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HUNTSVILLE, Ala. (AP) - Two companies in Huntsville are helping Alabama A&M University with a project to convert used vegetable oil into biodiesel fuel to help run campus buses.Toyota Motor Manufacturing

ORLANDO, Fla. -- Freedom Environmental Services announced today that it has begun weekly delivery in the estimation of as much as 12,000 gallons of yellow grease to Pristine Biodiesel for refining into biodiesel.

When Pinnacle BioFuels opened in Crossett in 2008 renewable fuels and reducing America"s dependence on foreign oil were on everybody"s mind.from Channel 7

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Two Huntsville companies will partner with Alabama A&M University to convert used vegetable oil into biodiesel fuel to help run campus buses.Toyota Motor Manufacturing Alabama will donate about 100 gallons of used cooking oil each month from its cafeteria and a small Huntsville business,...

Associated Press - July 26, 2010 6:54 PM ET HUNTSVILLE, Ala. (AP) - Two Huntsville companies will partner with Alabama A&M University to convert used vegetable oil into biodiesel fuel to...

Two Huntsville companies will partner with Alabama A&M University to convert used vegetable oil into biodiesel fuel to help run campus buses.

Sensors currently used to monitor the quality of diesel fuel and biodiesel blended fuels during engine operation are unable to adequately detect certain important fuel quality concerns. Alan Hansen, professor of agricultural and biological engineering at the University of Illinois, and his colleagues are working to develop new technologies to improve these commercially-available sensors.

( University of Illinois College of Agricultural, Consumer and Environmental Sciences ) Sensors currently used to monitor the quality of diesel fuel and biodiesel blended fuels during engine operation are unable to adequately detect certain important fuel quality concerns. Alan Hansen, professor of agricultural and biological engineering at the University of Illinois, and his colleagues are ...

Plans to build a biodiesel plant in Fort Myers, Fla., have hit a wall, according to the Fort Myers News-Press.

LITTLE ROCK - When Pinnacle BioFuels opened in Crossett in 2008, renewable fuels and reducing America's dependence on foreign oil were on everybody's mind.

BIOX Corporation , a renewable energy company that designs, builds, owns and operates biodiesel production facilities, today announced preliminary results for its 2010 third quarter due to the impact of certain ongoing regulatory matters and provided an update on the biodiesel regulatory environment.

Monte Shaw is executive director of the Iowa Renewable Fuels Association. Irecently spent two days in Washington, D.C., meeting with elected officials on behalf of hundreds of unemployed Iowa biodiesel workers in an attempt to spur Congress to action.

ALTOONA -- Fill your diesel tank to the brim to keep fuel in good condition.

A local businessman says he spent $1 million on a $500,000 federal grant, yet his plans for a biodiesel plant in Fort Myers are a year behind...

The city of Fort Scott has accepted an offer for reduction of payment from a local renewable fuels facility for the use of treated wastewater. Prairie Pride, Inc., a biodiesel facility located near Deerfield, Mo., halted operations Jan. 1, after the expiration of a federal biodiesel tax credit.

Drivers of vehicles that run on ethanol and biodiesel fuels can now fill up in Ventura. Silvas Oil Co., which for 30 years has specialized in commercial fleet fueling stations, has opened its first station to the general public.

WASHINGTON, DC - Today, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced it would require the domestic use of 800 million gallons of biodiesel in 2011. This is consistent with the renewable goals established in the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 (EISA), which expanded the Renewable Fuels Standard (RFS2) and specifically requires a renewable component in U.S. diesel fuel.

Renewable Energy Group Inc., the largest U.S. biodiesel producer, said it bought Tellurian Biodiesel Inc. and American BDF LLC to increase access to used cooking oil for its facilities.

The buy is part of BioVerdes plan to boost its biodiesel production capacity to fourteen times its current amount by the end of next year before going public in 2013, board member and head of capital markets at Trendbank, Ailton Domingues , said in a telephone interview from Sao Paulo.