Directory:Biofuels
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Directory of resourses related to the process of converting organic-based matter into burnable fuel as a replacement for fossil fuel.
Considering the fuel costs involved in farming, is not the concept of biofuels somewhat contradictory? Yes, the final product may have chemically derived from a plant-based origin, but how much "fossil" fuel is consumed in the process of creating each gallon of biofuel?
For this reason, programs that recycle/convert already existing pre-cursors into fuel seem the most plausible, such as OS:Griesel or biomass.
Fast Facts
Almost all of the arable land on Earth would need to be covered with the fastest-growing known energy crops, such as switchgrass, to produce the amount of energy currently consumed from fossil fuels annually. (U.S. DOE (176-page PDF))
Events
The 2nd Biofuels International Expo & Conference - May 27-28, 2009 at the Beurs van Berlage, in central Amsterdam, Netherlands. Bringing together medium to large biofuels producers, investors, regulators, project owners and equipment/service providers to discuss how to fight the critics and drive the European market forward.
Open Source
OS:Griesel - PESWiki open source project for promoting griesel technology, conversions, kits.
Biofuel Wiki
Do It Yourself
There was an error working with the wiki: Code[1] > Directory:Biodiesel from Algae Oil > Making Algae Biodiesel at Home - Downloadable 650-page book provides detailed instructions on how to sustainably produce clean oil from algae -- in your back yard -- enough to supply your transportation and home power needs. This is not a simple, afternoon venture, but a serious, long-term commitment.
See also DIY
Consulting
VelocityBiofuels.com - In the corporate world's rush to profit in the biofuel industry, often sustainability is not considered. Velocity provides sustainable biodiesel consulting for waste-based fuel production, staying away from crops that can be used for food and other practical uses.
Projects
118,000 Mobile Phone Towers to be Powered by Renewable Energy in Developing World - The GSM Association (a global trade organization representing mobile phone companies in 218 territories and countries) has begun a Green Power for Mobile program that will transition mobile phone towers which currently run on off-grid power to renewable energy. (TreeHugger Sept. 24, 2008)
Types of Biofuel Sources
See Directory:Biofuel Sources - separate index page
Companies
Directory:Algae > Arizona Project Uses Algae to Turn Coal Pollution Into Biofuel - Arizona Public Service has secured $70.5 million in stimulus funds to expand an innovative project that turns carbon dioxide emissions from a coal power plant into biofuel using algae. While part of the funds will be used to scale up the algae processing portion, some of the funds will also be used to investigate the potential benefits of turning the coal into a gas prior to burning it for power. (Gas 2.0 Sept. 17, 2009)
Vegawatt Garage Invention Turns Restaurants Into Power Plants - A new garage-engineered generator burns the waste oil from restaurants' deep fryers to generate electricity and hot water. "Just" put 80 gallons of grease into the Vegawatt each week, and its creators promise it will generate about 5 kilowatts of power. (Wired Jan. 7, 2009)
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BioHeat - Blend of heating oil and biodiesel.
Green World Biofuels - Exists to assist farmers, cooperatives, schools, small businesses and individuals to establish small scale local production of biodiesel based on locally available resources.The Ester Machine is a complete biodiesel production system that enables the operator to turn used fryer or virgin vegetable oils into high quality finished fuel.
Circle Biodiesel & Ethanol Corporation: Clean energy company specializing in renewable energy and manufacturing and consulting for algae biodiesel and algae biofuel processors for algae oil, biodiesel processors, jatropha oil, bioethanol, ethanol stills and methane digesters for the production of methane biogas.
Growdiesel Products - Growdiesel is a renewable energy exploration and production organization dedicated to the cause of environment, energy & empowerment of masses. The main objective of Growdiesel is establish a value chain for production of sustainable biofuels from non-food feedstocks like Jatropha, algae and biomass. GROWDIESEL MIRACLE™ is India's first bio based fuel additive-range. Miracle range of fuel additives are specially formulated for different kind of fuels like Diesel, Furnace Oil, Kerosene, Petrol, ATF etc.
