American Lung Association Offers Biodiesel Scholarship to Minnesota High School Seniors

SAINT PAUL, Minn., Dec. 20 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The American Lung Association of Minnesota and the Minnesota Soybean Growers Association are encouraging high school seniors to apply for the 2008 Minnesota Clean Air Choice scholarship. Current Minnesota high school seniors with plans to a...

A 'shrimp cocktail' to fuel cars and trucks

...m shrimp shells that could transform production of biodiesel fuel into a faster, less expensive, and more envir...l hopes on renewable fuels like biodiesel. Today's biodiesel production processes, however, require catalysts t...the shrimp shell catalysts converted canola oil to biodiesel (89 percent conversion in three hours) faster and ...

Nation's First Eco-Friendly Mobile Health Van Launched by New Jersey Non-Profit Health Center

...een" mission was achieved by incorporating features that address energy efficiency, indoor health, water conservation and sustainability. Powered by a biodiesel engine, the van was built using many recyclable and/or naturally grown materials, a first for a community health van. Highlights include: ...

Microscopic manufacturers produce eco-friendly plastics

...e it can be converted by mild enzymatic methods to biodiesel fuel. "We were challenged by the Defense Advanc...es waste, it can be broken down and processed into biodiesel using an enzyme. While the process for conversion of the plastic to biodiesel works in the lab, it is not efficient enough for c...

Minnesota's Grades Tumble In Latest American Lung Association 'State of the Air Report'

...Minnesota. "The report should be our 'wake up call' to further embrace greener and cleaner fuels and vehicles that are already available, such as E85, biodiesel and hybrid-electric vehicles. We also need to optimize conservation and the use of less polluting options such as mass transit, car pooling and bicycl...

Fargo Named 'America's Cleanest City' in American Lung Association's State of the Air Report

...inator of the American Lung Association in North Dakota's Clean Air Choice program. "Those steps include supporting cleaner-burning fuels like E85 and biodiesel that can reduce ozone and particulate pollution in North Dakota." For more information on cleaner fuels and vehicle technologies, visit www.Cle...

ESA to Launch Corona(R) ultra(TM) at Pittcon 2009: Booth #1080

... Poster # Topic Detector Date 2680-8 Determination of Free and Acylated Glycerols in biodiesel by HPLC-CAD Corona 03/12/2009 2730-26 Generic Approach to Analysis of Pharmaceutical Salts Including I...

An 'Unconventional' Fuel at an Unbelievable Price: Minnesota Station Cuts Cost of E85 by $1 Per Gallon

...cess of the state's E85 and biodiesel infrastructure development program, which provides state grants as incentives to stations that install an E85 or biodiesel pump. Administered by the American Lung Association of Minnesota, the program has helped to make Minnesota the national leader in E85 infrastructure (...

ActionAid Challenges G8 on Response to Food Crisis

...l expansion to prevent farmland being converted into biofuel plantations; -- Ending subsidies and targets aimed at increasing the use of ethanol and biodiesel in the US and European Union; -- Scaling up alternative renewable energy sources instead of subsidizing biofuels. ActionAid's report also critic...

Beyond nutrition -- plants deliver

...ell walls as a renewable resource is discussed in two articles by Pauly and Keegstra and Li et al. The challenges facing the widespread adoption of biodiesel are addressed by Durret et al. Biofuel production from microalgae, pond scum, is discussed by Hu et al. as an alternative to land-based agricultura...

Biodiesel in Medical Technology

First Jatropha Genome Completed by Synthetic Genomics Inc. and Asiatic Centre for Genome Technology

...ropha genome is yet another significant milestone for ACGT and SGI. It will accelerate our goal of commercially cultivating high-yielding jatropha for biodiesel production," said Tan Sri Lim Kok Thay, Chief Executive of Asiatic Development Berhad. About Synthetic Genomics Inc. SGI, a privately held co...

