| 10% Campaign announced 31/07/01: "Tonight, I am launching the 10% Campaign – a campaign to produce 10% of the UK’s transport fuel from 10% of our farmland, by 2010. The proposal is feasible and would make an enormous difference to our rural economy, our air quality and our energy supplies" This was how Peter Clery, the Chairman of the British Association of Biofuels and Oils (BABFO) opened a parliamentary reception hosted by Lord Palmer in the House of Lords last night. The reception was being held to boost the political campaign for a further reduction in excise duty for the biofuels, bioethanol and biodiesel. |
| A fair deal for Transport and the Environment: Chancellor Gordon Brown announced today an affordable and targeted series of measures to help modernise road transport and increase choice for access to cheaper motoring for people who need to use their cars, while continuing to protect the environment. With the duty freeze, the package for consultation would cut haulers’ costs by the equivalent of 8 pence per litre in the price of diesel and motorists’ costs by the equivalent of 4 pence per litre in the price of petrol in Budget 2001. |
| Absolute Alcohol Using Glycerine: |
| Accelerating the Shift to A Carbohydrate Economy: The Federal Role : In June 2000 the Agricultural Risk Protection Act of 2000 (PL 106-224) became law. Title III of that law, referred to as the Biomass R&D Act of 2000, established the Biomass Research and Development Board. A Technical Advisory Committee was established to advise that Board. This Committee was charged by Congress to submit an annual report to the Secretaries of Energy and Agriculture. That report was submitted in January 2002. A minority report was included. This paper echoes the language and perspective and summarizes the recommendations of the minority report |
| ACE (American Coalition for Ethanol): ACE is an organization that promotes the use of ethanol for its clean burning abilities. Their large web site features ethanol related legislation updates, news, publications and links. |
| Agri Fibres and Bioenergy |
| Alternatives to Fossil Fueled Engine/Generators: new link — Fixing what’s broken |
| American Coalition for Ethanol (ACE) |
| : ACE is an organization that promotes the use of ethanol for its clean burning abilities. Their large web site features ethanol related legislation updates, news, publications and links. |
| Apparatus for the Continuous Manufacture of Absolute Alcohol |
| Bio energy List Archives: searchable, this is one of the lists I archive. |
| Biochemical Sources of Fuels: |
| Biodiesel Association of Australia: Part of the U.S. Department of Energy’s Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy outreach activities. |
| Biodiesel gets a start. 9/03/2001: "An initial start but quite inadequate to bring forward the environmental potential of the fuel" was how BABFO Chairman Peter Clery described Chancellor Gordon Brown’s Budget announcement that biodiesel would qualify for a 20p per litre tax rebate.. This will mean a tax on biodiesel of about 25p to come into effect a year from now. ( Road gas fuels enjoy a tax rate of around 10p per litre.) Pilot Project proposals are also being invited for bio ethanol but no tax rates for this fuel have yet been indicated. |
| Biofuels : new link — How can you say you’re environmentalists?" asked a local skeptic in Hong Kong. "Your Land Rovers aren’t green at all — one runs on leaded petrol and the other’s a dirty diesel." "Um," we said, thinking fast… "but if everyone had cars like ours, there’d be no need for roads." |
| Biofuels And Agriculture — A Factsheet For Farmers |
| Biofuels and the Future 25/11/01: British Association for Bio Fuels and Oils. The most important consideration in an assessment of the potential for a technology is to relate it to the future, not the present and, even less, the past. |
| Biofuels are overhauling gas fuels in the popularity stakes. 25/06/03: British Association for Bio Fuels and Oils |
| Biofuels Breakthrough 6/07/04: All the powers necessary for the government to introduce a Renewable Transport Fuel Obligation are now in place. The Energy Bill 2004, given Royal Assent, contains all the provisions necessary to bring in legislation, which would require the oil companies to sell a given proportion of their annual fossil fuel sales as biofuels (biodiesel, bioethanol and biogas). |
