Mammoth Cave Park Digs Alt Fuel Fleet
The $505,000 award replaced four aging propane buses with new ones, two gas pickup with two propane ones, and one gas golf cart with a new electric vehicle. Read more →
by Steve Duda
Enzymes Lead the Way To Sustainable Biodiesel
Piedmont Biofuels in Pittsboro, North Carolina has developed an innovative, zero-waste process for making biodiesel using enzymes instead of harsh chemicals. Read more →
by Lauren Craig
Biodiesel Needs Tax Credit To Grease Production
U.S. biodiesel production set a new record in 2011, but producers say they'll be hurt if Congress doesn't renew a key tax incentive. Read more →
by Lauren Craig
Biodiesel Production Goes To School
Springboard Biodiesel and Pinnacle Capital have created a financing program intended to help schools buy equipment to produce their own biodiesel. Read more →
For Biodiesel, Michigan Grows Its Own
A public-private collaboration in Michigan is using a portable biodiesel fuel processor to encourage oilseed crops on land typically not used for farming. Read more →
U.S. Naval Landing Craft Gets Biofuel Boost
In the latest in a series of alternative fuel tests, the U.S. Navy says a cleaner, 50/50 biodiesel blend successfully powered a landing craft utility. Read more →
by Pete Danko
Green Mega-Mall Is Upstate NY’s Destiny
Destiny USA, in Syracuse, N.Y., is doing an 850,000-square-foot green expansion that could make it America's largest LEED Gold commercial retail project. Read more →
Whiz Kid Uses Old Grease To Fuel Charities
Cassandra Lin and her cohorts at Turning Grease into Fuel are keeping drains gunk-free, creating cleaner-burning fuels and helping Rhode Islanders in need. Read more →
by Pete Danko
Non-Corn Biofuels Producers Get USDA Cash
The U.S. Department of Agriculture will pay 160 rural producers of biofuels in 41 states to produce fuel from feedstocks other than corn kernal starch. Read more →
by Lauren Craig
Biofuel Production Hits All-Time High in 2010
Worldwatch Institute reports that 105 billion liters of biofuels were produced in 2010, a 17 percent increase over 2009 and the most ever. Read more →
