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 ...

In 2006, Austin had more biodiesel pumps than any other U.S. city, a distinction that owed much to Jeff Plowman, who co-founded Austin Biofuels in 2003 with mechanical engineer Kurt Lyell and diesel ...

Most biofuels, biodiesel included, are made in the Midwest from decidedly Midwestern crops–corn for ethanol, and soy beans for biodiesel. (The National Biodiesel Board, located in Missouri, was ...

Biodiesel is made with different percentages of diesel fuel and extracted soybean oil or sometimes animal fats or other vegetable oils. The cost for traditional diesel and biodiesel are about the same ...

LONDON (Reuters) - Environmentally-friendly fuel does not immediately spring to mind when peeling prawns but Chinese scientists claim shrimp shells may have an important role to play in improving ...

Kolmar's American Greenfuels Plant in New Haven. A recently-completed expansion will allow the plant to produce up to 55 million gallons of fuel each year from used cooking oil and other recycled ...

Microsoft is becoming greener as biodiesel-powered equipment build the company's new eastern Washington datacenters, which will be hydroelectrically powered Hydroelectric power isn’t the only green ...

LuLu Group, one of the UAE’s largest retail chains, has begun powering its delivery fleet with biodiesel made from used cooking oil collected across its stores. This move is part of the company’s ...