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Biodiesel Lab Gets BQ-9000 Accreditation

The biofuel lab of the college was started by Don Heck, who currently holds the position of director of the fuel testing lab. According to Heck, the lab was originally started as a teaching lab in the year 2006 and was functioning from the greenhouse of the college

10 Aug 2010

Florida Biofuel Industry Indicates Bright Prospects for the State

Even as the BP oil spill dissipates in the Gulf Coast, Florida’s biofuel industry might just about grow in this aftermath

10 Aug 2010

BA Partners With Solena on Biofuel

BA (British Airways) is all prepared for becoming the first airline for buying jet fuel from a waste-to-biofuels conversion plant located in east London.

9 Aug 2010

Aston University’ Project to Develop Technology for Bio-Oil Conversion into Renewable Energy

Aston University’s BERG (Bioenergy Research Group) is currently involved in a project worth ₤1.4 million that is aimed towards the development of new technologies for transforming bio-oil into an extremely efficient renewable energy source that has the potential capability to replace fuels like diesel.

7 Aug 2010

Iowa Central Community College Lab Becomes Biodiesel Testing Pioneer

The ICCC (Iowa Central Community College) laboratory has become a leader in the testing of biodiesel in the U.S.

7 Aug 2010

Butter Might Make a Viable Biodiesel Fuel

While the butter-loving majority might be thinking it as quite strange, scientists have discovered a way of turning this particular milk product into the coveted biodiesel fuel.

7 Aug 2010

Northeast and Co-op Power Team Up for Greenfield Biodiesel Project

Northeast Biodiesel and Co-op Power have broken ground towards the construction of a biodiesel manufacturing plant on the property spanning 26.5 acres in an industrial park on Silvio O. Conte Drive in Greenfield, Massachusetts.

7 Aug 2010

Clean Power Development Emphasizes Smaller Biomass Energy Plants

Clean Power Development, LLC has stressed the importance of a community-centric, sustainable approach towards biomass energy.

7 Aug 2010

SG Biofuels Plans to Expand Jatropha R+D Center in San Diego

SG Biofuels, Inc., a bioenergy crop firm that focuses on the production and development of elite Jatropha seeds, has announced plans for establishing the most advanced center in the world for the research and development of Jatropha situated in San Diego, California.

7 Aug 2010

Gevo Produces Isobutanol to Manufacture Polypropylene, PET, Polystyrene and Rubber

Isobutanol is a natural four-carbon alcohol that is available in food and other alcoholic drinks. This product is used roughly 40 percent in petrochemical and 100 percent in hydrocarbon fuel applications.

7 Aug 2010