According to a study released by the US National Biodiesel Board (NBB), allowing the Federal biodiesel tax incentive to expire on 31 December would result in a loss of jobs and income; increased demand for petroleum diesel; a degradation of energy security; decreased demand for soybean oil and lower soybean [...]
Canadian Pacific and Natural Resources Canada have partnered on a biodiesel fuel pilot project under the National Renewable Diesel Demonstration Initiative. The project is the first time biodiesel will be used in Canadian cold-weather rail service.
The Government of Canada has announced its intent to regulate an average five percent [...]
Researchers at the University of New Mexico found in a study of the catalytic conversion of Camelina Sativa oil to biodiesel through both conventional heating and microwave radiation that the microwave-heating method consumed less than 10% of the energy to achieve the same yield as the conventional heating method. A [...]
The SINTEF Group, the largest independent research organization in Scandinavia, has opened a new full-scale laboratory for kelp cultivation to assess the potential use of that macroalgae as a feedstock for sustainable biofuels.
Liquid biofuels have met a lot of negative criticism because current production of bioethanol and biodiesel is [...]
In 2007, Aussie musician Missy Higgins and her band toured the US in a Prius, participated in Live Earth and helped PETA campaign against animal abuse. That same year, KT Tunstall also jumped on the green bandwagon, touring in a biodiesel-fuelled bus [...]
