Tag: biofuels
How biofuels can help develop a more circular economy
Residents and business owners are transitioning away from fossil fuels using biofuels. The transition can help individuals achieve global sustainability goals. In 2015, the...
SPONSORED: Trucking fleets don’t look back after switch to biodiesel
As fleets look to reduce GHG emissions, they are looking beyond improvements in fuel economy to advanced technologies and alternative fuels — which can...
SPONSORED: B20 Club shares best practices for biodiesel
The Illinois Soybean Association produced a biodiesel fleet user guide titled, "Doing Better Business: The What, Why & How of Biodiesel Fleet Success" with...
Optimus Technologies, REG implement B100 to help City of Madison reach...
Pittsburgh, Pa, March 9, 2022 – The City of Madison, Wisconsin will soon be seeing emissions reductions after converting 17 of their fleet vehicles...
Sponsored: Making her Mark on Moline
Thanks to Ron Kotrba and Biobased Diesel Daily for writing this article. As fleet and facilities manager for the northwest Illinois city of Moline, part...
Sponsored: River Cruise Giants Make Big Waves, Smaller Impacts with Biodiesel
In April 2019, the Hornblower Group announced the acquisition of Entertainment Cruises, uniting the best-known names in the river and harbor cruising industry in one company. Soon after,...
Technology helping develop second-generation biofuels
Biofuel often doesn’t get as much publicity as other sustainable energy technologies. While experts predict bioenergy production will rise 25% over the next few...
Aviation industry developing alternative fuel options
The eco-conscious movement is influencing various industries. As more electric vehicles hit the roads and solar panels fuel residential energy uses, other sectors search...
How biofuels can recover from pandemic production decline
The COVID-19 pandemic financially interfered with various industries. Local, family-owned restaurants closed, and millions of workers lost their jobs globally. One benefit of the...
Land of Enchantment Clean Cities compares alt-fuel buses
Between 2017 and 2019, the Land of Enchantment Clean Cities Coalition (LOECC) compared the fuel economy and cost-per-mile of four-identically sized and powered mid-sized transit...
Understanding alternative fuel options in the shipping industry
The shipping industry is a major industrial emitter of greenhouse gases — accounting for between 2 to 3% of all global emissions. Ships emit less...
WEBINAR: Intro to Renewable Liquid Fuels
Several Clean Cities coalitions came together to host an "Intro to Renewable Liquid Fuels" webinar series in June 2020. The first part of the...
Indiana Soybean Alliance and Indiana Corn Marketing Council partner
The promotion of alternative fuels in Indiana
is strong, thanks to a growing relationship between Greater Indiana Clean
Cities and the Indiana Soybean Alliance and the...
Food versus fuel?
Ethanol is the fastest-growing renewable fuel on the planet. The ethanol industry generated over $46 billion in gross domestic product last year, but ethanol...
Biofuel blends in motorcycles, what do bikers think?
The Renewable Fuels Association gets a lot of questions about using biofuel blends in motorcycles, so they decided to ask the bikers who know...
EPA finalizes RFS fuel pathways for distillers sorghum oil
On July 24, the U.S. EPA published a notice qualifying distillers sorghum oil as an eligible feedstock for the production of advanced biofuels and...
Cooking oil powers biodiesel vehicles in Rhode Island
Watch how Newport Biodiesel converts used cooking oil into biodiesel in Rhode Island.