Blog entries tagged 'biofuels'

Can IT help The City of Houston Become Green?

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I was reading an InfoWorld Blog on SOA (searchoriented architecture), and the effects technology is playing in the reduction of "global warming" and "carbon footprints". You may recall that in some of my earlier blogs, I mentioned how Texas based companies like Downstream Environmental have become a de facto standard of impassioned innovation in Biofuel services, that promotes a "Green" business structure.

In May, 2007, the City of Houston pas [...]

Lynx Bus Company (FL) to Make Switch to Biodiesel

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JW News

The Lynx bus agency will become the first mass-transit agency in the nation to run a fleet using its own blended bio-diesel, an environmentally friendly alternative to regular fuel.

A $2.5 million state grant awarded February 26th will allow Lynx to convert all 290 buses and four support vehicles to a diesel made from petroleum and plant oils. It also will allow the agency to set up a blending station that will serve the diesel fleets of Orange County a [...]

What is the cost to implement Biofuel initiatives through US mandates?

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Industry watchers, like Global Subsidies Initiative (GSI) have expressed concern over producers' ability to meet federal calls for increased Biofuels production by 2017.

The U.S. mandate for 35 billion gallons of Biofuels production by that year would require production far in excess of today's volumes, roughly 6 billion gallons of corn-based ethanol and 1 billiongallons of biodiesel annually. While mandates can create a bit more certainty for investors, the [...]