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Original Technorati articles tagged “biodiesel”

• in Technology
  The Scale of Biofuels
  How efficient is biofuel?
  by JV999 / on Feb 6, 2012
• in Green
  Is Algae-based Biofuel an Energy Game Changer?
  Algae is one surprising potential energy source that is showing great promise.
  by energizeme / on Dec 19, 2011
• in Business
  Flying on Recycled Fat
  Biofuel makes headlines again
  by nownewstrue / on Jun 23, 2011

Latest blogosphere posts tagged “biodiesel”

 

• Report: GM thanked by biodiesel groups for making the Cruze Diesel B20-ready

  
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  Filed under: Biodiesel , Diesel , Chevrolet , GM As if one of the worlds largest automakers needed additional advertisement, General Motors now is getting big-time support from biodiesel advocates for being the first US automaker to make have one of its light-duty models be able to run on diesel with a 20 ...
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• Sanimax Building Capacity at Wisconsin Biodiesel Plant

  
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  Renderer-turned-biodiesel-maker Sanimax increases capacity at its 20 MMgy biodiesel refinery in DeForest, Wisconsin… although the company won’t say by how much. This Biodiesel Magazine article says Apache Stainless Equipment Corp. will provide the stainless steel tanks: Apache supported Sanimax’s need ...
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• Indonesia will likely file a WTO complain if EU proceeds with penalties over biodiesel subsidies and dumping

  
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  In Indonesia, Reuters reports that representatives of industry and Indonesian government officials have concluded two days of talks with EU delegates concerning its investigation into illegal subsidies and dumping of biodiesel . Paulus Tjakrawan, general secretary of industry body the Indonesian Biofuel Producers’ ...
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• Beef Ranches as Biodiesel Refineries

  
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  The next set of biodiesel refineries will probably continue to be in rural America, but they might be part of livestock operations. This article from BeefProducer.com says Arkansas State University researcher Kevin Humphrey sees real potential for ranchers to produce their own biodiesel from oil seed crops, waste ...
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• Intertek Biodiesel Lab Earns BQ-9000 Certification

  
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  The Intertek biofuels lab in Romeoville, Illinois has earned an important designation from the National Biodiesel Board (NBB). This company news release says the Intertek lab is now listed as a testing facility on the BQ-9000® website and is a preferred lab for BQ-9000® producers and marketers by the National ...
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• Wilks’ Biodiesel Analyzer to Meet ASTM Standards

  
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  Meeting ASTM methods D7371 and EN 14078 for biodiesel standards usually requires FTIR spectrometers, an expensive proposition considering the equipment would be placed on a loading dock. This article in Biodiesel Magazine says Wilks Enterprises has something that could help producers meet those ASTM standards with ...
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• Kit Teaches Students Wonders of Soy Biodiesel

  
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  Biodiesel made from soybeans is a clean fuel for many gas tanks, including the buses that haul kids to school. Now those same children hauled by the green fuel can also get a lesson in chemistry from it. The Indiana Soybean Alliance is offering a Soy Biodiesel Chemistry Kit , touted as a valuable educational science ...
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• Sanimax supplies stainless steel tanks for Wisconsin biodiesel industry

  
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  In Wisconsin, Sanimax partnered with Apache Stainless Equipment Corp. to provide stainless steel tanks to support growing production of B100 Biodiesel fuel . The Sanimax facility in DeForest, Wisconsin is dedicated to the processing of 100% renewable Biodiesel fuel. Apache supported their need for increased capacity ...
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• Farmers Encouraged to Ask for Higher Biofuels Blends

  
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  While we talk a lot about using more biodiesel and ethanol, there’s no more fitting place to use the green fuels than the farms where it all starts. A Minnesota farmer took his own advice to use more biofuels to heart, and this article from the Rochester (MN) Post Bulletin explains most farmers should use higher ...
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• New Mandate to Boost Biodiesel in Canada

