July 7, 2008
STOCKHOLM, SWEDEN --- Swedish refiner Preem unveiled plans to start making biodiesel from pine tree oil, a lumber industry waste product, in response to criticism about the effect of biofuel on food prices, Reuters reported.
Tags: biodiesel, Preem
July 1, 2008
NEW YORK – Con Edison is increasing the use of biodiesel fuel in its truck fleet and expanding its acquisition of green vehicles.
Tags: biodiesel, Con Edison , Electric Power Research Institute, PHEVs
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
March 30, 2008
LOUISVILLE, Ky. --- The National Biodiesel Foundation unveiled this month the first-ever biodiesel fuel card. Officially called BioTrucker Fuel Card, it highlights the availability of biodiesel with a network of truck stops that carry biodiesel.
Tags: biodiesel, fuel card, National Biodiesel Foundation
March 23, 2008
HOLLIS, N.H. --- The Hollis/Brookline School District has received a $162,850 grant from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to retrofit 25 buses to run on biodiesel and operate with pollution-control equipment.
Tags: biodiesel, biofuel
February 25, 2008
FORT MYERS, Fla. --- Lee County officials are considering a plan to convert vegetable oil waste from local restaurants into biodiesel that can fuel the county's waste-management vehicles.
Tags: biodiesel, green fleet, Lee County fleet
February 12, 2008
ORLANDO, FL – Florida Power & Light (FPL) took home top honors at the National Biodiesel Conference & Expo, held in Orlando, Fla.
Tags: Award, biodiesel, NBB
February 4, 2008
ORLANDO, Fla. --- The 2008 National Biodiesel Conference & Expo is now underway through Feb. 6 at the Gaylord Palms Resort and Convention Center in Orlando.
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
February 1, 2008
NETTLETON, MS – According to Dr. Richard Craven, spokesperson for Universal Bioenergy, a Mississippi-based biodiesel manufacturer, more biodiesel use could help stimulate the economy as well as help cut CO2 emissions.
Tags: biodiesel, economy
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