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Potassium hydroxide

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Biodiesel in Biological News

Biodiesel on the wing: A 'green' process for biodiesel from feather meal

Scientists in Nevada are reporting development of a new and environmentally friendly process for producing biodiesel fuel from "chicken feather meal," made from the 11 billion pounds of poultry industry waste that accumulate annually in the United States alone. Their study is scheduled for the Jul...

Research yields pricey chemicals from biodiesel waste

HOUSTON -- June 30, 2008 -- In a move that promises to change the economics of biodiesel refining, chemical engineers at Rice University have unveiled a set of techniques for cleanly converting problematic biofuels waste into chemicals that fetch a profit. The latest research is available onlin...

Researchers examine world's potential to produce biodiesel

MADISON -- What do the countries of Thailand, Uruguay and Ghana have in common" They all could become leading producers of the emerging renewable fuel known as biodiesel, says a study from the University of Wisconsin-Madison Nelson Institute for Environmental Studies. The ease of manufacturing ...

Ethanol and biodiesel from crops not worth the energy

Turning plants such as corn, soybeans and sunflowers into fuel uses much more energy than the resulting ethanol or biodiesel generates, according to a new Cornell University and University of California-Berkeley study. "There is just no energy benefit to using plant biomass for liquid fuel," say...

'Green' energy from algae

...osynthesis and converting carbon dioxide (CO 2 ) into biomass. From this biomass, both potential resources and active substances as well as fuels like biodiesel may be produced. While growing, algae take up the amount of CO 2 that is later released again when they are used for energy production. Hence, energy...

Plankton Power and RTDC announce proposed algae-to-biofuels pilot facility on Cape Cod

...n pilot- and commercial-scale development of algae biodiesel (a type of biofuel) that is cost-competitive with ...old saltwater species research and production. The biodiesel from Plankton Power algae is a "drop-in" replaceme...perations to generate up to one million gallons of biodiesel per yearenough fuel to supply Cape Cod's current...

Nanofarming technology harvest biofuel oils without harming algae

...t plant testing on conversion to biodiesel. "When we ultimately put together this exceptional extraction technology with Catilin's existing solid biodiesel catalyst, we will dramatically increase the reality of renewable energy," said Catilin's CEO, Larry Lenhart. "Given the Obama administration's objec...

K-State researchers work with university in Ghana to create biofuels from native tree seeds

...s are working with a researcher in Ghana to create biodiesel from the seeds of trees that are common and well a...ies Center. He is leading a project that will make biodiesel for local farmers in Ghana from seeds collected by...envisions cultivating these trees specifically for biodiesel production on land that isn't suitable to grow foo...

Iowa State researchers developing clean, renewable energy for ethanol industry

...Biological Sciences for the U.S. Department of Energy's Ames Laboratory and founder of Catilin Inc., an Ames-based company that produces catalysts for biodiesel production; Samuel Jones, an assistant scientist for the Center for Sustainable Environmental Technologies; plus seven graduate students and two post-...

Biofuels boom could fuel rainforest destruction, Stanford researcher warns

...pland expansion. "Biofuels have caused alarm because of how quickly production has been growing: Global ethanol production increased by four times and biodiesel by 10 times between 2000 and 2007," Gibbs said. "Moreover, agricultural subsidies in Indonesia and in the United States are providing added incentives...

Biodiesel in Biological Technology

REG Signs Agreement with Three Biodiesel Plants to Consolidate

Biodiesel industry leader to acquire 105 MGY of additional capacity in Iowa and Illinois to meet diesel market demand. Ames, Iowa (Vocus) May 12, 2009 -- Renewable Energy Group® today announced it has entered into agreements to consolidate with three commercial-scal...

3rd Global Jatrophaworld Training 2009... Set to Create and Build a Sustainable non-food Biodiesel Industry

Following on from the highly successful 2nd Global Jatropha Hi-Tech Agricultural Training Programme (JWTP) 2008, the 3rd JatrophaWorld 5 days Training Programme 2009 shall be in India from July 21 to July 25, 2009. Being the one and only Global authoritative agency with regards to Jatropha, the C...

