DC Blowout Party, SF Blowout Biodiesel Party (with golf and Superbowl)
Governor Ed Rendell, of Pennsylvania, seems delighted with the legislation passed last week. According to the report by Tom Barnes and the Pittsburgh Post-Express, if the state achieves a capacity of 100,000,000 gallons per year the mandated makes will turn from B2 to a B5 (5%) biodiesel content. Looking forward to however the rules also provide that once the capacity of a native Pennsylvania production reaches 200,000,000 gallons per year the requirement again increases to 10% biodiesel content.
Nor does the Pennsylvania law ignore the other current leading Biofuel, for when the native production achieves 350,000,000 gallons of bioethanol per year all gasoline sold within the state will be required to contain 10% ethanol content. The legislation is designed to assure progress on the climate change front, but also to guarantee a market for local producers of these biofuels.
Strange connections riddle:
What do Melissa Ethridge, Crown Ironworks, BASF, Pacific Biodiesel, The Bratney Companies, and John Deere (yes the farm equipment company) have in common?
The answer is the Biodiesel Conference in San Francisco from Feb 1 - 4, 2009. Those are just some of the sponsors, of course. The National Biodiesel Board is behind the conference, and while attendance projections are not available to me at this time, I am planning on attending if I can arrange it.
If you were under the impression that this was NOT a major deal, maybe you should look at the list of exhibitors (exhibition hall is only scheduled to be open on Feb. 2 & 3).
Advanced Biofuel Solutions 726
AG Processing, Inc. 332
AG Solutions, LLC 826
Ageratec North America 843
Agilent Technologies 940, 942
Agri-Systems 829
Alfa Laval, Inc. 830
Alternative Energy Recruiting 417
American Heating Company 741
Analytical Instrument Recycle 514
AOCS 724
AP Innovations 334
Applikon Biotechnology 245
Arisdyne Systems 108
Ascendant Partners Inc. 835
Axens North America, Inc. 1013
BASF Corporation 709
Bayer Technology Services Americas 354
BBI International 420, 422, 424
BBI International, Media and Events 150, 152, 154, 156, 249, 250, 251, 252, 253, 254, 255, 256, 260, 262, 264, 349, 351, 353, 355, 359, 360, 361, 362, 363, 364, 459, 460, 461, 462, 463, 464, 559, 561, 562, 563, 564, 659, 660, 661, 662, 663, 664, 750, 752, 754, 756, 759, 760, 761, 762, 763, 764, 849, 850, 851, 852, 853, 854, 855, 856, 859, 860, 861, 862, 863, 864, 949, 951, 952, 953, 954, 955, 956, 959, 960, 961, 962, 963, 964, 1051, 1053, 1055, 1059, 1061, 1063
BDI - Biodiesel International AG 230
BEI International, LLC 652
Bently Tribology Services 911
Bio-Alternative LLC 456
Biodiesel Analytical Solutions 944, 946, 1039, 1041, 1043, 1045
Biodiesel Experts International 326
BioFuelBox Corporation 840
BioFuels Business 240
Biofuels Journal 736
Blackmer a Dover Company 339, 341
Blue Sky Biofuels, a Sirona Fuels Company 220, 222
Bratney Companies 818, 820
Buckman Laboratories, Inc. 817
Canadian Renewable Fuels Association 544
Cavitation Technologies, Inc 140, 142
Centrifuge Repair & Engineering 508
Centrisys Corp 526
Chemtex International Inc. 625
Chromalox, Inc. 643
Cim-Tek Filtration 543
CINC Industries 455
Circle Biodiesel & Ethanol Corporation 342
Cognis Corp / QTA Group 710, 712
Columbia Boiler 612
Compass Instruments Inc 836
Conestoga-Rovers & Associates 335
Core Ventures, LLC 608, 707, 708, 807
COSA Instrument Corporation 631
Crown Iron Works Company 718, 720
CSX Transportation 451
Dallas Group 329
DCG Partnership 1, Ltd 409
Desmet Ballestra North America, Inc. 810, 812
Determan Brownie, Inc. 414
Dolphin Marine Services 821
