Archive for the 'Biodiesel' Category
Toyota Making Bio-Diesel Investment In Philippines
Posted on June 25, 2009 - Filed Under Biodiesel | Leave a Comment
Toyota and the Philippine government have reached a basic memorandum of understanding in regards to creating a bio-diesel production facility. This is only the first step in a very long process, but it represents an interesting investment on behalf of Toyota. Considering that Toyota is cutting costseverywhere, investing in a bio-diesel plant in this economic climate [...]
Largest US Biodiesel Plant Is For Sale
Posted on June 25, 2009 - Filed Under Biodiesel | Leave a Comment
The nation’s largest biodiesel refinery went on the block this week for an undisclosed price after the owner shut down the $70 millionfacility in the face of low demand.
In a sign of the recession trumping policy talk in Washington and elsewhere, GreenHunter Energy Inc. (GRH) said it plans to sell the 105 million gallon-a- year plant by Nov. 15 as it moves [...]
EPA Tough on Ethanol, Tougher on Biodiesel
Posted on May 7, 2009 - Filed Under Biodiesel, Ethanol | Leave a Comment
Proposed rules released by the Environmental Protection Agency this have the potential to keep new ethanol plants from selling into a government mandated market. But the biodiesel industry could fare even worse.
Members of the biofuels industry testified before the House Agriculture Committee’s subcommittee on Conservation, Credit, Energy and Research. Manning Feraci of the National Biodiesel [...]
The Great Biodiesel Shutdown
Posted on April 4, 2009 - Filed Under Biodiesel, Renewable Energy | Leave a Comment
The sufferings of the American biodiesel industry continue.
Last month I wrote about the industry’s problems in the wake of a European tariff on American biodiesel producers. Imperium Renewables, once one of the country’s largest refiners of biodiesel, had also just laid off 24 employees.
It turns out that Imperium is not in fact producing any biodiesel. [...]
Biofuels May Speed Up, Not Slow Global Warming Says Study
Posted on February 15, 2009 - Filed Under Biodiesel, Biofuel, Climate, Fossil fuel, Global Warming | Leave a Comment
The use of crop-based biofuels could speed up rather than slow down global warming by fueling the destruction of rainforests, scientists warned Saturday. Once heralded as the answer to oil, biofuels have become increasingly controversial because of their impact on food prices and the amount of energy it takes to produce them.
They could also be [...]
What Is Biodiesel?
Posted on September 15, 2008 - Filed Under Biodiesel, Renewable Energy | Leave a Comment
Biodiesel is an alternative fuel similar to conventional or ‘fossil’ diesel. Biodiesel can be produced from straight vegetable oil, animal oil/fats, tallow and waste cooking oil. The process used to convert these oils to Biodiesel is called transesterification. This process is described in more detail below. The largest possible source of suitable oil comes from [...]
Dubai-Based Investors To Set Up Biofuel Plant
Posted on September 1, 2008 - Filed Under Biodiesel, Biofuel | Leave a Comment
Dubai-based asset manager Daman Investments will take a majority stake in a venture to build the emirates’ first plant to produce biodiesel from inedible oils, Daman Chief Executive Shehab Gargash said.Rapidly-growing Dubai is facing a surge in oil demand as one of the cities benefiting from an petrodollar-fuelled economic boom in the Gulf. It is [...]
Blue Sun Biodiesel: Fastest Growing Biodiesel Provider
Posted on August 21, 2008 - Filed Under Biodiesel, environment | 1 Comment
Blue Sun Biodiesel has been ranked 242 in Inc. magazine’s Inc. 500 list of fastest growing,privately-held companies and is the fastest growing biodiesel fuel company in the country. Blue Sun ranked 10th in growth for the energy industry.
Colorado-based Blue Sun Biodiesel markets premium Fusion(TM) B20 biodieselfuel backed by industry-leading quality control standards.
Blue Sun sales grew [...]