China Clean Energy Resumes Biodiesel Production After Temporary Halt

FUQING CITY, China, Nov. 11 /Xinhua-PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- China Clean Energy Inc. (OTC Bulletin Board: CCGY) ("China Clean Energy", the "Company") today announced that, as of November 10, 2008 it has resumed biodiesel production. China Clean Energy decided to resume biodiesel production a...

Universal Bioenergy, Inc. Seeks Algae Feedstock Companies for Acquisition, Alliance, and Joint Venture Opportunities for Biodiesel Production

NETTLETON, Miss., Nov. 7 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Universal Bioenergy, Inc. (Pink Sheets: UBRG) CEO, Dr. Richard Craven, stated, "Algae can become a prominent source of energy, and with several new algae technology companies emerging, it is a good time to form alliances. We have identified an...

Big Win for Biodiesel: ASTM Approves New Biodiesel Blend Specifications

Automakers, Fleets Encouraged by New Biodiesel Standards VANCOUVER, British Columbia, June 20 /PRNewswire/ -- The biodiesel industry is celebrating today following last night's final vote by the ASTM International D02 Main Committee to approve a trio of long-awaited ASTM specifications...

Agrenco Informs Sale of Biodiesel at ANP Auction

SAO PAULO, April 11 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Agrenco Ltd. (Bovespa: AGEN11), one of the largest provider of integrated and customized solutions for agribusiness, with global operations, hereby announces to its shareholders and investors that, on April 10, 2008, the National Petroleum Agency (...

New Benefuel Refinery Targets Key Flaws in Biodiesel Production

Technology Processes Animal Fats, Uses No Water, Produces Pure Glycerin CHICAGO and SEYMOUR, Ind., Oct. 10 /PRNewswire/ -- Benefuel, Inc., a new-generation biodiesel refining and distribution company, announced today that it will build the world's first industrial-scale biodiesel refinery leve...

FreshDirect's Fleet Goes Biodiesel

New York's Premier Fresh Food and Grocery Delivery Service Initiates Biodiesel Use in Delivery Fleet LONG ISLAND CITY, N.Y., Dec. 17 /PRNewswire/ -- FreshDirect, one of the nation's leading online gourmet food purveyors and delivery services, today announced that it has si...

Evansville site chosen for biodiesel plant

Evansville, Wis. - After months of speculation, North Prairie Productions, LLC , an alternative fuel producer, announced that it has selected a site for a biodiesel plant that will produce 45 million gallons of fuel per year. The company will begin construction on the $42 million facility nex...

Wisconsin's biodiesel network expands

Valders, Wis. - A $97,500 state grant to ramp up soybean oil production for use in biodiesel fuel brings additional biofuel capacity to northeastern Wisconsin. The state grant, presented this week to Quality Roasting, Inc. of Valders, will help the company more than double its capacity to prod...

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Biodiesel in Biological Definition

Ethyl alcohol

.... Because of this disinfectant property, alcoholic beverages can be stored for a long time. See also alcohol fuel alcoholic beverages biodiesel denatured alcohol methanol propyl alcohol External links Alcohol in Arabic sources ( Geber but no mention of Al-Razi ). ...

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Transesterification

...n catalyzed by the addition of an acid or base. biodiesel production is the act of producing the biofuel, bi...anic acid ester into another ester of that same biodiesel PRODUCTION. The production of biodiesel, or alkyl ...s ... The remaining triglycerides are converted to biodiesel in the transesterification reaction. ... ABST...

Fossil

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Ethanol

... about ethanol is now the third post (read about biodiesel and ... What is ethanol ? ... Use of ethanol , p...Energy Balance/Life Cycle Inventory for Ethanol , biodiesel and Petroleum Fuels ... The factors behind eth...7 Research and Development. 8 Resources ... Circle biodiesel & Ethanol Corporation: Clean energy company ...

Environment

...tional policy, programs, and legislation to protect and conserve Australia's natural environment and cultural heritage. Environment Commission. biodiesel Access Task Force. Clean Technology. Legislation & Initiatives ... COMMISSION on the ENVIRONMENT . City & County of San Francisco ... KLEC...