Whether we are talking about biodiesel specifically or biofuels in general, which include bioheat heating oil, various ethanol blends or even SVO (straight vegetable oil), the rapid expansion of both demand for and supply of these fuels is evident. It’s a great example of the free market at work but some of the activity in [...]
Biodiesel
As I noted the other day, with the rapid growth of biodiesel and bioheat, the demand for left over cooking oil will eventually turn that waste into a commodity. Only those restaurants not paying attention will continue to give this oil away for free rather than use it themselves for making biodiesel or burning it [...]
Everyone was busy watching biodiesel grow as a fuel for diesel powered vehicles and while their attention was diverted, the fuel was growing rapidly as a substitute for home heating oil, too. When we mentioned the new biodiesel injection blending facility in Pennsylvania the other day, it was interesting that the first load of fuel [...]
With biodiesel growing in popularity and demand rising right along with it, producers are looking at more sources for the feedstock oil used to make it. Canola, a member of the rapeseed family, is now being considered for use in biodiesel. Although rapeseed is already used, it is inedible. Canola, on the other hand is [...]
Pennsylvania is stepping up efforts to become one of the leading biodiesel states in the nation with the opening of the biodiesel injection facility, in Highspire, PA. The facility is owned by Independence BioFuels, Inc, a wholesale distributor of biofuels. Injection blending combines biodiesel with regular petroleum diesel or petroleum heating oil into the finished [...]