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Biodiesel
Making
BioDiesel
Veggie
Power - huge index of photos and articles about biodiesel
If you have a relatively modern diesel-engined car (post-1995), you should
be able to use biodiesel without too many problems (the main ones being
that your fuel filters will clog up a lot early on, since biodiesel is
a solvent it frees up a lot of the deposits in the engine).
Some of the downsides of biodiesel are that it is taxed almost as heavily
as conventional fuel, and is laborious and time-consuming to make.
Has anyone yet started marketing commercial biodesiel?
Biodiesel
filling stations list
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Feeding
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U.S.
Department of Energy Biomass Program - http://www.eere.energy.gov/biomass/
Develops technology for conversion of biomass to fuels,
chemicals, materials, and power. Includes general information about
biofuels, program research, resource and market issues, and publications
and data. |
Bioenergy
Information Network - http://bioenergy.ornl.gov/
Part of the U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Energy
Efficiency and Renewable Energy outreach activities. |
DOE's
National Biomass Initiative - http://www.bioproducts-bioenergy.gov/
Program to facilitate and support "bio-industry'
in the U.S. by increasing the production and utilization of energy
from forest products, agricultural products, and wastes. In addition
to program information, web site has definitions of bioenergy terms,
fact sheets, and links to other resources on biomass, and biofuels. |
Renewable
Fuels Association - http://www.ethanolrfa.org/
A national trade association for the domestic ethanol
industry. Provides information about federal policies concerning alcohol
fuels to consumers, blenders, marketers, and technicians. "Ethanol
Report," a bi-monthly newsletter, is available free with membership. |
American
Coalition for Ethanol - http://www.ethanol.org/
A non-profit membership association devoted to promoting
the increased production and use of ethanol. |
Governor's
Ethanol Coalition - http://www.ethanol-gec.org/
Goal to increase the use of ethanol based fuels, to
decrease the America's dependence on imported energy resources, improve
the environment and stimulate the national economy. |
Canadian
Renewable Fuels Association - http://www.greenfuels.org/
Ethanol fuels, ethanol from wastes, and biodiesel. |
New
Uses Council - http://newuses.org/
Nonprofit membership organization run by volunteers
dedicated to expanding the development and commercialization of new
industrial, energy, and non-food consumer uses of renewable agricultural,
forestry, livestock and marine products. |
American
Methanol Institute - http://www.methanol.org/
A non-profit educational and scientific organization
dedicated to supporting the greater use of methanol as a clean energy
resource. |
BioFuels
Energy Systems - http://www.osti.gov/bmf/index.html
Full-text technical reports and bibliographic citations
on biofuel energy technologies. |
British
BioGen - http://www.britishbiogen.co.uk/
Trade association to the UK Bioenergy Industry. Site
includes bioenergy and biomass promotional information, also Bioenergy
Good Practice Guidelines. |
Planet
Power - http://www.treepower.org/
Information about biomass energy crop research projects
in Florida, including studies on crop production, harvesting and grinding,
and co-firing with coal. Also has information and links on other renewable-energy
topics. |
Ethanol
Marketplace - http://www.ethanolmarketplace.com
Ethanol Marketplace provides a complete global resource
to people around the world who work in the ethanol and renewable fuels
industries. |
CHAPOSA
- Charcoal Potential In Southern Africa - http://www.sei.se/chaposa/chaposaindex.html
Project investigating the potential for a sustainable
supply of charcoal to low-income households in urban areas of Sub-Saharan
Africa. |
General
Biomass Company - http://www.generalbiomass.com/
Develops and commercializes biomass technologies, with
emphasis on fuel ethanol from biomass. Site has links to other energy
websites. |
Biofuels:
Journey to Forever - http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html
Biofuels site provides comprehensive information about
biodiesel and ethanol with a lot more about environment friendly nature
