Friday 25 March 2011

Biodiesel bucket

A little bit for everyone in Saskatchewan Budget 2011
Global Winnipeg - David McGrane - ‎14 hours ago‎
All that it contained was a $2.6 million for a new biodiesel program. The NDP may be able to suggest something in terms of regulation or spending to reduce Saskatchewan greenhouse gas emissions which are the highest per-capita emissions in Canada. ...
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Biofuels at the crossroads
Biofuels Digest - ‎Mar 21, 2011‎
The US is engaged with a serious discussion over canceling the ethanol tax credit altogether, and waited until there were just a handful of days left in 2010 before renewing the biodiesel tax credit for last year. In India, a fractious debate over ...
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LOIS HENRY: Dumper gets another pass -- shocking! (Not)
Bakersfield Californian - Lois Henry - ‎Mar 15, 2011‎
That was followed by a massive explosion at the plant in 2006, when workers were mixing biodiesel. Then, after a spate of sulphur fires in 2007, the county began its "crackdown" on Hondo, which continues today. Oh, and there was that little incident in ...
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Practically Green
Recycling Today - ‎14 hours ago‎
These binder versions, often referred to as “biodiesel” from the use of methyl esters used to oxygenate diesel fuels to render them cleaner burning, can reduce benzene, toluene, xylene and naphthalene emissions at pouring, cooling and shakeout by 20 to ...

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Plans for LaGrange biodiesel plant revived
News Sentinel - Ellie Bogue - ‎Mar 21, 2011‎
The plant was expected to produce 60 million gallons of biodiesel fuel a year, eventually doubling production to 120 million gallons a year. Inside Business Indiana said the plant was expected to be one of the largest in the United States. ...
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Water's Scarcity Spells Opportunity for Entrepreneurs
New York Times - Erica Gies - ‎Mar 21, 2011‎
“The process of applying for the prize helped us define our business strategy and refine our concept,” Mr. Yolles said. When they were chosen as finalists, they had to develop a business plan and a presentation for investors. To assist them, they were ...
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Biofuel Bus Idea Developed By Grad Student
IBTimes - Caleb Denison - ‎Mar 22, 2011‎
David Correll, a Ph.D. student at Iowa State University's College of Business is one of those. Correll, whose work recently earned some attention from EcoFriend, is the co-founder and president of “ISU BioBus” – a program created to convert spent ...

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Finding the Right Purification Approach
Biodiesel Magazine - Bryan Sims - ‎Mar 9, 2011‎
One of the most commonly used methods for purifying biodiesel is to wash the impurities out with water. Other effective, though archaic, ways to wash biodiesel are agitation, mist and bubble washing. Water has a very low affinity for biodiesel and ...
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Is the jobs market recovering?
Palm Beach Post (blog) - ‎Feb 26, 2011‎
So there's a chance the cut in government jobs will wash out the benefit of increases in the private sector. What do you think? Is the job market finally recovering? Take our poll. This entry was posted on Sunday, February 27th, 2011

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Clarifying Misconceptions on Taxpayer-Subsidized Ethanol Exports
Consumer Energy Report - Robert Rapier - ‎Mar 21, 2011‎
I also pointed to a similar situation that had previously occurred in the biodiesel industry. Biodiesel was being subsidized by US taxpayers, blended with a bit of petroleum diesel, and then shipped to Europe where it also qualified for subsidies. ...
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Palm oil to stay at 47 baht
Bangkok Post - ‎Mar 23, 2011‎
Mr Suthep said the government would try to prevent price fluctuations through the Energy Ministry's demand for biodiesel production with fixed purchase prices for CPO. He said that if CPO was 40-41 baht/kg, three to four baht higher than CPO in ...
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KiOR Lands Hunt Refining as Biocrude Buyer
Reuters - Jeff St - ‎Mar 9, 2011‎
The Mississippi cash was dependent on KiOR landing a contract with a refinery; KiOR's process doesn't yield a final fuel product like ethanol or biodiesel, but rather a “biocrude” very similar to crude oil, which then can be refined into various ...
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Marines Trying to Get Afghan Farmers Hooked on Energy Crops
New York Times - ‎Mar 21, 2011‎
"A farmer in Montana can maybe sell his oil to a biodiesel producer for $1.50 a gallon," she explained. "On the other hand, if that farmer can convert that oil into his own fuel, it's actually worth $3.50 a gallon because he doesn't have to buy diesel. ...

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Diversification to help push UAC revenue to B1bn mark
Bangkok Post - ‎Mar 22, 2011‎
The company has diversified in recent years, and formed a biofuel joint venture with Bangchak Petroleum in 2008 to produce biodiesel. UAC holds 30% of Bangchak Biofuel, which has a daily production capacity of 300000 litres. On Monday, UAC directors ...
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Jatropha as biofuel causes more carbon emissions – Report
Ghana Business News - Emmanuel K. Dogbevi - ‎Mar 22, 2011‎
Jatropha has oil-rich seeds that can be used to produce biodiesel. One of the companies, Agroils of Italy is currently cultivating jatropha on 10000 hectares of land in Yeji in the Brong Ahafo region of Ghana for biofuels. Israeli company, Galten has ...
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Short Seller Attack on China Integrated Energy Is Different
Seeking Alpha - ‎Mar 24, 2011‎
Second, Gushan itself-- the very same company he is citing here to argue against biodiesel being a profitable business-- has openly said in recent months that it is planning to reopen its biodiesel plants. Gushan itself said through a recent Q&A with ...
China Integrated Energy Announces Availability of Letter to Shareholders on ... PR-USA.net (press release) Puts Purchased on China Integrated Energy, Inc. (CBEH) Benzinga all 3 news articles
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Biodiesel Processor Maker to Locate in Nevada
Domestic Fuel - John Davis - ‎Mar 23, 2011‎
A company that builds the machines to turn raw materials into the green fuel biodiesel will put in a factory in the Reno/Carson City region of Nevada. “Jobs are being imported from the UK because of the tax and business friendly environment, ...

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Biofuel Bus Idea Developed By Grad Student
IBTimes - Caleb Denison - ‎Mar 22, 2011‎
The group is actively collecting and converting oil into biodiesel, while looking to also source higher quantities of oil from all of the campus dining halls. Beyond the practical application of using the bio-fuel in city buses, the program serves to ...
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Budget cuts may target MSU-N biodiesel facility
KRTV Great Falls News - Kay Rossi - ‎Mar 23, 2011‎
The center is working with seed producers to make oil for local restaurants that can be recycled for transit bus fuel, and BNSF Railway has also signed on to a one-year fleet test to use biodiesel fuel in its engines. Greg Kegel, dean of the MSU-N ...
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US Sen. Grassley: More than $3.6 million to the Ames Transit Agency
IowaPolitics.com (press release) - ‎Mar 23, 2011‎
According to the US Department of Transportation, the funds will be used to replace 10 40-foot heavy duty biodiesel buses ($3528000) and purchase new scheduling-operations software ($160000). The project was selected on a competitive basis from the ...
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3/24/2011 Canadian Truckers Says Biodiesel Mandate Costs Outweigh Benefits
Truckinginfo - ‎Mar 24, 2011‎
More > BAE Systems announced a parallel electric-drive hybrid system for Class 6, 7 and 8 trucks that's based on HybriDrive series hybrid that's now working in 3000 transit buses worldwide.... More > The federal government's planned requirements for ...
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Stay informed about changes to student fees
RU Daily Targum - ‎Mar 24, 2011‎
The increased bus hours would lead to more buses for longer periods of time. The buses would also run on a biodiesel fuel called B20, making the buses more environmentally friendly. There was a large cut in services last year due to cuts in state aid ...

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Majority favors hydraulic fracking if it is ruled safe
Rochester Business Journal - ‎Mar 4, 2011‎
Just take a visit to Bradford County, Pennsylvania, to see what life would be like under this gross industrial process. If anyone has ever worked in a chemical factory, they would see the absolute economic fantasy of trying to isolate biodiesel from a ...

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Cape York traders lament development barriers
ABC Online - Brad Ryan - ‎Mar 8, 2011‎
yesterday and is holding hearings in Brisbane today. Bryan Cifuentes, from Cape York Sustainable Futures, told the committee there are many development ideas for the Cape including airport upgrades, feral animal abattoirs and biofuel plantations. ...
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Biodiesel Trucks, Solar Panels and Emissions Reductions Win Scavengers ...
Patch.com - Zach Stahl - ‎Mar 9, 2011‎
Established in 1914, South San Francisco Scavenger serves South City, Brisbane, Millbrae and SFO. The trash, compost and recyclables are hauled to the company's Blue Line Transfer Station overlooking San Francisco Bay. While leading a tour of the ...
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Man rides around Australia on bike fuelled by cooking oil
Eastern Courier Messenger - Adam Todd - ‎Mar 2, 2011‎
The former offshore oil rigger will spend the next two months riding around Australia on a special bio-diesel bike fuelled with cooking oil and waste fats. The 40 year old, who is now an author, hopes the 20000km journey will help raise awareness of ...
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Dario Navarro Joins Monterey College of Law as Associate Dean of International ...
PR Web (press release) - ‎Mar 18, 2011‎
Navarro also has a private law and consulting practice with client firms based in the US, Southeast Asia, and Europe seeking financing for renewable energy and clean technology projects, especially in such fields as carbon finance, biofuel development, ...

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RIT researchers creating green fuel from algae
Henrietta Post - ‎Mar 11, 2011‎
The group is developing biodiesel from microalgae grown in wastewater. By Erinn Cain, staff writer Imagine using algae and wastewater to fuel your car. Now imagine that the process of creating fuel cleans the water so significantly that it is fit to ...
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Global Beat Fusion: Buzzing Cicadas and Jewish Gangsters
Huffington Post - ‎Mar 18, 2011‎
The GOP's attempt at stopping the biodiesel tax credit frustrated its members; fortunately last year's lame duck Congress reinstated it. Still, the Republican agenda has demanded an end to environmentally friendly legislation. ...
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Courses strive to give students new career skills
Livingston Daily - Jason Carmel Davis - ‎Mar 6, 2011‎
LESA received a $125000 grant in 2009 that will provide the agency with three operational wind turbines, a solar array, biodiesel processor, diesel engine, pellet converter and furnace, and a fully operational weather station — all housed at Hartland ...

