Following links in a couple of articles, I came upon one about Green Fuel Technologies, a company that is working to use smokestack emissions to feed algae that will produce oil that will be made into biodiesel! You gotta love it! They were featured on the program Scientific American Frontiers with Alan Alda, and have more info about their methods on their site: http://www.greenfuelonline.com/technology1.htm
This week I also heard about a WA state company that wants to go into alternative fuel production, including biodiesel: http://www.chemconcorp.com/
Saturday, January 14, 2006
Thursday, January 12, 2006
CA. Sustainable Biodiesel Summit
This summit will be occurring right alongside the National Biodiesel Board big meeting.. wish I could go, but that's when my workshop is!
Sustainable Biodiesel Summit:
Sustainability and Localization of the Biodiesel Industry
February 3, 4, 5, 2006
SanDiego InnSuites
2223 El Cajon Blvd.
San Diego, CA 92104
SBS Tentative Agenda & Speakers
Friday Feb. 3rd
2-5pm Registration
6pm Dinner at nearby reasturant to meet and talk with participants.
Saturday, Feb. 4th 8:30am-6pm
8-9am Registration
8:30-9am Bio101 for Beginners
9-9:45am Sustainability and Localization of the Biodiesel Community
10-10:45 Biodiesel Educaton & Outreach
11- 12:30pm Taxes/Federal Incentives
12:30-1:30pm Lunch (on site)
1:30-3pm Biodiesel Legislation's Effect on the B100 Market: Real
World Examples
3-4:30pm Emmissions
4:30-6pm Fuel Quality
7pm-11pm Dinner/Entertainment
Sun. Feb. 5th, 2006 9am-4pm
9-10:30am Feedstocks
10:30- 12pm Production
12-1pm lunch (on site)
1- 2:30pm Distribution of biofuels
2:30-4pm Diesel Passanger Vehicles
Presenters
(this list will grow with additional speaker confirmations)
Eric Bowen - SF Biodiesel Coop- www.sfbiofuels.org
Kent Bullard - Sustanable Options, SoCalBUG, LA Biodiesel-Coop.org - www.sustainableoptions.com
Jim Burns - UC San Diego L3 Research, Inc - www.L3research.com
Rachel Burton, Leif Forer, Lyle Estill - Piedmont Biofuels -
www.biofuels.coop
Kai Curry - FryAway Veggie Fuels - www.fryaway.com
Tom Durbin - UC Riverside CE-CERT - www.cert.ucr.edu
Charles Ehrlich - Cooperative Community Energy - www.ccenergy.com
Charris Ford - Grassolean - www.grassolean.com
Dan Freeman - Dr. Dan's Fuelwerks -www.fuelwerks.com
Kimber Holmes - Biofuel Station, BCC - www.paxfuel.com
Emily Bockian Landsburg - Philadelphia Fry-o-Diesel -
www.fryodiesel.com
Kumar Plocher - Yokayo Biofuels - www.ybiofuels.org
Jennifer Radtke - Biofuel Oasis - www.biofueloasis.com
Daniel Sherwood - University of Ottawa -
www.genie.uottawa.ca/~dube/biodresearch
Shaine Tyson- Rocky Mountain Biodiesel- www.rockymtnbiodiesel.com
Randal von Weddle - CytoCulture - www.cytoculture.com
To register please go to our website for information, discounted rooms available thru tomorrow Jan 15th.
http://www.biodieselcouncil.org/html/register.html
$100 Registration fee can be mailed in post marked by Jan 28th or $125 purchased at the door. A work-trade reduced fee option is available.
Sustainable Biodiesel Summit:
Sustainability and Localization of the Biodiesel Industry
February 3, 4, 5, 2006
SanDiego InnSuites
2223 El Cajon Blvd.
San Diego, CA 92104
SBS Tentative Agenda & Speakers
Friday Feb. 3rd
2-5pm Registration
6pm Dinner at nearby reasturant to meet and talk with participants.
