Biodiesel Related Links
The Alternative Fuels and Advanced Vehicles Data Center (AFDC) has complied this list of biodiesel-related links for additional information. The AFDC and the U.S. Department of Energy do not necessarily recommend or endorse these companies (see disclaimer). For a list of links related to other fuels or advanced vehicle technologies, visit the main AFDC Related Links page.
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These maps estimate the technical biomass resources available in the United States by county, including crop residues, methane emissions from manure management, methane emissions from landfills and wastewater treatment facilities, forest residues, primary and secondary mill residues, urban wood waste, and dedicated energy crops. | |
Ag Environmental Products, LLC (AEP), a subsidiary of Ag Processing Inc. (AGP), was formed to research, develop and market products derived from vegetable oils. SoyGold is the brand name for a family of soy methyl ester (soybean and canola) -based products used in the fuel and chemical industries. | |
AllSAFE advocates for safety in biodiesel and ethanol. AllSAFE represents industries related to recreational boats, marine engines, chainsaws, lawnmowers, motor vehicles, motorcycles, all terrain vehicles, snowmobiles, and generators. | |
This site is designed to provide an alternative energy news source for investors and the general public. | |
The American Soybean Association is a national trade association representing soybean growers in the United States. Its mission is to improve U.S. soybean farmer profitability. | |
Archer Daniels Midland a leading international food provider that produces several agricultural-crop based products including corn-based ethanol. | |
Golden Gate Petroleum is a fuel provider that offers biodiesel to both agricultural and commercial customers in transportation, construction, and petroleum reseller markets. | |
Bently Biofuels Company produces biodiesel from seed oils and recycled restaurant grease. | |
Besecker Associates assists biofuels producers in the areas of sourcing, procurement, and price volatility management of ethanol and biodiesel feed stocks such as grain and grain byproducts, oilseeds, vegetable oils, animal fats, and spent cooking oils. | |
Bio Based Information Systems is a news information portal featuring commercial information about bioproducts, biofuels, and bioenergy. | |
Located on the island of Maui in Hawaii, Bio-Beetle Rental Car offers several models of biodiesel fueled Volks Wagon cars with various options. | |
BioCycle magazine articles focus on recycling residuals into value added products including the production of ethanol and biodiesel from waste materials. | |
BioSelect Fuels is a developer and operator of biodiesel facilities, offering biodiesel fuel to the global marketplace. BioSelect employs a complete fuels vision for biodiesel as a fungible fuel competing effectively in the heating oil and traditional high-growth diesel markets. Its focus is on oil industry collaboration to bring biofuels mainstream. | |
The Biodiesel Association of Canada is a not-for-profit industry association mandated to promote the development of a Canadian commercial biodiesel industry through education, technical research, and government liaison activities. | |
Biodiesel Now is a source of information on production, distribution and use of biodiesel as transportation fuel. | |
The Biodiesel Prefeasibility Assessment Website provides users with a set of tools for creating financial models that determine the viability of biodiesel production plants. Provided by Ascendant Partners, Inc. | |
The Bioenergy Feedstock Information Network (BFIN) is a gateway to biomass feedstock information resources from the U.S. Department of Energy, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Idaho National Laboratory, National Renewable Energy Laboratory, and other research organizations. | |
BiofuelsConnect brokers over-the-counter biodiesel and ethanol both domestically and internationally. They broker spot deals, short-term or long-term contracts, from truckloads to rail cars to vessel quantities. They are the alternative fuels division of OceanConnect.com. | |
The Biomass Research and Development Initiative (BRDI) is a multi-agency effort to coordinate and accelerate all Federal biobased products and bioenergy research and development. The Web site describes BRDI projects and solicitations. | |
Biotane Fuels, a division of Imperial Western Products, Inc. is California's first commercial producer of biodiesel with annual production of 10-12 million gallons per year. | |
Blue Sky Bio-fuels is working to produce "beyond ASTM" quality biodiesel for use in diesel engines and also works on converting waste oil generated from restaurants, food production, and public utility sewer systems into a valuable/renewable source of fuel. | |
Blue Sun Biodiesel, LLC is a vertically integrated agriculture-energy company and marketer of premium agricultural and renewable fuel products. Blue Sun differentiates its products and services through proprietary oilseed crops, additives, quality assurance, blending, and distribution infrastructure. | |
The Canadian Renewable Fuels Association is a non-profit organization mandated to promote renewable biofuels (ethanol, biodiesel) for automotive transportation through consumer awareness and government liaison activities. | |
Cargill, Inc. is an international marketer, processor and distributor of agricultural, food, financial, and industrial products and services. | |
Circle Biodiesel & Ethanol Corporation makes manufacturing equipment for biodiesel production as well as ethanol stills. The company also helps with consulting and plan setup. | |
DOE's Clean Cities Program supports public-private partnerships that deploy AFVs and build supporting alternative fuel infrastructure. | |
The Clean Fuels Development Coalition (CFDC) is a not-for-profit organization that actively supports the development and production of fuels that can reduce air pollution and lessen dependence on imported oil. CFDC supports the development of a national energy strategy, passage of clean fuel legislation and regulations, and the fostering of new fuel technologies and manufacturing processes. | |
Colorado Center for Biorefining and Biofuels is an umbrella group for 27 organizations that are advancing biofuels technologies toward commercialization. | |
The Colorado Governor's Biofuels Coalition represents Colorado organizations, businesses, government agencies, environmental groups, and others involved in producing, distributing, promoting, and using biodiesel and ethanol. | |
EZ Biodiesel specializes in solutions for the home biodiesel maker. | |