| Biofuels for Sustainable Transportation (US Department of Energy Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy): |
| Biofuels From Switchgrass: Greener Energy Pastures |
| Biofuels from Trees: Renewable Energy Research Branches Out |
| Biofuels: Food or fuel?: A common objection to biomass energy production is that it could divert agricultural production away from food crops in a hungry world — even leading to mass starvation in the poor countries. True or not? Not true: at best it’s an oversimplification of a complex issue. It just doesn’t work that way, and neither does hunger. |
| Butterfield Still — Farm-scale ethanol fuel production plant: |
| Canadian Renewable Fuels Association: dedicated to development and promotion of biomass-based, environmentally beneficial transportation fuels, particularly ethanol and biodiesel. |
| Carbohydrate Economy: Making Chemicals and Industrial Materials from Plant Matter-Executive Summary (1993) : A groundbreaking report on the environmental and economic benefits of making industrial products from plant matter. |
| Consultation on ultra low carbon transport – 24/09/03: BABFO membership includes those from the practical disciplines of agriculture and forestry, rural contracting and agricultural banking. Our comments are therefore based on practical experience, which may not be available from other consultees listed as attending the seminar on June 27th 2003 . On the assumption that you wish your work to have practical effect, we hope our observations will be helpful. |
| Convert Your Car to Alcohol: |
| Cornmeal Adsorber for Dehydrating Ethanol Vapors: |
| Current and Potential Biodiesel production: British Association for Bio Fuels and Oils |
| Does Ethanol Use Result in More Air Pollution? : While gasoline prices have captured the recent headlines, another transportation fuel crisis remains unresolved. A new report by David Morris and Jack Brondum argues that ethanol should replace MTBE in our nation’s gasoline. |
| Emissions from Liquid Biofuels.: This study updates the life-cycle emissions from biodiesel and fossil diesel that were calculated by ECOTEC in 1999. The study’s objective also reviews information on the tailpipe emissions from bioethanol, compressed natural gas (CNG) and liquid petroleum gas (LPG). ECOTEC made use of new data compiled by Levington Agriculture on oil seed rape production and improvements in performance in the energy efficiency of fertiliser plants. The energy efficiency of fertiliser production has improved by 74% since the ETSU study and yields of oilseed rape are 27% higher than those used by ETSU. These data were used to update the life-cycle analysis of biodiesel. |
| Energy balances in the growth of oilseed rape for biodiesel, and of wheat for bioethanol.: Energy balances in the growth of oilseed rape for biodiesel and of wheat for bioethanol. |
| Ethanol Producers and Consumers (EPAC): |
| European Association for Renewable Energies: |
| European Biodiesel Board (EBB): To promote the use of biodiesel in the European Union |
| European Biomass Industry Association: |
| Extreme Samoa – Coconut Oil BioDiesel: Extreme Samoa promotes the use of coconut oil as a substitute to diesel in power generations. Tim Jones and company have successfully modified generators to use coconut oil and are now promoting its use starting with small communities around the world. |
| Fats and Oils: a General View: new link — |
| Financial and Environmental Impact of Biodiesel as an Alternative to Fossil Diesel in the UK.: British Association for Bio Fuels and Oils |
| Forest Engineering Research Institute: Harvesting Canada |
| Free Cooking Fuel: Almost anyone, anywhere can get it, with just a tiny bit of effort. |
| Fuel From Sawdust: |
| Fuel Injection Equipment (FIE) Manufacturers (Delphi, Stanadyne, Denso, Bosch) statement on biodiesel quality: |
| Governor’s Ethanol Coalition: |
