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Biodiesel, Biofuel and Alternative Energy

Waste Coffee Grounds for Biofuel Waste Coffee Grounds are the new source of biofuel/ biodiesel. In a Nevada research facility researchers discovered that spent coffee grounds are a rich source of renewable biofuel. Rather than having cars that smell like French fries, we soon will have a much better biofuel aroma choice: Straight up java. Imagine it: The poorer coffee [...]

Canola Biodiesel Production Canola biodiesel is produced by extracting rapeseed extract. The reason rapeseed extract is called canola comes from the condensed phrase Canadian oilseed low acid. The word with obvious slang roots caught on with the popularity of this plant variety. Understanding the production of this rich biodiesel fuel source starts with understanding why rapeseed oil is [...]

Biodiesel Cars Biodiesel cars range from heavy-duty trucks like those run by the Safeway fleet1, to the two-seater Trident Iceni2 eight speed sports car. These cars run more efficiently on biodiesel. For example next year the Loremo3 (low resistance model) will be affordable in the European market. The car that will boast an ability to go one [...]

Peanut Oil Powered Cars Mr. Rudolf Diesel’s cars at the Paris Worlds Exposition (Fair) in 1900 ran on peanut oil. Peanut oil can do more than power President Jimmy Carter’s would be Myspace page. Peanut oil is a proven fuel source that will work well as a car fuel if it is mixed correctly with other minor ingredients to [...]

House Votes on H.R. 6049 H.R. 6049 (Adobe pdf) has a lot of good benefits in it. In a phone interview with Kate Smolski who is the Senior Legislative Coordinator for Green Peaces Global Warming Campaign; Smolski advises that the bill is positively beneficial to many people. However, she adds that a lot of tax breaks for fossil fuel production [...]

BlueTEC Urea System The BlueTEC Urea System is designed to drastically control exhaust emissions in light duty vehicles such as SUVs. The BlueTEC engines are currently the cleanest running diesel engines in the world. BlueTEC is on the cutting edge of having the least automobile gas emissions of it class. Mercedes Benz is releasing these low emission Sport [...]

Homebrew Biodiesel Equipment Biodiesel equipment includes all of the items used in the production of biofuel, be that production home based home brew or factory based and the variety of equipment used, and it depends mostly on the size of the batch one is looking to produce, this article is specifically about homebrew biodiesel equipment. One of the [...]

Natural Gas Vehicle A Natural Gas Vehicle is a fuel efficient and environmentally friendly automobile, a vehicle for the type of driver who cares about the environment. Natural Gas Vehicles run on the same principles as fossil fuel automobiles. The difference between natural gas and other traditional fossil fuel automotives is that it takes on a gaseous form [...]

What is Ethanol? Ethanol is the cheapest, most renewable biofuel known. It has high octane, and stimulates octane as well, in place of lead. Its easily produced and is one of the cleanest burning fuels. These are the traits that make it appealing. By the process of fermentation and distillation of the sugars and starches that come from [...]

Biodiesel Power Biodiesel Power is a history of the people, organizations, politics and one mans passion for biodiesel; who the major players are now, what the future of this renewable source of fuel will be and how anyone can learn to get into it, from the blender batch to the full scale mini-refinery. Does the realm of [...]

From the Fryer to the Fuel Tank The complete guide to using vegetable oil as an alternative fuel, from the fryer to the fuel tank details running the diesel engine on vegetable oils, including information on biodiesel made from new or used veggie oil and even straight vegetable oil (SVO) use. The economy is not prepared for the individual with a passion [...]

How to make biodiesel from vegetable oil This is a practical book on how to make biodiesel from vegetable oil, with all the introductory information that people are looking for, including the chemistry and hardware involved, step by step. Deep in the recesses of time, the dinosaurs once walked the earth, there was more vegetation and the dragons that roamed these lands [...]

2007 Cyber Guide to Biodiesel The 2007 Cyber Guide to Biodiesel is a CD-ROM collection in PDF format using Adobe Acrobat viewing technology, filled with public domain information about all aspects of biodiesel, its production, performance, standards, storage, safety, specifications, blends and usage, compiled privately as an educational tool. The information you need to know about biodiesel, all in one [...]

Biodiesel America Biodiesel America – How to Achieve Energy Security, Free America From Middle-East Oil Dependence and Make Money Growing Fuel challenges the status quo and what we believe about energy security, delving into secrets the government would prefer people not question. A student of film, author Josh Tickell speaks out about energy security and the alternatives [...]

Biodiesel Business Book This Building a Successful Biodiesel Business book was written to help entrepreneurs and venture capitalists that take our nations sustainability seriously and are looking to enter the biodiesel industry successfully. Seeing the nations excitement over biodiesel, the authors Jon Harlan Van Gerpen, Rudy Pruszko, Davis Clements and Brent Shanks (a team of experts) came together [...]

Biodiesel: Growing A New Energy Economy Biodiesel: Growing A New Energy Economy is a book that explores the history and technology of biodiesel. From Rudolf Diesel’s peanut oil engine till todays eco-revival; author Greg Pahl illustrates the potentials of this resource fuel for overcoming our global dependence on fossil fuels. The book Biodiesel: Growing A New Energy Economy suggests just that, [...]

