Extensive testing in several mines shows using biodiesel is healthier for miners, reduces emissions and the equipment runs cleaner and thus needs less maintenance.
“Biodiesel emits fewer diesel particulates than conventional fuels, and when used in the underground mining operations, that translates to a safer work environment for our employees” said a mining company VP after [...]
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Biodiesel healthier for miners, tests in mines show
BP plans first commercial scale cellulosic ethanol by 2010
Their projects include algae biodiesel, biobutanol from wheat straw in Britain, and partnering with Verenium in Louisiana using enzymes to breakdown grasses into alcohol.
BioFuelBox opens its first fat-to-fuel plant
Their new refinery converts grease, fat, and oil into biodiesel. What’s more, the process is cost-effective with petroleum diesel and only takes fifteen minutes.
Biodiesel from chicken glop
Chicken feather meal is the leftover glop from processing. It’s used for fertilizer and animal feed and is 12% fat. That fat can be used to make biodiesel.
The process is touted as being environmentally friendly and would extract the fat from chicken feather meal using boiling water. Researchers say that removal of the fat content [...]
Hawaiian garbage-to-energy plant recycles derelict fishing nets for electricity
What’s more, they’re exploring the possibility of collecting plastics from the Great Pacific Garbage Patch and recycling it into biodiesel.
Saltwater algae biodiesel may compete with petroleum
Australian researchers say biodiesel from saltwater algae can be cost competitive with petroleum diesel.
They also state that due to the cost of transporting biodiesel from an algal farm, the best scenario may be to locate an electricity generating plant in the same vicinity and simply convert the chemical energy into electricity. Creating such a powerplant [...]
Fungus discovered that makes biodiesel naturally
“The fungus can even make these diesel compounds from cellulose, which would make it a better source of biofuel than anything we use at the moment.”
Biodiesel boom spawning grease rustlers
Psst, want to cop some grease?
Rendering plants in Northern California and elsewhere are reporting losses of $15,000 per month due to the increasing amount of grease theft.
While some of the thefts could be by those making biodiesel in their backyard, chances are it’s more organized than that.
Eight years ago yellow grease was trading for 7.6 [...]
Can algae save the world?
VentureBeat thinks maybe it could. Biodiesel can be made from algae, as can ethanol. One company thinks they can make hydrogen from it, another says they can create the equivalent of sweet light crude (this would be approaching the Holy Grail, top quality petroleum from renewable sources)
None of these plans are at the commercial stage [...]
Biodiesel VW New Beetle
GetBiodezl.com is the site for Greenleaf Biofuels of Guilford CT who manufacture biofuel and bioheat from vegetable sources.
FuelMeister II: Personal biodiesel processor
The FuelMeister creates biodiesel out of used cooking oil, methanol, lye, electricity and tap water. With these ingredients properly blended the FuelMeister can kick out 80 gallons of clean-burning fuel every day. This fuel can be used to power your vehicle or even your home or both.
Serious recycling
Chicken fat into biodiesel
Hydrogen power plant fueled by garbage.
That’s a whole lot of blorp that won’t be clogging up landfills but will instead be turned into energy.
