Saturday, March 11, 2006

Iowa gives $100,000 to 6 firms for biofuels, Machen: UF revved up about biodiesel

Iowa gives $100,000 to 6 firms for biofuels
DesMoinesRegister.com - Des Moines,IA,USA
The cost share grants go to gasoline retailers and biodiesel suppliers to help offset the cost of offering biodiesel and E85, a blend of 85 percent ethanol and ...
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Machen: UF revved up about biodiesel
Gainesville Sun - Gainesville,FL,USA
... on Friday. Machen said the university is seeking government funding to build a biodiesel plant on campus for that purpose. He made ...


French company building world's largest biodiesel plant in Indiana


French company building world's largest biodiesel plant in Indiana
Autoblog - Santa Monica,CA,USA
is about to begin construction of the world's largest biodiesel plant near
Claypool, Indiana. The facility combines a soybean processing ...

Friday, March 10, 2006

Biodiesel plant, Biodiesel tax break

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Petromoc and agricultural cooperative invest US$125 million in ...
Macauhub - Macau,China
... Mozambican state oil company Petromoc and Cofasoma, an agricultural cooperative plan to invest US$125 million on a factory to produce biodiesel from sugar cane ...

Biodiesel plant
Fort Wayne Journal Gazette - Fort Wayne,IN,USA
Construction of the world’s largest biodiesel plant in nearby Claypool is great economic development news for northern
Indiana. ...
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Biodiesel tax break
Brandon Sun - Manitoba, Canada
The
Manitoba government has eliminated an 11.5 cent-per-litre tax on biodiesel fuel production in the province as part of its 2006 budget in an effort to fuel ...
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Biodiesel efforts good for the area

Biodiesel efforts good for the area
Huron Daily Tribune - Bad Axe,MI,USA
... Just a few days ago
Elkton-Pigeon-Bay-Port High School played host to workshops that focused on how to produce biodiesel right at home. ...


BOCES FIRE TRUCK PROMOTES BIODIESEL

BOCES FIRE TRUCK PROMOTES BIODIESEL
Oswego Palladium Times - Oswego,NY,USA
They will accompany a 1978
Sanford fire truck which has been converted for operation using a biodiesel fuel mixture instead of standard diesel fuel. ...


Biodiesel producer to open in May


Biodiesel producer to open in May
Business Gazette - Gaithersburg,MD,USA
by Turner Brinton. Three years ago, local environmentalists and farmers pressured James Warren to offer biodiesel at his
Berlin gas station. ...

Thursday, March 09, 2006

Earth Biofuels Comes to Durant

Local legislators divided on biofuels mandates
Columbia Basin Herald - Moses Lake,WA,USA
... Rep. Janea Holmquist is championing bills that would create a minimum renewable fuel standard for the biodiesel and ethanol sold at
Washington fuel pumps. ...
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Earth Biofuels Comes to Durant
KTEN - Denison,TX,USA
... The owner of the company lives in
Mississippi where he opened his first biodiesel plant...there are offices in Dallas and now he's opening his second biodiesel ...

Manitoba increases tax incentive to spur biodiesel development
Truck News - Toronto,ON,Canada
WINNIPEG, Man. -- The Manitoba government has eliminated all provincial taxes on Manitoba-produced pure biodiesel in Budget 2006 to further spur development of ...
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Biodiesel Flood, Tax incentive doubled on biodiesel fuels


Biodiesel Flood
Motley Fool - USA
... One of these proposed answers is biodiesel, a fuel derived from vegetable oils or fats. Biodiesel does hold promise, but the government ...
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Tax incentive doubled on biodiesel fuels
Winnipeg Free Press (subscription) - Winnipeg,Manitoba,Canada
... Government officials hope that along with the $1.5 million federal incentive to build biodiesel production facilities and a 4.5 cent per litre federal tax ...

One more tax break; this time for biodiesel
StarPhoenix - Saskatoon,Saskatchewan,Canada
The
Manitoba government is offering another tax incentive to try to jumpstart the province's biodiesel industry. The province is ...
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Saskatchewan gearing towards biodiesel development
Truck News - Toronto,ON,Canada
REGINA, Sask. -- Saskatchewan is the latest western province to take steps towards establishing biodiesel development inside its borders. ...

