HERO BX Receives $1.6 Million Grant
November 5, 2009 (Erie, PA – AgNewsWire) – HERO BX, the country’s largest producer of biodiesel, has been awarded a $1,640,250 million grant from the Commonwealth Financing Authority. HERO BX is matching the award amount with its own funds for a total of $3,280,500. The money will be used to complete the company’s expansion project – increasing their yearly output of low-cost, high quality biodiesel, from 45 million gallons to 55 million gallons. Full Release
Lake Erie Biofuels Announces Name Change
September 8, 2009 (Erie, PA) –Today, Erie, PA based Lake Erie Biofuels, LLC, has announced their new name: HERO BX. “HERO BX stands for high-quality biodiesel and that is what we produce everyday using multiple feedstocks,” said HERO BX CEO, Leonard Kosar. “In the future, we will utilize our proprietary blending technology to determine what the most efficient and cost competitive second and third generation feedstocks are and add them to our feedstock portfolio. We are not only a biodiesel company, we are a fuel technology company.” Full Release
New “BioTrucker” Stop Offers Savings on Biodiesel
JEFFERSON CITY, MO – The National Biodiesel Board (NBB) welcomed the Gas City station in Romeoville, Illinois as the latest addition to the BioTrucker network. BioTrucker is a program that encourages truck stops to sell environmentally friendly, domestically produced biodiesel blends. Biodiesel is an alternative to diesel fuel. It’s made from diverse renewable resources, such as recycled cooking oil and soybean oil. Bill Schireman, Executive Vice President of Gas City, says they will be celebrating by offering customers a savings of 50 cents per gallon on the purchase of B11 – diesel fuel blended with 11 percent biodiesel – on Thursday, July 23 from 12:00 p.m. – 2:00 p.m. The B11 blend, common in Illinois,…
National Renewable Energy Radio Show Launches From Miami
Miami, FL (July 8, 2009 – AgNewsWire) – Pure Energy, the first national radio show dedicated to the business of renewable energy, is launching from the Miami studios of 880 The Biz (WZAB) on Monday, July 13, 2009 at 6:00 p.m. EDT. Pure Energy is hosted by noted energy expert Sean O’Hanlon, Executive Director of the American Biofuels Council (ABC). View Full Release
Communicating Renewables Summit
March 17, 2009 – AgNewsWire – Important communications lessons learned from the biofuels industry’s fall from grace will be presented at the upcoming Communicating Renewables Summit, April 21-23, 2009 in Minneapolis, MN. The biofuels industry went from “Darling to Devil” in less than a year – but better industry communications could have helped control the damage and may still be able to make repairs. Meanwhile, other alternative energy products like wind, solar, geothermal, and hydrogen need to be prepared for the same potential attacks. Full Release
Survey Shows Consumers Back Farmers and Biodiesel
ST. LOUIS, Missouri (July 29, 2008) – A recent nationwide survey conducted by the United Soybean Board (USB) and soybean checkoff revealed that U.S. consumers strongly back U.S. soybean farmers and biodiesel. The “National Agriculture Image Survey” indicated 82 percent of consumers agree foreign oil-producing countries and the high cost of fuel impacting farming and processing, packaging, storing and shipping food are to blame for food price increases, not U.S. farmers. Other key findings show: • 77 percent of consumers favor the use of biodiesel as a source of energy that can meet our needs in the next 5 to 10 years. • 74 percent of consumers were more favorable toward biodiesel after hearing it…
Support Energy Independence This Summer
JEFFERSON CITY, MO – As Memorial Day kicks off the summer travel season, many Americans may be choosing to stay closer to home rather than the pain of skyrocketing fuel prices at the pump. But as bad as fuel prices may be, they could be much worse if not for domestically produced, renewable biofuels such as biodiesel adding to the nation’s fuel supply. In fact, Merrill Lynch commodity strategist Francisco Blanch says that oil and gasoline prices would be about 15 percent higher now if biofuel producers were not increasing their output. According to the U.S. Energy Information Administration, some of the major factors contributing to the rising cost of regular petroleum diesel fuel include…
Biodiesel Information Available on John Deere Web Site
Lenexa, Kansas – February 6, 2007 (AgNewsWire) – John Deere announces that it has expanded content on its Web site to provide information on biodiesel and other biofuel topics that are important to producers and others in agriculture. The John Deere biofuels information can be accessed at www.johndeere.com/ag and contains a detailed biofuels reference report and 6.5-minute video that overviews John Deere’s position on the use of biodiesel. “John Deere has been an early advocate for biodiesel and continues to actively support its use,” says Don Borgman, director of agricultural industry relations for John Deere. “We believe that supporting the use of 2 percent biodiesel (B2) is a logical first step for the industry until…
National Biodiesel Conference Blog Announced
Holts Summit, MO – February 2, 2007 (AgNewsWire) Information from one of the nation’s largest growing biofuels conferences is available on-line at blog.biodieselconference.org. All the proceedings with pictures, audio interviews and more from the 4th Annual National Biodiesel Conference February 4-7 in San Antonio, Texas can be found on the web log, which was first developed for last year’s conference. This year’s conference coverage is sponsored by John Deere. Over 3,500 people are expected to attend the conference which includes educational sessions, a trade show and special appearances by celebrities and legislators, such as Merle Haggard, Political pundit-couple James Carville & Mary Matalin, actor and biodiesel advocate Larry Hagman and Congressional rock band The Second…
New Breed of Dodge Ram Comes Factory Filled With Biodiesel
St. Louis, Mo. (October 10, 2006) (AgNewsWire) There’s a new breed of Dodge Rams tackling the nation’s environmental and energy challenges, and they’re running on biodiesel. Representatives from DaimlerChrysler hit the streets of St. Louis today in the new 2007 Dodge Ram Heavy Duty Diesel Pickup to tout the benefits of clean, renewable biodiesel for America’s transportation system, the economy and the environment. Chrysler Group announced that every 2007 Dodge Ram diesel coming off the assembly line at the company’s Fenton, Missouri north plant will be fueled with B5, a blend containing 5 percent biodiesel made from soybeans grown in the U.S. The Dodge Ram’s B5 factory fueling builds on a similar program implemented first…
Domestic Fuel Blogs Clean Cities Congress
Phoenix, AZ-May 5, 2006- AgNewsWire – Regularly updated information will be available from the Clean Cities Congress and Expo 2006, May 7-10, in Phoenix, Arizona on Domestic Fuel (www.domesticfuel.com), an industry weblog (also known as a “blog”) featuring information about domestic fuel alternatives. The Clean Cities Congress is the leading industry event that features speakers and exhibitors representing a wide range of alternative fuels and advanced vehicle technologies. It is presented by the Alternative Fuel Vehicle Institute (AFVI) on behalf of industry sponsors and Arizona Clean Cities.
National Biodiesel Conference Blog Announced
(Holts Summit, MO – January 30, 2006 – AgNewsWire) Constantly updated information will be available from the 3rd Annual National Biodiesel Conference February 5-8 in San Diego on a new web log – blog.biodieselconference.org.
DomestiFuel Blog Takes Off
(Holts Summit, MO January 27, 2006 – AgNewsWire) Daily news and information on the rapidly expanding renewable fuels industry can be found on the Web log, DomesticFuel (www.domesticfuel.com). The site was developed by ZimmComm New Media, LLC, a new media communications company, based in Missouri.
