Friday, April 20, 2007
Pacific Natural Energy Launches Innovative Alternative Energy Solution: A Mobile Biodiesel Processor
Pacific Natural Energy Launches Innovative Alternative Energy Solution: A Mobile Biodiesel Processor Makes Renewable Resources Anyone's Business
Press release, Apr 2007
Pacific Natural Energy, a Los Angeles-based startup, unveils an innovative and cost-effective way to turn urban waste oil into Biodiesel. The company will supply both mobile processing reactors and fully processed biodiesel fuel. This will introduce a new option for individuals, businesses, entrepreneurs and local communities to become fuel manufacturers and produce ASTM grade biodiesel at approximately $1.50 per gallon, opening a new market of legal biodiesel production in the 50,000 to 250,000 gallon per year range. The announcement comes just in time to coincide with Earth Day 2007.
Read the full press release from here @ PR Web
Press release, Apr 2007
Pacific Natural Energy, a Los Angeles-based startup, unveils an innovative and cost-effective way to turn urban waste oil into Biodiesel. The company will supply both mobile processing reactors and fully processed biodiesel fuel. This will introduce a new option for individuals, businesses, entrepreneurs and local communities to become fuel manufacturers and produce ASTM grade biodiesel at approximately $1.50 per gallon, opening a new market of legal biodiesel production in the 50,000 to 250,000 gallon per year range. The announcement comes just in time to coincide with Earth Day 2007.
Read the full press release from here @ PR Web
Labels: biodiesel, biodiesel-usa, waste-usa, wvo, wvo-usa
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Thursday, March 29, 2007
U.S., Canadian fuel specs differ
U.S., Canadian fuel specs differ
Fuel quality specifications in Canada and the United States are similar, but they differ for those doing business on both sides of the border.
On one side, through the appropriate ASTM committee channels, the U.S. biodiesel industry has been working with those in the petroleum and other relevant industries to adjust the ASTM diesel fuel specification, D 975, to allow up to B5. Technically, this would mean that there would be no distinction to draw between pure hydrocarbon diesel fuel and B5 diesel fuel in the United States.
Fuel quality specifications in Canada and the United States are similar, but they differ for those doing business on both sides of the border.
On one side, through the appropriate ASTM committee channels, the U.S. biodiesel industry has been working with those in the petroleum and other relevant industries to adjust the ASTM diesel fuel specification, D 975, to allow up to B5. Technically, this would mean that there would be no distinction to draw between pure hydrocarbon diesel fuel and B5 diesel fuel in the United States.
Labels: b5, benchmarking, biodiesel-canada, biodiesel-usa, canada, diesel-usa, usa
New Mexico, USA considers B5 requirement
New Mexico, USA considers B5 requirement
By Dave Nilles
Add another state to those considering a biodiesel blend requirement. New Mexico’s house and senate are looking at identical bills that would require 5 percent biodiesel in the state’s fuel supply.
Senate Bill 489 and House Bill 218 would require that all diesel fuel used in state vehicles must include B5 by July 1, 2010. The bill would affect all diesel fuel sold in the state by July 1, 2012.
Read the full report from here @ Biodiesel Magazine, Feb 2007
By Dave Nilles
Add another state to those considering a biodiesel blend requirement. New Mexico’s house and senate are looking at identical bills that would require 5 percent biodiesel in the state’s fuel supply.
Senate Bill 489 and House Bill 218 would require that all diesel fuel used in state vehicles must include B5 by July 1, 2010. The bill would affect all diesel fuel sold in the state by July 1, 2012.
Read the full report from here @ Biodiesel Magazine, Feb 2007
Labels: b5, biodiesel-blends, biodiesel-usa, biofuels-usa, usa
Monday, March 26, 2007
NextEnergy Biodiesel Summit Set Goals for Biodiesel Research
NextEnergy Biodiesel Summit Set Goals for Biodiesel Research
Press release
Detroit, MI - Manufacturers, policy makers, regulators and biodiesel industry representatives met on Monday, March 12, for a Biodiesel Summit to identify and remove barriers to widespread acceptance of biodiesel blends of up to 20 percent by volume (B20) by engine and vehicle manufacturers.
DaimlerChrysler, a sponsor of the B20 Summit, challenged the group to come up with a viable fuel standard for the B20 finished blend.
