Biodiesel Week

Biodiesel RIN fraud causes industry, obligated parties anxiety In October the EPA charged Maryland-based Clean Green Fuels LLC and Texas-based Absolute Fuels LLC with allegedly producing invalid RINs. Obligated parties that purchased fraudulent RINs may face hefty fines and are required to replace those credits. READ MORE SHARE
Benchmark Energy supplies UND glycerin for coal-fired operations BenchMark Energy Corp. has finalized an agreement with the University of North Dakota in Grand Forks to deliver 150,000 gallons of unrefined glycerin per month to be used as a Btu supplement in UND's existing coal-fired operations. READ MORE SHARE
	Sloud acquires Tucson, Ariz.-based SouthWest BioFuels On Nov. 29 Sloud Inc. announced the acquisition of Tucson, Ariz.-based SouthWest BioFuels Inc. According to information released by Sloud, the biodiesel producer is working to develop algae-based biofuels and related biomass products. READ MORE SHARE
Community-scale producer establishes oil recycling initiative The organization is working to establish additional grease recycling locations around in the local community, including at select elementary schools, churches and community centers, with a goal to make more biodiesel available to farmers and schools. READ MORE SHARE
London-based jatropha company goes public Nabarro LLP recently announced it is advising Nandan on its initial public offering on AIM, which is the London Stock Exchange's international market for smaller, growing companies. According to Nabarro, it has valued Nandan at nearly $260 million. READ MORE SHARE
Australian partnership breeds new algae harvesting system The system is trademarked the AlgaeAppliance and is a downsized version of the harvesting system employed at the MBD pilot scale plant in Australia. The company intends it to be an off-the-shelf device for any algae grower to use. READ MORE SHARE
	US biodiesel industry sets new annual production record The industry has produced more than 802 million gallons of biodiesel in plants from Florida to Iowa to Washington State, the figures show, more than doubling last year's production and breaking the previous record high of 691 million in 2008. READ MORE SHARE
San Diego biodiesel company forms alliance with major businesses Buster Halterman and his team at San Diego-based Buster Biofuels have figured out feedstock acquisition and have also partnered with several major San Diego organizations. READ MORE SHARE