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2011 Vans Warped Tour dates, press conference in NYC March 25 (VIDEO)
Monsters and Critics.com - April MacIntyre - ‎Mar 22, 2011‎
The Warped Eco Initiatives (WEI) range from biodiesel fuel for touring trucks and buses, to environmentally friendly catering for bands and crew courtesy of Tada Catering. There's even a solar-powered sound system on the Kevin Says Stage and ...
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Global Beat Fusion: Buzzing Cicadas and Jewish Gangsters
Huffington Post - ‎Mar 18, 2011‎
The GOP's attempt at stopping the biodiesel tax credit frustrated its members; fortunately last year's lame duck Congress reinstated it. Still, the Republican agenda has demanded an end to environmentally friendly legislation. ...
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Wanderlust Yoga Festival Founders on Mindful, Murky Green Event Planning ...
Treehugger - Jessica Root - ‎Mar 21, 2011‎
We're also negotiating with a few bus companies to provide charter biodiesel buses from SF, Boston and NYC to further ensure that our festival is low-impact. In addition to transportation methods, we are also working on offering on-site camping at ...
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And the Award Goes to ... Planet Earth
Patch.com - Ellen Lutwak - ‎Feb 27, 2011‎
Generators at the red carpet are powered by biodiesel fuel. High-quality recycled paper is the sustainable choice for many event materials including nomination ballots, programs, tickets and envelopes. A comprehensive recycling system for event waste ...

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Biofuel | Lignol Energy hunts for new markets for wood waste products
Vancouver Sun - Scott Simpson - ‎Mar 17, 2011‎
Even with oil trading at close to $100 a barrel, Lignol Energy Corporation president and CEO Ross MacLachlan said during a recent tour of the company's pilot-scale manufacturing plant near the British Columbia Institute of Technology that woodbased ...
Lignol provides update on Cellulosic Ethanol project with Novozymes Canada NewsWire (press release) all 8 news articles
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Time to join the natural gas revolution
Troy Media Corporation - ‎Mar 22, 2011‎
Another BC company, IMW Industries of Chilliwack, is a leading supplier of CNG refuelling equipment, exporting to 25 countries, including China. Given British Columbia's technological leadership and the province's enormous shale gas resources, ...
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2011 Excellence in Renewable Energy Awards -- Projects of the Year
RenewableEnergyWorld.com - ‎Mar 10, 2011‎
The 235MW Toba Montrose Hydroelectric power project is made up of two sites that together make it the largest independent Run-of-River hydro project in British Columbia. Construction on the project took 3 years. The Toba site was completed 5 weeks ...
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ANC making unfair demands on Georgetown transportation
Greater Greater Washington - Kara Brandeisky - ‎Mar 2, 2011‎
I lived on campus for almost my entire time as a student, but during my last semester I lived in Columbia Heights, so I commuted by bus every day. I was on the bus the first time it re-routed all the way around the Naval Observatory and the British ...

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Global Beat Fusion: Buzzing Cicadas and Jewish Gangsters
Huffington Post - ‎Mar 18, 2011‎
The GOP's attempt at stopping the biodiesel tax credit frustrated its members; fortunately last year's lame duck Congress reinstated it. Still, the Republican agenda has demanded an end to environmentally friendly legislation. ...
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Navy: Full steam ahead on Great Green Fleet
CNET (blog) - Martin LaMonica - ‎Mar 2, 2011‎
Learn how to make your own biodiesel from waste cooking oil. What we need to remember, is that no matter how small we each may be, it is still possible to make a difference. It's the small things all added together that sometimes overcome the biggest ...
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Students work on mini biodiesel plant
LaSalle News Tribune - Tamara Abbey - ‎Mar 8, 2011‎
The plant can produce 20 gallons of refined biodiesel in each batch that begins with used cooking oil. The biodiesel refining plant will be incorporated into the agriculture science curriculum. Brass fittings, an industrial waste drum and shelves ...

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China Clean Energy Announces Details of its Listing on OTCQB
PR Newswire (press release) - ‎Mar 2, 2011‎
China Clean Energy, through its wholly-owned subsidiaries, Fujian Zhongde Technology Co., Ltd. and Fujian Zhongde Energy Co., Ltd, is engaged in the development, manufacturing, and distribution of biodiesel and specialty chemical products made from ...
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Singapore Stocks-Commodity firms lead gains; 3010-3030 index band eyed
Reuters - Charmian Kok - ‎Mar 22, 2011‎
"Fears of supply constraints of oil because of the problems in the Middle East could generate more interest in biodiesel again, helping to support palm oil prices," said Carey Wong, an analyst at OCBC Investment Research. (Reporting by Charmian Kok)
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Clarifying Misconceptions on Taxpayer-Subsidized Ethanol Exports
Consumer Energy Report - Robert Rapier - ‎Mar 21, 2011‎
I also pointed to a similar situation that had previously occurred in the biodiesel industry. Biodiesel was being subsidized by US taxpayers, blended with a bit of petroleum diesel, and then shipped to Europe where it also qualified for subsidies. ...
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West Memphis Poised to Lead in New Economy
SunHerald.com - ‎Mar 21, 2011‎
The school will soon break ground on a $6 million Biodiesel Technology Center. The 31000-square foot facility will include a biofuel engine testing facility and fuel and oil analysis laboratories that will support adoption of biofuels by the ...
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Newspaper Briefing, Including Russian groups step up London IPO attempts
Proactive Investors UK - ‎Mar 23, 2011‎
*Marex Financial in £94.5 million deal for Spectron:* Marex Financial, the commodities broker backed by a clutch of former Lehman Brothers bankers, has kick started an expansion drive with the acquisition of one of the world's top energy brokers. ...
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Exclusive - Sugar-squeezed Brazil buys US ethanol
Agrimoney.com - ‎Mar 2, 2011‎
... ethanol is less energy-intensive to manufacture than America's corn-based biofuel, typically makes Brazil's version significantly more competitive. "We have to convert our corn into sugar first," Don Roose, president of broker US Commodities said. ...

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Global Biofuel Market Striving for Incessant Growth Trajectory
Your-Story.org (press release) - ‎Mar 21, 2011‎
Our thorough research & analysis of the industry indicates that the American region, mainly the US, Brazil, and Canada, have been driving the global ethanol industry accounting for around 90% of the total global ethanol production. ...
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CLIMATE CHANGE: Jatropha - not really green
IRINnews.org - ‎Mar 23, 2011‎
FAO said jatropha had gained some ground as a source of oil for producing biodiesel because of the common perception that it could be grown in semi-arid regions with low nutrient requirements and little care. Jatropha's extensive roots allow it to ...
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Everyone's land
Twin Cities Planet (blog) - Ben Lilliston - ‎Mar 17, 2011‎
Forty percent of those soybeans go into the local biodiesel plant or animal feed for the poultry and hogs. But the boom hasn't come without bumps in road, particularly related to land and environmental protection. Representatives from the Rural Workers ...
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Biodiesel production on the up
Biofuels International - ‎Mar 17, 2011‎
The report found that together, the US and Brazil is the second largest biodiesel-producing region in the world. The countries covered in the report include Australia, Thailand, Japan, India, China, Indonesia, the US, Brazil, Canada, Czech Republic, ...

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Camelina-Based Biofuel Breaks Sound Barrier on U.S. Air Force F-22 Raptor Test ...
Business Wire (press release) - ‎Mar 21, 2011‎
BOZEMAN, Mont.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sustainable Oils, a producer of renewable, low carbon and domestically made fuels, announced jet fuel derived from its camelina powered the successful test flight of a US Air Force F-22 Raptor aircraft. ...
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F-22 flies on biofuel mix
UPI.com - ‎Mar 23, 2011‎
BOZEMAN, Mont., March 23 (UPI) -- A US Air Force F-22 Raptor has been flown using a 50/50 blend of conventional JP-8 jet fuel and biofuel from a Montana company. "The F-22 flew on Friday … and performed flawlessly on the biofuel blend citing no ...
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Six CCHS students heading to state science fair
Moultrie Observer - ‎Mar 19, 2011‎
... Kyle Edwards with at “Using Three Phase Alternation” project in engineering; Stephen Bozeman with an “Organic Removal of Lead from Water” project in environmental management; Rich Tyndall with a “Reaction of Plants to Increased CO2 Levels” project ...

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How Green Is Your Fast Food? Greenopia Has the Answers
Treehugger - Rachel Cernansky - ‎Mar 15, 2011‎
Le Pain Quotidien also composts its food waste and uses its spent food oil for biodiesel. EVOS has done a lot to make its restaurants as green as possible. First, they sell a variety of organic and fair trade products which are both ecologically and ...

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Belly Up to the Biofuel Bar
Discovery News - Tim Wall - ‎Mar 1, 2011‎
The researchers at Cornell along with colleagues at Washington University and the University of Colorado at Boulder analyzed over 400000 ribose nucleic acid (RNA) sequences of the critters in the brewery waste sludge.
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How Green Is Your Fast Food? Greenopia Has the Answers
Treehugger - Rachel Cernansky - ‎Mar 15, 2011‎
Ever wonder which, of the country's fast food options, would be your greenest bet?Check out Greenopia's latest rankings of more than 20 popular fast food chains in the US Restaurants are ranked ...
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Potash Supply
InvestorIdeas.com (press release) - ‎Mar 10, 2011‎

On the Eritrean side of the boarder Australian explorer South Boulder Mines (STB-ASX) is in the early stages of outlining a resource, Vancouver's NGEx Resources (NGQ-TSX.V) from the Lundin group added potash ground to other in-country holdings, ...
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Scientists Crack A Cold One For Biofuels
IBTimes - Aaron Colter - ‎Mar 10, 2011‎
They also collaborated with scientists at the University of Colorado in Boulder, and Washington University in St. Louis. Using advanced software, the scientists analyzed over 400000 gene sequences in bacteria taken from the sludge found in the nine ...

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Key Players: Advanced Biofuels
RenewableEnergyWorld.com - David Beattie - ‎Mar 22, 2011‎
The site has a boiler-plate capacity of up to75 million gallons/year (284 million litres/year) of fuel. Speaking at the launch, a spokesman for Tyson Foods said: 'This fuel offers the same benefits of synthetic fields derived from coal or natural gas, ...
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New Zealand needs to wake up to bioenergy's potential
New Zealand Herald - Peter Kerr - ‎Feb 27, 2011‎
The resulting cellulose residues can then be converted to ethanol or biodiesel - and their application here is something that really needs thinking about says Cox. As a transport fuel, using what is now wasted, producing 30 per cent of the country's ...
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Milwaukee Brewing Company: Announces partnership, plans to grow the “little ...
Wisbusiness.com - ‎Mar 16, 2011‎
The brewery is becoming well known for its commitment to a sustainable brewing process from start to finish, including using biodiesel to run its boiler; reusing water and heat; and canning certain varieties of its beer, which offers a lower shipping ...
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Sun Hawk Farms: Solar maestro's hillside home and vineyard
Ukiah Daily Journal - Heidi Cusick Dickerson - ‎Mar 20, 2011‎
The control center "boiler room" in the middle of the house features the electric meter which read 5974 kilowatt hours of solar generation since it was put in. "Everything is powered by a 17 kilowatt photovoltaic solar array and seasonal ...
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Government of Canada Supports Development of Innovative Biomass Technology for ...
PR-USA.net (press release) - ‎Mar 17, 2011‎
As the first biomass district heating system in an urban setting in Alberta, this project involves installing a central boiler that uses biomass from agricultural residues (oat hulls) and wood waste. The new biomass heating system will be supplemented, ...