"Biodiesel represents a huge opportunity to address some of our nation’s toughest energy, environmental and economic challenges,” said Deborah Morrissett, DaimlerChrysler’s VP of Regulatory Affairs.
“We know this is the right thing to do – so the goal now is to develop a national B20 standard that can be universally applied to all diesel vehicles, both on road and in production, to confidently support higher blends of biodiesel such as B20.”
A major step towards full B20 support is finalization of a defined B20 American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM) specification.
The ASTM B20 specification moved closer to reality in recent months when the group approved new limits in ASTM D 6751, the existing standard for pure (B100) biodiesel, for oxidation stability and other parameters needed for 2007/2010 diesel engines.
“The B100 standard has been designed so that it is protective of B20 and lower blends,” said Steve Howell, NBB Technical Director and Chairman of the ASTM Task Force on biodiesel standards, “but regulators need us to approve a finished blend standard to hold people to, and engine makers need something they can design to.”
The multi-industry Biodiesel Summit group met at the NextEnergy Center, Michigan’s alternative and renewable energy business incubator, located in Detroit’s TechTown district.
Beyond the final approval of the B20 finished fuel standard, participants identified several areas that need additional study and funding to bolster full B20 support, including:
>Long-term effects of B20 on emissions control and after-treatment devices .
>Long-term engine durability testing .
>Greater fuel quality monitoring efforts to ensure the fuel standards are being met.
“If we want to increase our economic competitiveness, strengthen energy security and help protect the environment, we have to provide customers with more clean, domestically-produced energy options,” said Jim Croce, NextEnergy CEO.
“Biodiesel has the most immediate potential to succeed. It’s sustainable, renewable and doesn’t require new invention."
The biodiesel industry is already looking to the future with the next generation of biodiesel.
“Our goals for next generation biodiesel are to optimize biodiesel’s fatty acid profile for cold flow and stability, optimize agriculture for higher production of oils and fats from traditional crops, and to develop non-traditional additional crops like micro-algae for biodiesel, or even crops that can be grown on marginal land or using brownfield sites,” said Donnell Rehagen, NBB Chief Operations Officer, who spoke at the summit.
“In my 40-plus years as an agricultural scientist and administrator, I have never experienced such exciting times in agriculture,” said Gale Buchanan, USDA Under Secretary for Research, Education and Economics.
“The era of bioenergy and bioproducts is clearly agriculture’s “Grand Challenge” for the 21st Century.”
All major OEMs support B5 and lower blends, provided they are made with biodiesel meeting ASTM D 6751, the existing ASTM standard for pure biodiesel (B100).
Use of blends higher than B5 will not necessarily void existing warranties. A growing number of OEMs are also recommending that users purchase biodiesel from BQ-9000 certified companies.
BQ-9000 is the biodiesel industry’s quality program for biodiesel producers and marketers.
While full B20 support is the goal, several auto and equipment manufacturers have recognized that the market may not be willing to wait years for it to happen.
DaimlerChrysler was the first auto manufacturer to approve the use of B20 by government, military and commercial fleet customers in its 2007 model year Dodge Ram pickup truck.
New Holland has also approved the use of B20 in all of its equipment using New Holland engines, becoming the first OEM to announce full formal support for B20 in the engines it produces.
For more information, call Mark Beyer, NextEnergy at 313-833-0100.
See Related Websites/Articles:
National Biodiesel Board
Press release
Detroit, MI - Manufacturers, policy makers, regulators and biodiesel industry representatives met on Monday, March 12, for a Biodiesel Summit to identify and remove barriers to widespread acceptance of biodiesel blends of up to 20 percent by volume (B20) by engine and vehicle manufacturers.
DaimlerChrysler, a sponsor of the B20 Summit, challenged the group to come up with a viable fuel standard for the B20 finished blend.
"Biodiesel represents a huge opportunity to address some of our nation’s toughest energy, environmental and economic challenges,” said Deborah Morrissett, DaimlerChrysler’s VP of Regulatory Affairs.
“We know this is the right thing to do – so the goal now is to develop a national B20 standard that can be universally applied to all diesel vehicles, both on road and in production, to confidently support higher blends of biodiesel such as B20.”
A major step towards full B20 support is finalization of a defined B20 American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM) specification.
