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The so-called "third-generation biofuels", similar to second-generation biofuels with an emphasize on the use of algae and cyanobacteria as a source of biofuel feedstocks, have an additional advantage as they take up a relatively small fraction of space when compared to first and second-generation biofuel sources, and may also help to reduce seawater eutrophication.
In 2006, Fuel Bio Opened the largest biodiesel manufacturing plant on the east coast of the United States in Elizabeth, New Jersey. Fuel Bio's operation is capable of producing a name plate capacity of 50 million US gallons per year (190 × 10 ^ 3 m 3 /a) of biodiesel. [8] In 2008, ASTM published new Biodiesel Blend Specifications. [9]
United Metro Energy markets two biodiesel-based products: Greenheat, a custom blended bioheat, and Biomax a biodiesel-blended motor fuel. [3] All of the trucks in United Metro Energy's Apollo fleet run on B20 Biomax for eight months, and B5/B10 Biomax for four months in the winter. This saves 750,000 pounds in carbon reduction for the year. [3]
The program is a unique combination of the ASTM standard for biodiesel, ASTM D6751, and a quality systems program, which includes storage, sampling, testing, blending, shipping, distribution, and fuel management practices. BQ-9000 is open to any biodiesel manufacturer, marketer, or distributor of biodiesel and biodiesel blends in the U.S. and ...
Shipley Energy is a company of the Shipley Group. Other companies in the group: Shipley Fuels Marketing, is the wholesale fuel sister company of Shipley Energy. It offers fuel from most major refiners serving the Mid Atlantic Region, including biodiesel and bio-heating oil, heating oil, kerosene, diesel, NRLM [3] and gasoline, both branded and unbranded.
For comparison, the total U.S. production capacity for biodiesel reached 2,240 million US gallons per year (8.5 × 10 ^ 6 m 3 /a) in 2007, although poor market conditions held 2007 production to about 450 million US gallons (1.7 × 10 ^ 6 m 3), according to the National Biodiesel Board (NBB). [32]
Biodiesel represents the largest share of this (78%, far ahead of bioethanol with 22%). The unquestionable biodiesel leader in Europe is the French company Diester Industrie producing of 2 million tons of biodiesel. [18] In bioethanol, the French agro-industrial group Téréos is increasing its production capacities. Although France is bound by ...
The company was founded in 2005 by husband and wife Dan and Tracy Kaderabek. It was originally launched merely to supply the Kaderabek's boat business with cheap fuel. However, in May 2009, a new plant was opened with a capacity of 2.6 million US gallons (9,800 m 3) per year which provides biodiesel direct to the pump for sale to the public.