Tag: Biodiesel - Page 6
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Frugal Green Living: Posters for the Movement
"Frugal is the New Black" say the trendsetters. This isn't news to TreeHugger readers, nor is it particularly original; during the World Wars, that is how one lived. Sometimes people needed a little encouragement, so the the creatives got to work
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Seaweed Biodiesel Cooperation Between S. Korea, Indonesia Announced
Italian biodiesel producers are interested in it; the UK’s Crown Estate has expressed support as well. Now Indonesia is looking to capitalize on its abundant supplies of seaweed and turn it into
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Myanmar, Japan to Cooperate on Jatropha Biodiesel Production
As if the sustainability issues are first generation biofuels weren’t substantial enough already....
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Canola Oil Powered Car Wins Race from Berkeley to Vegas
A Vegetable-Oil Powered Car in the Race, Photo Credit: SF Chronicle Escape from Berkeley Last week gasless cars raced across California to Vegas, in pursuit of not only a $5,000 prize but also the chance to show the world the possibilities of running a
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India's Infrastructure Forcing Some Biodiesel Producers to Sell Fuel Abroad
India may be one of the world leaders in growing jatropha for use in biodiesel, but apparently some of the nation's biodiesel producers are
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It May Be Renewable But Is It Vegetarian? Dynamic Fuels to Make Jet Fuel From Animal Fat
Fellow TreeHugger Sami Grover covered the chicken fat-to-biodiesel controversy in North Carolina back in January. After hearing about this next announcement, I'm going to bring it up again: Is a fuel made from animal fats
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Biofuel Sustainability Embraced by US Department of Energy: National Biofuels Action Plan Unveiled
While much of the thinking on first generation biofuels of late hasn't been entirely encouraging, the US Department of Energy still has a soft spot for biofuels in general and the agency has just announced a National Biofuels Action Plan
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Largest Biodiesel Company in Country was Hit by Hurricane Ike
The widespread environmental devastation caused by Hurricane Ike has been pretty well documented—the oil spills (about a half a million gallons worth), a missing drill rig, and destroyed pipelines and infrastructure were all bad
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Mexico Moves Ahead with Biodiesel Production
Mexico, with its serious air pollution, slow progress towards minimizing the sulfur content in its diesel fuel, and burgeoning fleet of cars, is in dire need of some clean fuels. Mexican President Felipe Calderon recently
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Adiamo Alghe! Italian Biodiesel Producers Turn to Seaweed as a Feedstock
Though they’re not the first group to have a go at using seaweed as a feedstock for biofuels, they may be one of the largest. Reuters is reporting that Italy’s Union of Biodiesel Producers hopes to commercialize the production of
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Jatropha Biodiesel One Step Closer to Viability: D1 Oils To Deliver First Shipments of Raw Oil
Though The Guardian is calling it a biodiesel breakthrough, the announcement by D1 Oils that they are (finally) on track to deliver their first commercial quantity, 1000 tonnes, of raw jatropha oil by December of this year seems to
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Solar Powered Refrigerator Could Bring Health and Energy Savings to Rural India
I just love new technologies that allow the developing world to leapfrog straight into a renewable energy future. TreeHugger has covered several of these inventions and programs—the e-charkha, solar powered lamps to replace kerosene, more efficient
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Scofflaw Biodiesel Makers Take Note, It's Now Cheaper to Come Clean in California
Not having a car myself, and living in a small New York City apartment, the desire to make my own biodiesel from cooking waste oil is one which has not arisen in me. That said, a
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Bill Gates Invests in Algae-Based Biofuels
Windows Money for Algae Fuels Bill Gates' Cascade Investment is putting money in Sapphire Energy, one more firm (see 15 Algae Biofuels Startups to Watch) trying to make second generation biofuels out of algae. The company announced that it has raised
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VW Golf Diesel BlueMotion Concept: 62 MPG, 99g CO2/km
But not all is lost! While the Golf
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TS Designs B100 Green Gala
Who doesn't love a good party, especially one that involves B100 (100% biodiesel) fueling stations? October 4, 2008, TS Designs and Piedmont Biofuels will co-host a ribbon cutting for their brand new B100 fueling station
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"Economic Colonialism" Rears Its Ugly Head in African Biofuel Market
This is one for those people who don't believe labor and social justice issues are intimately
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Locally-Sourced Waste Grease Biodiesel: The New San Francisco Treat?
What is a city to do for it 1500 vehicle strong diesel-powered transportation fleet after already converting them all to run on biodiesel? Reduce the distance that biodiesel travels from point of manufacture to the filling