Sports celebrities join debate over soy diesel
Agri News - MN,USA
... A measure which would create new tax incentives for the use of soy biodiesel is sitting in the
House Ways and Means Committee, and advocates say they are ...
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Virginia Biodiesel Conference set for April 3
Virginia Farm Bureau - Richmond,VA,USA
HARRISONBURG—The 2006 Virginia Biodiesel Conference will be held April 3 at the James Madison University Festival Conference and Student Center. ...


Washington Legislature Adopts Biodiesel, Ethanol Mandate

Washington Legislature Adopts Biodiesel, Ethanol Mandate
RenewableEnergyAccess.com - Peterborough,NH,USA
... Senate Bill 6508 mandates fuel dealers to sell 2 percent biodiesel out of their total diesel sales and 2 percent ethanol out of total gasoline sales. ...

Alternative Fuel Bill Heads to Governor's Desk
Inside INdiana Business (press release) - Indianapolis,IN,USA
... Standards would require all gasoline sold in the state to contain ethanol, which is made from corn, and all diesel fuel sold to contain biodiesel, which is ...
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BUSINESS: GreenShift Invests in General Hydrogen

GreenShift Invests in General Hydrogen
Fuel Cell Today - UK
GreenShift Corporation today announced it is investing in General Hydrogen Corporation, a leader in battery replacement technology for electric forklifts ...

GreenShift Invests in General Hydrogen; Company is Market Leader ...
Business Wire (press release) - San Francisco,CA,USA
NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 6, 2006--GreenShift Corporation (OTC Bulletin Board: GSHF) today announced it is investing in General Hydrogen Corporation, a ...


BUSINESS: Greenshift - BioFuels Heating Up

BioFuels Heating Up
CarbonFree News - Cambridge,UK
Inseq and Veridium are respectively 80% and 70% owned by GreenShift Corporation, a business development corporation whose mission is to develop and support ...

US Biodiesel Industry Poised for Growth with over 850 Million..., Survey respondents favor alternative fuels

Brazilian biodiesel project for Haiti
Agencia Brasil - Brazil
Porto AlegreBrazil's biodiesel project, which has been set up to use vegetable oils from crops grown on family farms as an additive, may be an important ...
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US Biodiesel Industry Poised for Growth with over 850 Million ...
Business Wire (press release) - San Francisco,CA,USA
In the not so distant past, when the term "Biodiesel" was used, not a great many people knew exactly what was being talked about. ...

Survey respondents favor alternative fuels
Detroit Free Press - United States
... annually. Renewable fuels, such as ethanol and biodiesel, are liquid transportation fuels made from such crops as corn and soybeans. ...


State biodiesel plant will be world's largest, Eastside Republican legislators at odds over biodiesel bill

Eastside Republican legislators at odds over biodiesel bill
Yakima Herald-Republic - Yakima,WA,USA
By LEAH BETH WARD. Legislation championed by House Republican Janéa Holm-quist of
Moses Lake to spur a biodiesel industry is poised for Gov. ...

Key legislation noted in passing — or not passing
Seattle Times - United States
... Alternative energy:
Washington became the second state in the nation to mandate the use of ethanol and biodiesel, as part of an effort to reduce reliance on ...

State biodiesel plant will be world's largest
Indianapolis Star - United States
WASHINGTON -- A French company is about to begin building the world's largest biodiesel plant in Indiana, doubling the nation's capacity to make the ...


Warden biodiesel project a go, Biodiesel fuel not quite reliable yet

Warden biodiesel project a go
Columbia Basin Herald - Moses Lake,WA,USA
... The loan money comes right after a Port of Warden-sponsored Warden Community Forum Monday night, where
Washington Biodiesel president Daniel Malarkey announced ...

Biodiesel fuel not quite reliable yet
West Salem Coulee News - West Salem,WI,USA
... 112-2106, which is titled “Encourage Use of Biodiesel Fuel.” The resolution lists facts such as biodiesel burns cleaner than the diesel fuel that we use ...

Indiana Soybean and Livestock Farmers Will Benefit from Dreyfus ...
PR Newswire (press release) - New York,NY,USA
... farmers hailed today's announcement by Governor Mitch Daniels that Louis Dreyfus Agriculture Industries, LLC, will build the world's largest biodiesel plant in ...


