February, 2010

  Iowa Biodiesel Board clashes with trucking company field testing Things are getting a bit tough in the fight to get a biodiesel mandate implemented in Iowa. This post from the Des Moines Register says a letter that Decker Trucking of Fort Dodge...

  Managing municipal biodiesel programs in Minnesota A diesel fuel pump in Worthington, Minn., pictured on Dec. 23, 2009. The lapse of a federal subsidy could affect Minnesota's biodiesel mandate. Most diesel sold in the state must contain at...

Algae-based biofuels might commercially depend on the right locations Photo of bottled algae from iStockPhoto /Rob Broek SAN DIEGO—Researchers are continuing to develop strains of algae that yield a greater volume of oily compounds that can be processed...

  Enhanced Jatropha oil production from new genetic hybrid SG Biofuels on Monday revealed a proprietary variety of the jatropha curcas plant that the Encinitas-based company said will yield more oil at a more profitable rate. The newly launched JMax...

  Scientist in Tunisia extracts biodiesel from olive water Photo of olives from Tunisia from: http://www.tunisiaonlinenews.com/?p=2359 Tunis — A country that has placed stakes on its human resources, Tunisia is reaping the fruits of its efforts,...

  Major food distributor will run fleet on B5 biodiesel Food distributor U.S. Foodservice-San Francisco is powering its delivery fleet with biodiesel. The company’s 136 tractors and 148 trailers started using a fuel blended with 5 percent biodiesel...

  Sen. Charles Schumer in New York to talk to Auburn BioDiesel officials Photo of Sen. Charles Schumer from: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Charles_Schumer_official_portrait.jpg U.S. Sen. Charles Schumer will meet Thursday with...

  New biodiesel production process may revolutionize the industry PRINCETON, N.J., Feb 16, 2010 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Sachtleben, a unit of Rockwood Holdings Inc. /quotes/comstock/13*!roc/quotes/nls/roc ( ROC 22.73 , +0.62, +2.80%) and the leading producer...

  VW selects drivers for biodiesel-fueled races, running B5 Twenty-five drivers, including 16 new ones, have been chosen for the third season of Volkswagen’s 2010 Jetta TDI® Cup, an SCCA Pro Racing-sanctioned event that features young drivers (16...

British Airways to build first bio-fuel plant to convert waste into jet fuel BA says the plant will reduce the amount of waste sent to landfill British Airways has struck a deal to build the first plant in Europe to produce jet fuel from waste matter...

  Petroleum giants buy into bio-fuel, here’s the scorecard Last week, Royal Dutch Shell announced that it had created an Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Cosan to produce a 50-50 Brazilian ethanol joint venture valued at a staggering $12 billion...

  Singing about biodiesel fuel at the National Biodiesel Conference If you’ve ever attended a National Biodiesel Conference then you know Emily Richards and Jason Brock. These music stars are passionate about their belief in renewable fuels and have...

  How goes the fight between big ag and big oil? Here’s the score Photo from: http://www.freewebs.com/renata17/ Americans are Spending 20 percent of their income on transportation. In the average two-car household it is often higher. Big Oil and...

  Biodiesel tax credit may get a boost from jobs bill Photo from: http://www.greencar.com/articles/10-facts-biodiesel.php The fate of the lapsed tax subsidy for biodiesel may well lie  with what happens to a jobs bill that Democrats want to...

  GM’s new 2011 diesel-powered pickup trucks will be certified to burn B20 biodiesel GM's new 6.6-liter "LML" Duramax V-8 turbodiesel for its 2011 Chevrolet Silverado and GMC Sierra Heavy Duty pickups will be capable of burning B20...

  E.Coli bacteria doesn’t just make you sick—it makes biodiesel E coli (AP) Most of us associate the bacteria E. coli with nasty stomach ailments. But a new study published in Nature magazine suggests E. coli can not just turn stomachs, but could...