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Landkom releases 2008 rapeseed harvest dataUkrainian agricultural producer Landkom International PLC released its 2008 rapeseed harvest data Aug. 28. Approximately 7.94 million pounds of its 48.7 million-pound rapeseed harvest was lower-quality product, which will be processed into 792,500 gallons of biodiesel for use in the company's tractors, trucks and logistics fleet.READ MORE United Arab Emirates plant to open in 2009Emirates Biodiesel LLC, also called EmBio, plans to open its first commercial-scale biodiesel plant in the United Arab Emirates in the first half of 2009. The 3 MMgy plant will use waste cooking oils and other inedible oils as feedstocks.READ MORE  Summer camp includes biodiesel lessonEvery summer, Calleva Inc.'s adventure camp near Poolsville, Md., offers teens and preteens the opportunity to spend a week exploring outdoor adventures-and biodiesel production. For the second consecutive summer, the camp has offered a week-long sustainable building construction and sustainable living practices camp, which includes a day of touring the camp's biodiesel production facilities.READ MORE Innovation Fuels to test pennycress feedstockAlbany, N.Y.-based biodiesel company Innovation Fuels Inc. is investigating the potential of pennycress as a biodiesel feedstock. In the first year of trials being conducted by Innovation Fuels and Morrisville State College in Morrisville, N.Y., 10 acres of pennycress will be seeded in five locations in upstate New York.READ MORE Green Star Products increases revenueCalifornia-based Green Star Products Inc. recently published its comparative financial statements for 2005-2007, revealing that in 2007 the company had revenues of $2.49 million, a 60 percent increase over earlier estimates of $455,000.READ MORE Solazyme receives funding to expandSan Francisco-based Solazyme Inc. has raised $45.4 million in Series C funding to forward its expansion and growth toward producing biodiesel made from algae oil on a commercial scale.READ MORE Willie Nelson headlines biodiesel bashEntertainer and biodiesel booster Willie Nelson was back in Salem, Ore., on Aug. 29 to help celebrate the grand opening of Sequential-Pacific Biodiesel LLC's plant expansion. Nelson, who is an investor in the company, also headlined the groundbreaking for the expansion last year.READ MORE Sustainable Fuels receives USDA loan guaranteeSustainable Fuels LLC in New Iberia, La., has received a $4 million loan guarantee through the USDA Business and Industry Loan Program. With the loan in place, developers David Groner and Michael Valls are talking to five potential equity partners to close the financing package for a $6 million, 5 MMgy yellow-grease-to-biodiesel facility in New Iberia.READ MORE |
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