Biodiesel Basics And Beyond Biodiesel: Basics And Beyond, is a comprehensive guide to the homemade production and use of biodiesel for those living out on a farm or looking for a little more sustainability in their lives. A perfect read for homesteaders and environmentalists looking to understand a little more about this renewable fuel and how to brew-it-yourself at [...]

Genome Transplant Biofuels and Synthetic Genomics Could the study of genome transplant and biofuels create a profitable market for the transportation sector on a global scale? Perhaps they could provide serious progress in that direction if funding for research was advanced enough at the moment, but as of July 2007, no one has been working on microalgal strain re-writes that make [...]

LPP Gas Combustion System Lean, Premixed, Prevaporized LPP combustion of liquid fuels or LPP Gas is a new method for making the most use out of existing fuel liquids such as biodiesel, kerosene, coal liquids, ethanol, #2 fuel oil and methanol, into an environmentally clean synthetic natural gas, thereby reducing emission rates to those of natural gas emissions. LPP [...]

Price of Soybean Oil hinders Biodiesel profits Biodiesel Market signals for Alternative to Soy As of June 13, 2007, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture, the price of soybean oil needs to beno more than 34 cents per pound if the biodiesel industry is to make a profit, signaling the market for urgent investments in alternative sources of vegetable oils. 80 [...]

How Biodiesel is made in your garage I was just looking around today for some interesting techy movies, and I found Biodiesel Man on YouTube, presented by Mike Rowe from Dirty Jobs, this is really worth the eight minutes you will spend watching, especially if you are a new to how biodiesel is made in your own garage. Bruce Barber is Biodiesel [...]

Biodiesel Boat and Earthrace Biodiesel Boat and Earthrace are racing around the world for a better planet. Circumnavigating the planet in a biodiesel fueled powerboat, trying to break a world record and promoting the use of renewable energy the world over is what Earthrace is all about. The biodiesel boat being used in Earthrace is a tri-hull wave piercing [...]

Algae Biodiesel as a Sustainable Solution Algae biodiesel as a sustainable solution does not merely mean providing for the now while guaranteeing self-reliance, sustainable also means without compromising the future. Is all algae biodiesel a sustainable solution? That is question that requires a serious investigation into all the different kinds of algae biodiesel are out on the market right now, and [...]

Pond Scum Biodiesel Pond Scum Biodiesel is definitely on the rise as an international market and simply put, pond scum (scientifically called cyanobacteria more commonly known as blue-green algae) is a competitive biomass for refining biodiesel that is quickly earning the term sustainable fuel source. While pond scum is still technically too small to be either plant or [...]

BioFuels Security Act The recent BioFuels Security Act released in the senate is exactly the kind of trend that is taking our nation in the direction of self-reliance and sustainability. BioFuel and ethanol can be produced right here at home within the continental United States, and if we use our knowledge of current technologies to their limit, we [...]

Animal Fat to Biodiesel Tyson Foods and Perdue Farms are studying the idea of offering animal fat to biodiesel manufacturers. Tyson produces about 2.3 billion pounds of chicken fat annually from its poultry plants. That’s about 300 million gallons that could be converted to fuel. – Delewareonline Further reading: Animal Fats Perform Well in Biodiesel (Adobe pdf format)

Women of Biodiesel Calendar Is there a women of biodiesel calendar? Yes there is, but do not expect a bunch of sexy images, this is more to build an awareness of autos. Inspired by a growing demand for cleaner ways to drive, Wildwind tapped the Bay Area’s sustainable biodiesel community for people to pose for the first Women of [...]

NewGen Biofuel Asia As a portal into the oriental business sector of biodiesel, NewGen Biofuel Asia (NBA) has just opened their first office in Singaporewith 68% holdings belonging to NewGen and 32% belonging to PalmBio Venture Pte Ltd. This joint venture into the realm of Asian Biofuel is sure to open the already expanding world market of biofuels. [...]

Ormat Biodiesel Ormat GreEnergy Power is in balance with our planet and plans to take on an ever-growing industry of biomass, resulting in a revolutionary biodiesel fuel not yet out on the market. Ormat promises to produce a new biodiesel fuel that promises to require no mixing with petrol. Ormat has over forty years of collective experience [...]

Piedmont Biofuels Piedmont Biofuels Coop is North Carolina’s first producer of recycled biofuels that caters to the local community in a sustainable fashion. With some 350 individual costumers nearby and over a dozen fleets throughout the state, Piedmont Biofuels is leading the way in a more sustainable diesel transportation. Kitchen oil and other used items from the [...]

Jeep Liberty Diesel For those who want to go gung-ho biodiesel now, the Jeep Liberty might just be this years option with it’s 2.8-liter Turbo diesel engine. Off road vehicles have always been some of the most controversial products on the market, because they seem to be mostly oriented toward the outdoors enthusiast. Well, whether you be an [...]

