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The town runs its two large, six-wheel dump trucks, its pay loader, and its two smaller dump trucks on a biodiesel known as B20 provided by Chester resident Ric Hosley's firm, Hale Hill Farm Biofuels. via Chester Zip06 Town Page by Shore Publishing and The Day, Chester, CT 06412. The first commercial service station in New Jersey to offer a biodiesel blend is celebrating its first anniversary, reports the Maplewood Patch. And others have taken notice. In the year since Woolley pioneered the cleaner burning fuel, ten more companies have begun to offer the biodiesel blend. “It’s nice to be the first, but it’s also good to see that others are able to make a difference in different regions of the state,” said Woolley. via One Year Later, NJ Company Calls Biodiesel “a Success” | HeatingOil.com. CLINTON — A dozen school buses, some Public Works vehicles, and three of the Clinton Connecticut’s largest buildings have just begun operating on biofuel, a blend of 80 percent heating oil or diesel fuel and 20 percent recycled vegetable oil. School Superintendent Jack Cross said the new biofuel program is the community’s first “baby step” toward reducing its carbon footprint. Yale Professor Scott Strobel went hunting for a specific type of fungus in the West Rock Ridge Forest, located within a mile of his Hamden home. Strobel was in search of ascocoryne, otherwise known as a Jellydrop fungus which has been shown to be a producer of hydrocarbons. This specific fungus was found by Strobel in Patagonia, Chile and the Berkshires in New York. On Tuesday, he was determined to find it in his own backyard and, along with a graduate student, he did. via Scientist Looks To Find Ways To Turn Fungus Into Biofuel — Courant.com. FAIRFIELD — When the Nov. 3 municipal election results started rolling in, First Selectman Kenneth Flatto was on the other side of the world . . . The trip, with all expenses paid for by the Japan Local Government Center, was a unique opportunity, Flatto said, and included visits to facilities that produce biodiesel and recycle digital TV parts. via Environmental programs focus of Flatto’s Japan trip – The Connecticut Post Online. The Town of Clinton recently began a program to use biofuel products in town buildings and vehicles, highlight its benefits, address some of its myths, and get the entire community involved in its future use. via Clinton Kicks-Off Biofuel Initiative | Shore Publishing. West haven-based Apple Oil — an oil heating company — has launched a new website www.appleoil.com. The redesigned site was created to improve customer service and showcase all of Apple Oil’s cutting-edge, eco-friendly products, according to a company statement. Apple Oil began offering its customers environmentally-friendly alternatives to heating their homes more than three years ago. The bio-diesel blend of oil they provide is made from natural sources, like soybeans and vegetable oil. This BioHeat formula burns more efficiently and reduces carbon dioxide emissions, a major contributor to global warming; and the blend doesn’t require any modifications to a regular oil furnace in order to use it. In fact, it actually acts as a cleaning agent, helping the furnace to last longer. BRIDGEPORT, CT – Bridgeport’s emerging green collar economy will be the topic of discussion during the Green Market Exposition taking place from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., tomorrow, Wednesday, Oct. 21, at the Barnum Museum, 820 Main St., Bridgeport. http://www.greenmarketexposition. org SEE YOU THERE!!! The Green Market Exposition will look at local sustainability and feature speakers and resources on green jobs, green job training, local green businesses, eco-friendly products, and provide information about sustainable living. Bridgeport Mayor Bill Finch will kick off the event at 10 a.m. A presentation by Susan Giordano of Alternative Global Energy, will follow. The biofuels industry, hit hard by the global credit crunch, is getting a shot in the arm from a new source–the oil majors. Among the oil companies, BP PLC and Royal Dutch Shell PLC have been the most active investors in the sector. But it’s even beginning to attract more-conservative companies like Exxon Mobil Corp., whose chief executive, Rex Tillerson, once famously dismissed corn-based ethanol as “moonshine.” Exxon announced in July it was investing $600 million in an algae-to-fuel start-up, Synthetic Genomics Inc. via Big Oil Invests in Biofuels – WSJ.com. PARIS (Reuters) – The current generation of biofuels meets a European target for cutting carbon dioxide