Archive for December, 2005
Minnesota Biodiesel on hold
26 December 2005Minnesota’s mandated biodiesel law is on temporary hold while biodiesel producers get to the bottom of repeated fuel filter clogging reported by the state’s truckers. Minnesota requires biodiesel be blended into all diesel fuel sold in the state so the clogging is a serious issue. Tests show a higher glycerin content in some biodiesel causing [...]
Biodiesel Lola racing at LeMans
22 December 2005London based D1 Oils will sponsor a Lola B2K in the 2006 LeMans 24 hour race. The car will be running an engine which is a modified version of the Volkswagen Touareg’s V10 and it will be fueled with a biodiesel blend still being tested to find the best race formulation.
Although the car will be [...]
Biodiesel from waste products
20 December 2005Mean Green Biodiesel of Tennessee is planning a facility for Memphis, that will produce biodiesel from more than the usual soybean oil used by a large number of biodiesel plants. The plant would be:
“marginally different” in that it would be geared toward using more industrial-type waste products and could even get things like “hard greases” [...]
Erie, PA will see new biofuel plant
6 December 2005Lake Erie Biofuels plans to begin construction of a 30 million gallon per year biofuel plant in the spring of 2006. It will be located on the grounds of the former International Paper site near the shores of Lake Erie. The plant will produce methyl soyate, a soybean based additive, which can also be used [...]
