JEFFERSON CITY, MO - The nonprofit Iowa Central Testing Laboratory in Fort Dodge, Iowa, has raised the bar on biodiesel fuel quality testing, and other labs are likely to follow its lead, according to the National Biodiesel Board.
Read More →CASHTON, WI - The BEST BioDiesel Cashton LLC plant has closed, citing financial difficulties since a $1-per-gallon federal tax credit for biodiesel production expired at the end of 2009, the La Crosse Tribune reported.
Read More →BRUSSELS, BELGIUM - Documents indicate that the European Union is about to investigate whether U.S. biodiesel producers have routed their product to Europe through third countries in an effort to avoid tariffs imposed on U.S. shipments last year, the Wall Street Journal reported.
Read More →WASHINGTON - The House Ways and Means Committee last week released a draft of a bill containing an extension of the biodiesel tax credit for 2011, Biodiesel Magazine reported.
Read More →GULEPH, ONTARIO, CANADA - Rothsay Biodiesel, a division of Maple Leaf Foods Inc., said that its program to fuel its own fleets with biodiesel blends reduced carbon output by approximately 700 metric tons in 2009 -- the equivalent to removing approximately 130 cars from the road.
Read More →LOS ANGELES - Renewable Energy Group, headquartered in Ames, Iowa, is acquiring Tellurian Biodiesel Inc., a California-based biodiesel company and marketer, and American BDF LLC (ABDF).
Read More →BOSTON - The Massachusetts B2 biodiesel mandate, scheduled to go into effect this month, has been suspended indefinitely by state officials, Biodiesel Magazine reported.
Read More →WASHINGTON - As a result of the expiration of a biodiesel tax credit Dec. 31, the National Biodiesel Board (NBB) said the biodiesel industry is on the verge of collapse.
Read More →The industry struggles as it waits for Congress to reinstate the biodiesel tax incentive, which was incorporated into H.R. 4213.
Read More →WOLVEGA, NETHERLANDS - Vitablend has introduced Bioprotect 350, a liquid antioxidant additive designed to increase the shelf life of biodiesel and prevent engine damage arising from biodiesel oxidation.
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