Archive for the Category ‘Biofuel’

Biofuel: The Prospect of Developement of Jatropha’s Seed Stove Manufacturing Unit Based on Public-Independent Energy Program in Indonesia

Biofuel: The Prospect of Developement of Jatropha’s Seed Stove Manufacturing Unit Based on Public-Independent Energy Program in Indonesia

·         Agriculture Faculty University of Brawijaya ·           Director of “GARLINA” Stove Producer Community – Malang Indonesia e-mail eko  widar@yahoo.co.id website : www.ekowidaryanto.lecture.ub.ac.id ABSTRACT             This description is based on the invention, which followed by the fabrication of the Jatropha curcas (physicnut)  seed stove that involving small to medium-scale business in fabrication sector of kerosene stove, [...]

Bio-fuels as Alternative Sources of Energy

Bio-fuels as Alternative Sources of Energy

Bio-fuels are produced by converting organic matter into fuel for powering our society. These bio-fuels are an alternative energy source to the fossil fuels that we currently depend upon. The bio-fuels umbrella includes under its aegis ethanol and derivatives of plants such as sugar cane, as well aS vegetable and corn oils. However, not all [...]

Next Generation BioFuels Making Solid Progress

Next Generation BioFuels Making Solid Progress

As many of you know most of the gasoline available in North America today has a biofuel component of between 5 – 10 percent. Newer cars and trucks are E85 compatible, meaning they can operate with up to 85 percent ethanol blended into the gasoline – which means there is a total growth opportunity of up [...]

Biodiesel Theft: Bay Area Thieves Target Alternative Fuel

Biodiesel Theft: Bay Area Thieves Target Alternative Fuel

The newest item on Bay Area thieves’ wish list? restaurant grease, the easiest thing to convert into biodiesel fuel. As eco-friendly cars reach a new high demand, so does the need for “yellow grease,” or leftover cooking oil. “There is a black market for yellow grease now,” Andrew Panell of Dogpatch Biofuels told CBS San [...]

Make you own fuel? Visit Utah Biodiesel Supply

Make you own fuel? Visit Utah Biodiesel Supply

We wanted to take a moment to recommend a company who we’ve had many positive expierences with in the past, Utah Biodiesel Supply. If you make biodiesel and need supplies, check them out. They offer just about any part you need in the biodiesel process from building a biodiesel processor to testing the fuel. Please [...]

BP Fails to Meet E10 Bio-fuel Quota: Passes the Fail On to Customers

BP Fails to Meet E10 Bio-fuel Quota: Passes the Fail On to Customers

The presence of ethanol/biofuel additives to pump gas percentage of bioethanol in fuelhas been a hotly debated topic in recent months – particularly so for the petroleum giant BP, which is facing down fines in excess of $500 million for having failed to meet its EU sale quota for E10 gasoline. E10, of course, is [...]

Advanced BioFuels – A Truly Sustainable Renewable Future

Advanced BioFuels – A Truly Sustainable Renewable Future

Advanced Biofuels are high-energy liquid transportation fuels derived from: low nutrient input/high per acre yield crops; agricultural or forestry waste; or other sustainable biomass feedstocks including algae.  The key word is “sustainable.” A technical definition that focuses on lifecycle greenhouse gas emissions is included in the Renewable Fuels Standard of the Energy Independence and Security Act [...]