Biofuel
Oregon Farm Installs New Methane Digester
NW Natural and Bonneville Environmental Foundation are building a $1 million methane digester at Threemile Canyon Farms in Boardman, Ore. Although methane digesters are not new, Bill Eddie of the foundation ...
Green Earth Technologies Makes Motor Oil From Animal Fat
Green Earth Technologies says it has found a way to make motor oil from animal fat. The company's engine oil will enter a market that hasn't changed much since Mobil 1 synthetic ...
Minnesota Paper Recycler To Power With Biogas
St. Paul Port Authority has gained unanimous support from the City Council to develop a once-controversial biogas plan, Star Tribune reports. The biogas plan is aiming to pipe rural Minnesota manure and ...
Alternative Energy Use For Manufacturers Promising, Cost Still A Hurdle
James Lee, an associate professor at the Rochester Institute of Technology, recently spoke with IndustryWeek about the pros and cons of alternative energy use in manufacturing. Lee says that manufacturers are investing ...
Suzlon, ADAGE, Wal-Mart Announce Green Commitments
At the 2008 Clinton Global Initiative, several companies announced plans to invest in the green economy. Suzlon Green Power announced a $5 billion commitment in green energy assets over five years, which aims to bring ...
Sustainable Power Corp. Turns Trash Into Biofuel
Sustainable Power Corp. announced that it has successfully tested turning Municipal Solid Waste into biofuel using the company's reactors. "By utilizing Municipal Solid Waste in our reactors, we have substantially increased potential revenue because municipalities ...
International Biofuel Standard Set
The Roundtable on Sustainable Biofuels has gathered environmentalists, industry leaders, and university researchers to develop the first international standard for biofuel production, Worldwatch Institute reports. The roundtable is the first large-scale effort ...
Clean Energy Attracts Investors Despite Struggling Economy
While the world's economy is struggling clean energy companies have continued to attract record investments, with global investments in clean energy growing 41 percent to $117 billion and venture capital and private ...
EPA Declines to Ease Renewable Fuel Quota
The EPA declined to reduce the renewable fuel quota for this year, even as the State of Texas called for cutting it in half, amid fears that biofuels are driving up ...
Environmentalists Win Big at Mass. Statehouse
Many bills were crushed during the Legislature's 19-month session but environmentalist have racked up win after win at the Statehouse, helped along by a sympathetic governor. AP compiled a list of ...
Ineos Gets Biofuel From Waste
Chemical company Ineos has developed a technology to make bioethanol from waste, Reuters reports. With land being used to grow biofuel rather than food crops the shine has come off the fuel's green credentials, but Ineos ...
Rolls-Royce, BA Partner On Alternative Fuel Research
Rolls-Royce and British Airways are starting a test program to research alternative fuels for the aviation industry. The study will seek to identify practical alternatives to the current industry-standard fuel kerosene. The companies ...
Town Says Biodiesel ‘Way Too Expensive,’ Shelves Plan For Green Fleet
High costs have forced the town of Greenwich, Connecticut to abandon plans to run half of its fleet on a soy-based biodiesel fuel, Greenwich Time reports (via CT Environmental Headlines). The ...
Anaerobic Digestion Facility At Maker’s Mark Powers Distillery
An anaerobic digestion facility installed by Ecovation will process stillage from the Maker's Mark bourbon whiskey brewing facility to produce a methane and carbon dioxide biofuel to power the distillery's ...
Branson Plans Zero Carbon Resort, Launches Eco-Consulting Group
Richard Branson plans to turn his Mosquito Island in the British Virgin Islands into the most environmentally-friendly resort in the world, The Associated Press reports. Located off Virgin Gorda and within sight ...
Con Ed Using More Biofuel, Hybrids
Con Edison is increasing the use of biodiesel fuel in its truck fleet and is replacing 50 of its smaller vehicles with hybrids in 2008, the company announced. The company says using ...
Renewable Energy ‘Essential Part’ Of Hawaiian Utility
Through a competitive bidding framework the Hawaii Public Utilities Commission implemented in 2006, the Hawaiian Electric Co. says it is seeking developers interested in supplying up to 100 MW of renewable ...
Tyson To Turn Animal Byproducts Into Biofuel
Tyson Foods, which provides nearly 25 percent of the total U.S. meat supply and produces an estimated 300 million gallons of animal fat annually, has announced plans to convert its animal byproducts ...
Citi: Investors Tapping Alternative Energy, Infrastructure Firms
A growing international consensus to tackle climate change is going to mean a new emphasis from investors on alternative energy sources from traditional fossil fuels and the expansion and renewal of infrastructure, ...
Lufthansa Targets 25% Emissions Cut
German airline Lufthansa has committed to reducing its GHG emissions by 25-percent by 2020 and mixing biofuels with conventional jet kerosene as part of its environmental strategy, Bloomberg reports. In the company's ...
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