Florida’s Lee County pursuing waste vegetable oil biodiesel plant to fuel county vehicles; landfill methane to power the plant

February 22, 2008

In Florida, Lee County commissioners will vote shortly on a $1.3 million project to convert waste vegetable oil to biodiesel for county vehicles. The proposed facility would be built at the Gulf Coast Landfill and use methane from the landfill to power the plant. Local residents are among opponents of the plan, which critics say has unproven economic benefits.

Washington’s Snohomish County opens oil seed crushing unit to support county biodiesel, clean power project

In Washington State, Snohomish County officials dedicated a new seed crushing facility that will be used to support the conversion of local canola into biodiesel. In its initial phase, the facility wi...

Bluefire Ethanol receives DOE loan guarantee for California waste-to-ethanol project

Bluefire Ethanol Fuels was invited by the US Department of Energy to participate in its loan guarantee program. BlueFire was recognized for its proposed commercial-scale cellulosic ethanol plant using...

Richmond signs agreement with US Biofuels that will utilize city landfill methane

WHIO-TV reports on an agreement signed by the City of Richmond with US Biofuels to build an ethanol plant. The City will sell methane gas from the city landfill to the new venture. The capture and use...

Agresti Biofuels proposes 20 Mgy waste-to-ethanol plant in Kentucky

In Kentucky, Agresti Biofuels has proposed a 20 Mgy waste-to-ethanol plant for Pike County in the eastern part of the state. The proposed Central Appalachian Ethanol plant will cost $200 million, and ...

Indiana Ethanol Power receives OK from county for 20 Mgy waste-to-ethanol plant

Indiana Ethanol Power announced it received approval from Lake County Solid Waste Management District to build the first-ever commercial municipal solid waste (MSW) to ethanol production facility in t...

Florida’s Palm Beach county to convert 115-bus fleet to biodiesel

In Florida, the Palm Beach County bus system will convert its 115-bus fleet to an undisclosed biodiesel blend in January 2008. The County originally had looked at purchasing electric hybrids, but the ...

Written by Jim Lane · Filed Under Producer News