Researchers have devised a way of increasing the yield of biodiesel by using the waste left over from its production process. Using simple catalysis, the researchers have been able to recycle a ...

CARL'S CORNER, Texas — The corn grows tall for miles around this truck stop, 80 miles south of Dallas, but it’s another crop, soybeans, that has engines revving in these parts. Since spring, when the ...

John Plaza bypasses the gas station these days. When his pickup’s gas gauge nears empty, he pumps biodiesel — made in his own plant — into his tank. Plaza expects to fill up hundreds of other vehicles ...

With gallon prices climbing dramatically, alternative fuels are starting to hold a greater appeal for a larger number of consumers. One alternative fuel is biodiesel, which is made from a renewable ...

A: Biodiesel is the name of a clean burning alternative fuel, produced from domestic, renewable resources. Biodiesel contains no petroleum, but it can be blended at any level with petroleum diesel to ...

It’s already possible to make biodiesel at home using waste oil–if you’re interested in setting up a system that competes with Breaking Bad’s meth labs for complexity. A new, compact, British-made ...

Apr. 15—A clean-energy project two years and more than $40 million in the making got a proper christening Thursday as Denver-based Crimson Renewable Energy Holdings LLC celebrated an expansion that ...

Even with its green reputation, Portland has just one service station that carries B99 biodiesel, the alternative fuel made from vegetable oil that produces less ozone-damaging carbon dioxide ...

Federal subsidies to the U.S. biodiesel industry were supposed to help wean the nation from foreign oil, and a new law in 2009 will bolster the effort, but the money has fueled a controversial side ...

When I attended the biodiesel session at American Trucking Associations’ Management Conference & Exhibition in October, it was clear to me that biodiesel is foreign territory for most trucking ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. GREAT NECK, N.Y. (PIX11) — It’s a growing ...

WASHINGTON, Feb. 19 - Sens. Maria Cantwell, D-Wash., and Charles Grassley, R-Iowa, late last week introduced legislation that would extend the expired biodiesel tax incentive for three years – a move ...