The ASTM B20 specification moved closer to reality in recent months when the group approved new limits in ASTM D 6751, the existing standard for pure (B100) biodiesel, for oxidation stability and other parameters needed for 2007/2010 diesel engines.
“The B100 standard has been designed so that it is protective of B20 and lower blends,” said Steve Howell, NBB Technical Director and Chairman of the ASTM Task Force on biodiesel standards, “but regulators need us to approve a finished blend standard to hold people to, and engine makers need something they can design to.”
The multi-industry Biodiesel Summit group met at the NextEnergy Center, Michigan’s alternative and renewable energy business incubator, located in Detroit’s TechTown district.
Beyond the final approval of the B20 finished fuel standard, participants identified several areas that need additional study and funding to bolster full B20 support, including:
>Long-term effects of B20 on emissions control and after-treatment devices .
>Long-term engine durability testing .
>Greater fuel quality monitoring efforts to ensure the fuel standards are being met.
“If we want to increase our economic competitiveness, strengthen energy security and help protect the environment, we have to provide customers with more clean, domestically-produced energy options,” said Jim Croce, NextEnergy CEO.
“Biodiesel has the most immediate potential to succeed. It’s sustainable, renewable and doesn’t require new invention."
The biodiesel industry is already looking to the future with the next generation of biodiesel.
“Our goals for next generation biodiesel are to optimize biodiesel’s fatty acid profile for cold flow and stability, optimize agriculture for higher production of oils and fats from traditional crops, and to develop non-traditional additional crops like micro-algae for biodiesel, or even crops that can be grown on marginal land or using brownfield sites,” said Donnell Rehagen, NBB Chief Operations Officer, who spoke at the summit.
“In my 40-plus years as an agricultural scientist and administrator, I have never experienced such exciting times in agriculture,” said Gale Buchanan, USDA Under Secretary for Research, Education and Economics.
“The era of bioenergy and bioproducts is clearly agriculture’s “Grand Challenge” for the 21st Century.”
All major OEMs support B5 and lower blends, provided they are made with biodiesel meeting ASTM D 6751, the existing ASTM standard for pure biodiesel (B100).
Use of blends higher than B5 will not necessarily void existing warranties. A growing number of OEMs are also recommending that users purchase biodiesel from BQ-9000 certified companies.
BQ-9000 is the biodiesel industry’s quality program for biodiesel producers and marketers.
While full B20 support is the goal, several auto and equipment manufacturers have recognized that the market may not be willing to wait years for it to happen.
DaimlerChrysler was the first auto manufacturer to approve the use of B20 by government, military and commercial fleet customers in its 2007 model year Dodge Ram pickup truck.
New Holland has also approved the use of B20 in all of its equipment using New Holland engines, becoming the first OEM to announce full formal support for B20 in the engines it produces.
For more information, call Mark Beyer, NextEnergy at 313-833-0100.
See Related Websites/Articles:
National Biodiesel Board
Labels: advocacy, advocacy-biodiesel, biodiesel, biodiesel-events, biodiesel-research, biodiesel-usa, biofuels-events, events
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Biodiesel for school buses in Wisconsin
Biodiesel for school buses in Wisconsin
Dane County and the Wisconsin Soybean Program provided the money and students at Wright Middle School provided the science in the unveiling Thursday of a plan to reimburse school districts for using biodiesel fuel in their buses.
The Dane County Clean Air Coalition will contribute $50,000 toward a fund that will reimburse county school districts for the cost difference between biodiesel and standard diesel fuel.
Read the full report here from Wisconsin State Journal
Dane County and the Wisconsin Soybean Program provided the money and students at Wright Middle School provided the science in the unveiling Thursday of a plan to reimburse school districts for using biodiesel fuel in their buses.
The Dane County Clean Air Coalition will contribute $50,000 toward a fund that will reimburse county school districts for the cost difference between biodiesel and standard diesel fuel.
Read the full report here from Wisconsin State Journal
Labels: advocacy-biodiesel, advocacy-usa, biodiesel, biodiesel-incentives, biodiesel-usa, buses, buses-usa, incentives, transportation, transportation-usa
Biodiesel in Trucks - Trucking Sees Use of Biofuels
Biodiesel in Trucks - Trucking Sees Use of Biofuels
Mar 2007
By John Latta
Almost a quarter of the way into a 2-million-miles test of biodiesel in 20 over-the-road Caterpillar-powered Peterbilts, the company behind the experiment claimed positive results at the Mid-America Trucking Show in Louisville, Ky.
