http://www.biodiesel-secrets.com/how-to-make-biodiesel Biofuel production and other alternative fuel updates. Fri, 17 Jul 2009 17:04:04 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Ethanol prices rose marginally on many racks nationwide in the latest week, but retreating bids in southwestern markets rendered the average national price unchanged. The national average remained at $2.30 a gallon, according to surveys conducted by Ethanol & Biodiesel News. ... http://www.biodiesel-secrets.com/how-to-make-biodiesel/biodiesel/average-ethanol-rack-prices-hold-steady-market-seen-heading-up-3/ Mar. 11--reen means go, right? Not necessarily. The wave of enthusiasm for green energy has changed the rules for environmentally minded Minnesotans. With demand soaring, today green means wait. Want to erect a wind turbine? Get in line. Collect a rebate for ... http://www.biodiesel-secrets.com/how-to-make-biodiesel/biodiesel/waiting-to-plug-in-minnesotas-demand-for-green-energy-has-surged-beyond-industrys-ability-to-keep-up-yielding-short-term-delays-but-long-term-opportunities-2/ Germany's AB Enzymes has developed a new enzyme product in its Rohalase line to enable higher yield of vegetable oil processing with a reduced need for chemicals - an innovation the company says will save energy and costs. The company says that the product, applied to ... http://www.biodiesel-secrets.com/how-to-make-biodiesel/biodiesel/ab-enzymes-develops-cost-reducing-enzyme-for-biofuels-sector-2/ Sep. 8--Clovis city commissioners gave the green light Thursday for a $16 million biodiesel plant to be constructed at the city's industrial park. Commissioners approved their intent to issue industrial revenue bonds up to $15.3 million in connection with the proposed plant to be developed by ... http://www.biodiesel-secrets.com/how-to-make-biodiesel/biodiesel/clovis-lands-16-million-biodiesel-plant-2/ Sep. 8--Vince Drendel of Evansville remembers when Rock County didn't have many acres of soybeans. Drendel, 88, was the first president of the Wisconsin Soybean Association when it formed in 1972. He has seen cash crops grow in acreage and importance in southern Wisconsin. ... http://www.biodiesel-secrets.com/how-to-make-biodiesel/biodiesel/cash-crop-production-helps-attract-industry/ London-listed China Biodiesel International's net profit rose 38% to Yuan 37.1 million ($4.8 million) in 2006, from Yuan 27.1 million in 2005, owing to increased biodiesel production, the company said April 16. China Biodiesel's biodiesel production rose 32% to 22,866 mt for the year. Most ... http://www.biodiesel-secrets.com/how-to-make-biodiesel/biodiesel/china-biodiesel-posts-38-jump-in-profit-for-2006/ Mar. 13--Processing ethanol into methyl ester to make biodiesel is being considered as a way to absorb an oversupply of ethanol, according to Metta Buntherngsuk, the director-general of the Department of Energy Business. Local production of ethanol currently stands at 700,000 litres per day. But demand ... http://www.biodiesel-secrets.com/how-to-make-biodiesel/biodiesel/ethanol-use-for-biodiesel-studied/ ConocoPhillips has struck a deal with US food giant Tyson Foods to convert beef , pork and chicken fat from Tyson rendering plants into an ultra-low-sulfur diesel fuel at Conoco refineries, starting with the Borger plant in Texas. Production is expected to begin later this year, ramping up over the ... http://www.biodiesel-secrets.com/how-to-make-biodiesel/biodiesel/conoco-links-up-with-tyson-in-biodiesel-venture-2/ THE first fleet of tractors in the UK to run on 100 per cent biodiesel have arrived at Cornwall's Eden Project. The four New Holland machines will emit 70 per cent less carbon dioxide than the ones they replace. They will also cut carbon monoxide emissions ... http://www.biodiesel-secrets.com/how-to-make-biodiesel/biodiesel/the-first-100-per-cent-biodiesel-tractors-arrive-in-the-uk-2/ Green Biofuels Ireland Ltd. began construction on Ireland's first commercial scale biodiesel plant, a spokeswoman told Platts April 12. The EUR21 million ($28 million) facility, being built in County Wexford, will have an annual production capacity of 34 million liters (132,100 barrels/year) when it comes in operation in mid-2008. ... http://www.biodiesel-secrets.com/how-to-make-biodiesel/biodiesel/first-commercial-biodiesel-plant-starts-up/