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New owner has big plans for former ethanol plant
Houston Chronicle - ‎Feb 27, 2011‎
The company has plans to sell wholesale ethanol and biodiesel fuel blends and build a facility that produces food and pharmaceutical grade glycerin. "Renova plowed a lot of the ground and did a lot of work," Salazar told the Idaho Business Review. ...

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High Food Prices and Popular Uprisings – Is Ghana at Risk?
GhanaWeb - ‎Mar 11, 2011‎
In 2008 riots from Haiti to Bangladesh to Egypt over the soaring costs of basic foods have brought the issue to a boiling point and catapulted it to the forefront of the world's attention. In April 2008 Jeffrey Sachs, director of Columbia University's ...

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US Sen. Grassley: More than $3.6 million to the Ames Transit Agency
IowaPolitics.com (press release) - ‎Mar 23, 2011‎
According to the US Department of Transportation, the funds will be used to replace 10 40-foot heavy duty biodiesel buses ($3528000) and purchase new scheduling-operations software ($160000). The project was selected on a competitive basis from the ...
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3/24/2011 Canadian Truckers Says Biodiesel Mandate Costs Outweigh Benefits
Truckinginfo - ‎Mar 24, 2011‎
More > Fuel savings of about 0.4 mile per gallon and minimal maintenance costs for Trailer Tail aerodynamic fairings are reported so far by Mesilla Valley Transportation, which last began retrofitting the folding boat tail devices to its trailer fleet. ...
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Groups ask EPA to ensure E10 will be available
Trade Only Today - ‎Mar 23, 2011‎
Over the past few years, tax subsidies for ethanol and biodiesel have actually been reduced. A good thing. Although it makes ethanol and biodiesel more expensive, these products and thier manufacturers must reley on the market to justify their ...
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Won't Innovation, Substitution, And Efficiency Keep Us Growing?
CounterCurrents.org - Richard Heinberg - ‎Mar 23, 2011‎
The problem remains for so-called second- and third-generation biofuels—cellulosic ethanol made from forest and crop wastes and biodiesel squeezed from algae. Extraordinary preliminary claims are being made for the potential scalability and energy ...

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Wind, solar, biofuels to double by 2020, report says
CNET (blog) - Candace Lombardi - ‎Mar 16, 2011‎
Candace Lombardi, a freelance journalist based in the Boston area, focuses on the evolution of green and otherwise cutting-edge technologies, from robots to cars to scientific innovation. She is a member of the CNET Blog Network and is not a current ...
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Tommorow's Business Today
Portfolio.com - ‎Feb 28, 2011‎
Picked by Intelius as one of the five most outstanding companies out of the 50 showcased, Solben "develops proprietary processes for the production of biodiesel." The Mexican company is testing modular technologies "that will allow for more efficient ...
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BUYINS.NET: DRH, MAPP, MHGC, ATNI, VRNM, KTOS Expected To Be Down After Next ...
TMCnet - ‎Feb 28, 2011‎
Its products include FuelzymeLF, an alpha amylase enzyme, which is designed to improve the efficiency and economics of ethanol production from corn and other grain or starch sources; Purifine enzyme for biodiesel applications; and Veretase enzyme that ...
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Trio of busy jazz players head to Valley Saturday
Canada.com - ‎Mar 22, 2011‎
Roessingh studied jazz arranging and composition at the prestigious Berklee College of Music in Boston. He is frequently a featured specialist at jazz workshops, and his weekend improvisation course at the Metchosin International Summer School for the ...
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Is it spring yet???
Boston Herald - ‎Feb 26, 2011‎
The biodiesel-fueled mobile “American Idol” tour features memorabilia, a “Be Your Own Idol” singing experience, photo ops and a chance to win a trip to see “Idol” live by re-creating Ryan Seacrest's famous intro: “THIS.... Is American Idol! ...

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China Clean Energy: A Stellar Opportunity in China's Clean Energy Sector
Seeking Alpha - Erik Wright - ‎Feb 28, 2011‎
According to the Biofuels Market in China 2010 Report, the Chinese market for bioethanol and biodiesel is estimated to reach a production capacity of 10 million and 2 million tons respectively by 2020. Most of this growth can be associated to the large ...
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Res Publica
Austin Chronicle - ‎Mar 2, 2011‎
APPLIED SUSTAINABILITY TECHNOLOGIES Learn about bioremediation, biodiesel, and other bio-prefixed practices. (Demos, 1-3pm; open exploration of the 100-acre grounds afterward.) 1-7pm. The Hundred Acre Wood, 21707 Hog Eye, Manor, 973/896-9140. ...
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In Honor Of Today's Bookmobile Celebration: History, Photos, and Fun Facts
Patch.com - Kristine Wong - ‎Mar 5, 2011‎
With solar panels, a hybrid generator, and the ability to run on biodiesel, our new bookmobile represents the latest iteration of a long line that has evolved over the last 150 years. According to Western Maryland's Historical Library, 1858 was when ...
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Vilsack: 'I took it as a slam on rural America'
Washington Post (blog) - Ezra Klein - ‎Mar 8, 2011‎
But as soon as we reduced subsidizes for biodiesel, we lost 12000 jobs there. So if you create a cliff, you're going to create significant disruption and end, for a while, our ability to move beyond oil. And keep in mind that the Department of ...
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Big talk about 'Getting Small' at Winter Gathering
Wallowa County Cheiftain - ‎Mar 2, 2011‎
Event organizers arranged for a biodiesel bus from Raz Transportation to make the round trip from Portland to Joseph, with stops along the way. About 15 participants took advantage of the ride and beguiled the icy journey with an informal volunteer ...
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Beck Uses Grand Caliphate Conspiracy Theory To Push For Drill, Baby, Drill ...
Media Matters for America - ‎Feb 28, 2011‎
Biodiesel created by bacteria that convert CO2 to fuel is the way to go. Photosynthesis baby, photosynthesis! by epkklk851 (February 28, 2011 7:17 pm ET) We can drill all we want, but petrogeologists predicted peak oil in 2014. ...
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ANC making unfair demands on Georgetown transportation
Greater Greater Washington - Kara Brandeisky - ‎Mar 2, 2011‎
The GUTS buses all run off of a biodiesel blend - B20 when available. They are not any bigger than WMATA buses, so any perception of more problems with turns would have to be backed up by some specific evidence for why this would be true for GUTS but ...

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USDA calls March 21 meeting with major US biofuels trade association heads
Biofuels Digest - ‎Mar 17, 2011‎
The March 21 meeting, which will be led by USDA Under Secretary for Rural Development Dallas Tonsager and senior advisor the the Secretary Sarah Bittleman, will include key execs at RFA, the National Biodiesel Board, BIO's Industrial Biotech section, ...
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Biodiesel Good for Livestock Economics
The Farmer-Stockman - ‎Mar 9, 2011‎
The National Biodiesel Board has just released a report that shows soybean oil and meal economics favor the livestock industry. The report adds, without America's advanced biofuel in the marketplace higher soybean meal prices could have cost the ...
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Iowa's Biodiesel Industry Bouncing Back
Wallace's Farmer - ‎Mar 17, 2011‎
The credit will expire again at the end of 2011 unless Congress acts to renew it. Randy Olson is executive director of the Iowa Biodiesel Board. "Things are looking better in 2011 for the biodiesel industry," he says. "We're really looking forward to a ...
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Biodiesel Industry Is Good For Livestock
Wallace's Farmer - ‎3 hours ago‎
The new study complements a January 2010 report funded by the United Soybean Board that looked at biodiesel's economic impacts on the soybean sector. For a copy of the report, go to the National Biodiesel Board website.

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Why Are Alternative Fuels Considered "Alternative"?
B2C Marketing Insider - ‎Feb 28, 2011‎
General Motors' Flex Fuel line of cars has been available for several years, as has the BMW 335d clean diesel sedan. Nissan and Chevrolet have both recently introduced electric cars (the Leaf and Volt). Add Honda's FCX Clarity (in limited-production ...

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Let's All Go to the Auto Show!
FOX 9 News - M.A. Rosko - ‎Mar 14, 2011‎
Find your license to dream among the most luxurious automobiles made from Acura, Audi, Bentley, BMW, Cadillac, Hyundai, Lexus, Lincoln, Masarati, Mercedes, Porsche and VW. • Biodiesel Lounge – presented by the Minnesota Soybean Growers who encourage ...
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Land Rover Freelander 2 first drive
girlracer - ‎Mar 9, 2011‎
Both versions of the engine can now run with 10% biodiesel rather than 5% if the customer so wishes. The latest Freelanders continue to be evolutionary models over the ones they replace. For the new model year the cosmetic changes include a new front ...
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Why Are Alternative Fuels Considered "Alternative"?
B2C Marketing Insider - ‎Feb 28, 2011‎
The most obvious example in relation to this article can be found at the Department of Energy's fueleconomy.gov web site, where is an entire section dedicated to ethanol, biodiesel, CNG, propane and hydrogen. They are classified not as new and exciting ...
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Geneva 2011: Jaguar B99 Concept by Bertone is a futuristic 3-Series challenger
Autoblog (blog) - ‎Mar 2, 2011‎
The new compact Jag's name is a melding of the company's first initial and its age – it has nothing to do with biodiesel. Bertone says the concept is a design study in what it calls "dynamic imbalance" between parallel lines and "leaping forms. ...
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BMW widerspricht sich selbst
Hamburger Abendblatt - ‎Mar 6, 2011‎
Beim Diesel wird sowohl eine Mischung aus konventionellem Kraftstoff mit sieben Prozent Biodiesel vermarktet wie auch - vor allem in der Landwirtschaft - reiner Biodiesel. Beim Benzin wird die Beimischung von Ethanol von bislang fünf auf zehn Prozent ...

