It’s Not Easy Going Green, Part IV

By: Steve Maley (Diary)  |  August 7th at 03:58 PM  | 

Remember jatropha? In 2007, Goldman Sachs called it one of the best candidates for future biofuels. Time Magazine touted its promise in an article from January, 2009: Renewable energy, it turns out, does grow on trees. The fruit pods plucked from jatropha trees have seeds that produce clean-burning diesel fuel. But unlike corn and other biofuel sources, the jatropha doesn’t have to compete with food | Read More »

US Biodiesel Refiners On Hold Pending Tax Credit Renewal

By: Steve Maley (Diary)  |  January 6th at 05:00 PM  | 

US biodiesel operating rates plunge near zero 6 Jan 2010 , Houston : Operating rates for the US biodiesel industry is [sic] approaching “zero percent” as Congress waits on a vote to extend a blending tax credit that would help producers make sales, sources said on Tuesday. Biodiesel refining in the country ground to a halt after the Senate said it would not vote on | Read More »