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E85, a growing product, Town test drives biodiesel fuel, Indiana nabs world's largest biodiesel plant

Hartke talks ethanol at ag breakfast
Quincy Herald Whig - Quincy,IL,USA
...
Turkey makes ethanol from wheat instead of the corn commonly used in the United States and uses rapeseed, not soybeans, in biodiesel production. ...
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E85, a growing product
WTHR - Indianapolis,IN,USA
... Another biofuel station is open north of
Indianapolis in Noblesville, where biodiesel is available at the pump. Indiana now has ...
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Daniels expected to discuss new biofuel plant
Indianapolis Star - United States
... The new plant will be the ninth biodiesel or ethanol plant under construction or in development in
Indiana, state officials said. ...
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Town test drives biodiesel fuel
Golden Star - Canada
The Town of
Golden received 1,000 litres of free biodiesel in February and is currently testing the environmentally friendly fuel in one of its snowplow trucks ...

Indiana nabs world’s largest biodiesel plant
Brownfield - Jefferson City,MO,USA
Indiana Governor Mitch Daniels has announced that the Louis Dreyfus Agriculture Industries LLC plans to build the world’s largest biodiesel plant near ...
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Wednesday, March 08, 2006

Governor to Unveil Biofuel Plans, Bio-Fuels Bill Passes Washington State Senate, A crash course on biodiesel

Governor to Unveil Biofuel Plans
WISH - Indianapolis,IN,USA
... The new plant will be the ninth biodiesel or ethanol plant in development throughout the state.
Indiana's only operating ethanol plant is in South Bend. ...
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Bio-Fuels Bill Passes Washington State Senate
Yahoo! News (press release) - USA
... This bill sets a mandate for 2 percent biodiesel use as a percent of diesel sold at the retail pump and 20 percent biodiesel use by state-operated vehicle ...

A crash course on biodiesel
Huron Daily Tribune - Bad Axe,MI,USA
PIGEON — Area farmers, students, educators and others learned a great deal about how to produce biodiesel in their own backyards Monday at Elkton-Pigeon-Bay ...


Biodiesel investors push for incentives, Biodiesel: The Fuel of the Century 21

Biodiesel investors push for incentives
Jackson Clarion Ledger - Jackson,MS,USA
Two businesses in
Mississippi planning to invest millions in biodiesel plants said their profit margins would be razor thin without state-funded incentives the ...

Local biodiesel company board shines with stars
Jackson Clarion Ledger - Jackson,MS,USA
... Inc. and recently acquired BioWillie, the singer's biodiesel company. ... Friday. "The company is kind of cradle-to-grave on biodiesel. ...

Biodiesel: The Fuel of the Century 21
PlanetSave.com - Portland,ME,USA
... liters. ANP intends to accomplish one more auction, of other 100 million liters of biodiesel, still in the first semester. Derived ...
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BUSINESS: GreenShift Issues Shareholder Letter; Current Operations Generate ...

GreenShift Issues Shareholder Letter; Current Operations Generate ...
Business Wire (press release) - San Francisco,CA,USA
... As GreenShift approaches the first anniversary of its commencement of operations, I personally found the following quote to be very meaningful: "I urge you to ...

Biodiesel association pushes mandatory sale and use

Biodiesel association pushes mandatory sale and use
Asianjournal.com - Los Angeles,CA,USA
REGARDLESS of what the leading oil companies say, The Philippine Biodiesel Association (TPBA) is pushing for mandatory sale and use of pre-blended coco ...

Indonesia and Japan teaming up to promote biomass energy projects
Jakarta Post - Jakarta,Indonesia
... A project in the seminar which attracted the greatest interest was the development of biodiesel fuel using jarak (Jatropha curcas L) oil plants, which are ...

Tuesday, March 07, 2006

Star Athletes Back Biodiesel Bill

Star Athletes Back Biodiesel Bill
KCCI.com - Des Moines,IA,USA
DES MOINES,
Iowa -- Biodiesel supporters were at the Statehouse Tuesday, and they are getting backing from a couple of famous Iowa athletes. ...



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