of biofuels. |
PureVision
Technology - http://www.purevisiontechnology.com/
Has a biomass treatment process capable of producing
fiber, energy, chemicals and sugars from diverse biomass feedstocks
and waste streams. |
Biomass
and Bioenergy - http://www.elsevier.nl/inca/publications/store/9/8/6/
Elsevier Science Journal description |
BioEnergy
Resources - http://calvin.biotech.wisc.edu/jeffries/
A resource for bioenergy, bioconversion, and bioprocess
technology. |
Alternative
Fuels - http://www.ncsl.org/programs/energy/ALTFUEL.htm
Describes the efforts of the National Conference of
State Legislatures (US) to promote alternative fuels, with links to
related resources. |
Biomasster - http://www.biomasster.nl/
Activities in the Netherlands in the area of bioenergy
(English or Dutch) |
Handbook
of Energy Crops - http://www.hort.purdue.edu/newcrop/duke_energy/dukeindex.html
Detailed descriptions of about 200 plant species that
can be used to produce energy. |
Biomass
Energy Technology Area, Tata Energy Research Institute, India - http://www.teriin.org/division/eetdiv/beta/beta.htm
Projects include developing biomass gasifiers (for
uses such as silk reeling, magnesium chloride production, community
cooking, and large cardamom curing) and production of biogas by biomethanation
of industrial effluents and market/vegetable wastes. |
European
Energy Crops InterNetwork - http://www.eeci.net/
Nineteen well-known institutes, representing 14 EU
countries, involved in research, development and implementation activities
of energy crops. Every three months over 75 new contributions on the
latest developments on the production, pre-treatment and utilization
of energy crops are published. |
IEA
Biomass Combustion and Co-firing - http://www.ieabcc.nl/
Biomass Combustion and Co-firing task of the IEA Bioenergy
Agreement. Technical documents and reports can be downloaded. |
Veg-Oil-Car.com - http://www.geocities.com/vegoilcar/
How to convert a car to run on Vegetable Oil. Includes
costs, fuel information, and a forum. |
Running
On Alcohol - http://running_on_alcohol.tripod.com/
Facts and methods related to making and using ethanol
as fuel. |
Environmental
Media Services - Bioenergy - http://www.ems.org/biomass/intro.html
Information about the potential of bioenergy to help
or harm the environment. Facts and links. |
Ethanol
India - http://www.ethanolindia.net
Information about the potential for ethanol technology
in India, government policies, and a prospectus for a proposal for
a new plant. |
Maui
Green Energy - http://www.mauigreenenergy.org/
Advocacy group promoting biodiesel and other renewable
energy resources. Includes information on the technology and its uses. |
FAO
Forest Energy Forum - http://www.fao.org/forestry/FOP/FOPW/ENERGY/energy-e.stm
Promoting sustainable wood energy systems globally.
Site has information on fuels derived from forest products and issues
associated with forest energy. |
BioPower
Energy Research - http://www.osti.gov/bmp
Full-text scientific and technical reports, journal
literature, and citations on biopower. Site managed by United States
Department of Energy. |
Pollution - Nitrogen Oxides, for example.
George Monbiot has written some interesting stuff on biofuels:
"Road transport in the United Kingdom consumes 37.6 million tonnes
of petroleum products a year.(5) The most productive oil crop which can
be grown in this country is rape. The average yield is between 3 and 3.5
tonnes per hectare.(6) One tonne of rapeseed produces 415 kilos of biodiesel.(7)
So every hectare of arable land could provide 1.45 tonnes of transport
fuel.
To run our cars and buses and lorries on biodiesel, in other words, would
require 25.9m hectares. There are 5.7m in the United Kingdom.(8) Switching
to green fuels requires four and half times our arable area. Even the
EU’s more modest target of 20% by 2020 would consume almost all
our cropland.
If the same thing is to happen all over Europe, the impact on global
food supply will be catastrophic: big enough to tip the global balance
from net surplus to net deficit. If, as some environmentalists demand,
it is to happen worldwide, then most of the arable surface of the planet
will be deployed to produce food for cars, not people.
Green
Ford Focus
Possible problems with biodiesel
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