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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 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 [...]
Amtrak and the Oklahoma and Texas state transportation departments are cooperating on the nation’s first-ever test of biodiesel containing beef by-products to power a passenger train. The biodiesel blend, consisting of 80% conventional diesel and 20% biofuel, will be used in the Heartland Flyer train operated by Amtrak. Previous locomotive engine studies have shown using [...]
At first glance, it might look like oil companies are pulling out of renewables. At the end of June, BP closed its alternative-energy headquarters. The oil company also has cut its alternative-energy budget and closed several solar factories in Spain. And that’s after Shell sold off most of its solar business at the end of [...]