  
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  The Canadian Renewable Fuels Association (CRFA) welcomed the proposal of a new renewable diesel mandate in Ontario. The measure would be based on fuel percentage and carbon intensity and replaces the current biodiesel tax exemption for all diesel sold in the province. It’s also expected to boost biodiesel ...
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• REG Plans to Buy Soy Energy 30 MGPY Biodiesel Plant

  
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  The nation’s largest biodiesel maker is going to get a bit bigger. Ames, Iowa-based Renewable Energy Group (REG) announced it is buying Mason City, Iowa’s Soy Energy and its 30-million gallon per year capacity biodiesel plant for $11 million in cash and the issuance of a $5.6 million promissory note to Soy Energy. ...
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• Craig Vetter Fuel Economy Challenge At AMA Vintage Motorcycle Days

  
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  AMA Motorcycle Hall of Famer Craig Vetter is pleased that his one-off, experimental high-mileage bike can go a long way on a small amount of fuel, but he knows it can do even better. So, on July 19, at AMA Vintage Motorcycle Days at Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course in Lexington, Ohio, Vetter will host his Fuel Economy ...
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• Rise in Diesel Vehicles Good News for Biodiesel

  
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  Registrations for clean diesel cars are up a whopping 24.3 percent in the U.S. from 2010 through 2012, outpacing total car registrations during that same period of just 2.7 percent. The numbers from the Diesel Technology Forum should be good news for biodiesel producers, since those clean diesel cars can burn the ...
  2 weeks ago

• Biodiesel Giant REG Has Best First Quarter Ever

  
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  Renewable Energy Group (REG), the nation’s largest producer of biodiesel, posted its best first quarter ever. The Iowa-based producer of the green fuel announced its financial results for the quarter that ended on March 31, 2013, with the first quarter 2013 adjusted EBITDA at $22.0 million after adjusting for the ...
  2 weeks ago

• Sugarcane production impacting local climate in Brazil

  
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  Intensification of Brazils sugarcane industry in response to rising demand for sugar-based ethanol could have impacts on the regional climate reports a new study by researchers from Arizona State University, Stanford University and the Carnegie Institution for Science. Following the conversion of cerrado grasslands ...
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• Researcher Honored for Biodiesel Byproduct Innovation

  
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  A researcher from India is honored for her work to use a biodiesel byproduct to replace chemicals usually used in biodiesel production. The National Biodiesel Board and the American Cleaning Institute honored Dr. B.L.A. Prabhavathi Devi from the Centre for Lipid Research at CSIR-Indian Institute of Chemical ...
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• EIA: February Biodiesel Numbers Up to 68 Mil Gallons

  
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  U.S. Energy Information Agency numbers show that U.S. production of biodiesel was 68 million gallons in February 2013, up from January’s figures of 66 million gallons. The report goes on to say nearly three-fourths of that production came from the Midwest. All 110 biodiesel refineries throughout the country have ...
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• Down to the Wire on RFS Comments

  
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  It’s down to the wire for the biofuel and agricultural industries to submit comments on the agricultural impact of the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS), a second in an RFS series being published by the House Energy and Commerce Committee. Growth Energy, Fuels America, and the Renewable Fuels Association (RFA) all ...
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• Boise Cab Company Looks to Convert Fleet to Biodiesel

  
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  Boise, Idaho is certainly famous for its potatoes, and just about everyone’s favorite way to have those spuds are french fried. A local cab company is looking to take advantage of all that leftover cooking oil by turning it into biodiesel to run in its vehicles. KBOI-TV reports that Recab wants the idea to catch on ...
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• Europe Urged to Re-reconsider Biofuels Policy

  
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  It wasn’t that long ago that Europe was a champion of biofuels, in particular, biodiesel, as just a few years ago the continent adopted a policy of having 10 percent of transportation fuels come from renewable sources, including biofuels. This boosted biodiesel demand, coupled with favorable tax laws and the ...
  2 weeks ago

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