How To Make Biodiesel

Indiana’s plan to become the Middle East of biofuels could be a boon well beyond the rural towns that will welcome more than a dozen refineries with workers, corn and soybeans. Firms that make and supply parts and expertise needed to build the $1.8 billion in ethanol and biodiesel plants-and related [...]

Mar. 29–Alliant Energy’s potentially controversial plan to build a coal-fired power plant is driven by the type of electricity demand in the growing ethanol and biodiesel industries, the company said Wednesday. Alliant officials also said the sale of the company’s in-state transmission assets to ITC Holdings Corp. will help the state’s [...]

Sep. 19–ECHO — Crushing canola seed to make fuel makes good business sense to Echo farmer Kent Madison. Prompted by high diesel costs and the low price of canola, he decided to stop sending his seed to Canada, where it was selling for about 8 cents a pound after shipping costs. [...]

Mar. 30–CLINTON-It’s a small drop in a big bucket. But it’s a start. Midwest Biofuels, 125 Industrial Drive, is about to become the second plant in Wisconsin to produce biodiesel commercially. It will be the first completely indoor biodiesel producer in the world and one of the [...]

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