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Study finds Argentinian soy biodiesel an artificial business

According to a recent article by El Enfiteuta, soy biodiesel is alive and well in Argentina thanks to artificial hype derived from treating biodiesel and pure soy oil different fiscally. This conclusion appears in a report by the University of Buenos Aires's CESPA (an academic center focused on studies of the country's economy), which focused on the potentials of biofuels in Argentina. We have already reported on how several Latin American countries are betting hard on biofuels as means of reducing their oil imports, which would surely help ... Read more →

Ormat backs away from its $1.8m biodiesel investment Sebastian Blanco

After investing $1.8 million in a biodiesel plant (out of a planned investment of beween $35 and 50 million), Ormat Industries will be postponing further development in the facility. The idea had been ...

Green up your 2 stroke with soybean based engine oils? Jeremy Korzeniewski

I am going to get this out of the way right off the bat: I do not know if soy-based 2 stroke engine oils are actually cleaner burning than synthetic 2 stroke engine oil or the racing-style castor ...

Reducing our dependence of foreign oil with our car seats? Jeremy Korzeniewski

I plan on sharing some interesting bits of information that I got from some of the men behind the soy industry in general, the United Soybean Board, while I was at the SAE Congress in Detroit soon. ...

Brazil & Argentina at war over biodiesel exports Dane Muldoon

Argentina and Brazil both have large soy industries which have looked to biodiesel production in recent times to boost revenues and expand their markets. Argentina's government has enthusiastically ...

ABG POLL RESULTS: Biodiesel Feedstock 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

On the 17th January we posed the question "What will the majority of biodiesel be made from by 2010?", and asked you to vote for your favourite answer. After receiving 172 votes, the results are in and it looks like algae was the big winner with 43 percent of the the votes, soundly beating out ...

Making biodiesel from peanuts, for peanuts 3 years ago on Autoblog Green

From soy we can produce about 50 gallons of biodiesel per acre whereas peanuts can yield as much as 123 gallons on the same amount of land. So why then does the U.S. generate the majority of its biodiesel from soy? The answer lies within the value of peanut oil on the global market. It's more ...

Castor oil, the new source for biofuels? 3 years ago on Autoblog Green

While most people will remember castor oil as something to use as medication, it is now being considered as a feedstock for biofuels. A number of different crops are currently used to make biodiesel, but are these crops really the optimal source? The various feedstocks for biodiesel have a widely ...


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