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Ahai dam installs world's first, biggest ring gate system
EcoSeed - ‎Mar 22, 2011‎
A United States Air Force successfully concluded a test flight of a F-22 Raptor aircraft using a 50-50 fuel blend of conventional petroleum-based JP-8 and camelina-based biofuel from Sustainable Oils. Sustainable Oils, has contracted over 500000 ...
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Vilsack encourages bio-based product development
High Plains Journal - ‎Mar 4, 2011‎
Specifically, it encourages the parties to address the following issues: Eliminate obstacles to the development of higher-blend biofuels; Develop techniques and systems that make feedstock production sustainable throughout the United States; ...
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BESC scores a first with isobutanol directly from cellulose
environmentalresearchweb - ‎Mar 14, 2011‎
Adding to the complexity is the fact biofuel production that involves several steps – pretreatment, enzyme treatment and fermentation – is more costly than a method that combines biomass utilization and the fermentation of sugars to biofuel into a ...
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2011 Excellence in Renewable Energy Awards -- Projects of the Year
RenewableEnergyWorld.com - ‎Mar 10, 2011‎
Given the blending of two renenwable energy technologies, coupled with the exposure of the project to the museum's nearly 100000 annual visitors, the project is a prominent and educationally valuable bioenergy/solar energy demonstration project. ...

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Kenya, Pakistan at Rising Hunger Risk, Anti-Ethanol Groups Say
Bloomberg - Alan Bjerga - ‎Mar 3, 2011‎
The US provides blenders of ethanol with a 45-cent per gallon tax credit, while imposing a 54-cent a gallon tariff on imports of the biofuel. Congress has also approved an escalating mandate on how much of the fuel must be used annually to support the ...
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Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo > ML Strategies Energy and ...
Linex Legal (press release) (registration) - ‎Mar 22, 2011‎
Industry Urges Ethanol Tax Credit Preservation A number of energy industry groups urged Senators March 17 to oppose a pending amendment that seeks to eliminate the 45 cents per gallon blenders' tax credit for ethanol. Growth Energy, the American ...
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EU bioethanol group weighs US subsidy lawsuit
Forexyard - Juliane von Reppert-Bismarck, William Hardy - ‎Mar 15, 2011‎
In a similar case in 2008, the bloc raised tariffs against US biodiesel after it found Washington had given illegal payments to blenders and determined that exporters were dumping biodiesel on the EU market. US producers defend the so-called Volumetric ...
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Economists deliver 2010 agricultural economic baseline to US congress
Farm and Dairy - ‎Mar 12, 2011‎
This means, for example, that the current credit to ethanol blenders of 45 cents per gallon would be gone by January. For soybean prices, China remains the driving force. In the past, China's imports grew at the same rate as Brazilian exports, ...

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IPAP succeeds in attracting investment
BuaNews Online (press release) - ‎Mar 23, 2011‎
-The promulgation by the Department of Energy of the biofuel blending process (Biofuels Mandatory Uplift Regulations) as well as the overhauling of Refit rules to focus on localisation of production of green technologies. ...
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Test shows E10 increases fuel consumption
EurActiv - ‎Mar 22, 2011‎
95 E10 is a mixture of 10% ethanol and 90% gasoline, while 98 E5 is blended with only 5% bioethanol. The tests have triggered a heated debate in Finland. The country's consumer agency (Kuluttajavirasto) refutes the test results, arguing that increases ...
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Higher Crude Oil Prices Could Send More US Ethanol Overseas
Wall Street Journal - Ben Lefebvre - ‎Feb 28, 2011‎
"The majority of the fuel in the system is limited to E10, so refiners are limited as to what they can do," Searles said. Ethanol producers have long pushed automakers and refiners to accept E15 fuel, a blend consisting of 15% ethanol. ...
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Maverick Biofuels Wins NSF Award
Domestic Fuel - Joanna Schroeder - ‎Mar 8, 2011‎
... Science Foundation to develop a reactor system for converting syngas into high-value products. The company is commercializing a technology to convert biomass to a mixed-alcohol biofuel that can be readily blended with gasoline as

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Iowa's Biodiesel Industry Bouncing Back
Wallace's Farmer - ‎Mar 17, 2011‎
The biodiesel industry was severely crippled last year when Congress decided it would not renew the blender's tax credit of $1.00 per gallon for biodiesel at the end of 2009. As a result, biodiesel plants ran at reduced capacity in 2010, ...
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Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo > ML Strategies Energy and ...
Linex Legal (press release) (registration) - ‎Mar 22, 2011‎
Industry Urges Ethanol Tax Credit Preservation A number of energy industry groups urged Senators March 17 to oppose a pending amendment that seeks to eliminate the 45 cents per gallon blenders' tax credit for ethanol. Growth Energy, the American ...

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Ethanol Groups Working to Replace VEETC with New Tax Credit
Wisconsin Ag Connection - ‎1‎Mar 22, 2011‎
As part of the proposal, ethanol industry groups have agreed to phase down the current 45 cents per gallon ethanol tax credit over three years and replace it beginning in the fourth year with a variable blenders' tax credit tied to the price of oil. ...
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Farmers Show Their Support for Homegrown Biodiesel
PR-USA.net (press release) - ‎Mar 22, 2011‎
The Canadian Renewable Fuels Association in partnership with the Grain Farmers of Ontario, Koch Farms and Koch Logistics, and biodiesel blender and marketer FS PARTNERS, today launched a "Powered by Biodiesel" bumper sticker campaign to show support ...
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Farmers Show Their Support for Homegrown Biodiesel
Marketwire (press release) - ‎Mar 21, 2011‎
LONDON, ONTARIO--(Marketwire - March 21, 2011) - The Canadian Renewable Fuels Association in partnership with the Grain Farmers of Ontario, Koch Farms and Koch Logistics, and biodiesel blender and marketer FS PARTNERS, today launched a "Powered by ...
Senators Introduce Biofuels Bill with Tax Credit Extension
Wisconsin Ag Connection - ‎Mar 18, 2011‎
The bill includes a five-year extension of the biodiesel tax credit and shifts it from a blender's to a producer's credit, both top priorities for the American Soybean Association. The measure also includes an extension and revision of the ethanol tax ...
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National Corn Growers Association wrestles with policy for ethanol credit, tarriff
AG Week - Jerry Hagstrom - ‎Mar 8, 2011‎
Also, a key American Soybean Association official said the soybean group will seek an extension of the biodiesel tax credit. TAMPA, Fla. — Delegates to the National Corn Growers Association's Corn Congress struggled during this year's recent Commodity ...
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Corn growers urge ethanol reform
AG Week - Jerry Hagstrom - ‎Mar 14, 2011‎
ASA also passed a resolution supporting extension of the biodiesel tax credit, which also expires at the end of 2011, but said it would support restructuring the tax credit from a blender's credit to a producer's credit. ASA passed another resolution ...
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Washington Offers Energy Proposals as Oil Prices Surge
Hoosier Ag Today - ‎Mar 13, 2011‎
The legislation, first introduced by the two during the previous Congress, would establish new incentives for biofuels infrastructure and deployment; a more cost-effective extension of tax credits for ethanol and biodiesel that reward efficient ...
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Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo > ML Strategies Energy and ...
Linex Legal (press release) (registration) - ‎Mar 22, 2011‎
Industry Urges Ethanol Tax Credit Preservation A number of energy industry groups urged Senators March 17 to oppose a pending amendment that seeks to eliminate the 45 cents per gallon blenders' tax credit for ethanol. Growth Energy, the American ...

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No, conservatives shouldn't be fine with Evan Bayh's cashout
Washington Examiner (blog) - Timothy P. Carney - ‎Mar 17, 2011‎
One of the firm's lobbying issues for the food giant: Biodiesel subsidies. And private equity firms are not friends of the free market either. So, Bayh was a "business-government cooperation" type Senator, and now he's lobbying for businesses that get ...
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Vilsack: 'I took it as a slam on rural America'
Washington Post (blog) - Ezra Klein - ‎Mar 8, 2011‎
But as soon as we reduced subsidizes for biodiesel, we lost 12000 jobs there. So if you create a cliff, you're going to create significant disruption and end, for a while, our ability to move beyond oil. And keep in mind that the Department of ...
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Media Advisory: Farmers to Show Support for Renewable Biodiesel
SYS-CON Media (press release) - ‎Mar 18, 2011‎
... The Grain Farmers of Ontario, Koch Farms and Koch Logistics, and biodiesel blender and marketer FS PARTNERS will hold a news conference on a new biodiesel promotion. Syndicated stories and blog feeds, all rights reserved by the author. ...
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Urban goats
San Jose Mercury News - Jennifer Bleyer - ‎Mar 22, 2011‎
In Berkeley, a one-day workshop called Urban Goats 101 has filled up since BioFuel Oasis, a farm supply store and biodiesel station, began offering it last year. Novella Carpenter, who teaches the class, said it "is about managing expectations and ...

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Seeds of a new energy industry
Vancouver Sun - Dave Cooper - ‎Mar 21, 2011‎
Together, the federal/provincial aid would be enough to level the playing field with the United States, which offers its producers a $1-a-gallon blending credit (about 25 cents a litre). Under free trade, US biodiesel produced from American corn or soy ...

HeatingOil.com Video: Turning Cooking Oil Into Green Heating Fuel
HeatingOil.com (blog) - Josh Garrett - ‎Mar 21, 2011‎
(images: Nicholas Whitaker for HeatingOil.com) Over the last 20 months, HeatingOil.com has published lots of news about biofuels, specifically biodiesel. We've done this because biodiesel blended with traditional petroleum-based heating oil (known ...

Clarifying Misconceptions on Taxpayer-Subsidized Ethanol Exports
Consumer Energy Report - Robert Rapier - ‎Mar 21, 2011‎
I also pointed to a similar situation that had previously occurred in the biodiesel industry. Biodiesel was being subsidized by US taxpayers, blended with a bit of petroleum diesel, and then shipped to Europe where it also qualified for subsidies. ...

Successful F-22 flight on 50% Camelina Biofuel as Military obeys executive ...
Checkbiotech.org (press release) - Susan Kraemer - ‎Mar 21, 2011‎
“The F-22 flew on Friday, March 18 and performed flawlessly on the biofuel blend citing no noticeable differences from traditional JP-8,” said Jeff Braun, director of the Alternative Fuels Certification Division, part of the Aeronautical Systems Center ...

