Alternative Transportation Fuels Today articles from May 2006

Alternative Transportation Fuels Today archives from May 2006

RFA Reports Record Ethanol Production for February.
May 3, 2006... The Renewable Fuels Association (RFA) recently announced that new data released by the Energy Information Administration (EIA) reveal that the U.S. ethanol industry set a new monthly production record of 302,000 barrels per day (b/d) in...

Technip Awarded Contract for French Biodiesel Unit.
May 3, 2006... Technip, a leading provider of engineering, technologies and construction services to the oil/gas and petrochemical industry, recently announced that French biodiesel producer Diester Industrie has awarded the company a turnkey contract for a...

Iowa State Researchers Develop New Biodiesel Production Method.
May 4, 2006... Iowa State University recently announced that a team of university researchers led by associate professor of chemistry Victor Lin has developed new technology which it believes could help "[take] some of the energy, labor and toxic chemicals...

Local Canadian Transit Company to Test Biodiesel Blend.
May 4, 2006... Local Canadian newspaper the Regina Leader-Post reported last week that the Saskatchewan Transportation Company (STC) plans to test the use of B2, a blend of two percent biodiesel and 98 percent conventional diesel, in more than half of the...

Ergon, Bunge Propose New Ethanol Plant in Mississippi.
May 5, 2006... Ergon Ethanol, Inc. and Bunge North America, Inc. recently announced the signing of a letter of intent to form a joint venture to build an ethanol plant in Mississippi with an annual generation capacity of at least 60 million gallons. ...

Xethanol, Global Energy Management Forge Strategic Alliance.
May 5, 2006... Xethanol Corporation recently announced it has forged a strategic alliance with Westbrook, CT-based Global Energy Management, LLC, the mission of which will be to develop ethanol production in Connecticut, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, New...

Germany to Require Alternative Fuel Blends Next Year.
May 5, 2006... Reuters reported last week that Germany's Ministry of Finance has approved new rules that would require the country's refiners to blend two percent ethanol with gasoline supplies, and 4.4 percent biodiesel with conventional diesel supplies,...

Weekly Update.
May 5, 2006... SOLAR ENERGY INTERNATIONAL (SEI) BIODIESEL WORKSHOP, May 1-5, 2006, Carbondale, CO CLEAN CITIES CONGRESS AND EXPO: FUELING ECONOMIC SOLUTIONS, May 7-10, 2006, Phoenix Civic Plaza Convention Center, Phoenix, AZ ETHANOL 2006: CHEAPER,...

New LPI Engine to be Offered to Schools, Commercial Fleets.
May 8, 2006... The Propane Education and Research Council (PERC) recently announced that a new 8.1-liter liquid propane injection (LPI) engine will be made available next year to school districts and commercial fleets. According to PERC, the engine will...

Philippine Company Opens Large-scale Biodiesel Plant.
May 8, 2006... The Financial Times reported last week that Philippine oleochemicals producer Chemrez, Inc. has commenced production at a new $12.6-million, 15-million-gallon-per-year biodiesel plant in Manila. The Times said 80 percent of the coconut...

Genencor to Work on Production of Ethanol From Paper Pulp.
May 8, 2006... Genencor International, a leading industrial biotechnology company, recently announced its participation in a research consortium to develop economic ethanol production from paper pulp through the use of know-how and infrastructure of the...

Local Maine Transit District Dedicates New CNG Fueling Station.
May 9, 2006... Maine governor John Baldacci recently announced the opening of a new natural gas fueling station serving the Greater Portland Transit District (METRO). According to Baldacci, METRO has also added 13 compressed natural gas (CNG)-powered...

Axiom Energy to Build New Biodiesel Facility in Australia.
May 9, 2006... Australian energy business Axiom Energy, Ltd. recently announced plans to build a new biodiesel manufacturing facility at Toll GeelongPort in Victoria, Australia. According to Axiom, the plant, which will be capable of producing 150...

RFA Says Ethanol Tariff Removal Not Answer to High Gas Prices.
May 9, 2006... The Renewable Fuels Association (RFA) recently repudiated the notion that temporarily removing the tariff on imported ethanol would substantially increase supplies of the alternative fuel and reduce consumer gas prices. "Removing the...

VeraSun Breaks Ground on New Iowa Ethanol Refinery.
May 10, 2006... The Iowa Renewable Fuels Association (IRFA) recently announced that VeraSun Energy has commenced construction of a new ethanol production plant in Charles City, IA. According to IRFA, the facility will be capable of processing 39 million...