emissions but its performance varies widely depending on the crop and production process used, an official French study has shown. via Biofuels meet EU CO2 target but gains vary: study | Reuters. Chicago-based Ultra Green Energy Services LLC announced the addition of two terminals to its expanding New York network. “Our long term customers have joined with UGES to exclusively store, blend, and sell Ultra Green Biodiesel at their terminals,” said Michael Cooper, vice president and director of sales and trading. “We welcome Burt’s Reliable in Southold, N.Y., owned and operated by John Romanelli; and Westmore Fuel located in Port Chester, N.Y., owned and operated by Dick Bologna.” via Ultra Green adds NY terminals – Biodiesel Magazine. Connecticut biodiesel producer BioPur will commission its new waste cooking oil power station in Bethlehem, generating 225 KW of power from a three-tank system using 18.2 gallons of biodiesel per KWh. The company said that it intends not only to produce power but collect data from the project to improve future use of biodiesel for power generation. The company said it expects to add additional generators at a later date to its power station, which will supply electricity to Connecticut Light and Power via BioPur launches power station to supply CL&P – Biofuels Digest. See Also: CT bio-diesel plant unveils new source of green energy: Behind a bunch of goats off Route 132 in Bethlehem, the latest in “green” technology was unveiled Monday. A generator that will be powered by bio-diesel is ready to produce enough electricity to power up to 150 homes. via From Veggie Oil to Electricity | NBC Connecticut. The push to ramp up biofuel production may reduce oil imports, but it’s likely to come at a high environmental cost: It will boost the size of the Gulf of Mexico’s dead zone, a huge swath so depleted of oxygen that almost nothing can live there, according to a new analysis reported in the October 1 issue of Environmental Science & Technology. via Biofuels Not So Friendly to Gulf of Mexico — Service 2009 (921): 2 — ScienceNOW. VANCOUVER, PRNewswire — Nexterra Systems Corp., a supplier of biomass gasification solutions announced that it has been selected by the City of Stamford, Connecticut to develop a biomass gasification system for the Stamford Water Pollution Control Authority (SWPCA). The energy system will supply Stamford with clean renewable thermal energy that will reduce Stamford’s fuel costs and carbon footprint. Governor David A. Paterson has announced the award of two U.S. Department of Energy grants totaling more than $28 million that will assist school districts, local governments, public universities, and private businesses in purchasing clean fuel and alternative fuel vehicles and associated infrastructure. The Greater New Haven Clean Cities Coalition — a New Haven-area group that works with the U.S. Department of Energy and local governments and businesses to promote alternative fuel uses — said Monday that $13.1 million it has received in federal stimulus money is a major milestone for the state. via Clean energy group gets $28M in stimulus funds, matching grants – The New Haven Register. Two-thirds of U.S. biodiesel production capacity now sits unused, reports the National Biodiesel Board. Biodiesel, a crucial part of government efforts to develop alternative fuels for trucks and factories, has been hit hard by the recession and falling oil prices. via U.S. Biofuel Boom Running on Empty – WSJ.com. Connecticut company plans to produce low-cost cellulosic ethanol – Ethanol Producer Magazine: “Connecticut-based American Energy Enterprises Inc. plans to construct a commercial-scale ethanol production facility in New Milford, Conn., and according to company chairman Christopher Brown, will use wood waste to produce ethanol at a cost of 80 cents to 85 cents per gallon.” A New Test for Business and Biofuel – NYTimes.com: “With the twin goals of making fuel from algae and reducing emissions of heat-trapping gases, a start-up company called Solix Biofuels co-founded by a Colorado State University professor recently introduced a strain of algae that loves carbon dioxide into a water tank next to a natural gas processing plant. The water is already green-tinged with life.” Forest may fuel Vail's future | VailDaily.com: “VAIL, Colorado — A Connecticut company is developing plans for a biomass plant in Vail that could use pine-beetle-killed trees to create energy. Hayden Cary and King Co. of Darien, Conn., is seeking a $30 million grant from the U.S. Department of Energy to fund the plan.” |
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