Biodiesel from Algae Extracting biodiesel from algae just may be one of the most promising solutions to our nations energy crisis. Diesel engines using petroleum fossil fuels consume around 60 billion gallons of petroleum diesel per year according to statistics from the Department of Energy. While less energy efficient gasoline engines consume around 120 billion gallons of petroleum [...]

Soy Biodiesel Facts Soy biodiesel is an excellent way to reduce the current expenditure of limited natural resources such as petroleum. Soybeans grow quickly within six months (80-120 days) from sow to harvest and one bushel can produce 1.4 gallons of soy biodiesel. Soy biodiesel in Iowa is beginning to really propel the local farming community and help [...]

Cow Power Central Vermont Public Service (CVPS) has approved the use of Cow Power. Cow Power is a renewable resource created by generators set up on dairy farms to harness methane produced by cow manure. CVPS wants to create a renewable energy source that will also benefit the farmers in the area. This form of energy received [...]

BP Dupont Pioneer Use and production of biofuels is one many peoples minds these days with the soaring cost of transportation fuel, further depletion of natural non renewable resources and pollution still spiraling out of control. The demand for a cleaning burning biodegradable fuel, which uses no petroleum productshas become a global one. It is being used and [...]

Japan Biofuel Cars In an attempt to lessen their need for foreign oil and to help cut down on green house emissions, Japan has set forth plans to convert the majority of its fuel resources to biofuels with 40% of its cars using biofuels in 5 years. They are currently concentrating on the use of ethanol. This is [...]

Biodiesel Generators Wisconsin Wisconsin Farm Technology Days exposition is a (3) day outdoor event that showcases the latest in agriculture production each season. This year they plan to use six 185-kilowatt biodiesel generators from Kohler Rental Power to supply the electrical needs for the entire event. It will cost $30,000 to rent the generators and purchase the fuel [...]

Ray and Sons Biodiesel A significant step has been taken towards making biodiesel a realistic alternative. In Troy New York Governor Pataki and the family owned company John Ray and Sons pumped their first gallon of biodiesel fuel. Ray has been a proponent of alternative energy so the biodiesel fuel pump station was a natural fit. Currently Ray & [...]

Willie Nelson Biodiesel BioWillie? Willie Nelson Biodiesel AKA BioWillie offers a biodiesel B20 blend in Dallas, Texas. Nelson and Peter Bell from a biodiesel supplier named Distribution Drive formed Willie Nelson Biodiesel with three other partners in December 2004. BioWillie’s Mercedes 320 CDI ( for personal use in Hawaii ) and his 6 tour buses use biodiesel when [...]

Earth Biofuels Stars Willie Nelson and Morgan Freeman visited an Earth Biofuels plant in Durant that will use soybean oil to produce millions of gallons of biodiesel each year. Freeman said – “I live in a small town,” and “I’m a supporter of small town USA, that’s primarily what we are.” Plant manager Jimmy Stephens said: “I [...]

Biodiesel Processor Reid Zimmerman who is a 17 year old high school student at Chimacum High School (Port Townsend) has designed his own biodiesel processor. Read more about this extremely interesting young man here.

Biofuel Ohio School Biodiesel for Ohio School Buses An Ohio school is switching to biodiesel to fuel it’s buses. Superintendent Lawrence Miller said that biodiesel will cost the district 25 cents more per gallon but he also mentioned that the state will up their reimbursement rate by 10 percent so in about a year the district will end [...]

Indiana Biodiesel Indiana Biodiesel Processing Plant Indiana will soon have the world’s largest biodiesel processing plant. Governor Mitch Daniels announced that Louis Dreyfus Industries, LCC will build a combined facility to process soybeans and produce biodiesel. The project is going to have two phases: Build a 50 million bushel per year soybean processing plant. Build a biodiesel [...]

Biodiesel Blends Biodiesel Blends Biodiesel is often blended with petroleum diesel to produce a fuel that is compatible with diesel engines. Biodiesel blends reduce harmful emissions. Biodiesel blends will become more common as drivers are made aware of the many benefits. The 3 common blends are: B2 – 2% biodiesel and 98% diesel B5 – 5% biodiesel [...]

Rudolf Diesel A Short Biography of Rudolf Diesel Rudolf Diesel is the father of diesel engines. Rudolf Diesel was born on the 18th of March 1858 in the Victorian city of Paris, France. His death on the 29th night of September in 1913 on the English Channel, was perhaps an example of industrial or political espionage of [...]

Biodiesel Biodiesel – A painless transition from fossil fuels Biodiesel is the transesterification of vegetable oils into combustible diesel fuel. Rudolf Diesel the inventor of the diesel engine was not the inventor of biodiesel, however, his popularity and achievements merited the name. Biodiesel was most probably discovered in 1853 by two chemists making soap (E. Duffy [...]

• Davis Biodiesel Users Group
• Austin Biodiesel Club
• Seattle Biodiesel
• Biodiesel Oil From Algae
• Biodiesel in Future
• Biodiesel Google Group
• Biodiesel Times