Today in Biofuels Digest forums: “The overall ozone forming potential of the speciated hydrocarbon emissions from biodiesel was nearly 50 percent less than that measured for diesel fuel.”

At LinkedIn: Kef Hollenbach: “Of the major exhaust pollutants, both unburned hydrocarbons and nitrogen oxides are ozone or smog forming precursors. The use of biodiesel results in a substantial reduction of unburned hydrocarbons. Emissions of nitrogen oxides are either slightly reduced or slightly increased depending on the duty cycle of the engine and testing methods [...]

March 05, 2009 | Jim Lane | Comments 1

Today in Biofuels Digest forums: “San Francisco has a cooking oil and grease recovery program using a fleet of city owned FOG collection vehicles.”

At LinkedIn: Roman Wolff: “A very good summary of the issue of fats, oils and grease in our waste-water streams. Enhanced Biofuels continues to support the conversion and use of high free fatty acid non-food feedstock into high quality (ASTM / EN) BioDiesel, In this case, we have the additional benefits of reducing the amount [...]

February 26, 2009 | Jim Lane | Comments 1

Today in Biofuels Digest forums: “I thought members of the group may also be interested in this paper from the National University of Singapore.”

At LinkedIn: Edmund Tan: “I thought members of the group may also be interested in this paper from the National University of Singapore I found whilst “googling”
To dtae, more than 1000 people have signed up for the Biofuels Digest groups on LinkedIn and Facebook.

February 25, 2009 | Jim Lane | Comments 1

Today in Biofuels Digest forums: “daily benchmark biodiesel prices for Europe, the US and Asia through feedback from traders, buyers and sellers on a daily basis.”

At LinkedIn: Iain Pocock, Editor at Argus Media: Given the global nature of biofuel trading, Argus provides daily benchmark biodiesel prices for Europe, the US and Asia through feedback from traders, buyers and sellers on a daily basis. We are always interested to hear from more such participants involved in international biofuel trading.

February 24, 2009 | Jim Lane | Comments 0

Today in Biofuels Digest forums: “There is a lot of work underway today using waste grease as a source of energy fuel.”

At LinkedIn: Bill Partanen: “There is a lot of work underway today using waste grease as a source of energy fuel. I have attached a short abstract of work being done with brown grease to create bio-boiler fuel. The technology to do this exists and has a list of beneficial factors associated with removing this [...]

February 23, 2009 | Jim Lane | Comments 0

Today in Biofuels Digest discussion groups: “The agency singles out the use of ‘biochar”.

At LinkedIn:
Arturo Velez, CEO and Founder, Agave Project: “The United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification proposes that the UNFCCC (United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change) recognize practical efforts to improve soils’ ability to take up and store carbon as a greenhouse gas abatement technology, and include them in the Clean Development Mechanism, currently the [...]

February 20, 2009 | Jim Lane | Comments 0

Today in Biofuels Digest discussion groups: 1000th member joins for networking, peer-to-peer debate opportunities

John Diecker of Thailand became the 1000th member of the “Bioenergy by Biofuels Digest” group[s on LinkedIn and Facebook. Via these group pages, readers can network, develop new business opportunities, gain career contacts and discuss energy trends on a peer-to-peer basis.
John Diecker, Electric Power and Renewable Energy Consultant; Owner, APT Enterprises: Greetings from Thailand. I [...]

February 18, 2009 | Jim Lane | Comments 0

Today in Biofuels Digest discussion groups: “Is your organization hitting its revenue targets?”

At LinkedIn:
Bob Wheeler, product specialist for Aquatic Habitats / Aquatic Eco-Systems: “AHI/AES is a 31 year old aquatic equipment, supplies and design company located in Apopka Florida. I look forward to discussing how I and my company may assist you in your research and production endeavors.”
Jim Pilcher, Director, CT Creative: “Is your organization hitting its [...]

February 17, 2009 | Jim Lane | Comments 0

Today in Biofuels Digest discussion groups: “Between the various inputs (algae, grasses, food-crops, non-food crops, biomass, etc) which has greater potential for success?”

936 people have now joined the Facebook and LinkedIn Biofuels Digest groups. In each group site, readers can join or start discussions, and link up with other bioenergy professionals for mutual opportunities.
At LinkedIn: Santiago Giraldo, Alumni & Advancement Coordinator at Pepperdine University, asked “Between the various inputs (algae, grasses, food-crops, non-food crops, biomass, etc) which [...]

February 11, 2009 | Jim Lane | Comments 0

Today in Biofuels Digest discussion groups: “A plan to remediate the >50,000 sq. km. of land contaminated by radioactivity from the Chernobyl nuclear explosion in 1986.”

918 people have now joined the Facebook and LinkedIn Biofuels Digest groups. In each group site, readers can join or start discussions, and link up with other bioenergy professionals for mutual opportunities.
At LinkedIn: Basil Miller, Greenfield Project Management: “My company is in the final phases of project financing for a major bioenergy facility in Belarus [...]

February 10, 2009 | Jim Lane | Comments 0

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