Vaperma - With its innovative Siftek™ membrane technology in hand, Vaperma looks to revolutionize the biofuels industry by creating a unique membrane for the purification (dewatering) of syngas - a 99%-pure ethanol product with energy saving up to 40%. It has teamed with Greenfield Ethanol in Canada to prove it and Dedini in Brazil (ethanol equipment provider) to promote it. (submitted by Vaperma March 4, 2008)
Directory:GreenShift:C02 Bioreactor - Patented process uses algae to consume greenhouse gas emissions from fossil-fueled power plants, giving off pure oxygen and water vapor. Light from concentrated solar panels is conducted into the algae chambers via fiber optics. Once the algae grows to maturity, it is harvested for conversion into ethanol and biodiesel fuels. (PESWiki Feb. 28, 2008)
200 Tons/Day BioOil Plant Engineering Completed - DynaMotive and Tecna's joint modular plant will generate energy from abundant organic resources traditionally discarded by the agricultural and forest industries. To be deployed in Canada and internationally. (PESN June 10, 2005)
BioOil-Hydrocarbon Emulsion Succeeds - Test done for DynaMotive Energy Systems Corporation confirms BioOil and diesel fuel mix is possible. (BusinessWire June 22, 2005)
Running on vegetable oil? - It’s a simple recipe: Mix 10 gallons of vegetable oil with 10 gallons of diesel fuel... Might not work in all diesels. (News Advance June 24)
G8 Leaders' Cars to Use Eco-Fuel made from Straw - When leaders of the world's major industrialized nations meet next week, their cars will run on a blend that contains a fuel made from straw. (Reuters June 29, 2005)
2005 Tour de Sol skirts 100 mpg - Over 60 hybrid, electric and biofuel vehicles from throughout the U.S. and Canada demonstrated that we have the technology today to power our transportation system with zero-oil consumption and zero climate-change emissions. (PESN May 22, 2005)
Fairchild International Corp. Announces Discovery of Almost Unlimited Inexpensive Natural Gas Substitute - No airborne emissions from inexpensive process that creates gas from biomass, waste wood, and low-grade coal. (PESN May 16, 2005)
Green Biofuel Seen Competitive in a Decade (Reuters Feb. 25, 2005)
UN Agency Launches Global Biofuels Initiative - The aim of the BioFuels initiative is to help developing countries make the most of their renewable energy potential. (Renewable Energy Access July 1, 2005)
Powering society with biofuels - U. of Minnesota professor pushing for a National Center for Biofuels Research, to become a national center for biocatalysis — turning renewable resources such as farm and forest products into biofuels. (Minnesota Daily March 9)
A Bright Future For Oil Palm Based Biofuel In Europe - Currently, Europe uses biofuel from rapeseed (soy), which costs US$659 per tonne, in contrast to Malaysia's palm oil which is US$452 per tonne. (Bernama May 19, 2005)
Asia Pushes Ahead on Biofuel, Despite Cost - Faced with too many crops and not enough oil, Asian governments are promoting biofuels as a way to cut costly fuel imports. (Reuters Feb. 28, 2005)
Cow Power is Georgian Answer to Patchy Gas Supply - around 140 Georgian households use cow-powered stoves. (Reuters June 14)
From Grease to Fuel - A $500,000 project to rebuild the Iowa Energy Center's 7-year-old biodiesel pilot plant is nearly complete. The Iowa State University-based energy center will help the biodiesel industry learn to use animal fats to produce biodiesel. (NewsWise July 7, 2005)
Wal-Mart Deploys Solar, Wind, Sustainable Design - New store outside of Dallas, Texas could revolutionize how leading world retailer builds and powers their stores. Experimental design combines a host of renewable energy technologies including numerous solar PV arrays, two, small wind turbines, a bio-fuel boiler to recycle and burn recovered oil from store operations and a nearly endless list of energy-saving and sustainable design principles. (Renewable Energy Access July 22, 2005)
Government and Politics
For UN, Brazil's Biofuel Model is a Win, Win, Win Strategy - "Agroenergy and biofuels represent a shift in paradigms, a coming together of different people, setting new guidelines for sustainable development and peace promotion," said Roberto Rodrigues, president of the Superior Agribusiness Council at the Federation of Industries of the State of São Paulo (Fiesp) and former Brazilian minister of Agriculture, while attending the International Conference on Biofuels Nov. 19-21, 2008. Video (Brazzil Magazine Nov. 20, 2008)
San Francisco Announces 10 Million Gallon Biodiesel Plant! - San Francisco’s proposed biodiesel plant would be situated within on old rendering facility in the Hunter’s Point district owned by Darling International. Under the plan, the facility will be renovated to turn grease waste into useable, sustainable energy. (Inhabitat Sept. 10, 2008)
Weary of gas prices, drivers turning to - Bill Hartlieb disputes that his hobby in Heber City, UT violates the Clean Air Act, since fuels derived from vegetable oil have fewer emissions than petroleum. (Deseret News Aug. 17, 2008)
Biofuel industry lashes out at - An open letter to Opec president Chakib Khelil signed by biofuel trade bodies from Europe, the US, Canada and Brazil argues that his recent claim that "the intrusion of bioethanol in the market" is responsible for 40 per cent of the rise in world oil prices is both "self-serving and misleading". (BusinessGreen July 17, 2008)
The OECD reveals the inefficiency of biofuel subsidies - A leaked World Bank report has alread alerted us to the fact that biofuels have pushed up food prices by 75 per cent. Now, the direct financial cost of biofuel subsidies is becoming clearer. Yesterday, the There was an error working with the wiki: Code[1] released a study on biofuels showing just how expensive and ineffective the subsidies are. (Sinclair's Musings July 17, 2008)
Research & Development
See Directory:Biofuels:Research and Development - separate page
Wishful Thinking
Biofuels Take Off in Some Countries - Potential to become a key transportation fuel. (Reuters June 8, 2005)
Major Biofuel Projects Around the World - List of some existing or planned biofuel projects around the world, including U.S., Malaysia, Brazil, Austria, Spain, France, U.K., Saudi Arabia. (Reuters June 8, 2005)
Rising Use of Biofuel may drag Crude Prices below US$ 40 per Barrel - Rising supplies of biofuel are shaving demand growth of traditional auto fuels. With the increasing popularity of fuels & additives derived from soybean, corn, oilseed, and sugarcane, money is likely to switch from oil futures on New York Mercantile Exchange to Chicago's grain futures market. (RNCOS Jan. 8, 2007)
Farm-Grown Biofuels Look to Siphon Oil Demand - Homegrown crops offer consuming nations the opportunity to cut hefty oil import bills, reduce greenhouse gas emissions and revitalise agricultural incomes. (Reuters June 8, 2005)
Biofuel Increasingly Competitive if Oil Surge Lasts - Biofuels would be increasingly competitive if crude oil prices, which are back near all-time highs, were to go beyond $60 a barrel. (Reuters June 8, 2005)
Cautions
See Directory:Biofuels:Cautions
Humor
Directory:Human-Powered > NatGeo Bus Powered by Passengers - The bussing authority in Atlanta in conjunction with NatGeo, a global biofuel research group, has been experimenting with a new approach to powering their bus fleet with the passengers that board the bus. Passengers enter through the jaws and exit through the tail pipe. (Free Energy News April 1, 2009)
Coop de Ville?
Close to Home July 25, 2005With permission from John McPherson
Biofuel On-the-Go - Indian taxi driver grows his own biofuel on the fly. Clippings-catcher on lawn mower in the trunk is directed to an on-board biodiesel maker. Between passengers, driver cuts enough genetically-modified super-fast-growing grass to fuel the next stint. (HempNext April 1, 2008)
In the News
Directory:Alternative Fuels > Directory:Biofuels > Directory:Biofuel Sources / Directory:BioElectricity > Scientists discover way to recharge laptops and cell phones with soda pop and vegetable oil - Saint Louis University researchers say they've created the first fuel cell that produces electricity with technology borrowed from natural biological powerhouses, saying these biofuel cells can transform sugar and fats into energy for running a host of machines and devices as reported at the 240th National Meeting of the American Chemical Society. (Natural News September 11, 2010)
Directory:Alternative Fuels > Directory:Algae > Commercial green fuel from algae still as much as a decade away - Breakthroughs are still needed in finding the right strain of algae among thousands of species that will produce high yields designing systems where the desired algae can multiply and other species don't invade and disrupt the process and extracting its oils without degrading other parts of the algae that can be made into side products and sold as well. (Reuters Oct. 8, 2009)
Directory:Biofuel Sources > Seven Weeds That Could Power Your Car - With the attention on first generation corn ethanol fading, the next big thing on the sustainable fuel horizon is nonfood biofuel crops. Within that category, inedible weeds are taking a front-row seat due to their relatively low demands on water, pesticides, and herbicides, and their reduced need for tilling and other mechanized soil prep. (Gas 2.0 Sept. 30, 2009)
Going green: Entire Swedish city switches to biofuels to become environmentally friendly - Kalmar Sweden and its surrounding 12-town region, with a quarter-million people, has traded in most of its oil, gas and electric furnaces for community "district heat," produced at plants that burn sawdust and wood waste left by timber companies. Hydropower, nuclear power and windmills now provide more than 90 percent of the region's electricity. (Chicago Tribune March 9, 2009)
Biofuel Market Set To Grow 1,000% - “Agro-fuel" has suddenly become competitive with oil, catapulting it from a backyard business into a global economic phenomenon. Bio-fuels are capturing about $23 billion of the $1.3 trillion spent each year to power vehicles. That’s just two percent of the market, with an astounding 98 percent upside. (EarthToys October issue, 2008)
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Directories
http://www.biofuels.ca Biofuels]
Biofuel Bay - Offers information on Biofuel technologies.
Biofuel War - The Ultimate Syndication of BioFuel News
See also
Directory:Conventional Renewable Energy
ALT FUELS (alphabetical sequence)
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Directory:Biodiesel from Algae Oil
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Boron
Directory:Boron-Powered Vehicles
Directory:Hydrogen from Water using Boron
Directory:Hydroxy or HHO Injection Systems
Directory:Liquid Nitrogen economy
Directory:Animal and Crop Waste to Energy
Directory:Running Vehicles on Water
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