Archive for 'Biodiesel' Category
Solazyme Biodiesel From Algae - SolaDiesel
24 January 2008Biodiesel from algae is an idea that has been around for a while and it’s rapidly gaining proponents. Solazyme has now road tested a standard diesel automobile with Soladiesel, their algae derived biodiesel and report success over long distances under typical driving conditions.
Press release follows:
Solazyme, Inc., a synthetic biology company unleashing the power of aquatic [...]
Die Moto - Biodiesel Motorcycle from The Crucible
21 May 2007The Crucible, an Oakland, California based non-profit educational community, has built a motorcycle. Called Die Moto, the bike has a custom built steel frame with a BMW swingarm and possibly the fork, too, though that isn’t stated along with a custom designed aluminum fairing.
The engine, from a BMW 320D diesel powered car, is a 4 [...]
NearBio Biodiesel Locator Service
29 November 2006NearBio is a free service to help you find biodiesel when your tank is getting low. It’s easy to run biodiesel when you’re driving in familair territory but what happens when you take an extended trip and you would rather not run a non-biofuel?
NearBio of Nevada City, CA, updates their database of biodiesel filling stations [...]
Earthrace Biodiesel Powered Trimaran
26 October 2006If you’re going to promote biodiesel, why not do it with something sexy? No, not a Hollywood starlet, how about a 78 foot trimaran with twin 540 horsepower Cummins Mercruiser diesels with a maximum speed of 45 knots and a 3000 nautical mile range? Sounds pretty good in my book.
The Earthrace trimaran was designed to [...]
Biodiesel Approved Arctic Cat ATV
25 October 2006Arctic Cat has been working on a diesel powered ATV for some time now and recently began production of the new model. The 686cc twin cylinder diesel engine powering the 4 wheeler is not only approved to use biodiesel of up to a B20 mix but its use is actually promoted by Arctic Cat with [...]
Biodiesel Regulation Battles Begin
14 June 2006In what could be the beginning of the end for small scale home made biodiesel, this battle could be the start of many similar troubles. Last November we said the period when home biodiesel makers could gather up used cooking oil without any problems would come to a close as prices went up and more [...]
Biodiesel From Sewage
12 May 2006Is there anything that can’t be turned into biodiesel? A New Zealand company has used pond algae to create biodiesel from sewage. Some groups have been reluctant to embrace biodiesel because of concern over turning vast areas of forest into palm plantations strictly to feed the biodiesel industry, I haven’t heard of anyone defending sewage! [...]
Biodiesel Motorcycle for sale
28 January 2006If you want to put biodiesel to work for yourself right now, try this. There’s a biodiesel Royal Enfied motorcycle for sale on ebay. MotorEarth imported the bike last year for use as a demo to show the practical side of biodiesel fuel. They have run the motorcycle on both biodiesel and straight vegetable oil [...]
