10/09/2008
Domestic Fuel
NJ Gov Looks to Triple Offshore Wind Power
New Jersey Governor Jon Corzine has announced he wants to triple the goal for the amount of offshore wind power the state will produce by 2020.
Corzine called for the higher amount as he announced the selection of Garden State Offshore Energy (GSOE) as the recipient of a grant incentive to build New Jersey’s first offshore [...]
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10/09/2008
Domestic Fuel
Developing an Ethanol-Biodiesel Pipeline
An Iowa-based ethanol company is working to develop a pipeline that is capable of carrying both ethanol and biodiesel, as well as some other key liquids.
This press release from ALL Fuels & Energy (AFSE) says the company has entered into agreements with two privately-held infrastructure technology firms, which will provide proprietary, patent-pending technologies to help [...]
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10/09/2008
Domestic Fuel
GM Works with the American Lung Association
According to the American Lung Association of the Upper Midwest (ALAUM) Summer 2008 BetterFuels Newsletter, General Motors (GM) has expanded its partnership with the ALAUM to include several new states. This partnership, along with their “from gas-friendly to gas-free” campaign, underscores GM’s ongoing commitment to E85 ethanol and flex fuel technology, and to serving a [...]
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10/08/2008
Domestic Fuel
Delaware PSC Approves Wind Contracts.
Delaware’s Public Service Commission has given the OK on some land-based wind contracts between Delmarva Power and two developers.
This story in the News Journal says the 20-year deal between Delmarva and Synergics will produce a maximum of 100 megawatts of wind power from two wind farms in western Maryland:
Commissioners also voted unanimously to approve a [...]
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10/08/2008
Domestic Fuel
Fill ‘er Up with Biodiesel & Ethanol on I-65
You can now travel from the Great Lakes to the Gulf Coast, entirely on biodiesel and ethanol.
This story from WSMV-TV in Nashville, Tenn. says officials from Alabama, Kentucky, Indiana and Tennessee, along with representatives from the federal Department of Energy, joined together to dedicate Interstate 65 as America’s first biofuels corridor:
“Tennessee has already been working [...]
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10/08/2008
Domestic Fuel
Animal Fat Biodiesel Plant Breaks Ground
A biodiesel plant that will make biodiesel from animal fats has broken ground in Louisiana.
This story from the Arkansas Democrat Gazette says that Tyson Foods, Inc. of Springdale, Arkansas and Syntroleum Corp. of Tulsa, Ok. have formed a joint venture called Dynamic Fuels with the biodiesel plant expected to open late next year in Geismar, [...]
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