Bio-diesel now costly proposition for PMT (Indian Express via Yahoo! India News: Fri, 15 Dec) In a FIX: Diesel price dips below green fuel rate Pune Municipal Transport became the first public transport body in the country to embrace the eco-friendly fuel when it began running 100 of its buses on bio-diesel in June. The next step in the action plan was to convert its entire fleet of 832 buses but the reduction of diesel prices by Rs 4 a litre in November has put the utility in a ...
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Tech's Bio-Diesel Generators To Go On Line (WLUC TV 6: Sat, 16 Dec) Michigan Tech will soon have a backup power supply from four bio-diesel generators. They're expected to save Tech a half million dollars a year because during peak usage periods next year, Tech will turn off power from UPPCO, and instead turn on the bio-diesel generators.
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World first wild algae bio-diesel test drive (Scoop.co.nz: Fri, 15 Dec) The world's first wild algae bio-diesel, produced in New Zealand by Aquaflow Bionomic Corporation, was successfully test driven in Wellington today by the Minister for Energy and Climate Change Issues, David Parker.
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CKGR: Agreement w/Govt. of Guyana for Bio-Diesel/Bio-Fuel Project (Nasdaq: Mon, 11 Dec) Chilmark Entertainment Group, Inc. (CKGR) announced an agreement with the Goverment of Guyana for the processing and refining of palm oil into Bio-Diesel and Bio-Fuel. The agreement provides for the commencement of farming and the creation of the first plant and refinery.
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CLICK & CLACK : Green and Bear It (Washington Post: Sat, 16 Dec) QDear Tom and Ray: I heard an interview recently on NPR's "Fresh Air." Terry Gross was interviewing Willie Nelson, who was talking about how his wife bought a diesel car a few years back and started using biofuel in it (recycled grease and oil, reconstituted into vegetable oil - that's biofuel?). Then he said he bought a Mercedes diesel and started using it in that car. Is biofuel usable in all ...
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Tesco distribution fleet going greener (Sunday Business Post: Sun, 17 Dec) Supermarket giant Tesco today said it would run three-quarters of its distribution fleet on biodiesel from next month.
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