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At 6: Biodiesel industry on an uptick, for now
Today's THV - Amanda Terrebonne - ‎Mar 21, 2011‎
The rise of the biodiesel industry got a boost in 2004 when the federal government gave a dollar-a-gallon tax credit to biodiesel blenders. The next year, Congress passed the Energy Policy act mandating at least 7.5 billion gallons of renewable fuels ...
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Washington Offers Energy Proposals as Oil Prices Surge
Hoosier Ag Today - ‎Mar 13, 2011‎
The legislation, first introduced by the two during the previous Congress, would establish new incentives for biofuels infrastructure and deployment; a more cost-effective extension of tax credits for ethanol and biodiesel that reward efficient ...
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Turmoil helps ethanol
Minneapolis Star Tribune - ‎Mar 10, 2011‎
That's making the biofuel more attractive to US refiners, which also get a 45-cent-a-gallon federal tax credit for blending the corn-based additive to make car fuel. Before the global turmoil, ethanol producers had begun to curtail output amid the ...
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EU bioethanol group weighs US subsidy lawsuit
Forexyard - Juliane von Reppert-Bismarck, William Hardy - ‎Mar 15, 2011‎
In a similar case in 2008, the bloc raised tariffs against US biodiesel after it found Washington had given illegal payments to blenders and determined that exporters were dumping biodiesel on the EU market. US producers defend the so-called Volumetric ...

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Isuzu Debuts Biodiesel-Compatible Van
Domestic Fuel - John Davis - ‎Mar 21, 2011‎
Japan-based auto maker Isuzu has debuted a utility van that will be more compatible with higher blends of biodiesel. Powering the Reach is Isuzu's state-of-the-art, biodiesel fuel compatible 4JJ1-TC 3.0-liter turbocharged engine generating ...
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Oregon Mandates 5% Biodiesel Blend Starting April 1
EthanolMarket.com - ‎Mar 1, 2011‎
The Oregon Department of Agriculture (ODA) announced February 23 that 5% biodiesel (“B5”) must be blended into diesel fuel starting April 1, up from the current 2% biodiesel mandate. The mandate, created in 2009 by the Oregon legislature, ...
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Farmers Show Their Support for Homegrown Biodiesel
PR-USA.net (press release) - ‎Mar 22, 2011‎
"Biodiesel has got my vote of confidence. We have been running our fleet of 12 trucks on biodiesel blends successfully for over a year now. We are very pleased at biodiesel's performance under all sorts of conditions and have seen real gains in fuel ...
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Sinclair Oil Corp. to offer biodiesel
Biofuels International - ‎Mar 14, 2011‎
Offering biodiesel blends at the Ft. Madison, Iowa, terminal is an important step in moving our refining and petroleum distribution businesses forward in meeting the renewable fuel standard.' The company owns blending terminals in 10 upper Midwest ...
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Farmers Show Their Support for Homegrown Biodiesel
Marketwire (press release) - ‎Mar 21, 2011‎
"Biodiesel has got my vote of confidence. We have been running our fleet of 12 trucks on biodiesel blends successfully for over a year now. We are very pleased at biodiesel's performance under all sorts of conditions and have seen real gains in fuel ...

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Philippines bioethanol producers and oil sector in pricing debate
Platts - Michelle Ho - ‎Mar 9, 2011‎
"The oil market is not regulated but biodiesel and bioethanol are, because they are agricultural products." The Department of Energy is mulling a safety net provision in the department circular, in light of the concerns of the oil companies, ...
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Price structure should spur biofuels industry
Business Day - ‎Mar 13, 2011‎
THE Department of Energy will make a pronouncement on regulated bioethanol and biodiesel prices before the end of March next year. This will provide a major step towards the development of a biofuels industry in SA. The government's biofuels industrial ...
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Key Players: Advanced Biofuels
RenewableEnergyWorld.com - David Beattie - ‎Mar 13, 2011‎
Last year TMO entered into an exclusive contract with Fiberight LLC, to design and build waste to bioethanol plants in the US. The 20-year contract is potentially worth in excess of $25 million/year to TMO. The combination of TMO's process with ...
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EU bioethanol group weighs US subsidy lawsuit
Forexyard - Juliane von Reppert-Bismarck, William Hardy - ‎Mar 15, 2011‎
If a complaint by producers is filed and proves successful, it could lead to higher import tariffs against US bioethanol. In a similar case in 2008, the bloc raised tariffs against US biodiesel after it found Washington had given illegal payments to ...
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Biofuels for transport
EurActiv - ‎Mar 22, 2011‎
The two main first-generation biofuels are bio-ethanol and bio-diesel. Brazil and the US are the main producers of bio-ethanol, while the EU has the largest production of bio-diesel, with Germany, France, Sweden and Spain in the lead. ...
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Clarifying Misconceptions on Taxpayer-Subsidized Ethanol Exports
Consumer Energy Report - Robert Rapier - ‎Mar 21, 2011‎
I also pointed to a similar situation that had previously occurred in the biodiesel industry. Biodiesel was being subsidized by US taxpayers, blended with a bit of petroleum diesel, and then shipped to Europe where it also qualified for subsidies. ...
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Energy materials processing: Filtration and the fuels of the future
Filtration + Separation - ‎Mar 17, 2011‎
Bioethanol can only be used in relatively small proportions in automobile engines, without changing the engine design. Biodiesel, on the other hand, can replace petroleum diesel with no effect on the engine. The essential feature of the feedstocks for ...
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German oil assn denies to stop E10 biofuel phase-in
Reuters UK - Markus Wacket, John Stonestreet - ‎Mar 3, 2011‎
The government permitted a rise in the maximum level of bioethanol allowed in blended gasoline to 10 percent from 5 percent from the start of this year. The MWV said on Monday up to 70 percent of motorists were avoiding the new blend in petrol stations ...
Berlin demands clarity over new biofuel phase-in Reuters

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Delegated Legislation Committee - Renewables Obligation (Amendment) Order 2011
DeHavilland (press release) (subscription) - ‎Mar 17, 2011‎
We concluded that it is not possible to exclude partially renewable fuels—such as biodiesel produced by the FAME process—from the renewable obligation because of their eligibility under the renewable energy directive. We feel it is right that those ...

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City lands on WWF list
Mississauga - ‎Mar 21, 2011‎
As well, the list noted Mississauga Transit (now called MiWay) has started using biodiesel fuel for its fleet of buses and the City will complete its Regional Climate Change Strategy this year. Those who compiled the list also said "Mississauga's goal ...
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Earth Day Festival 2011 Announced by CEC
Santa Barbara Independent - ‎Mar 7, 2011‎
... ethanol, biodiesel and compressed natural gas. Free “Ride & Drives” will be available both days to potential customers interested in getting behind the wheel of an advanced fueled vehicle. * Bike World: A large bike culture hub, which includes art ...
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A Green Vacation in the San Juan Islands
New Haven Advocate - Roddy Scheer - ‎Mar 15, 2011‎
San Juan Excursions' 65' biodiesel-powered Odyssey gets whale watchers of all ages out to wherever the orcas frolic. If you exhaust all that San Juan Island has to offer, there are a few hundred other islands in the archipelago to explore. ...
A Green Vacation in the San Juan Islands fairfieldweekly.com
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Family spring break time need not be boring
Daily Aztec - Emma Secker - ‎Mar 3, 2011‎
The park provides open-air, biodiesel-fueled vehicle tours that will place your family up close and personal with these rare animals throughout the 2.5 mile tour. “With two different animal shows daily, special events throughout the year and water ...
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Ten College Startups That Want to Change the World
BNET (blog) - Donna Fenn - ‎Mar 2, 2011‎
Founded by chemical engineering student Daniel Gomez Iñiguez, Solben is a biodiesel fuel company in Monterrey, Mexico. Gomez invented a new way to produce bio-diesel and is focusing on commercializing his bio-diesel plants. ... Res Publica
Austin Chronicle - ‎Mar 2, 2011‎
APPLIED SUSTAINABILITY TECHNOLOGIES Learn about bioremediation, biodiesel, and other bio-prefixed practices. (Demos, 1-3pm; open exploration of the 100-acre grounds afterward.) 1-7pm. The Hundred Acre Wood, 21707 Hog Eye, Manor, 973/896-9140. ...
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Report: Seattle sucks for starting new businesses (PSBJ)
Seattle Post Intelligencer (blog) - ‎Mar 8, 2011‎
... and here you've got an infrastructure for plug-in electric and hybrid vehicles and biodiesel so you can get rail, trucking, efficient lower-cost airplanes that use HALF the FUEL – all real costs. Suck it up. Take transit and install bike stalls and ...

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Joule Unlimited Creates Biodiesel & Ethanol Biofuel without Feedstock
Energy Digital - John Shimkus - ‎Mar 1, 2011‎
The limiting factor when making biofuels such as ethanol and biodiesel is the need for an abundant feedstock for the yeasts or algae used in the process to consume. Finding an abundant feedstock to create fuel then raises the problem of feedstock crops ...
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Key Players: Advanced Biofuels
RenewableEnergyWorld.com - David Beattie - ‎‎Mar 1, 2011‎
Argent Energy is a UK-based waste-to-energy multi-feed biodiesel plant able to produce more than 50 million litres/year in central Scotland. The company's feedstocks include tallow and vegetable oil. Biofuel production began at the site in March 2005 ...
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Water's Scarcity Spells Opportunity for Entrepreneurs
New York Times - Erica Gies - ‎Mar 21, 2011‎
BlackGold Biofuels, based in Philadelphia, takes fats, oils and grease out of wastewater to create biodiesel. Equipment by BlackGold Biofuels being put into place at the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission's oceanside water pollution control ...
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HeatingOil.com Video: Turning Cooking Oil Into Green Heating Fuel
HeatingOil.com (blog) - Josh Garrett - ‎Mar 21, 2011‎
(images: Nicholas Whitaker for HeatingOil.com) Over the last 20 months, HeatingOil.com has published lots of news about biofuels, specifically biodiesel. We've done this because biodiesel blended with traditional petroleum-based heating oil (known ...
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Truckers need protection against biodiesel consequences: CTA
Today's Trucking News - ‎Mar 22, 2011‎
“There is no protection for the consumer, either from higher fuel costs as a result of the mandate, or from low-quality biofuel or blending processes that could gum up our engines,” he says. According to his reading of a regulatory impact analysis ...
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Global Biofuel Market Striving for Incessant Growth Trajectory
PRLog.Org (press release) - ‎Mar 22, 2011‎
On the contrary, the EU will emerge as the leading biodiesel producer in the coming years accounting for over 60% of the total global biodiesel production. “Global Biofuel Market Analysis” provides an extensive research and rational analysis of the ...

