BioDiesel Info

Biodiesel Muppets

Sat, 25 Oct 2008 21:51:09 GMT

Students at Williamsfield High School soon may be producing fuel for district vehicles. An other school bus stories

Sat, 25 Oct 2008 02:17:06 GMT

Ag instructor Kent Rigg, second from right, watches students, from left, Alan Brown, Charles Simpson and Eric Foreman as they harvest oil through a hose and work on the biodiesel process at Williamsfield High School.

Biodiesel Flammability (02:29): Is Making Biodiesel at Home Safe? Home Bio Diesel Production

Fri, 24 Oct 2008 01:50:08 GMT

China Curious About New Biodiesel Process

Tue, 21 Oct 2008 04:19:39 GMT

Oil Types and Filtering: Information from the vegburner website

Sun, 19 Oct 2008 16:36:27 GMT

Certain characteristics of a given oil or fat will affect its suitability for use as a fuel. The design of a SVO system, along with ambient temperatures of operation, requires consideration when selecting a fuel oil.

Biodiesel Tax Extenders Signed Into Law

Sun, 19 Oct 2008 08:07:34 GMT

WASHINGTON, D.C.–On Friday, October 3, 2008, hours after the U.S. House of Representatives approved H.R. 1424, the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act, by a 263 to 171 margin, President Bush signed the legislation into law.

Plant used by Voodoo practioners shows promise as source of BioDiesel: Where most crops don't grow, Jatropha will.

Sun, 19 Oct 2008 07:07:59 GMT

because the plant is highly toxic, there is no conflict - as with corn and sugar cane - over whether to use Jatropha to feed the hungry or fuel a diesel engine.

energy research program reaches milestone: Pathways to produce biodiesel fuel from bacteria to achieve a 20-fold increase in energy yield

Sat, 18 Oct 2008 20:03:36 GMT

Launched in December 2002, GCEP performs fundamental scientific research to establish a foundation for new technologies. In the decades ahead, scientists and companies will use the project’s findings to develop global energy systems with significantly lower greenhouse-gas emissions.

First-generation biofuel can also help to secure energy supply.

Sat, 18 Oct 2008 19:51:55 GMT

First-generation biofuel
The first generation of biofuel manufactured to food crops. This work has some advantages in terms of CO2 emissions, for a comparison with traditional fossil fuel. The impact this has on the fuel emissions of CO2, depends on the biokomponentens interference level and where it comes from.

Energy harvested from algae: Algae is promising as a possible source of biodiesel because they grow quickly, are rich in vegetable oils and can cultivate in seawater ponds

Sat, 18 Oct 2008 19:36:52 GMT

biodiesel at the pump: The biofuels sales obligation will see the mandated introduction of biofuels commencing in 2008, with the aim of 3.4% of the total fuel sold in New Zealand to be biofuel by 2012.

Sat, 18 Oct 2008 17:21:49 GMT

Shell: Large volumes of next gen biofuel by next decade

Sat, 18 Oct 2008 17:17:42 GMT

SINGAPORE: Commercial volumes of second generation biofuel are likely to be available in five to 10 years, according to a senior Shell executive. Dr. Graeme S. Sweeney, the company's executive vice president of future fuels and carbon dioxide, said a distinction needs to be made between "commercial scale" and "commercially viable biofuel production".

Biodiesel Industry Fumes Over the Oil State's Heavy Hand

Sat, 18 Oct 2008 17:04:10 GMT

Has the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality finally found an industry it doesn't like?

Biodiesel in Thailand: Koh Tao

Fri, 17 Oct 2008 06:05:15 GMT

CU Biodiesel members are working alongside local and foreign residents, as well as a non-profit organization and international university in order to bring environmental awareness and action to an area that has been developed rapidly and with little planning.

Wash. biodiesel goals get boost from big oil

Fri, 17 Oct 2008 04:11:22 GMT

Washington may boost biodiesel use, meet new mandate with help from major oil companies SEATTLE (AP) -- Washington's eco-friendly attempt to require 2 percent of the state's diesel sales be biodiesel will get a boost from an unlikely source....&

Food Vs Fuel, A False Debate

Fri, 17 Oct 2008 03:32:41 GMT

Scotland proposes 10-fold increase in biodiesel use

Fri, 17 Oct 2008 03:06:44 GMT

The government of Scotland plans to increase the use of biofuels, including biodiesel, for transport. The goal is to increase the use from less than 1 percent to 10 percent by 2020 to contribute towards reducing emissions by 80 percent by 2050. The government is seeking feedback on the proposal, dubbed the Renewable Energy Framework, through Dec. 1 and plans to take action on the proposal in February, 2009. The 80-by-50 target is included in a proposed Scottish Climate Change Bill, which will be voted on by the end of the year.

California cop is arrested for grease theft

Fri, 17 Oct 2008 02:37:00 GMT

A recent grease theft arrest in northern California has resulted in a police sergeant being put on paid administrative leave as he awaits a court hearing for allegedly stealing $350 worth of used cooking oil from a local restaurant.

Plan to build plant headed before zoning board

Fri, 17 Oct 2008 02:27:59 GMT

HURON COUNTY (WJRT) -- (10/16/08)--One man's plan to fuel the future by making biodiesel is moving closer to reality.

Over the last few weeks, the owner of Huron Biofuels bought the property in Huron County's Oliver Township, where the future plant will sit.

It's on Moore Road just south of Pigeon Road.

RENEWABLE CLEANER BIODIESEL HELPS TORONTO GROW BEYOND OIL

Thu, 16 Oct 2008 19:17:00 GMT

* Biodiesel reduces emissions of particulate matter by 50%

* Biodiesel reduces emissions of unburned hydrocarbons by 67%

* Biodiesel reduces carbon monoxide emissions by 48%

* Biodiesel is sulphur and benzene free