TexCom Awards Contract to Lurgi for New Biodiesel Facility.
May 10, 2006... Houston, TX-based TexCom, Inc., an early stage company primarily focused on the production of biodiesel, recently announced it has executed a preliminary engineering agreement with Memphis, TN-based Lurgi PSI to build a new biodiesel facility...

Pataki Announces Nearly $6 Million for New Ethanol Plant.
May 11, 2006... New York governor George Pataki recently announced nearly $6 million in state funding to assist Western New York Energy (WYNE) in the development of a new $87.4-million, "state-of-the-art" dry mill ethanol plant in the Town of Shelby in Orleans...

Piedmont Biofuels Appoints New Executive Director.
May 11, 2006... Moncure, NC-based Piedmont Biofuels, a national leader in the grassroots biodiesel movement, recently announced the hiring of Matthew Rudolf as the company's new executive director. According to Piedmont, the company recruited Rudolf, who...

Sasol Chevron Launches Challenge in Advance of New GTL Plant.
May 11, 2006... Sasol Chevron, a joint venture between Chevron Corporation and South African petrochemical company Sasol, Ltd. recently announced the launch of an 11,000-kilometer (6,835-mile) journey across six countries in Africa designed to showcase the...

Next Week's Publishing Schedule.
May 12, 2006... EIN will not publish its newsletters on Monday, May 15, for administrative purposes. We will resume our regular publishing schedule on Tuesday, May 16. (EIN EDITOR: 5/11)

ADM Announces Plans for Ethanol Plant in Cedar Rapids, IA.
May 12, 2006... Archer Daniels Midland Company (ADM) recently announced plans to expand its ethanol capacity by building a dry corn milling plant in Cedar Rapids, IA. According to ADM, the Cedar Rapids site will have an initial annual generation capacity...

Pacific Ethanol Completes Permitting for Planned OR Plant.
May 12, 2006... Pacific Ethanol, Inc. recently announced it has received all necessary permits to begin construction on a 35-million-gallon-per-year ethanol facility at the Port of Morrow, located on the Columbia River near Boardman, OR. The company said it...

Jamaica Launches Pilot Project to Test E10.(Petrojam tests ethanol fuel)(Brief article)
May 12, 2006... The government of Jamaica recently announced through its Jamaica Information Service (JIS) that Petrojam, Ltd., a subsidiary of the statutory government body Petroleum Corporation of Jamaica, has launched a six-month pilot project to study the...

Weekly Update.
May 12, 2006... 18TH ANNUAL TOUR DE SOL, May 10-14, 2006, Saratoga Spa State Park, Sarasota Springs, NY 2ND ANNUAL ETHANOL FINANCE & INVESTMENT: MANAGING RISK AND PLANNING FOR LONG-TERM GROWTH, May 17-18, 2006, The Mid-America Club, Chicago, IL LNG...

Chevron Invests in New Texas Biodiesel Facility.
May 16, 2006... Chevron Corporation recently announced its investment in a new biodiesel plant that the company said has the potential to more than double the current production volume of the alternative fuel in the U.S. Through its subsidiary Chevron...

GM, Meijer to Collaborate on Promotion of E85 in Indiana.
May 16, 2006... General Motors (GM) recently announced it has facilitated plans for the addition of several new E85 fueling sites throughout Indiana through a collaborative partnership with the state and Midwest grocery store chain Meijer, Inc. GM made...

Big River Resources, US Bioenergy to Work on New Ethanol Plant.
May 17, 2006... Brookings, SD-based US BioEnergy Corporation and West Burlington, IA-based Big River Resources, LLC recently announced an agreement to jointly construct a 100-million-gallon-per-year dry grind ethanol facility near Grinnell, IA. Big River...

Owensboro Grain to Build New Biodiesel Plant in Kentucky.
May 17, 2006... Local Kentucky soybean processor Owensboro Grain recently announced plans to build a 50-million-gallon biodiesel plant in the city of Owensboro. The company will conduct a ground-breaking ceremony for the facility tomorrow. Owensboro Grain...

New Survey Reveals Industry Expectations for Ethanol.
May 17, 2006... Rockville, MD-based ChangeWave Research, a subsidiary of Phillips Investment Resources that identifies market trends through surveys of thousands of accredited professionals in more than 20 industries, recently announced that a new survey of...

