Latest Biofuels Stories
CHARLOTTE, N.C., April 22, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- They say one man's trash is another man's treasure. This Earth Day, it certainly rings true for a newly open recycling facility converting wastewater into fuel. BlackGold Biofuels of Charlotte has opened an innovative recycling facility for restaurant kitchens' wastewater, cleaning up the water and recovering a biofuel. While it's common to recycle deep fryer oil, recycling oils from kitchen wastewater has proven much more elusive. The...
DUBLIN, April 22, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Research and Markets has announced the addition of the "Report on China's Corn Processing Industry 2013 [http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/tz34z3/report_on_chinas ]" report to their offering. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20130307/600769 ) This report conducts a comprehensive detailed analysis of the industries in upstream and downstream of China's corn processing industry chain, aiming to make clear...
The Israel Energy Partnership (TIEP) and the US-Israel Science and Technology Foundation (USISTF) announced today that a delegation of Israel's top bioenergy scientists, entrepreneurs, and government officials have arrived in Oak Ridge Tennesse to meet with their counterparts from the Department of Energy's Bioenergy Science Center based at ORNL, to begin building a framework for bi-national collaboration for the research, development and commercialization of advanced biofuels. Oak...
redOrbit Staff & Wire Reports - Your Universe Online New research claims charcoal created from wildfires does not remain in the soil as previously believed, but is instead transported into the sea by rivers, where it ultimately enters the carbon cycle. That determination was made by an international team of researchers, including Thorsten Dittmar from the Max Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology (MPI) in Bremen and Rudolf Jaffé from Florida International University's...
WASHINGTON, April 19, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The American Fuel & Petrochemical Manufacturers (AFPM) and American Petroleum Institute (API) filed comments in response to the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) proposed biofuel Quality Assurance Program. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20120125/MM41823LOGO) "EPA's proposal is a welcome attempt to address the significant fraud in the biofuel markets, but will not solve the systemic problems caused by the RFS...
All-American Restaurant Chain Contributes to a Greener Earth ALISO VIEJO, Calif., April 19, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Johnny Rockets partners with DAR PRO Solutions to recycle its restaurants' used fry oil into renewable diesel fuel. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20120112/LA35131LOGO) Each year, Johnny Rockets serves about eight million pounds of American Fries and two million orders of Onion Rings, all of which use fry oil. Through DAR PRO Solution's green program,...
MIAMI, April 19, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- An team of researchers, led by Florida International University Chemistry Professor Rudolf Jaffe and Thorsten Dittmar of the German Max Planck Society, has uncovered one of nature's long-kept secrets -- the true fate of charcoal in the world's soils. Knowing the fate of charcoal is critical in helping scientists balance the global carbon budget, which can help understand and mitigate climate change. However, until now, scientists only...
National Science Foundation Scientists find surprising new answers in wetlands such as the Everglades Scientists have uncovered one of nature's long-kept secrets--the true fate of charcoal in the world's soils. The ability to determine the fate of charcoal is critical to knowledge of the global carbon budget, which in turn can help understand and mitigate climate change. However, until now, researchers only had scientific guesses about what happens to charcoal once it's...
The latest national survey of 100% biodiesel (B100) "blend stock" samples by the U.S. Department of Energy’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) found that 95% of the samples from 2011-12 met ASTM International fuel quality specifications. The ASTM standards serve as guidelines for industry and are designed to ensure quality at the pump for consumers – along with reliable operation of the nation’s vehicles powered by biodiesel blends. “The survey showed a major improvement...
VANCOUVER, April 17, 2013 /CNW/ - Lignol Energy Corporation (TSXV: LEC) ("LEC" or "the Company"), a leading technology company in the advanced biofuels and renewable chemicals sectors, today announced that, further to its press release dated March 11, 2013, the convertible notes ("Notes") held by the Company and issued by Territory Biofuels Limited ("TBF") have been converted into a 40% fully diluted equity stake in TBF. LEC is now the largest shareholder in TBF, which owns a 150...
