October 27, 2008
DAKOTA CITY, IA --- Plans to build a biodiesel plant near Hardy, Iowa, have been scrapped because of rising costs for construction and raw materials, the Chicago Tribune reported.
Tags: biodiesel, Future Energy
June 2, 2008
SAN FRANCISCO --- As biodiesel use moves into the mainstream, and diesel prices approach $5 a gallon, fast-food restaurants are becoming a more common target of thieves looking to steal fryer grease.
Tags: biodiesel
May 19, 2008
DETROIT --- DTE Energy announced it is converting its fleet of 800 diesel-fueled trucks and service vehicles to cleaner-burning biodiesel fuel.
Tags: biodiesel, DTE Energy, RKA Petroleum
April 21, 2008
OLIVER TOWNSHIP, Mich. --- Huron Biofuels confirmed this month that the business is planning to build a facility that will produce 20 million gallons of biodiesel per year using 13 million bushels of soybeans.
Tags: biodiesel, Huron Biofuels
April 14, 2008
DES MOINES, Iowa --- The Iowa Power Fund board agreed April 9 to enter negotiations to fund the state's first biodiesel project that uses algae as a feedstock, the Gazette reported.
Tags: biodiesel, Green Plains Renewable Energy, Iowa Power Fund
February 20, 2008
UNIVERSITY PLACE, WA - From energy-efficient light bulbs to houses using solar power; more companies are “going green” these days. Garbage companies are not about to be left behind.
Tags: University Place Refuse, biodiesel
February 4, 2008
PLAINS, Ga. --- Alterra Bioenergy has delayed plans for a biodiesel refinery because of high soybean oil prices, the Macon Telegraph reported.
Tags: alternative fuel, biodiesel