| Green Fuel challenge: In the longer term, the challenge will be to achieve cleaner, greener road transport. Ultimately it will be for industry to rise to the challenge of developing profitable alternative fuels and related technologies. Therefore, in the run up to Budget 2001, the Government will invite British industry to develop proposals for practical alternative fuels. Following consideration of these proposals the Chancellor will announce major reductions in duty rates for the most promising environmentally friendly alternative fuels. |
| Green Fuel Challenge 15/12/2000: British Association for Bio Fuels and Oils |
| Green Motor Fuel Gets Green Light: Today, the Government "invited industry to develop practical proposals for alternative environmental-friendly fuels and will announce major reductions in duty rates for the most promising of these fuels in Budget 2001." " I warmly welcome this encouraging statement from the Chancellor". That is how Peter Clery, Chairman of the British Association for Biofuels and Oils greeted the Chancellor’s announcement. "I have no doubt whatsoever" said Mr. Clery, ‘that BIO DIESEL and BIOETHANOL will rapidly emerge as the prime candidates for duty rebates. Given the appropriate level of duty, industry will move quickly to organize production resulting in a rapid increase in the use of these fuels. This will lead cleaner air and a sound sustainable source of environmentally friendly road fuel" |
| Greenhouse Gas Emissions of Ethanol vs MTBE : This report compares greenhouse gas emissions of MTBE and ethanol. |
| History of Woodgas: "Woodgas" is my name for the various gases that can be easily made from wood or biomass. Various forms are: synthesis gas, typically 40% hydrogen, H2, 40% hydrogen, 3% methane, and 17% Carbon dioxide; producer gas, made by gasifying biomass with air (and therefore containing ~50% nitrogen); pyrolysis gas, similar to synthesis gas, but including lots or water and tar and accompanied by production of 10-30% charcoal. |
| How Much Energy Does it Take to Make a Gallon of Ethanol?: A report demonstrating ethanol production as a positive net energy generator. |
| How Much Energy Does It Take to Make a Gallon of Soy Diesel?: new link — This study answers the question of how much energy it takes to grow soybean feedstock and process it into soy diesel (biodiesel) and compares that to how much energy is contained the final products. |
| I Heat my House by Burning Corn: An alternative to heating with wood. |
| Intensive Field Trial of Ethanol/Petrol Blend in Vehicles |
| Jean Pain: France’s King of Green Gold: |
| Kinetics of Palm Oil Transesterification in a Batch Reactor |
| Kinetics of Transesterification of Soybean Oil |
| Labour applies brakes to oilseed opportunities 21/04/2001: British Association for Bio Fuels and Oils |
| Lifecycle Greenhouse Gas Assessment of RME 02/08/2001: British Association for Bio Fuels and Oils |
| Liquefaction: |
| Liquid biofuels for Road Transport 13/12/03: British Association for Bio Fuels and Oils |
| Looking Before We Leap: A Perspective on Public Subsidies for Burning Poultry Manure : At the state and national levels, policymakers are considering providing handsome subsidies for the burning of poultry manure to generate electricity. This policy brief examines the issue, questioning the public subsidies and exploring the comparative costs and applicability of different manure handling techniques. |
| MAFF’S BIODIESEL BOOB 21/04/2001: British Association for Bio Fuels and Oils |
| Making and Testing a Biodiesel Fuel Made From Ethanol and Waste French-Fry Oil: |
| Manual for Home and Farm Production of Alcohol Fuel: |
| Methane Digesters For Fuel Gas and Fertilizer — With Complete Instructions For Two Working Models: |
| Michigan BioMass Energy Program: |
| Micro Cogeneration: 21st Century Independent Power — How to Design and Construct Your Own Independent Power System |
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| Modelling of Biodiesel Reaction: |
| Monitoring a Progressing Transesterification Reaction by Fiber-Optic Near Infrared Spectroscopy with Correlation to 1H Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy: |
| Mother Earth Alcohol Fuel: |
| MTBE Crisis and the Future of Renewable Fuels, The : Testimony given by David Morris before the U.S. Senate Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry Committee on April 11, 2000. |
| National Ethanol Vehicle Coalition: |
