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USDA awards $25M for Iowa biodiesel plant
CBS News
(AP) DES MOINES, Iowa — The US Department of Agriculture awarded $25 million Friday to an eastern Iowa plant for its project to turn garbage into fuel. Maryland-based Fiberight LLC is building the plant, which would work with a local landfill to ...
USDA will give $25 million to Iowa waste-ethanol plantDesMoinesRegister.com (blog)

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The U.S. Department of Agriculture awarded $25 million Friday to an eastern Iowa plant for its project to turn garbage into fuel.Maryland-based Fiberight LLC is building the plant, which would work with ...

Biodiesel Workshop
WGBA-TV
By NBC26 News Team ONEIDA, WI - A workshop was held in Oneida Friday teaching farmers how to grow their own energy! Directors at Wisconsin Bioenergy Services say farmers can make their own fuel and energy, even on a small-scale farm. ...

Some investors wanting to build a biodiesel plant in the region are concerned about comments allegedly made by High Prairie farmer Stan Peacock.

REG still interested in Emporia plant
Emporia Gazette
One indication of the biodiesel company's interest in Emporia was the announcement Thursday of its initial public offering of 7.2 million shares of stock at $10 per share. “They think they're going to raise about $86.5 million,” said Kent Heermann, ...

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Keokuk Gate City Daily
New life for plants
Keokuk Gate City Daily
By Steve Dunn/Managing Editor A biodiesel plant in Keokuk that has sat idle for three years will resume operation in a few weeks under new ownership. Plant manager Dennis Clark told US Rep. Dave Loebsack Thursday W2 Fuel hopes to have the plant up and ...

Sydney Morning Herald
Neil Young company sued over warehouse fire
San Francisco Chronicle
A company founded by Young, Unigard Insurance Co., sued LincVolt LLC this week, accusing the company of negligence for converting the 1959 Lincoln Continental to run on electricity and a biodiesel-powered generator. His car caught on fire in 2010. ...
Neil Young company sued over SF Bay area warehouse fireWashington Post

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HC bars biodiesel stocks disposal
IBNLive.com
HYDERABAD: The AP High Court on Thursday barred a biodiesel export company from disposing of its stocks until it hears a dispute relating to a tax demand slapped on the company by the Union Commerce Ministry. Xtraa Clean Cities Ltd, ...
Biodiesel dispute: Firm asked to hold on to stockTimes of India

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Biodiesel Market in Spain, Market Outlook to 2020, 2011 Update - Production ...
Environmental Expert (press release)
The research provides global overview of biodiesel market along with production (in million liters) until 2020. In the global section, the report also analyzes global biodiesel trade analysis during the period of 2006-2020. The report covers detail ...

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Money Is All That's Green in Biodiesel
Inter Press Service
By Stephen Leahy UXBRIDGE, Canada, Jan 19, 2012 (IPS) - The only green in biodiesel fuel is the money producers make from it, new research has revealed. Most biodiesel production is making climate change worse not better, studies show. ...

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Marketers Demand 'Full Disclosure' by Refiners of Biodiesel Blend Levels
CSPnet.com
ASTM specifications define diesel as any fuel containing up to 5% biodiesel, which means suppliers do not have to disclose what portion of their diesel is biofuel if it is not more than 5%. The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) also only requires labeling ...

Renewable Energy Group Inc. (REGI) , the biggest U.S. biodiesel maker, increased as much as 2.9 percent in its trading debut after raising $72 million in an initial public offering, less than first proposed.

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Renewable Energy Rises in Public Debut After Pricing Below Range
Bloomberg
Renewable Energy Group Inc. (REGI), the biggest US biodiesel maker, was little changed in its trading debut after raising $72 million in an initial public offering, less than first proposed. The shares rose 1 percent to $10.10 at 4 pm New York time. ...
Shares of biofuel maker Renewable Energy Group rise a bit in market debutDesMoinesRegister.com
Renewable Energy, First US IPO Of 2012, Closes Up 1%Wall Street Journal
Biofuel producer Renewable Energy Group sets IPOMarketWatch
EcoSeed -Biofuels Digest
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Renewable Energy Group Inc. (REGI) , the biggest U.S. biodiesel maker, raised $72 million in its initial public offering, pricing the shares below the proposed range.

MANILA — The Department of Energy has started public consultations on the technical, economic and financial viability of raising the minimum biodiesel blend to five percent from two percent as part of the country's efforts to promote alternative fuel sources.

NEW YORK , Jan. 12, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Reportlinker.com announces that a new market research report is available in its catalogue: Top 50 Biodiesel (Global) http://www.reportlinker.com/p0572073/Top-50-Biodiesel-Global.html#utm_source=prnewswire&utm_medium=pr&utm_campaign=Fuel_Additive ...

NEW YORK, NY-- - World Health Energy Holdings, Inc. , a public holding company developing joint venture partnerships for algae production for biodiesel and commercial fish food, announced today the signing ...

Biodiesel may sometimes seem like cleantech's ugly step-child, receiving less attention and less funding than other up-and-coming renewable energies like solar and wind . read more

EPA approves camelina oil as a feedstock
Western Farm Press
EPA's proposal shows that biodiesel produced from camelina oil reduces greenhouse gas emissions by at least 50 percent compared with diesel fuel. "Biodiesel's evolving feedstock diversity is one of its greatest strengths, and we're pleased to see the ...

Poo Water Being Transformed Into Biodiesel, Methane For Poor African Communities
Gas 2.0
And thanks to a $1.5 million grant from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, a new refining process that turns fecal waste into usable biodiesel and methane has opened its first production plant in Ghana. Poop is a problem for much of Africa's ...