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Desert Biofuels Initiative: Biodiesel may be gone, sooner than you think...
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Friday, December 18, 2009. Biodiesel may be gone, sooner than you think. The tax credit for biodiesel / petroleum diesel blends (1. For each percent biodiesel, per gallon). Is set to expire Dec 31, 2009 unless extended by Congress. Locally, Dan Rees of. Is looking for a community response to motivate Congress to extend the 'blenders credit' for another year, which allows AZ Biodiesel and other vendors to price biodiesel at (or below! Time to make some noise! Here's a link for more info:. Your site is exc...
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Desert Biofuels Initiative: Your turkey grease can clean our air and save taxpayer money
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Saturday, November 21, 2009. Your turkey grease can clean our air and save taxpayer money. Desert Biofuels Initiative applauds the grease recycling efforts in the Valley (by the Town of Gilbert and AZ Biodiesel, and by the Dynamite Biofuels Co-op) and in Tucson. Did you know that:. There are about 10 million gallons of WVO produced annually in the Phoenix metropolitan area, but most of this currently is used as animal feed or simply "disappears" - often down the drain. If all of the WVO in the region wer...
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Desert Biofuels Initiative: AZ Biofuels Grant Program: A Missed Opportunity
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Tuesday, November 17, 2009. AZ Biofuels Grant Program: A Missed Opportunity. If you had nearly $1 million to spend on advancing biofuels in Arizona, what would you do? The state of Arizona is currently spending $900,000 on the " Arizona Biofuels Conversion Program. The program focuses on subsidizing fueling-station owners or other businesses (e.g. fleet owners) who convert their fuel infrastructure to handle biofuels - either E85 (ethanol) or biodiesel. The program provides up to 40% matching...Biofuels&...
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Desert Biofuels Initiative: Meeting the Phoenix Biodiesel Task Force
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Wednesday, January 28, 2009. Meeting the Phoenix Biodiesel Task Force. Today Brad and I had a meeting at Phoenix City Hall with the newly formed "Bio-diesel Taskforce". Desert Biofuels Initiative was invited to come and give a 15 minute presentation about biodiesel and "homebrew". After I received the email meeting invitation last week, we quickly enlisted the aid of several DBI "advisers" to get input on what to present and how to present it. Hans Huth. Brad gave a short intro about DBI and then segued ...
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Desert Biofuels Initiative: Unfortunate / Opportunity
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Wednesday, August 27, 2008. Just a few days ago (8/24) there was a report of an explosion and fire at a residence in Surprise. It has been reported that oily rags caught fire and ignited methanol stored in a garage. The homeowner had been making biodiesel "from a kit". Fortunately no one was injured, but the hapless homebrewer unintentionally gave biodiesel, especially "homebrew biodiesel", a black eye. While DBI remains favorably disposed toward the idea. 1) Making a "Dr. Pepper" batch. The question is:...
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Desert Biofuels Initiative: Homebrewer fire in Maine
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Sunday, February 28, 2010. Homebrewer fire in Maine. I came across an article about a fire associated with biodiesel homebrewing. In Brunswick, Maine. This is just the second such incident that I'm aware of, based on monitoring relevant news articles, although a quote from a NFPA official in the article implies that there have been others. The article prompted me to review the blog post Eric wrote a year ago. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). About the Desert Biofuels Initiative. Is a Phoenix, Arizona-...
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Desert Biofuels Initiative: Visit to XL Renewables
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Wednesday, May 13, 2009. Visit to XL Renewables. On Monday I had the opportunity to visit the XL Renewables. Algae production facility in Casa Grande, AZ and was deeply impressed by the progress they are making: among other things, I was able to leave with some sample algae that was a HUGE hit with the 7th grade class I spoke to about biofuels on Tuesday. To show for it. Mike Bellefuille and George McNeely. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). About the Desert Biofuels Initiative. 160;rounds out the core ...
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Desert Biofuels Initiative: Dan Rees (AZ Biodiesel) on the Biodiesel Tax Incentive
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Friday, January 22, 2010. Dan Rees (AZ Biodiesel) on the Biodiesel Tax Incentive. And a setback for a company like AZ Biodiesel would be a major blow to the development of a sustainable biofuels infrastructure in Arizona. Please give Dan's message careful consideration, and note his call to action near the bottom of his message. Your Help Is Needed to Reinstate the Biodiesel Tax Incentive. Az BioDiesel is still alive and producing for now without the $1 a gallon federal biodiesel tax credit. Our industry...
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Desert Biofuels Initiative: Sam is back!
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Sunday, May 2, 2010. We're thrilled that Sam West has rejoined us, stepping back into his role as our part-time executive director. Sam initially joined us in 2008 as a third year law student; after graduation he took on a leadership role for DBI, managing several key projects. As we noted then. For the past year Sam has been serving the United States in Kunar Province, Afghanistan. He notes:. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). About the Desert Biofuels Initiative. Is a Phoenix, Arizona-based non-profit...
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Desert Biofuels Initiative: Phoenix reportedly creates biodiesel task force
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Sunday, November 23, 2008. Phoenix reportedly creates biodiesel task force. The Arizona Republic is reporting that City of Phoenix Mayor Phil Gordon has created a task force to "help educate residents on the hazards of skirting permits, codes and existing regulations" to produce homemade biodiesel:. Http:/ www.azcentral.com/news/articles/2008/11/22/20081122biodiesel1122.html. The story has also been picked up by the New York Times:. Http:/ www.nytimes.com/2008/11/23/us/23arizona.html? Desert Biofuels Ini...
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