Industry News 
10.24.08
Germany’s government has passed an amendment to its biofuels law which blocks im...
10.23.08
India May Tax Vegetable Oil Imports
India is considering to tax vegetable oil imports to protect the domestic indust...
10.22.08
Hawaii Signs Renewable Energy Plan
Hawaiian Electric Co. has signed a plan to create 70% of Hawaii's energy use fro...
10.21.08
Shell Increases Renewable Energy Spending
Royal Dutch Shell PLC says it has quadrupled spending on renewable energy projec...
10.20.08
Colombia to Have Six Palm Biodiesel Plants by 2009
Colombia will have six palm biodiesel plants by next year and plans to increase ...
10.17.08
Kinder Morgan Tests Biodiesel Pipeline
Kinder Morgan, already testing the shipment of ethanol through its pipeline syst...
10.16.08
Philippine Government Optimistic About Renewable Energy
The Philippine government is optimistic that it could attain 60% energy self-suf...
10.15.08
ASTM Releases New Biodiesel Specifications
ASTM has finalized three new biodiesel quality specifications, including a cold-...
10.14.08
Pacific Ethanol Opens Newest Plant
Pacific Ethanol Inc. launched its newest $150 million ethanol plant at the Port ...
10.13.08
Malaysia Attempting To Induce CPO Demand
Malaysia is set to introduce measures to induce demand for CPO exports after a m...
US Railroad to Produce Its Own Biodiesel
02.12.08
In Washington State, Tri-City and Olympia Railroad has established a subsidiary, Green Diesel, to produce biodiesel for the railroad.
The subsidiary has established a pilot research plant in Richland, WA that will produce fuels for use on the 127-mile railroad that uses 500 gallons of fuel per week for the 100 cars it runs on the line.
The plant is scheduled to begin operations as soon as April, and is the first biodiesel plant owned and operated by a railroad.
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