Green Star Products to Build New Bio-Refinery Complexes.(Brief article)
May 18, 2006... Green Star Products, Inc. (GSPI) recently announced plans to build new "Bio-Refinery Complexes" with the capacity to produce both biodiesel and biomass ethanol. According to GSPI, the first facility will be located in North Carolina, with...

Western Petroleum Opens New Biodiesel Rack in Illinois.
May 18, 2006... Western Petroleum Company recently announced the opening of a new biodiesel truck rack at the Kinder Morgan facility in Argo, IL to serve needs for the alternative fuel in the Chicago area. According to the company, customers will be able...

Imperium Renewables to Build New Biodiesel Plant in WA.
May 18, 2006... The Associated Press (AP) reported last week that Seattle, WA-based biodiesel producer Imperium Renewables has announced plans to build a new $40-million, 100-million-gallon per year biodiesel production facility at Washington's Port of Grays...

House, Senate Democrats Unveil Legislation Supporting Biofuels.
May 19, 2006... Democrats in both the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives have introduced new legislation aimed at part in increasing the use of alternative fuels, with Senate Democrats introducing a new Clean Energy Development for a Growing Economy...

New Report Reveals 20-Percent Increase in WI Ethanol Use.
May 19, 2006... Wisconsin governor Jim Doyle recently announced the release of a report from the Wisconsin Department of Administration (DOA) which reveals that ethanol use has increased in the state by 20 percent in the last year. According to Doyle, the...

Suncor Signs Biodiesel Contract With Toronto Transit Commission.
May 19, 2006... Suncor Energy Products, Inc., a subsidiary of Calgary, Alberta-based Suncor Energy, Inc., recently announced an agreement with the Toronto Transit Commission (TTC) for the supply of biodiesel to the agency's 1,491-bus fleet. Suncor noted...

Weekly Update.
May 19, 2006... LNG TECH GLOBAL SUMMIT 2006, May 23-24, 2006, Melia Sevilla Hotel, Seville, Spain BIOFUELS MARKETS ASIA, June 5-6, 2006, JW Marriott Hotel Bangkok, Thailand WINDSOR WORKSHOP 2006: TRANSPORTATION TECHNOLOGIES AND FUELS FORUM, June 5-7,...

New Holland Becomes First OEM to Fully Approve B20.
May 22, 2006... The National Biodiesel Board (NBB) recently announced that agricultural and construction equipment manufacturer New Holland has approved B20, a blend of 20 percent biodiesel and 80 percent standard petroleum diesel, for use in all of its...

New Zealand Company Produces Biodiesel From Sewage Pond.
May 22, 2006... Aquaflow Bionomic Corporation, a biofuel technology company based in the Marlborough region of New Zealand, recently announced that it has produced a sample of biodiesel fuel from algae extracted from a regional sewage pond. "We believe...

San Francisco Mayor Orders Increase in City B20 Use.
May 23, 2006... The National Biodiesel Board (NBB) recently announced that San Francisco mayor Gavin Newsom has issued an executive directive to increase the city's use of B20, a blend of 20 percent biodiesel and 80 percent standard petroleum diesel. ...

Honda Announces Pricing for NG-powered 2006 Civic GX.
May 23, 2006... American Honda Motor Company, Inc. recently announced that its completely redesigned 2006 natural gas (NG)-powered Honda Civic GX, which is capable of achieving an Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)-estimated city/highway fuel economy of...

Two Companies to Build New Ethanol Plants in Iowa.
May 23, 2006... Local Iowa newspaper the Des Moines Register recently reported that ethanol production in the state will increase with the addition of two new plants. According to the paper, a 100-million-gallon per year facility in Buffalo, IA is planned...

Scania to Provide Ethanol Buses for BEST Consortium Trials.
May 24, 2006... Heavy truck and bus manufacturer Scania recently announced it is supplying ethanol-fueled city buses for use in the BioEthanol for Sustainable Transport (BEST) consortium's field trials in La Spezia, Italy. According to Scania, the BEST...

Biopetrol Industries to Build New Biodiesel Plant.
May 24, 2006... Swiss biodiesel producer Biopetrol Industries AG recently announced plans to construct a new production facility in Rotterdam, The Netherlands. The company signed an agreement with Lurgi AG to build the 400,000-ton capacity plant, which is...

EQSE Signs Latin American Distribution Agreement With Applitec.
May 24, 2006... Equipment & Systems Engineering, Inc. (EQSE), an exclusive reseller of IMPCO and OMVL alternative fuel conversion systems, recently announced an agreement to serve as Latin American distributor for Applitec, a manufacturer of electronic...