August, 2010

  Columbia, SC will recycle used cooking oil into biodiesel through public works department Kim Foster-Tobin Columbia residents can now recycle cooking oil at the city’s Public Works facility off Harden Street. The city will donate the cooking oil...

  Ohio: American Electric Power interested in producing electric power from biodiesel Photo from: http://www.aep.com/contact/ COLUMBUS, Ohio – American Electric Power (NYSE: AEP) is seeking quotes for the supply of biodiesel to one or more of its...

  Running for CA Governor, Jerry Brown speaks at San Diego biodiesel plant Above: Dem. gubernatorial candidate Jerry Brown outlines his plan to create a half-million green jobs in California by 2020, at New Leaf Biofuel in Barrio Logan on August...

    Biodiesel Industries Inc. has been selected by the California Energy Commission to receive an $886,815 grant Image from: http://www.biodieselindustries.com/ California-based Biodiesel Industries Inc. has been selected by the California Energy...

  Oakland, CA gets new Propel biodiesel, free 5 gal. sample Photo from: http://www.greencar.com/articles/propel-biofuels-making-ethanol-biodiesel-refueling-easier.php OAKLAND -- The first day of a free alternative fuel giveaway started Tuesday with...

  Poland buys 20,000 metric tons of biodiesel per month, raises mandate from B5 to B7 Photo from: http://www.greenbusinesstimes.com/2008/11/03/exhibition-photos-from-iswawmras-world-congress-2008/ In Poland, oil company Grupa Lotus has contracted...

  Iowa: Would you like a tour of the Yoderville Biodiesel Collective? Logo from: http://www.ybdc.org/ The Yoderville Biodiesel Collective is hosting a Practical Farmers of Iowa field day at 1 p.m. Saturday at 4630 Orville Yoder Turnpike in Kalona...

  Cargill invests in soy-based biodiesel from Argentina and 9 other biofuel ventures A Cargill plant (Archive) from: http://venezuelanalysis.com/news/4452 Global agriculture and food gorilla Cargill made $2.6 billion in profit in 2010: The over-a...

  Range Fuels in Georgia, one of the first plants to make cellulosic methanol for biodiesel Photo from: http://www.rangefuels.com/our-first-commercial-plant.html Range Fuels, one of the more successful biofuel startups backed by Khosla Ventures,...

  Scotland may soon use the production byproducts of whisky to make butanol   (Source: Dreamworks) Scotland produces over 150M liters of Scotch whisky a year. Currently the production byproducts are thrown out, but soon they could be used to...

  Safflower and biodiesel attracts Army’s attention in Utah (Scott Sommerdorf l The Salt Lake Tribune) A biofuel crop on Salt Lake City's west side gets national attention from the U.S. Army on Monday. Standing among biodiesel-producing safflower...

  West Michigan: Corn growers look to renewal of ethanol subsidies for future profitability Joel Hawksley photos | The Grand Rapids PressA view of the Carbon Green BioEnergy ethanol plant in Eaton County's Woodbury, near Lake Odessa. A scoop...

  Note: Don’t miss the following article from guest writer Jennifer Gorten regarding algae-based fuel: http://www.biodieselnow.com/b/site/archive/2010/08/12/algae-is-more-than-just-pond-scum-it-could-be-quot-fuel-of-the-future-quot.aspx   Renewable...

During the past 20 years, America has undergone a drastic shift in consciousness regarding our perception of the environment. In years past, aggressive capitalistic ventures and the corporations viewed the environment as something to be used and abused...

  EU looking at a B20 biodiesel mandate by the year 2020 Adler and Allan recently hosted a ground-breaking biofuels discussion forum at the Fire Service College in Gloucestershire to highlight the issues arising from the potential introduction of...

  Wood chips to jet fuel, Gevo is converting plant waste to butanol Inside Gevo Plant Gevo, a startup research company in Colorado, has demonstrated the making of jet fuel from plant wastes. The company devised to manufacture yeast that facilitates...

  Solazyme raises $52M in venture capital to develop algae-based fuel Algae that can be tapped to make fuel for your tank. (Credit: Solazyme) Even as investor interest in biofuels has cooled substantially from a few years ago, Solazyme has emerged...

  Biodiesel tax credit supported by Missouri congressman(R) Missouri Congressman Roy Blunt, fresh off a primary win to be the Republican candidate for Senator, stopped at the National Biodiesel Board (NBB) in Jefferson City, Missouri on Friday to...

  Iowa school lab earns biodiesel testing accreditations Photo from: http://www.nextenergy.org/successes/case000003.aspx FORT DODGE, Iowa, Aug. 6 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Don Heck has heard a lot of talk about making Iowa the "renewable energy...

  Italian investor growing jatropha for biodiesel ignites Kenyan protest Energy company Nuove Iniziative Industriali Srl owner Luciano Orlandi walks through the jatropha plantation he is developing in the Malindi District of Kenya's Coast Province...

  Think government subsidies to biofuel are high? Fossil fuel is 10 times more. Photo from: http://solar1.org/resources/biodiesel/ Subsidies for the fossil fuel industry dwarf those paid to encourage growth in the renewable energy sector, new research...

  Update on airplanes and biofuels, very similar to biodiesel Jet fuels made from plants such as jatropha and camelina are being tested by airlines like British Airways and Continental Airlines. Boeing Corporation has been working with various airlines...

  New Zealand: biodiesel from wood is the strategic goal of the future Image from: http://clearnet.co.nz/news/editorial/2009Mar/630bd6fa-f9a8-41d6-8404-02c1e3e244e3.html A report from the New Zealand Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment...