An Oklahoma soybean farmer, a tattooed biker from New York, and a NASA transportation officer may sound like a joke set-up. But when it comes to green these guys don’t kid around. Their stories and some amazing new biodiesel-powered vehicles are being showcased this week at the 2012 National Biodiesel Conference & Expo in Orlando.
The U.S. spends a billion dollars a day on imported petroleum. Beyond the economic cost, what are the social and political consequences of our reliance on foreign oil, or any single source of energy? How are the economic benefits of biodiesel quantified? What are some of the other social benefits of renewable, decentralized, diversified, and domestic sources of energy? Energy experts from around the country will tackle these and other questions at the Sustainability Symposium on Renewable and Transportation Fuels this Wednesday, February 8 at the Gaylord Palms Convention Center in Orlando.
Fraud is the catalyst and integrity the goal for new National Biodiesel Board task force. “The RFS is working as intended. It’s supporting jobs, improving our energy security, and offering a cleaner fuel option,” said NBB Chairman Gary Haer. “We will not allow a few bad actors to risk the progress we have made for America’s Advanced Biofuel – biodiesel.”
Today, the National Biodiesel Board recognized the Port Authority of New York & New Jersey and other biodiesel champions at the annual “Eye on Biodiesel” awards presentation. The awards were presented at the National Biodiesel Conference & Expo, this week in Orlando.
The U.S. biodiesel industry’s record growth and resulting job creation is at risk without immediate action from Congress to reinstate the industry’s tax incentive, the National Biodiesel Board (NBB) said in written testimony submitted Tuesday to the Senate Finance Committee.
The U.S. biodiesel industry reached a key milestone by producing more than 1 billion gallons of fuel in 2011, according to year-end numbers released by the EPA on Friday.
Following a year of unprecedented growth in its alternative fuel industry, the 9th Annual National Biodiesel Conference & Expo is coming to Orlando to celebrate record energy production and sales levels. Highlighting this year’s three-day event is a focus on the energy industry’s increased incorporation of biodiesel as the nation seeks to secure its energy future. The event begins Feb. 6 at the convention center.
The National Biodiesel Board (NBB), the trade association for the U.S. biodiesel industry, released the following statement regarding early reports from administration officials and others regarding President Obama’s State of the Union Address to be delivered Tuesday.
The National Biodiesel Board (NBB) released the following statement Thursday after the EPA published a proposed rule approving camelina oil as a feedstock under the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS2).
The EPA reported Thursday that nearly 108 million gallons of Biomass-based Diesel were sold during the month of November, continuing a record year of production. Biodiesel makes up the vast majority of the EPA’s Biomass-based Diesel category under the Renewable Fuel Standard program, representing about 95 percent of the volume this year.
