Kinder Morgan delivers biodiesel through Oregon pipeline

Kinder Morgan Energy Partners, L.P. has begun commercial transportation of B2 biodiesel, average diesel blended with 2 percent of the biofuel, through one of its new pipelines

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CANADA: Manitoba mandates 2% biodiesel blend by November

Diesel in the province of Manitoba, Canada will be blended with 2% biodiesel starting on November 1 in the province of Manitoba, Canada. The blend was mandated by the provincial government and is expected to help reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 56,000 tonnes a year.

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Sustainable Oils to supply camelina-based jet fuel to US Navy

Sustainable Oils, Inc. has been awarded a contract by the US Defense Energy Support Center (DESC) for the delivery of 40,000 gallons of camelina-based jet fuel for the Naval Air Systems Command fuels team. The company will also support the US Navy’s certification testing program

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Energy distribution company Avista to use biodiesel to power service trucks

Avista Corp., an energy company involved in the production, transmission and distribution of energy, has begun its ongoing initiative to be more energy and fuel efficient by testing the use of biodiesel on four of its service trucks. Avista has partnered with Inland Empire Oilseeds (IEO)

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AE Biofuels’ facility in India delivers first biodiesel shipment to Europe

Universal Biofuels Pvt. Ltd., a subsidiary of California-based AE Biofuels, Inc., said it successfully shipped biodiesel valued at US $3 million to a large European customer yesterday. Sanjeev Gupta, chairman and managing director of Universal Biofuels, said that the shipment

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NWND eyes expansion of Texas biodiesel plant capacity to 18 million gallons

National Wind Solutions, Inc. (NWND) said it has received a proposal to expand the capacity of its biodiesel plant in Texas to over 18 million

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Amyris opens biodiesel demo plant in Brazil

Amyris Brasil Pesquisa e Desenvolvimento, Ltda., a wholly owned subsidiary of Amyris Biotechnologies, Inc., has opened the Amyris Renewable Products Demonstration Facility in Campinas, Brazil. This facility will be the last step before the company starts commercial production.

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Canada invests 72.4 million for Ontario biodiesel plant

The government of Canada recently invested 72.4 million Canadian dollars (US $67 million) to support a biodiesel plant in Hamilton, Ontario, it reported. BIOX, a nine-year-old biodiesel company based in Ontario, will receive the money through the ecoENERGY for Biofuels program

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B5 blend could jumpstart US biofuel Industry—US senators

United States senators recently asked Pres. Barack Obama to reinforce the consumption of biodiesel in the country by promoting 5% blended biofuels (B5). Senators Maria Cantwell and Patty Murray on August 15 co-signed the letter from Senators Kent Conrad and Charles Grassley, asking the leadership to replace 5% of each gallon

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National Wind Solutions acquires biodiesel plant in Texas

National Wind Solutions, Inc. aims to expand its green energy portfolio to include other renewable energy sources such as renewable biodiesel fuel through the acquisition of a fully operational biodiesel plant in Atascosa County, Texas for $3 million.

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