Hard numbers are not yet available from the identically spec’d trucks which began rolling last fall and 350,000 miles ago with a B20 blend of biodiesel. The tractors are Peterbilt 379s, 388s and 389s with Caterpillar C13 and C15 2006 and ’07 engines.
Increased lubricity, and the fact that biodiesel burns cleaner, are seen as the source of decreased maintenance for trucks & trucking.
Read the full report from here @ eTucker News
Mar 2007
By John Latta
Almost a quarter of the way into a 2-million-miles test of biodiesel in 20 over-the-road Caterpillar-powered Peterbilts, the company behind the experiment claimed positive results at the Mid-America Trucking Show in Louisville, Ky.
Hard numbers are not yet available from the identically spec’d trucks which began rolling last fall and 350,000 miles ago with a B20 blend of biodiesel. The tractors are Peterbilt 379s, 388s and 389s with Caterpillar C13 and C15 2006 and ’07 engines.
Increased lubricity, and the fact that biodiesel burns cleaner, are seen as the source of decreased maintenance for trucks & trucking.
Read the full report from here @ eTucker News
Labels: biodiesel, biodiesel-trucks, biodiesel-usa, transportation, transportation-usa, trucks, usa
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Biodiesel could fuel canola explosion in California
Biodiesel could fuel canola explosion
by Bob Johnson, Check Biotech
Canola may provide California growers with a new alternative to other grain crops because its oil seeds are a major source of biodiesel. The crop is similar to wheat in terms of planting and harvesting dates.
And if biodiesel use increases as expected, there could be enormous demand and significant price increases for canola, says this report from Check Biotech
by Bob Johnson, Check Biotech
Canola may provide California growers with a new alternative to other grain crops because its oil seeds are a major source of biodiesel. The crop is similar to wheat in terms of planting and harvesting dates.
And if biodiesel use increases as expected, there could be enormous demand and significant price increases for canola, says this report from Check Biotech
Labels: biodiesel, biodiesel-feedstock, biodiesel-usa, biofuels, biofuels-usa, canola, oilseeds
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Saturday, March 10, 2007
Houston Area Power Plant Runs Entirely on Biodiesel
Houston Area Power Plant Runs Entirely on Biodiesel
08 Mar 2007
Oak Ridge North, Texas [via RenewableEnergyAccess.com]
Biofuels Power Corp. has begun producing and selling electricity into the ERCOT Power Grid from its biodiesel powered generating plant in Oak Ridge North, Texas, which is run entirely on biodiesel.
Biofuels Power plans to build a series of biodiesel powered electric generating plants to serve residential and industrial customers in the Houston Metropolitan area.
Read more from this report @ Renewable Energy Access
08 Mar 2007
Oak Ridge North, Texas [via RenewableEnergyAccess.com]
Biofuels Power Corp. has begun producing and selling electricity into the ERCOT Power Grid from its biodiesel powered generating plant in Oak Ridge North, Texas, which is run entirely on biodiesel.
Biofuels Power plans to build a series of biodiesel powered electric generating plants to serve residential and industrial customers in the Houston Metropolitan area.
Read more from this report @ Renewable Energy Access
Labels: biodiesel, biodiesel-electricity, biodiesel-usa, electricity, electricity-usa, usa
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Hoover, AL turns old grease to biodiesel
Hoover, AL turns old grease to biodiesel
March 10, 2007
After President Bush visited Hoover in September and praised the city for its use of ethanol in city vehicles, Mayor Tony Petelos said city leaders decided to seek more ways to use alternative fuels.
The city this week launched a new initiative, making its first batch of biodiesel fuel from leftover cooking oil.
Read more from this Al.com report
March 10, 2007
After President Bush visited Hoover in September and praised the city for its use of ethanol in city vehicles, Mayor Tony Petelos said city leaders decided to seek more ways to use alternative fuels.
The city this week launched a new initiative, making its first batch of biodiesel fuel from leftover cooking oil.
Read more from this Al.com report
Labels: biodiesel, biodiesel-usa, biofuels, biofuels-usa, wvo, wvo-usa
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