The new Renewable Fuels Standard (RFS2) will require at least 800 million gallons of biodiesel are used this year … and how petroleum refiners and importers and distillate distributors get to that number will be the subject of a series of free … [Read more...]
Raptor Providing Equipment for Georgia Biodiesel Plant
Tuesday 02/15/ By Leave a Comment
On the heels of last month’s announcement from Raptor Fabrication and Equipment about its opening a Florida biodiesel plant, its parent company, Raptor Technology Group says it will provide equipment for Coastal Biofuel of Savannah, … [Read more...]
Chevrolet and GMC offering single-source LPG option for cutaway vans
Tuesday 02/15/ By Leave a Comment
General Motors is offering its customers a liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) option for the 2012 Chevrolet Express and GMC Savana cutaway 3500 and 4500 vans. (Earlier post.) This new LPG offering enables businesses to choose from 2,604 LPG fueling … [Read more...]
Biodiesel Equipment Online Auction Continues to Feb. 18
Monday 02/14/ By Leave a Comment
Just a reminder that the online auction of some brand new equipment for biodiesel production continues through 5 PM EST this Friday, February 18th, 2011. Maas Companies of Rochester, Minnesota, a specialist in selling ethanol and biodiesel plants and … [Read more...]
Hangin’ With Some Next Gen Biodiesel Scientists
Monday 02/14/ By Leave a Comment
During the National Biodiesel Board Conference (NBB) last week, I had the opportunity to hang out with some “Next Generation Scientists for Biodiesel“. There were 10 in attendance at this year’s conference and the two that I spent … [Read more...]
Butanol Q&A With Cobalt Technologies CEO Rick Wilson
Monday 02/14/ By Leave a Comment
Join the forum discussion on this post In the previous story — Butanol 101 — I provided readers some background on the production of butanol, including my own background on working with butanol. This story is about one company's efforts to … [Read more...]
BioJet receives $1.2B to fund renewable aviation fuel projects
Monday 02/14/ By Leave a Comment
Filed under: Biodiesel, Etc., Transportation Alternatives BioJet International Ltd. has received a whopping $1.2 billion of financial backing from Equity Partners Fund SPC. The massive amount of capital will allow BioJet, an international supplier … [Read more...]
Canadian Biodiesel Mandate to Start July 1st
Sunday 02/13/ By Leave a Comment
All diesel fuel in Canada … for heating and transportation … will be required to have at least a 2 percent blend starting July 1, 2011. This article from Reuters says this requirement joins the country’s 5 percent renewable content … [Read more...]
Iran produces biodiesel from Jatropha
Sunday 02/13/ By Leave a Comment
Fars News Agency (FNA) reports that Iranian experts and scientists for the first time managed to produce biodiesel fuel using the oil extracted from Jatropha curcas plant cultivated in Southern Iran. “Iran could produce biodiesel fuel through … [Read more...]
Get The National Ethanol Conference App
Friday 02/11/ By Leave a Comment
Apps for trade shows and conferences are becoming more and more popular. The next one I’ll be using is the National Ethanol Conference App in Phoenix. I hope the weather is as nice as it was for the National Biodiesel Conference this week! … [Read more...]