...

  Forest City, IA biodiesel plant—it will be “neighbor friendly” Growth Design Chairman Byron Tweeten (right) and University of St. Thomas engineering Prof. Greg Mowry talk about the technology that will be used at a biodiesel refinery located about...

  New York: Auburn Biodiesel seeks federal stimulus funds to expand to ports at Oswego, Montezuma David Lassman / The Post-Standard, 2005  This 2005 aerial view shows the Port of Oswego. Fort Ontario is at the top. Washington, D.C. -- Federal...

  European Biodiesel Board (EBB) claims: “US biodiesel leaks illegally into Europe” US biodiesel producers have found an alternative way to place their products on the European market. The country first exports the biodiesel to another country, mainly...

  Malaysia: Crude palm oil prices high, biodiesel industry feels pain Photo from: http://www.indiamart.com/dandjimportexport/our-collection.html IN three short years, the fledgling palm biodiesel industry in Malaysia is fast heading for a bust. Many...

  Central Java: biodiesel from nyamplung runs fine in this diesel van Guzzling greener gaz: Resourceful residents of Central Java’s Bantul try out biodiesel made of nyamplung (Calophyllum inophyllum) on a 1,000 kilometer van test drive. Like many...

  India to fix price of biodiesel for Oil Marketing Companies The government is likely to fix a price of Rs 34 a litre for purchase of biodiesel by oil marketing companies, after biodiesel producing companies agreed to sell the fuel at that rate...

  India’s first commercial car to run on 100% biodiesel Megha Rathee’s mint-green Scorpio sits like any other car in a corporate parking lot in Gurgaon, Delhi’s suburb of global companies. There’s no indication that it is a remarkable vehicle — India...

  U of N. Carolina at Pembroke receives $750K federal grant for biodiesel research program Photo from: http://www.carolinalivinggreenexpo.com/BioBus.htm Powering a Greener Future The University of North Carolina at Pembroke is committed to the development...

  Maine Bio-Fuel Inc. runs biodiesel production plant on their own biodiesel Image from: http://www.mainebio-fuel.com/green_room.html Luckily for Maine Bio-Fuel Inc, they did it right the first time. By developing a biodiesel production plant that...

  Sapphire Energy CEO Jason Pyle turning algae into biodiesel and jet fuel "This isn't the 1990s anymore," says Jason Pyle, shown in a Sapphire Energy greenhouse in San Diego. "You can't just get lucky, found a company and...

  Biodiesel, Colorado-style: Sunflower power (Adam Burke for NPR)  Grant Allen, 22, stands in one his 300-acre fields. He planted more than 2 million seeds this year. When farmers in the town of Dove Creek, Colo., started planting sunflowers...

  Florida “green-house” stores solar power as hydrogen Solar panels power a house at FSU. Some of the energy the panels produce is used to turn water into hydrogen for power when the sun isn't shining.  SUNWORKS SOLAR / VIA AP A house on...

  By 2015, bio-fuel use is expected to double worldwide Global biofuel use is expected to increase twofold by 2015 and Brazil will remain the world's top exporter of biofuel, according to a report released Wednesday by Hart Energy Consulting...