DTN 923
Dulcette Technologies LLC 126
DuPont 907
E3 Energy Partners, LLC 845
EDF Man/Westway 607
Edwards 933
Eide Bailly LLP 541
Endress + Hauser 224
Engineered Storage Products Company 930
EP Minerals 319
ESA Biosciences Inc. 1035
Evonik Degussa Corporation 630, 729
Exhibitor Service Center 160, 162, 164, 259, 261, 263
FCStone 308, 407
Federal Equipment Co. 313
First Capitol Risk Management 909
Florida Syngas LLC 646, 745
Flottweg Separation Technology 321
Fluid Engineering 532
Fluor 822
FMC Technologies, Measurement Solutions 932, 934
Frazier Barnes & Associates 314
French Oil Mill Machinery Company 520
GenTech Scientific, Inc. 223
Global Flexi Systems 533
Greenline Industries Inc 426, 523, 525
GreenShift Corporation 622, 624
GROWMARK, Inc. 831, 833
Harburg-Freudenberger Maschinenbau GmbH 722
Harris Group Inc. 929
Heat Exchange And Transfer, Inc. 730
Hengye USA 844
Hielscher USA,Inc. 842
Highland Tank 636
Horiba Instruments, Inc. 310
Horizon Biofuels, Inc. 832
Huntleigh McGehee 423
Hutchison Hayes, LP 539
IKA - Process Division 733, 735
Incobrasa Industries 130, 229
Indiana Soybean Alliance- Cold-Flow Biodiesel Technology 614
Industrial Construction and Engineering 642
Infineum USA LP 226
Innospec Fuel Specialties 913
Innovation Fuels 318
Inspectorate America Corp. 418
International Process Plants - IPP 509
Interstate Chemical Company 924
Interstates Companies 721
Intertek Caleb Brett OCA 114
Invensys Process Systems 823, 825
Iowa Biofuels Training International 452
J. Rettenmaier USA LP 644
Jatrodiesel, Inc. 356
Junge Control, Inc. 641
Kennedy and Coe, LLC 324
Koehler Instrument Company 925
Koko-Best, Inc. 212
Kyte Centrifuges Sales & Consulting 425
Lake Erie Biofuels 919, 921
Lanxess Corporation 908, 1007
Lawler Manufacturing 411
Lazar Scientific, Inc. 813
Louisiana Chemical Equipment Co. 610
LPP Combustion, LLC 633, 635
M & W Contractors, Inc. 723
Malaysian Palm Oil Board 340
Malcolm Pirnie, Inc. 743
MAPCON Technologies, Inc. 1009
Merrimack High School Biodiesel Crew 814
Methanol Institue 655
Methes Energies Canada Inc. 546
Metrohm USA 846
Mettler Toledo, Inc. 521
MidContinental Chemical Co. Inc. 441
Mid-States Mechanical Services 656, 755
Midwest Laboratories Inc. 432
Monster Diesel, Inc. 235
MP Biomedicals, Saftest Division 433
My Dream Fuel, LLC 651
N. Hunt Moore & Assoc. 834
Nalco Company 1029
National Alternative Fuels Training Consortium 841
Nationwide Agribusiness 732
New Holland 926, 1025
Novus International, Inc. 611
Nowata Filtration div of amafiltergroup 336
Nu-energie,LLC 522, 524
Oil-Dri Corporation of America 819
OPWFTG 343, 345
OTA/The New York Times 443
PAC, LP 208, 307
Pacific Biodiesel Technologies, Inc. 808
Pall Corporation 430, 529
Paradigm Sensors 918, 920
Paratherm Corporation 309
Par-Kan Company 540
Paul Mueller Company 613
Paul Oil Company, Inc. 931
PeopleFlo Manufacturing, Inc. 442
Pepperl+Fuchs 246
PerkinElmer Inc. 910, 912
Perry Videx, LLC 239
Peter Cremer North America 609
Petrolab / Ametek 312
Plastic-Mart.com 436, 439, 535
PRI 629
Primrose Oil Company, Inc. 542
Process Concepts 510, 512
Process Plus LLC 824
Propel Biofuels 536
Protectoseal Company, The 219
Purolite 935
R.C. Costello & Assoc., Inc. 210
Render Magazine 323
Renewable Energy Group 408, 507
Renewable Fuel Corp 809
River 742
Rock Hill Mechanical Corporation 922
Roeslein & Associates, Inc 939
Rohm and Haas Chemicals LLC 350, 352
SafeRack, LLC 213
SAMCO Technologies, Inc. 811
Sanimax Energy 320, 322
Schroeder Biofuels 209, 211
Schubert & Salzer 429
SGS North America Inc. 714
Shimadzu Scientific Instr., Inc. 531
Siemens Energy & Automation, Inc. 619
SMOTEC PLUS 410
Solution Recovery Services 444
