The South Dakota Corn Utilization Council is partnering with Northern State University to present the First Annual Ethanol Bowl next month.
The premiere event will feature the NSU Wolves facing Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference rivals the Augustana Vikings on November 8 at Clark Swisher Activities Complex in Aberdeen, S.D.
“Northern State looks forward to celebrating a growing [...]

A German maker of wind turbines is locating to Arkansas, part of that state’s growing wind turbine manufacturing industry.
This article from the Northwest Arkansas Morning News says Nordex USA Inc will build a $100 million plant, employing 700 people in Jonesboro and beginning production in January 2010:
Nordex is an original equipment manufacturer, meaning some of [...]

Tampa, Florida could become a major port for alternative fuels… just in time as an area just up the road is expanding its potential to produce biodiesel.
Yesterday, I told you about how Groveland is expanding its biodiesel production capabilities and hopes to rival Houston, Texas in terms of green fuel refining. Now, GreenHunter Energy Inc. [...]

Destiny will be 65 square miles big and about a quarter million in population

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DETROIT — In an attempt to green up the planet, and its image, General Motors will confirm today plans to make half of its 181 plants worldwide “landfill-free” by the end of 2010. That means nothing from their manufacturing processes would end up in a landfill.
Ten GM plants, including an engine plant in Flint, Mich., [...]

By Tom Howard
Billings Business, September 2008
If Paul R. Miller [a member of Northern Plains] has his way, farmers will soon begin powering their tractors and combines with fuel that they grow themselves.
Miller is owner of Big Sky Biofuels, a startup Billings company that will offer on-farm crushing and biodiesel conversion for farmers who have raised [...]

For the past several months the San Francisco Public Utility Commission (SFPUC) has begun picking up used cooking oil from restaurants and businesses for free in an effort to find fuel alternatives for its municipal fleet. The city hopes to expand the grease recycling program (called SFGreasecycle) to include small-scale household pickups and eventually power [...]

On Saturday October 11th, Brevard Biodiesel will be part of an alternative / efficient vehicle display at the Space Coast Progressive Alliance 4th annual festival.
Hometown news reports:
“With live entertainment, food vendors, a rummage and book sale and a variety of exhibitors, Progressive Fest has something for everyone.”
“With more than 50 scheduled exhibitors, attendees will have [...]

With only 4 weeks until the election, the presidential race is certainly heating up. Both campaigns have made energy policy a priority, and now we’ll have a chance to hear specifics straight from the horse’s (or elephant’s!) mouth.
In a two-part presidential forum series, the Renewable Fuels Association is partnering with the popular rural and agricultural radio [...]

ALBANY, N.Y. - The request caught dairy farmer Brian Ziehm off guard: Would he devote an acre of his idfields near the Vermont line this fall to grow stinkweed?
“It was like, ‘What the heck? I’ve been trying to get rid of these things for 30 years. Now you want me to plant them?’”
But Ziehm happily [...]