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Key Players: Advanced Biofuels
RenewableEnergyWorld.com - David Beattie - ‎Mar 22, 2011‎
California's CoolPlanetBioFuels is developing a thermal/mechanical processor that directly inputs raw biomass such as woodchips, crop residues and non-food fuel crops, and produces distinct gas streams for catalytic upgrading to conventional ...
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Commentary: Morality vs. economy
CattleNetwork.com - ‎Mar 22, 2011‎
... biomass—that is produced right on the farm or ranch and used right on the farm or ranch, needs to replace the capital-intensive, highly inefficient systems of ethanol and biodiesel production that are currently the focus of national energy policy. ...
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One Calif. Biofuels Firm Gets Funding, Another Tests IPO Waters
Edmunds.com (blog) - Danny King - ‎Mar 18, 2011‎
based startup that says it will convert plant waste such as corn cobs and stocks and other biomass to fuel while removing carbon from the atmosphere. The search-engine giant's Google Ventures division, which says its goal is to annually invest about ...

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Earth Day Festival 2011 Announced by CEC
Santa Barbara Independent - ‎Mar 7, 2011‎
The collection features the latest all-electric vehicles (such as the Nissan Leaf) and plug-in gas/electric hybrids (such as the Chevy Volt) and other vehicles that run on hydrogen, ethanol, biodiesel and compressed natural gas. ...
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Ten College Startups That Want to Change the World
BNET (blog) - Donna Fenn - ‎Mar 2, 2011‎
Founded by chemical engineering student Daniel Gomez Iñiguez, Solben is a biodiesel fuel company in Monterrey, Mexico. Gomez invented a new way to produce bio-diesel and is focusing on commercializing his bio-diesel plants. ...
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Tommorow's Business Today
Portfolio.com - ‎Feb 28, 2011‎
Picked by Intelius as one of the five most outstanding companies out of the 50 showcased, Solben "develops proprietary processes for the production of biodiesel." The Mexican company is testing modular technologies "that will allow for more efficient ...
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Government announces low-carbon initiative for Penghu Islands
China Post - ‎‎Mar 2, 2011‎
Meanwhile, the government will build an island-wide bicycle trail network, promote the B2 biodiesel, as well as provide 1000 photovoltaic boilers, 14000 energy-saving electric appliances, and 6000 electric motorcycles, he said.

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Urban goats
San Jose Mercury News - Jennifer Bleyer - ‎Mar 22, 2011‎
In Berkeley, a one-day workshop called Urban Goats 101 has filled up since BioFuel Oasis, a farm supply store and biodiesel station, began offering it last year. Novella Carpenter, who teaches the class, said it "is about managing expectations and ...
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Green Fuels America, Inc. announces that it will build the FuelMatic Biodiesel ...
AltEnergyMag (press release) - ‎Mar 22, 2011‎
Ms. Tracy Soliday, Regional Representive of John Ensign, US Senator of Nevada Mr. Bill Cline, Global Environmental Team Leader, US Department of Commerce Mr. Clint Koble, State Executive Director, US Farm Agency, US Dept. of Agriculture Mr. Graham ...
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Joule Unlimited Creates Biodiesel & Ethanol Biofuel without Feedstock
Energy Digital - John Shimkus - ‎Mar 1, 2011‎
Bill Sims, President and CEO of Joule says, "Joule was formed not to improve upon existing biofuel processes, but to create a new and transformational process altogether. We have channeled photosynthesis, the most productive energy-capture process on ...
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New Senate Bill Includes 25% Renewable Energy Standard
SustainableBusiness.com - ‎Mar 17, 2011‎
The SAFEST bill has been endorsed by the National Farmers Union, Growth Energy, National Association of Energy Service Companies, American Soybean Association, Minnesota Farmers Union, Minnesota Corn Growers Association, and the National Biodiesel ...

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Wiz Khalifa, Special Guest Mac Miller on April 26 at BJC
Gant Daily - ‎Mar 17, 2011‎
The tour also will be promoting environmental awareness by using clean burning biodiesel fuel and using only biodegradable and recyclable products backstage. Wiz's successful Waken Baken Tour of last year was just the start of a series of notable wins ...
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Analyzing the Biofuels Market in Canada Available through bharatbook.com
PRLog.Org (press release) - ‎Mar 19, 2011‎
Section 3 is also a complete analysis of the biodiesel and ethanol industry in Canada. Market overview, statistics, R&D profile, production, and end-use technologies are just some of the points focused on in the section. The economics, prices and ...
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How Green Is My Valley?
Huffington Post (blog) - Walker T. Bangs - ‎Mar 21, 2011‎
But once in the room I notice the energy efficient light bulbs, the card that guests can hang to announce their reuse of towels and sheets, and even the reedy biodegradable toilet paper. This is not my mother's Palm Springs resort. ...
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Soybean, Corn Innovation Winners to be Announced
Inside INdiana Business (press release) - ‎Mar 21, 2011‎
“Natural Healers,” a biodegradable corn-based latex-free bandage for hospital use and retail sale. The 2011 Awards Banquet for the Student Soybean and Corn Product Innovation Competitions will be Wednesday, March 23, 2011 at the Indiana Roof Ballroom ...
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Reactor uses more efficient process to make biodiesel fuel
Western Farm Press - ‎Mar 22, 2011‎
... a renewable fuel source that can be produced locally, cutting down on transportation costs, greenhouse gas emissions, and the nation's reliance on foreign oil reserves. And, since it is made from plant materials, biodiesel is 100 percent biodegradable.
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Tapping green solutions for energy crisis
Times of India - ‎Mar 6, 2011‎
"Basically, our idea is to convert non-biodegradable plastic waste into high grade fuel (petrol, diesel)," he explained. As per Samaksh Dubey, another member of the team, the model worked on the principle of thermal cracking of plastic wastes, ...

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Biodiesel Blended Fuel To Increase Later This Year
myCentralOregon.com - Glenn Vaagen - ‎Feb 28, 2011‎
BEND, OR -- Starting April 1st, the amount of biodiesel blended in Oregon's diesel fuel will increase from 2% to 5%. "The benefits is, of course, to enhance the renewable fuels used in diesel and trying to support the local industries. ...

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Urban goats
San Jose Mercury News - Jennifer Bleyer - ‎Mar 22, 2011‎
In Berkeley, a one-day workshop called Urban Goats 101 has filled up since BioFuel Oasis, a farm supply store and biodiesel station, began offering it last year. Novella Carpenter, who teaches the class, said it "is about managing expectations and ...
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Night Owl: Using a cocktail calculator
San Jose Mercury News - Angela Woodall - ‎Mar 18, 2011‎
... barrels through a hose, transported back to the Blue Sky Bio-Fuels processing facility on Park Avenue and converted into biodiesel. Founder Paul Lacourciere sells it to distributors; Biofuel Oasis in Berkeley is probably the closest to Oakland. ...
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Using a cocktail calculator
Inside Bay Area - Angela Woodall - ‎Mar 18, 2011‎
... barrels through a hose, transported back to the Blue Sky Bio-Fuels processing facility on Park Avenue and converted into biodiesel. Founder Paul Lacourciere sells it to distributors; Biofuel Oasis in Berkeley is probably the closest to Oakland. ...
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Sun Hawk Farms: Solar maestro's hillside home and vineyard
Ukiah Daily Journal - Heidi Cusick Dickerson - ‎Mar 20, 2011‎
He fuels his tractor and truck with biodiesel. And he's impressed how they can generate 40 to 50 yards of compost right here. Their grapes grow on the south facing slopes of a bowl. In 2006, Schaeffer met Tom Brower who planted the grapes and olives. ...
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Local Gas Stations Cut Prices by Offering Vegetarian Fuel
East Bay Express - ‎Mar 9, 2011‎
A 76 station in Berkeley and Chevron station in Oakland now offer Propel fuel, an 80 percent ethanol, high-octane blend that costs roughly 50 cents less per gallon than regular gas. Propel also distributes biodiesel — a mix of vegetable oil and tallow ...

Biodiesel benefits

Study finds biodiesel benefits livestock producers
Biodiesel Magazine - Erin Voegele - ‎Mar 9, 2011‎
A study recently completed by CENTREC Consulting Group LLC shows the US livestock industry actually benefits from biodiesel production. Without biodiesel's market presence, the study determined higher soybean meal ...
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Seeds of a new energy industry
Vancouver Sun - Dave Cooper - ‎Mar 21, 2011‎
Canadian Canola Growers Association president Ed Schafer said last month that biodiesel “will create significant economic and environment benefits that can be measured in new jobs, stable incomes for farm families, growth for rural communities and ...
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Truckers need protection against biodiesel consequences: CTA
Today's Trucking News - ‎Mar 22, 2011‎
In a press release, CTA referenced a number of drawbacks pointed out in the RIAS, including that the costs of the biodiesel mandate outweigh the benefits by $2.4 billion over 25 years; will only contribute to a marginal reduction in greenhouse gases
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HeatingOil.com Video: Turning Cooking Oil Into Green Heating Fuel
HeatingOil.com (blog) - Josh Garrett - ‎Mar 21, 2011‎
We've done this because biodiesel blended with traditional petroleum-based heating oil (known commonly by the brand name Bioheat) offers heating oil users and society at large a host of health, economic, and environmental benefits. ...
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Farmers Show Their Support for Homegrown Biodiesel
PR-USA.net (press release) - ‎Mar 22, 2011‎
"Our farmers have seen the benefits of the growth of the ethanol industry and they are hopeful for similar success in the biodiesel industry." "Our organization is proud to be a leader in the renewable fuels industry in Ontario through our continued ...
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Farmers Show Their Support for Homegrown Biodiesel
Marketwire (press release) - ‎Mar 21, 2011‎
"Our farmers have seen the benefits of the growth of the ethanol industry and they are hopeful for similar success in the biodiesel industry." "Our organization is proud to be a leader in the renewable fuels industry in Ontario through our continued ...

Biodiesel bad for environment

Majority favors hydraulic fracking if it is ruled safe
Rochester Business Journal - ‎Mar 4, 2011‎
If anyone has ever worked in a chemical factory, they would see the absolute economic fantasy of trying to isolate biodiesel from a complex chemical process with many manipulations and waste galore, compared to direct extraction of plentiful natural ...
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Mr. Peanut Plants Some Good in New Orleans: Opens Urban Park in Central City
Sacramento Bee - ‎‎Mar 4, 2011‎
The iconic Mr. Peanut, arriving in his new biodiesel Planters Nutmobile, will open the public green space with Corps members and community volunteers at noon CST. "We're proud to have worked with the wonderful people of Central City to plant some good ...
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Corroding sewage lines health concern
Maui News - Harry Eagar - ‎Feb 27, 2011‎
Spills are much less frequent, and the saved grease is used by Pacific Biodiesel to make renewable fuel. Allen said he told restaurateurs that they should consider food, oil and grease recovery as a cost of doing business. ...
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Could a Variable Oil Tax Make this the Last Oil Price Shock?
OilPrice.com - Ed Dolan - ‎Mar 3, 2011‎
Knowing that oil prices would not be allowed to drop below a stated floor would make it less risky for consumers to buy energy-efficient cars and entrepreneurs to build plants to produce biodiesel from pond scum. Greater investments in conservation and ...

