Wednesday, March 29, 2006

[Biodiesel] Northwest Burger Chain Begins Biodiesel Production Plan The Holland, Inc., announced that it has implemented a program in which it will recycle the cooking oil from its Burgerville restaurants into biodiesel, a cleaner burning blend of diesel fuel. All 39 Burgerville locations throughout the Pacific Northwest will have their used cooking oil picked up by Portland-based MRP Services and taken to a processing plant where the oil is transformed into methyl esters (biodiesel) and glycerin (a byproduct) through a process called transesterification. [Source: RenewableEnergyAccess.com, 3/22/06] 2:29:45 PM Google It!    [Hydrogen] Hydrogen Made from Biodiesel Using Steam Reformer InnovaTek and Seattle BioFuels announce the first successful production of hydrogen from 100% biodiesel in a microchannel steam reformer. This is the first time a renewable fuel source has been used to produce hydrogen in a microchannel steam reformer to power emission-free fuel cells. InnovaTek's reforming system was initially developed to produce hydrogen from fossil fuels. [Source: RenewableEnergyAccess.com, 3/22/06] 2:28:02 PM Google It!    [Ethanol] $84 Million for the First Tires-to-Ethanol Facility Startech Environmental Corp. and Future Fuels (FFI) have formed an alliance agreement to mutually obtain contracts for waste-to-ethanol facilities and specifically for FFI's own $84 million Waste-to-Ethanol Facility to be constructed in Toms River, New Jersey. It is said to be the first of its kind. [Source: RenewableEnergyAccess.com, 3/23/06] 2:26:06 PM Google It!    [Renewable energy] Inside Renewable Energy: Biofuels, Ethanol, Switchgrass, PowerGen Renewable Energy & Fuels, Plus the Latest News The inaugural edition of the Inside Renewable Energy podcast takes a look at the present and future of biofuels. Dan Kammen, Professor of Energy and Society at University of California, Berkeley, explains why doubts about corn ethanol are largely unfounded, and why the U.S. has a long way to go toward harnessing the power of cellulosic substances. As Professor Kammen points out, it will take more than State of the Union assurances by George W. Bush to achieve energy independence. [Source: RenewableEnergyAccess.com, 3/23/06] 2:19:20 PM Google It!

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