Archive for June, 2008

Propel Biofuels launches sixth Clean Fuel Point biodiesel station in Seattle, expands real-time emissions reporting availability

In Washington state, Propel Biofuels continued on its ambitious program of biodiesel stations, launched its sixth “Clean Fuel Point” near downtown Seattle, offering B5 and B20 biodiesel blends at competitive prices with conventional diesel. Propel is also offering CleanDrive, the industry’s first integrated carbon emission tracking platform. By creating a CleanDrive account with Propel, purchasers [...]

B100 biodiesel powered Earthrace powerboat sets world circumnavigation record

The B100 biodiesel-powered powerboat, Earthrace, crushed the global circumnavigation record by more than 13 days, traveling the 24,000 nautical mile journey in 60 days, 23 hours and 49 minutes, crossing the finishing line in Sagunto. An international team of volunteers from New Zealand, UK, Sweden, Guyana and Hungary, powered the  24m tri-hull wavepiercer past the [...]

Biofuels Digest Index gains 2.07 percent to 92.06 on sharp uptick for The Andersons (ANDE)

The Biofuels Digest Index™ (BDI), a basket of public biofuels stocks, gained 2.07 percent to 92.06 on a sharply improved outlook for The Andersons (ANDE).  For the day, The Andersons rose 26.39 percent to $41.62, while VeraSun Energy advanced 11.39 percent to $4.50.  Among small caps, Texcom (TEXC.PK) fell 20.00 percent to close at $0.08.  [...]

VeraSun Energy to debut E30 in South Dakota

In South Dakota, VeraSun Energy said it will launch an E30 blend at the Get-N-Go in Sioux Falls. The blend will be available for use by owners of flex-fuel vehicles. Owners of other vehicles are required by the EPA to use no higher than an E10 blend.
E20 / E30 background
In Washington, the American Coalition on [...]

Food Price Facts from Foodpricetruth.org

A new website, foodpricetruth.org, offers the following interesting factoids regarding corn and food prices.

Did you know:
The biggest reason food costs more today is fuel prices. USDA Secretary Schafer recently stated: “Higher oil prices affect much more than just the cost of driving; they are actually one of the major factors behind higher food costs.”
Did [...]

Sustainable Power Corp. Chairman, John Rivera, is the Featured Guest in an Audio Interview at SmallCapVoice.com

AUSTIN, Texas–(BIOFUELS DIGEST NEWSWIRE)–SmallCapVoice.com, Inc. today announced that a new audio interview featuring John Rivera, Chairman of Sustainable Power Corp. (the Company) (Pink Sheets:SSTP), is available at SmallCapVoice.com. Mr. Rivera provides his personal insight into the Company’s recent news, various revenue sources, and how the Company has become the green energy total service provider focused [...]

Food lobby pressures New Jersey governor to request ethanol mandate waiver

The Food Before Food coalition called on Governor Jon Corzine to request a waiver from the ethanol mandate and the Renewable Fuel Standard.
Meanwhile, CNN.com reported on studies sponsored by Kraft Foods and a related coalition of food producers, Balanced Food and Fuel. Both studies projected that a 50 percent reduction in the Renewable Fuel Standard [...]

Today in Biofuels Opinion: “I don’t think any economist really believes that all of this rise in food prices is because of ethanol”

Carl Pray, chairman of the Department of Agricultural, Food and Resource Economics at Rutgers: “I don’t think any economist really believes that all of this rise in food prices is because of ethanol. There are a number of other forces on the demand side that have pushed things up in recent years.”
Governor Arnold Schwartzenegger of [...]

First hydrogen fuel station in California opens in Los Angeles

In California, the first hydrogen fueling station in the state opened in Los Angeles, near interstate 405 on the west side of the city. State officials said that they foresee a “hydrogen highway” in the state that will promote the commercial development of hydrogen vehicles. Currently there are 100 hydrogen-powered cars in the state.
Hydrogen background
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Edmonton inks solid waste-to-ethanol deal with Enerkem, GreenField

In Canada, the city of Edmonton signed an agreement with GreenField and Enerkem to build a 9.5 Mgy waste-to-ethanol plant using the city’s solid waste. Enerkem is contributing the technology to the venture, while GreenField will oversee construction and operate the plant on completion.
Last March, Edmonton proposed a gasification plant for the Clover Bar landfill [...]