Saturday, Feb. 4th 8:30am-6pm
8-9am Registration
8:30-9am Bio101 for Beginners
9-9:45am Sustainability and Localization of the Biodiesel Community
10-10:45 Biodiesel Educaton & Outreach
11- 12:30pm Taxes/Federal Incentives
12:30-1:30pm Lunch (on site)
1:30-3pm Biodiesel Legislation's Effect on the B100 Market: Real
World Examples
3-4:30pm Emmissions
4:30-6pm Fuel Quality
7pm-11pm Dinner/Entertainment
Sun. Feb. 5th, 2006 9am-4pm
9-10:30am Feedstocks
10:30- 12pm Production
12-1pm lunch (on site)
1- 2:30pm Distribution of biofuels
2:30-4pm Diesel Passanger Vehicles
Presenters
(this list will grow with additional speaker confirmations)
Eric Bowen - SF Biodiesel Coop- www.sfbiofuels.org
Kent Bullard - Sustanable Options, SoCalBUG, LA Biodiesel-Coop.org - www.sustainableoptions.com
Jim Burns - UC San Diego L3 Research, Inc - www.L3research.com
Rachel Burton, Leif Forer, Lyle Estill - Piedmont Biofuels -
www.biofuels.coop
Kai Curry - FryAway Veggie Fuels - www.fryaway.com
Tom Durbin - UC Riverside CE-CERT - www.cert.ucr.edu
Charles Ehrlich - Cooperative Community Energy - www.ccenergy.com
Charris Ford - Grassolean - www.grassolean.com
Dan Freeman - Dr. Dan's Fuelwerks -www.fuelwerks.com
Kimber Holmes - Biofuel Station, BCC - www.paxfuel.com
Emily Bockian Landsburg - Philadelphia Fry-o-Diesel -
www.fryodiesel.com
Kumar Plocher - Yokayo Biofuels - www.ybiofuels.org
Jennifer Radtke - Biofuel Oasis - www.biofueloasis.com
Daniel Sherwood - University of Ottawa -
www.genie.uottawa.ca/~dube/biodresearch
Shaine Tyson- Rocky Mountain Biodiesel- www.rockymtnbiodiesel.com
Randal von Weddle - CytoCulture - www.cytoculture.com
To register please go to our website for information, discounted rooms available thru tomorrow Jan 15th.
http://www.biodieselcouncil.org/html/register.html
$100 Registration fee can be mailed in post marked by Jan 28th or $125 purchased at the door. A work-trade reduced fee option is available.
Wednesday, January 11, 2006
This year's NW Biodiesel Forum- March 18
...is shaping up to be a great one, and the biggest yet. One of the hangars at Warren Magnuson Park will be the location, which can hold up to 800 people! There will be panels on everything biodiesel-related, plus lots of hands-on stuff going on. Keep an eye on the nwbiodiesel.org for updates. Let me know if you have volunteer energy or ideas for speakers or workshops... biolyle@gmail.com
oil heating with bio- Genesse offering B20
This just in from Kevin from NW Biodiesel Network: "Genesee Fuel is now selling B20, and, if you buy a new Thermo-Pride furnace between now and end of Feb., you can get $300 off the price if you switch to BioD! They have a $200/off coupon for a new thermo
pride furnace generally in there, too." Also, biodieselwarehouse.com has a home-heating oil Webster pump available for sale.
pride furnace generally in there, too." Also, biodieselwarehouse.com has a home-heating oil Webster pump available for sale.
Monday, January 09, 2006
classes, news
First, my Experimental College class is nearly full, so if you're interested sign up soon, or consider the Phinney class the following Saturday.
Today, KUOW radio's "The Conversation" did a show about biodiesel, since the WA legislature convened today to consider Gov. Gregoire's and others desire for a renewable fuels standard of 2% biodiesel in all WA state biodiesel, and $17 million in biodiesel production loans. The show featured Patrick Mazza from Climate Solutions, who has a new publication called: "The New Harvest: Biofuels and Windpower for Rural Revitalization and National Energy Security," which has some great information. Also, Martin Tobias, CEO of Seattle Biodiesel, provided a nice rebuttal to David Pimental, a Cornell prof who claims that biodiesel isn't energy efficient. Martin points out that Pimental is funded by the oil industry, and that his is about the only study that doesn't say that biodiesel produces more energy than is required to produce it. The National Renewable Energy Lab showed that you get 3.2 times as much energy out as goes into production of biodiesel, taking into account all farm inputs, transportation, etc.
Listen to the show at: http://www.kuow.org/theconversation.asp
Today, KUOW radio's "The Conversation" did a show about biodiesel, since the WA legislature convened today to consider Gov. Gregoire's and others desire for a renewable fuels standard of 2% biodiesel in all WA state biodiesel, and $17 million in biodiesel production loans. The show featured Patrick Mazza from Climate Solutions, who has a new publication called: "The New Harvest: Biofuels and Windpower for Rural Revitalization and National Energy Security," which has some great information. Also, Martin Tobias, CEO of Seattle Biodiesel, provided a nice rebuttal to David Pimental, a Cornell prof who claims that biodiesel isn't energy efficient. Martin points out that Pimental is funded by the oil industry, and that his is about the only study that doesn't say that biodiesel produces more energy than is required to produce it. The National Renewable Energy Lab showed that you get 3.2 times as much energy out as goes into production of biodiesel, taking into account all farm inputs, transportation, etc.
Listen to the show at: http://www.kuow.org/theconversation.asp
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