Blending to the Top

By Kris Bevill

Sparsely populated North Dakota leads the U.S. in blender pumps.

Green Flags for E85

By Holly Jessen

Ethanol has big fans in the racing crowd and they are revving up its use.

Pumping Up E85

By Kris Bevill

Propel Fuels aggressively addresses California's dire need for infrastructure.

Canadian Report Card: Passing & Growing

By Kris Bevill

Diversification and unification were underlying themes at the annual Canadian Renewable Fuels Summit.

Winning $5 Million with E85

By Holly Jessen

The Edison2 team abandoned electric car technology to meet the requirements of the X Prize with a super light, super efficient E85-optimized car—and won.

Powerful Crops

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Multiple studies tout the potential of energy crops to contribute to a fossil fuel-free lifestyle. But barriers block the path in most countries treading it.

Energizing Marginal Lands

By Lisa Gibson

Planting energy crops on marginal lands could offer landowners a way to supplement current yields, and multiple ongoing tests seek to determine just how viable the practice could be.

Full Service Energy Farm

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Established by a family-owned greenhouse vegetable business, New Energy Farms plans to wear several hats in the global miscanthus energy market.

Clean Diesel Developments

By Bryan Sims

Clean diesel technology greatly improves efficiency and emissions profiles of compression-ignition power

Diesel Hybrid Market Fires Up

By Erin Krueger

How biodiesel makes a good thing—diesel-electric hybrid technology—even better

The Greatest Benefit

By Luke Geiver

How the EVX Hybrid team from West Philly High School does biodiesel

Protect Employees, Contractors With Safe Work Permit System

By David Ayers

A methodical approach ensures safety issues are considered and multiple hazards are accounted for.

How Should Ethanol Producers Respond to External Conditions?

By Peter Dominici

With external factors looking unfavorable, producers should look to internal variables.

Ancient Art of Falconry an Asset in Avian Pest Control

By Stephen Bucciarelli & Melanie Paterack

Avian infestations can create safety and health hazards, affecting ethanol plant revenue.

BCAP Relaunch Should Bring New Biomass Producers into the Supply Chain

By Daniel Simon and Tom Kimmerer

The redesigned Biomass Crop Assistance Program may have some shortcomings when it comes to funding and longevity, but it still provides significant opportunities for making new biomass materials economically viable for energy production.

Harvesting Forest Renewables Sustainably

By Mike Schmidt

Harvesting woody biomass is “preventive medicine” for our forests and just what the doctor ordered for timber-dependent communities.

Flowability: A Complex Issue

By John Chandler Sr.

Understanding and preventing biodiesel-related filter blocking issues

Canada's Environmentally Sustainable Biodiesel Feedstock

By Debbie Belanger

A new study demonstrates that biodiesel produced from Canadian canola reduces life-cycle greenhouse gas emissions by 90 percent compared to fossil diesel

New Process Uses SCP Technology

By Rahul Bobbili

How Jatro Super, a new biodiesel process from Jatrodiesel, addresses shortfalls of conventional methyl ester refining