Biodiesel background

Bus System Brings on Temporary Adviser, but Questions Remain
Free Times - Trevor Baratko -‎Mar 20, 2011‎
With a biology and chemistry background, Huggins is responsible for an air-quality initiative using biodiesel fuels in the majority of USC's buses. Huggins did not return several calls and emails seeking comment for this story. Still, despite the moves ...
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A Butte couple hopes to distill, bottle and sell the spirit of Butte
Helena Independent Record - ‎Mar 20, 2011‎
McKee has a background in distilling, just not the ingestible kind. He spent years working for a company that distilled biodiesel. They patented the process and sold the technology to refineries in the Midwest. And while McKee enjoyed the work, ...
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Live from the Work Truck Show: Everybody dance
Electric Light & Power (blog) - ‎Mar 7, 2011‎
Ford offers a number of green options with fuel, from flex fuel to biodiesel to electric vehicles, and they expect that, by as early as 2012, half of Ford vehicles will be capable of running on alternative fuels. All these fun, tough and green truck ...
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Deferral for CO2 Emissions From Bioenergy and Other Biogenic Sources Under the ...
Techzone360 - ‎Mar 20, 2011‎
Relevant Background A. Carbon Source and Sink Dynamics B. PSD, Title V, and Tailoring Rule C. Complexity of Determining Net Atmospheric Impact of CO<2> Emissions and Incorporating This Information Into the PSD and Title V Programs D. Designing and ...
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Four New Members Join NTE Energy's Growing Team
Business Wire (press release) - ‎Mar 16, 2011‎
As a project developer with Tamarack Energy, he managed numerous development efforts in the Northeast including wind, biodiesel and biomass projects. Mark was the lead project developer for Watertown Renewable Power (“WRP”) from its initial development ...

Biodiesel baltimore

Farmers Show Their Support for Homegrown Biodiesel
SYS-CON Media (press release) - ‎Mar 21, 2011‎
NewSpring Capital, based in Radnor, Pennsylvania, Short Hills, New Jersey, Washington, DC and Baltimore, MD is a leading provider of private equity capital focused in the Mid-Atlantic region. NewSpring Capital currently has $600 million across three ...
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Palm Oil Seen Rising 12% as Record Food Costs Roil Governments
BusinessWeek - Ranjeetha Pakiam - ‎Mar 9, 2011‎
“This year, the most important price-making factor will be energy prices and their effect on biodiesel,” Mistry said. “We have never before been so aligned to energy prices as we are now” as the unrest in the Middle East and North Africa has changed ...

Biodiesel barn

In Brief ....
Patch.com - ‎Mar 13, 2011‎
Here tour-goers will learn about farming with renewable energy, biodiesel and solar alternatives, and experience Flamig's animal petting area. Simsbury Historical Society is next on the itinerary, where participants can enjoy a picnic lunch and a ...
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Things Driving Me Nuts, Not the Nutmobile
PluginCars.com - Chelsea Sexton - ‎Feb 27, 2011‎
... thought everybody would get a kick out of the Planter's Nutmobile, running on a biodiesel blend, and featuring a wind turbine, solar panels, LED interior lighting, recycled parts and wood floors reclaimed from a 19th century Pennsylvania barn. ...
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ANC making unfair demands on Georgetown transportation
Greater Greater Washington - Kara Brandeisky - ‎Mar 2, 2011‎
The GUTS buses all run off of a biodiesel blend - B20 when available. They are not any bigger than WMATA buses, so any perception of more problems with turns would have to be backed up by some specific evidence for why this would be true for GUTS but ...
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Morrisville State College president Ray Cross a leader of innovation
Syracuse.com (blog) - Debra J. Groom - ‎Feb 28, 2011‎
One example: the college's partnership with private investors to build a $17.5 million biodiesel project in Cortland County. Cross wanted to turn soybean crops grown by local farmers into clean-burning fuel that could run in both tractors and boilers. ...

Biodiesel bacteria

U.S. Department of Energy Announces Breakthrough in Biofuel Technology
Energy Digital - John Shimkus - ‎Mar 9, 2011‎
Algae, yeasts and bacteria have all been playing their part in transforming various feedstocks and even CO2 into usable biofuels, such as ethanol and biodiesel. However, both ethanol and biodiesel have their limitations because neither can be directly ...
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APSU professor, students pen paper about biofuel research
Clarksville Leaf Chronicle - ‎Mar 9, 2011‎
Turns out, the bacteria converts the liquid into another biofuel, molecular hydrogen. "Bacteria ferment glycerol into hydrogen (and ethanol) with a minimal amount of other byproducts," Markov said. "Our bioprocess for conversion of glycerol into ...
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RIT Taps Potential in Scenedesmus to Clean Water and Produce Biodiesel
AZoCleantech - ‎Feb 24, 2011‎
Known to consume nitrates and phosphates, algae reduce the toxins and bacteria present in the water thereby cleaning waste water. The second role that algae would play in the labs of Rochester Institute is in the production of biodiesel. ...

biodiesel bad

Hemp: Good stuff, bad rap
Bellingham Herald - Alexia Elejalde-Ruiz - ‎Mar 1, 2011‎
Industrial hemp, which also is imported from China and Europe and used to make fabric, paper, rope, construction materials and biodiesel, comes from the same genus and species as marijuana, Cannabis sativa, but represents a different varietal. ...
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All the good, bad news fit to print
Bangkok Post - ‎Feb 27, 2011‎
The DSI theory was that about 10 refineries were not refining the imported crude oil palm allowed by the government to make cooking oil but instead were using it to produce biodiesel to boost their profit margins. It began the campaign to shed light on ...
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This week: Good news, bad news
Macleans.ca - ‎Mar 4, 2011‎
The “biodiesel” produced by its cyanobacterium will cost about US$30 a barrel, the company says, with an acre of the algae yielding 57000 litres of gas. But going green isn't quite that simple. Burning the biofuel would still produce plenty of ...

Biodiesel basics

How to run a car on cooking oil (at 18p a litre)
Telegraph.co.uk - Christopher Middleton - ‎Mar 22, 2011‎
Now 26, Morfee began making biodiesel in earnest a year ago, driven both by the rising costs of running his own car, and by a lifelong interest in oily engines (“as a child, I was irresistibly drawn to fuel-powered lawnmowers”).

Biodiesel bay area

Using a cocktail calculator
Inside Bay Area - Angela Woodall - ‎Mar 18, 2011‎
... that recycles the by-product into biodiesel. Sirona's big orange truck lumbers around Oakland and the rest of the Bay Area picking up the leftover grease collected by restaurants such as Levende East, Miss Pearl's Jam House and Quinn's Light House. ...
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Night Owl: Using a cocktail calculator
San Jose Mercury News - Angela Woodall - ‎Mar 18, 2011‎
... that recycles the by-product into biodiesel. Sirona's big orange truck lumbers around Oakland and the rest of the Bay Area picking up the leftover grease collected by restaurants such as Levende East, Miss Pearl's Jam House and Quinn's Light House. ...
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Volunteers dream up ways to change Menlo Park neighborhood as Facebook ...
San Jose Mercury News - Patrick May - ‎Mar 6, 2011‎
Credit: Group 4 Architecture, Paul Jamtgaard It's one of those back-pocket niches of the Bay Area landscape -- isolated and nondescript, scarred by high-voltage lines and marbled with asphalt to take interloping motorists anywhere else but here. ...

Biodiesel band

OFF! Arrested for Theft
About.com: Punk Music - Ryan Cooper - Mar 18, 2011‎
That sounds kind of punk rock, until you find out that the band was arrested for stealing vegetable oil from a restaurant, to power their biodiesel van. Take heart, though, it's not as if the guys have hippied out. We caught them at SXSW, and the band ...
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Singapore Stocks-Commodity firms lead gains; 3010-3030 index band eyed
Reuters - Charmian Kok - ‎Mar 18, 2011‎
"Fears of supply constraints of oil because of the problems in the Middle East could generate more interest in biodiesel again, helping to support palm oil prices," said Carey Wong, an analyst at OCBC Investment Research. (Reporting by Charmian Kok)
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Trio of busy jazz players head to Valley Saturday
Canada.com -Mar 18, 2011‎
He has led bands for Howie Mandel, Rich Little, Bob Newhart, Shari Lewis and Ted Knight, played with the Moody Blues, the Powder Blues Band, Jann Arden, the Shirelles, and Leslie Gore, and opened for the Temptations and legendary jazz guitarist John ...
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Global Beat Fusion: Buzzing Cicadas and Jewish Gangsters
Huffington Post - ‎Mar 18, 2011‎
The GOP's attempt at stopping the biodiesel tax credit frustrated its members; fortunately last year's lame duck Congress reinstated it. Still, the Republican agenda has demanded an end to environmentally friendly legislation. ...

Quotes about biodiesel

Clarifying Misconceptions on Taxpayer-Subsidized Ethanol Exports‎
Consumer Energy Report - Robert Rapier - 10 Mar 2011
Biodiesel was being subsidized by US taxpayers, blended with a bit of petroleum ... I also read a number of quotes from the ethanol lobby that either 1). ...
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China Integrated Energy Authorizes $20 Million Share Repurchase ...‎
PR Newswire (press release) - 10 Mar 2011
The Company operates at 200000-ton biodiesel production capacity with two plants ... press releases, current price quotes, stock charts and other valuable ...
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China Integrated Energy Reports Fourth Quarter and Full Year 2010 ...‎
DigitalJournal.com (press release) - 10 Mar 2011
The increase was due to strong growth in biodiesel sales as newly acquired .... press releases, current price quotes, stock charts and other valuable ...
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China Integrated Energy Files 10-K Annual Report and Audited ...‎
PR Newswire (press release) - 2 Mar 2011
The Company operates at 200000-ton biodiesel production capacity with two plants ... press releases, current price quotes, stock charts and other valuable ...
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China Clean Energy Announces Details of its Listing on OTCQB‎
PR Newswire (press release) - 2 Mar 2011
In the past week certain market makers have stopped issuing quotes on the OTC ... and distribution of biodiesel and specialty chemical products made from ...

