A National Academies committee, reviewing the 21st Century Truck Partnership (21CTP), released a report with new policy recommendations for truck fuel efficiency and safety. Among its recommendations, the committee said that the DOE should work with biodiesel producers to ensure problem-free use of biodiesel in truck engines, including blends of biodiesel with conventional diesel. The 21CTP also issues a series of recommendations for the development of hybrid diesel-electric technologies for trucks.
In Belgium, a planned demonstration of seven Volvo trucks using different biodiesel blends was nearly ruined when the company could not find any available biodiesel. The company eventually found one g...
In South Dakota, more than 1700 employees of POET wrote to Sen. John McCain and Sen. Barack Obama to call for increased support of ethanol. "We strongly encourage you to support energy policies to ens...
From Biofuels Digest correspondent Joelle Brink
Lalu Prasad Yadav, the rock star of Indian politics, believes in thinking big. Faced with the king sized fuel bill of the world’s largest railroad,...
An article by 23 scientists led by Michigan State researcher Philip Robertson and including EPA Scientific Advisory Board member and Purdue agricultural economist Otto Doering, called for an increase ...
In the Philippines, the author of the country's Biofuels Act said that the Bill has been overhyped and she is calling on the country to slow down implementation to ensure that biofuel production is su...
In Washington, the US House of Representatives passed the Energy Bill by a vote of 314-100. President Bush is expected to sign the bill this morning.
The Bill establishes a Renewable Fuel Standard ...