| Nebraska Ethanol Board: |
| Nepal Biogas Plant — Construction Manual: |
| Netherlands Bio-energy Association: |
| NEW Biodiesel Handbook 11/02/05: This is the comprehensive handbook for biodiesel users, producers and other interested people from science, technology, agriculture, energy research and environmental politics. roughly one thousand scientific articles and patents on biodiesel are reviewed covering feedstocks, process technologies, fuel properties, quality specifications, exhaust emissions, environmental impacts and non-energy uses. |
| NIR Helps Turn Vegetable Oil into High-Quality Biofuel |
| Northeast Regional Biomass Program (NRBP): one of five Regional Biomass Energy Programs established and funded by the U.S. Department of Energy. |
| Optimization of a Batch Type Ethyl Ester Process |
| Palm Oil as a Fuel for Agricultural Diesel Engines: Comparative Testing against Diesel Oil: |
| Poplars and Willows on the WWW: University of Washington |
| Production and Testing of Ethyl and Methyl Esters |
| Put a chicken in your tank: |
| Rapid Monitoring of Transesterification and Assessing Biodiesel Fuel Quality by Near-infrared Spectroscopy Using a Fiber-Optic Probe: |
| Replacing Petrochemicals with Biochemicals: A Pollution Prevention Strategy for the Great Lakes Region (1994) : Biochemicals offer both environmental and economic advantages over petrochemicals. This report provides a detailed look at biochemical substitution strategies for a variety of industrial products. |
| Review: Utilization of Rapeseed Oil, Rapeseed Oil Methyl Ester or Diesel Fuel — Exhaust Gas Emissions and Estimation of Environmental Effects: |
| Separating Ethanol From Water: |
| Seven Sisters — Great Oil Companies and World They Made: |
| Southeastern Regional Biomass Energy Program (SERBEP): encourages economic development through public/private partnerships that demonstrate bioenergy technology applications. |
| Southern Africa: South Africa Sustainable Forest Development |
| Straighter-than-straight vegetable oils as diesel fuels) |
| Study of Energy crops for Heat and Power 22/09/03: British Association for Bio Fuels and Oils |
| Submission for Biodiesel & Bioethanol to the UK Government 19/02/2001: British Association for Bio Fuels and Oils |
| Sunflower Seed Huller and Oil Press: |
| SVO emissions bibliography: |
| Switchgrass Chariton Valley Biomass Project: |
| The Butterfield Still — Farm-scale ethanol fuel production plant: |
| The Carbohydrate Economy: Making Chemicals and Industrial Materials from Plant Matter-Executive Summary (1993) : A groundbreaking report on the environmental and economic benefits of making industrial products from plant matter. |
| The Fats and Oils: a General View: |
| The Fuel story: BIODIESEL a solution to pollution |
| The Manual for the Home and Farm Production of Alcohol Fuel: |
| The Modelling of the Biodiesel Reaction: |
| The Seven Sisters — The Great Oil Companies and the World They Made: |
| The Sunflower Seed Huller and Oil Press: |
| The UC Davis biodiesel study: |
| Transesterification Process to Manufacture Ethyl Ester of Rape Oil: |
| Turkey Manure Problem and the Fibrowatt Solution, The : An ILSR memo on a proposed state subsidy in Minnesota to the Fibrowatt Company of the United Kingdom during the 1999 Legislative session. |
| USDA Agricultural Research Service Biofuels program : The ARS Biofuels Research Program is an investment in an alternative future for United States Agriculture |
| Veggie Van: |
| Why Should Minnesotans Subsidize the Burning of Poultry Manure? : This testimony by David Morris was presented before the Minnesota House Regulated Industries Subcommittee on February 16, 2000. |
| Wood Alcohol: |
| Wood gas as engine fuel: The designations employed and the presentation of material in this publication do not imply the expression of any opinion whatsoever on the part of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations concerning the legal status of any country, territory, city or area or of its authorities, or concerning the delimitation of its frontiers or boundaries |
| Wood-Ethanol Report: Technology Review: |
| Wood-to-Oil Process: |
| Woody Crops: Operations Working Group – A Private and Public Partnership Short Rotation |