Bad things about biodiesel

A Battleground Leader for 2012?‎
Town Hall - 19 hours ago

“If you're going to make a national run, this is one of the things you have .... implementing the use of biodiesel and enhancing Minnesota's role as a top ...

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Climate change linked to global rise in food prices‎
Medill Reports: Chicago - Tyler Moss - Jennifer Wholey - 10 Mar 2011

As biofuel use continues and soybeans get turned in biodiesel, corn gets turned ... generally showed that by 2100, things are going to be bad, Kolmes said. ...
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Wind, solar, biofuels to double by 2020, report says‎
CNET (blog) - Candace Lombardi - 6 days ago

You may make it more cost-effective THAN the other things, relative to their effectiveness, ... All you do is make a bad financial situation worse. ...
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City considers reopening White Street Landfill‎
Guilfordian - 24 Feb 2011

"It used to stink so bad — I don't know how we made it," said Little. "The big men are going to do what they want anyways. They just need to leave things ...

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CT Green Business Awards - Corporate Achievement - Saybrook Point ...‎
Connecticut Business News Journal - Mitchell Young - 11 Mar 2011

“Boaters often get a bad rap, but they're environmentalists and they know the ... grease sold for biodiesel use and a composting program is under review. ...
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Have trunk, will travel‎
Colorado Springs Independent - Nick Chambers - 10 Mar 2011

But these days, Elephant Revival has upgraded to a luxurious biodiesel bus that ... "Even though we all really smell bad." The gender balance also makes its ...

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Chu calls for comeback in US energy tech‎
CNET (blog) - Martin LaMonica - 1 Mar 2011

than current methods which is bad for the overall economic picture since .... If the bureaucrats and politicians would stop meddling in things they know ...

Facts about biodiesel

Clarifying Misconceptions on Taxpayer-Subsidized Ethanol Exports‎
Consumer Energy Report - Robert Rapier - 1 day ago

Biodiesel was being subsidized by US taxpayers, blended with a bit of ... Fuels Associations wrote to inform me that I need to get my facts straight. ...
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China Integrated Energy Authorizes $20 Million Share Repurchase ...‎
PR Newswire (press release) - 1 day ago

The Company operates at 200000-ton biodiesel production capacity with two ... Statements that are not historical facts, including statements about the ...
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Urban kids get farm facts‎
Chicago Sun-Times - Denise Moran - 6 days ago

1 use of soybeans is for animal feed, she said soybeans also can be used for biodiesel fuel. Building materials also can be made from recycled newspaper and ...
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In Honor Of Today's Bookmobile Celebration: History, Photos, and ...‎
Patch.com - Kristine Wong - 5 Mar 2011

bookmobile debuts in Pescadero, some related history, photos, and fun facts. ... and the ability to run on biodiesel, our new bookmobile represents the ...
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China Integrated Energy Files 10-K Annual Report and Audited ...‎
PR Newswire (press release) - 6 days ago

The Company operates at 200000-ton biodiesel production capacity with two ... Statements that are not historical facts, including statements about the ...
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RENEWABLE ENERGY PRODUCTS, LLC v. LAKELAND DEVELOPMENT COMPANY‎
Leagle.com - 1 Mar 2011

had made to a biodiesel facility located on property in Santa Fe Springs. .... App.4th 233, 239 [facts presented to support waiver claim "must be viewed ...

Biodiesel aberdeen

Starting From Scratch: Organic Composting Business Opens in Aberdeen‎
Patch.com - Bruce Vail - 14 Mar 2011

“I looked at industries like solar power, biodiesel fuels and electronics ... Garrity said he welcomes any of the residents of Aberdeen to stop by the site, ...
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Huron Police Chief on Administrative Leave‎
KDLT News - 9 Mar 2011

Officials suspect a light socket may have started a fire that destroyed a biodiesel . ... 8 Aberdeen Day Care Provider Will Keep License Mar. ...

Biodiesel abstract

Energiedichte in Biomasse erhöhen‎
innovations report - 8 Mar 2011

Ackerland ist knapp, die Nachfrage nach Biodiesel steigt. ... biosynthesis in transgenic Arabidopsis”, Plant Biotechnology Journal, 2011, pp. 1-10 (Abstract)

biodiesel advantages and disadvantages

The EU's conservative and cautious approach 
Jakarta Post - Maria Monica Wihardja - ‎Mar 15, 2011‎
At this stage of development, we need to encourage the creations of working professionals, in which China and India are having the comparative advantages. Professionals are also needed to operate the investment in heavy technologies. ...
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Sustaining growth, environment 
Chandigarh Tribune - Nirmal Sandhu - ‎Mar 12, 2011‎
An anthology of papers has its advantages — one can read one piece at a time — and disadvantages too — there is no coherent argument built through the book. Though most writers are Indian, particularly Punjabi, there are also representatives from ...

biodiesel additives

BookMerge Technology Enters Talks For Distributorship With So. Calif Fuel ... 
TheStreet.com (blog) - ‎Mar 9, 2011‎
Extreme Biodiesel (http://www.extremebiodiesel.com/) would be one of the first distributors directly related to the biodiesel industry in So. Calif. to sell Pro-One's fuel additives and lubricants which significantly reduce fuel consumption and lower emissions ...
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President And CEO Interview: Innospec, Inc. (IOSP) - Patrick S. Williams 
The Wall Street Transcript - ‎Mar 21, 2011‎
... engine technology and fuel quality legislation, which all require fuel additives. Also, many nations, including the US, want to reduce their dependency on crude oil, hence the drive to introduce biofuels, including biodiesel and bioethanol. ...
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VG Energy could make viable biofuel from algae 
Biofuels International - ‎Mar 10, 2011‎
The study found that the biodiesel could be produced at $94 (€67.9) per barrel. 'The introduction of VG Energy's additives offers the ability to knock down the cost of algal oil production by almost a factor of 10 as a result of productivity ...
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Zheng fuels future while filling bellies 
Glenwood Springs Post Independent - ‎Mar 19, 2011‎
Mike Mercatoris fills a 10-gallon tank in the trunk of his Mercedes Benz with biodiesel collected from used vegetable oil collected at his Zheng restaurants in El Jebel and Glenwood Springs. When Mike Mercatoris says that egg rolls, spring rolls and ...

Biodiesel america

America is addicted to "X generation" subsidies 
Gerson Lehrman Group - ‎Mar 21, 2011‎
So, first there was corn, sugarcane, cassava, etc generating ethanol, and canola, sunflower, etc generating biodiesel. No one called those technologies "first", "second", or whatever, and in the case of ethanol from Brazil, it received ZERO (yes, ZERO! ...
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Biodiesel Production Poised for Outstanding Growth 
SBWire (press release) - ‎Mar 15, 2011‎
However, the US is rapidly picking up speed in biodiesel production due to high requirement of environment-friendly transportation fuel. America (the US and Brazil) is the second largest biodiesel producing region in the world after the EU. ...
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Green Grand Prix to open racing season next month 
MPNnow.com - ‎18 hours ago‎
Tom Megan will return again to compete in the 2011 Green Grand Prix in Watkins Glen, in his 1965 Porsche 356SC that runs on bio-diesel. By Gatehouse News Service Watkins Glen International has played host to some of the most technically advanced and ...
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Research and Markets: Bus and Coach Manufacturing in North America: Size ... 
Business Wire (press release) - ‎Mar 18, 2011‎
Buses fueled by alternatives to traditional diesel or gasoline engines, eg, hybrid buses, CNG, and biodiesel fueled buses, make up nearly 30% of all transit buses on the road today. This report can be put to immediate use for sales and market planning, ...
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Green Fuels America, Inc. announces that it will build the FuelMatic Biodiesel ... 
AltEnergyMag (press release) - ‎18 hours ago‎
Brian Krolicki, Lt. Governor of Nevada, announces that Green Fuels America, Inc. will manufacture its FuelMatic™ and other commercial biodiesel processors in Nevada. March 16, 2011 at 2:00 pm Sparks, NV – Green Fuels America, Inc. “As Lt. Governor and ...
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Plans for LaGrange biodiesel plant revived 
News Sentinel - Ellie Bogue - ‎Mar 21, 2011‎
The YMCA's Camp Potawotami might get a new neighbor – a biodiesel and soybean-processing facility. Investors are being sought again for the project. In 2007, Ultra Soy of America laid the groundwork to build at 7500 County Road 700 South ...

Biodiesel arizona

Ethanol industry has come a long way since its Iowa roots 
Mason City Globe Gazette - ‎Mar 19, 2011‎
We're working hard to produce more fuel with less corn. “We're producing corn oil, which is used for biodiesel and as another feed ingredient that's real valuable to poultry production. There are just a lot of opportunities that we're looking at.”
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Ecotourism Initiative: Going Verde in the Valley 
Verde Independent - ‎Mar 18, 2011‎
Participants also were treated to displays of green cleaning products, luxury organic personal products, permaculture landscaping services, energy efficiency solutions from APS, biodiesel waste services, recycling and pollution prevention, ...
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Mansfield Oil Co Adds CNG to Fuels Suite with GESI Purchase 
NGV Global - ‎Mar 16, 2011‎
GESI Founder Larry Ozier commented, “We currently design, supply, manufacture, construct and maintain CNG fuel stations of all sizes in numerous states including California, Arizona, Texas, Minnesota, and Illinois. Our experience has been that ...
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BlueFire Renewables Names Petroleum Industry Veteran, Joe Sparano to Board of ... 
PR Newswire (press release) - ‎Mar 9, 2011‎
... patented and proven Concentrated Acid Hydrolysis Technology Process for the profitable conversion of cellulosic waste materials ("Green Waste") to renewable fuel sources, including Cellulosic Ethanol, Biodiesel, BioJet Fuel, and Drop-in Directs. ...
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Going green has economic benefits 
Crossville Chronicle - Heather Mullinix - ‎Mar 10, 2011‎
The city is also producing bio-diesel fuel made from used vegetable cooking oil. Through that program, the city is producing 250 to 300 gallons a week of biodiesel fuel to replace diesel fuel the city was purchasing. Local businesses are also stepping ...
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Mansfield Oil Company Announces Acquisition of Gas Equipment Systems, Inc. 
PR Web (press release) - ‎Mar 16, 2011‎
With the addition of compressed natural gas to its current energy portfolio, Mansfield has solidified its position as the only transportation fuels company with the capability to deliver a complete slate of fuels including gasoline, diesel, biodiesel, ...