Biofuel Blog War

A $740,000 grant has been given to Ames, Iowa-based Renewable Energy Group Inc. to fund staff for a new state-of-the-art biodiesel research and feedstock commercialization lab at the company’s headquarters.
This story in Biodiesel Magazine says the announcement of the Iowa Power Fund money was made by Iowa Gov. Chet Culver and Iowa’s Office of Energy [...]

Don’t know what to do with the used cooking oil leftover from frying your turkey for Thanksgiving? The folks in Fort Collins, Colorado will be able to turn their used oil into clean-burning biodiesel.
This story in The Coloradoan has details:
The city of Fort Collins and Rocky Mountain Sustainable Enterprises, or RMSE, are having its [...]

Members of the National Biodiesel Board, the industry’s coordinating and research association, has elected some new members and re-elected some of their previous leaders to make the group a true representation of the diversity of the group.
This press release from the NBB says Doug Smith of Baker Commodities, and David Lyons of Louis Dreyfus Commodities, [...]

Secretary of Agriculture Ed Schafer spoke to the Cellulosic Ethanol Summit Wednesday in Florida and outlined all the advancements being made in biofuels and the potential for the industry in the future. “Nobody is talking about us going backward,” Schafer said, then quickly corrected himself, saying “almost nobody,” noting that the Grocery Manufacturers Association [...]

Militaries and defense industries the world over must look to using alternative fuels, such as biodiesel and ethanol… that according to an oil advisory group expert.
In this article in Jane’s Defence Weekly, the world’s leading military publication, quotes Julius Pretterebner, director of Cambridge Energy Research Associates’ (CERA’s) Global Oil advisory group:
Pretterebner added that industries need [...]

Renewable energy sources are important to the U.S., especially during the upcoming period of holiday travel.
President George W. Bush was at the U.S. Department of Transportation today, talking about how his administration will step up efforts to ease holiday travel woes this year. While at the DOT, Bush praised the good biodiesel and ethanol [...]

The ethanol industry wasted no time fighting back today against another attack by the food industry to blame higher prices on ethanol production.
The newly-formed Growth Energy called on the Grocery Manufacturers Association (GMA) to “discontinue its deceptive attacks on the government’s investment in ethanol and other renewable fuels.” Growth Energy held a press [...]

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has reminded the petroleum industry that next year’s renewable fuel standard (RFS) is being stepped up, and the industry must be ready to comply.
This press release from the EPA says the 2009 RFS will be 10.21 percent to ensure that at least 11.1 billion gallons of renewable fuels will [...]

Florida Commissioner of Agriculture Charles Bronson believes that Florida can be a leader in the production of cellulosic ethanol.
“Because of the amount of sunshine, water and year-round growth that we have for cellulose potential, I think Florida can lead the nation in this process,” Bronson said during the Cellulosic Ethanol Summit on Tuesday. [...]

President Elect Obama has vowed that half of all ‘cars purchased by the federal government will be plug-in hybrids or all-electric by 2012′. These vehicles may likely include E85 compatible models.
According to EV World, the base engine could be an E85/gasoline version of a small I-4, similar to the 100 bhp unit in the [...]