June, 2010

  From Canada: Irving Oil cancels plans for biodiesel add-on facility Workers stand outside of the Irving Oil refinery in Saint John. The company has withdrawn plans to build a biodiesel refinery next to its existing oil refinery. (CBC) Weeks after...

  US Dept. of Energy will invest $24M for algae biofuels projects Photo from: http://inhabitat.com/2007/10/22/power-your-car-with-algae-algae-biocrude-by-livefuels/ June 29 (Bloomberg) -- The U.S. Department of Energy will award as much as $24 million...

  Western Isles near Aberdeen, Scotland: Man teaches others how to make biodiesel Photo from: http://north-harris-trading.com/page/3/ A Western Isles man is offering courses in how to beat high fuel prices by converting vegetable oil into biodiesel...

  North Carolina to grow canola-based biodiesel along the highways Robert C. Reed | Hickory Daily Record--These daylillies on Interstate 40 aren’t biofuel flowers, but they show the type of roadway planting the DOT is testing. RALEIGH — The state...

  Toyota, Hitachi, and 40 other companies in Japan work on algae-based biofuel Toyota’s research and development group, Hitachi Ltd, has joined more than 40 Japanese companies and organisations in investigating the potential to turn algae into biofuel...

  Mapping biofuel projects in North Carolina “To better illustrate how the emerging biofuels industry sector is growing toward its 10% in 10 years' goal, the Biofuels Center of North Carolina produced a map of biofuels activity across the state...

  Memphis biodiesel plant foreclosed Photo from: http://www.memphisbiofuels.com/ The property that houses the Memphis Biofuels LLC biodiesel production facility has been foreclosed and will be sold on the courthouse steps, according to a notice that...

  Happy Fathers Day to all our troops Canadians celebrating fathers Day on Sunday, will enjoy cards messages hugs etc from their kids. The kids of of our soldiers will be thinking of their fathers and of their safety. Wishing that they were home...

  Santa Cruz, CA: biodiesel prices go sky-high as tax credit lags The Green Station sells B99 biodiesel. The alternative fuel source is locally recycled, produced and sold by local people. B99 is made from restaurant fryer oil collected from the...

  Tacoma, Washington: Small biodiesel production operation burns garage Slide show: Photos from the scene from http://www.bellinghamherald.com/2010/06/16/1482766/garage-fire-sends-black-fog-over.html TACOMA, Wash. -- Biodiesel stored in a garage...

  Gregg Anderson on the opportunity for biodiesel in heating applications Gregg Anderson Boston in the summer: Fenway Park, warm weather and … home heating? Though it may not fit with summer the way swimsuits and sunscreen do, Bioheat fuel is certainly...

  Connecticut increases biodiesel content of heating oil by mandate Connecticut Governor Jodi Rell (shown here signing a different bill) signed legislation lowering the sulfur content and increasing the biodiesel content of heating oil on May 26...

  US military in Afghanistan considers biodiesel as an alternative to opium Photo from: http://marisacat.wordpress.com/2006/11/ BiodieselinAfghanistan.com is reporting that “the average cost of importing fuel into Afghanistan, or the Fully Burdened...

  Glycos Biotechnologies converts glycerin—a byproduct of biodiesel production—into ethanol Melissa Phillip: Chronicle Rich Cilento, Glycos Biotechnologies' chairman and CEO, stands by a fermenter at a company facility in Hempstead. “Because...

  Senate promises to pass the biodiesel tax credit extension Senate leaders are promising again that there are enough votes to get the biodiesel tax incentive renewed. This article from The Hill says New York Democrat Sen. Charles Schumer believes...

  Virent Energy Systems raises $46.4M with technology that converts plant sugars to biodiesel Today, Virent Energy Systems announced that it has closed its third round of funding totaling $46.4 million. Two of the company’s largest investors, Cargill...

New Mexico biorefinery will produce biodiesel from algae The world's first vertically integrated algal biorefinery opened near Carlsbad on Monday, and experts hope a commercially developed version could one day replace the need on foreign oil. The...

  Palm oil for biodiesel posts biggest drop in 8 days based on crude oil declines June 7 (Bloomberg) -- Palm oil futures posted the biggest drop in eight days as crude oil extended a slump, hurting the viability of biodiesel. Crude oil fell for a...

  European aerospace giant EADS to unveil aircraft which runs on algae fuel EADS' Jean Botti would like 10% of its aircraft to run on biofuel by 2040 BERLIN — European aerospace giant EADS is poised to unveil a "hybrid" aircraft which...

  The inside story on the new ultrasonic biodiesel production process At Genuine Bio-Fuel in Indiantown, Fla., Jason Urbas checks wattage for the ultrasonic reactors. PHOTO: GENUINE BIO-FUEL INC. One reason producers have chosen ultrasound technology...

  Iowa political candidates debate biodiesel and ethanol subsidies A candidate for the U.S. Senate from Iowa has responded to one of his rivals statements calling ethanol and biodiesel subsidies “bologna, bologna” by calling the statement “wrong...

  NBB and ASA encouraged as biodiesel tax credit passes in the House House passage of the American Jobs and Closing Tax Loopholes Act Friday means the first step in extending the biodiesel tax incentive to the end of the year is complete. The National...