SPX Process Equipment 421
SRI Consulting 419
SRI Instruments, Inc. 434
SRS Engineering Corporation 632, 634
Stanley Consultants, Inc. 734
Stepan Company 440
Stoel Rives LLP 725
Sud-Chemie 751
Supelco/Sigma-Aldrich 552
Sustainable Biodiesel Alliance 917
Tank-Depot.com 550, 649
Technochem International Incorporated 914
Teikoku USA Inc 325
Teledyne Leeman Labs 746
Tellus Renewables/RDP Technology,Inc 136
The IMA Financial Group, Inc. 225
The Jacobsen Publishing 618
Thermax 445
Thermo Fisher Scientific 717, 719
Trackmobile, Inc 346
Tuthill Vacuum & Blower Systems 412
U.S. Water Services 331
University of Kansas Energy Council 311
US Department of Energy Biomass Program 553
US Department of Energy Clean Cities Program 551
US Environmental Protection Agency 753
USFuelTech 236
Vance Bioenergy Ltd. 333
Varian, Inc. 317
Velcon Filters, Inc. 214
VFTechnical Services, LLC 621, 623
Vitusa Products, Inc. 534
WCR Incorporated 530
Westfalia Separator - Biodiesel 517, 519
WIKA Instrument Corporation 936
Wilks Enterprise, Inc. 744
Wintek Corporation 435
World Energy Alternatives 518, 617
World Minerals 945
XOS X-Ray Optical Systems, Inc. 555
Zachry 511,513
EVENT REGISTRATION is at http://www.biodieselconference.org/2009/pre/conf/info.asp .
Somehow I have managed to restrain myself for at least, well, several column inches, from returning to that other major news event of the upcoming week. Frankly, it is an exaggeration to limit the duration of the Obama Inaugural celebration to only the day after the Martin Luther King Holiday on Monday. Indeed, one of my colleagues extorted me not to send any more email to David because he is, "wrapped up in the inaugural," until next week, and that missive arrived last Tuesday or Wednesday.
I'm certainly not complaining. I very much enjoyed the 2 hours broadcast by delayed on the HBO channel of the huge concert on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial. That is a larger understatement. The crowds extended from the steps of the Lincoln Memorial all the way down both sides of the reflecting pool and didn't thin out until the slight rise of ground around the Washington Monument. More than once today I have heard the President-elect's declaration that, "We are not a collection of Red States and Blue States. We are the United States of America." In that bipartisan spirit, I will refrain from further commentary, except to say that if you want to have your say on what happens in the governing of this country for the next few years, you can start exerting that influence right now at the website the Obama Transition Team is maintaining at http://www.change.gov/ .
One final note that fringes on the world of entertainment, while also at least tangentially touching on the issue of fuels: Piaggio Avanti. The Avanti is an especially modern design, very similar in many ways to the Beechcraft Starship, which, sadly has been abandoned by that company, and now sits awaiting destruction (the company having bought back almost all of the Starships it produced) on a "boneyard" in Arizona. The Avanti, however boasts an advance in design that reduces drag by in innovative fuselage shape that contains a uniform curve from nose to tail. That, combined with a pair of "pusher" propellered jet engines allows the makers to boast that it cruises at 100 knots faster than any other executive jet turbo-prop. That puts it slightly over 400 knots, and nearly as fast a executive jets, except that it also consumes 30% less fuel. That is the kind of innovation I hope to see a lot more of in the coming years.
Love and warm wishes,
Stafford "Doc" Williamson
http://daochienergy.com