EIA is a statistical agency of DOE. It provides policy-independent data, forecasts, and analyses to promote sound policy making, efficient markets, and public understanding regarding energy and its interaction with the economy and the environment as well as alternative fuel production and use. | |
The Energy Management Institute publishes the Alternative Fuels Index, a subscription-based service that focuses on seven alternative fuel products approved by the Department of Energy to meet current alternative fuel U.S. standards. Those fuels include biodiesel, ethanol, propane, methanol, electricity, hydrogen, and natural gas. Coverage includes industry commentary relating to supply, price, policy and news as well as detailed price and trend analysis at the wholesale level. | |
The goal of Clean School Bus USA is to reduce both children's exposure to diesel exhaust and the amount of air pollution created by diesel school buses. | |
Global Biofuels Center - International Fuel Quality Center (IFQC) | International Fuel Quality Center's mission is to make global fuel and related information more available to regulators, refiners, technology providers and the automotive industry. IFQC supplies information about global usage of biofuels for transportation, dedicated and flex-fuel vehicles and emissions, and detailed country reports on policies and taxation as well as fuel quality regulations. |
The main objective of the Great Lakes Biomass State-Regional Partnership is to encourage greater production and use of biomass for energy generation. GLBSRP has produced a number of informative and educational publications on biomass applications. | |
Using the sun as a free energy source, GreenFuel's proprietary algae bioreactor system produces commercial grade biodiesel from smokestack emissions. In most cases, biodiesel costs the same or less than conventional petroleum diesel, and recycles up to 85% of NOx and 45% of CO2 from the smokestack stream. | |
Griffin Industries produces Bio G-3000 biodiesel fuel. The company Web site includes FAQ's, biodiesel news and resources, tax incentive information as well as benefits of using biodiesl fuel. | |
This site specializes in home use biodiesel processing kits and equipment. | |
Idaho National Laboratory's (INL) Bioenergy Technology Projects are establishing requirements for the feedstock logistics processes needed to feed bioconversion processes and enable development of cellulosic biorefineries. | |
The Iowa Renewable Fuels Association (IRFA) brings together Iowa ethanol and biodiesel producers to foster the development and growth of the state's renewable fuels industry through education, promotion and infrastructure development. IRFA is committed to making Iowa a leader in producing renewable fuels and value-added co-products. | |
Keystone BioFuels is a manufacturer of biodiesel, an alternative fuel source and renewable diesel fuel substitute. Keystone BioFuels utilizes soybean oil provided by Pennsylvania farmers to produce ASTM certified B100. | |
The mission of the Biomass Research Division at NREL is to lead a national effort to develop innovative, market-driven biotechnologies for producing fuels and chemicals from renewable resources. | |
The National Renewable Energy Laboratory's (NREL) Nonpetroleum Based Fuels (NPBF) activity works to overcome technical barriers to expand markets for gaseous fuels, including natural gas and hydrogen, and new liquid fuels such as Fischer-Tropsch diesel and biodiesel. Longer term research and development is being performed on fuels that enable highly efficient and clean engines to employ advanced combustion concepts. | |
NREL's Renewable Fuels and Lubricants (ReFUEL) Research Laboratory is a test facility for advanced fuels in heavy-duty engines and vehicles and advanced heavy hybrid vehicles. | |
NBB is the national trade association representing the biodiesel industry as the coordinating body for research and development in the United States. NBB has developed into a comprehensive industry association, which coordinates and interacts with a broad range of constituents including industry, government, and academia. NBB's membership is composed of state, national, and international feedstock and feedstock processor organizations, biodiesel suppliers, fuel marketers and distributors, and technology providers. NBB provides 24 hour information on biodiesel availability through 866-BIODIESEL. | |
National Center for Agricultural Utilization Research (NCAUR) | NCAUR invents new uses of agriculture commodities for industrial and food products, develops new technology to improve environmental quality, and provides technical support to federal regulatory and action agencies. The center's fuels and chemicals division is working on new ways to increase the production of both ethanol and biodiesel. |
The National Renewable Energy Laboratory is active in gas-to-liquid (GTL) fuel research also called Fischer-Tropsch diesel research. GTL diesel fuels have been shown to reduce regulated exhaust emissions from a variety of diesel engines and vehicles. In addition, the near zero sulfur content of these fuels can enable advanced emission control devices. | |
One of five regional biomass programs established by DOE, the Northeast Regional Biomass Program evaluates biomass technologies and fuels and provides objective, reliable information to consumers and policy leaders. The NRBP carries out its mission through an extensive network of local, state, and national government organizations, and partnerships with private industry. | |
The Biomass Energy Data Book draws together biomass data from diverse sources to produce a comprehensive document that supports anyone with an interest or stake in the biomass industry. | |
Pacific Biodiesel is a pioneer in the biodiesel industry and a leader in community-based biodiesel production. The company is involved in the full-time management of several biodiesel plants (Hawaii, Oregon and Texas) as well as research and development for the continuous improvement of biodiesel process technology. Pacific Biodiesel has built refineries for clients in Virginia, Nevada, Pennsylvania, Maryland and Nagano, Japan | |
Philadelphia Fry-o-Diesel LLC is a Pennsylvania corporation dedicated to the production of renewable, cleaner burning biodiesel fuel from waste grease. | |
Phillips BioFuel Supply Company was created specifically to establish a statewide marketing and distribution network for agriculturally sourced biodiesel fuel in Vermont, eastern upstate NY, western NH and Quebec south in Canada. | |
Phyllis is a database containing information on the composition of biomass and waste. It enables analysis of individual biomass or waste materials and the average composition of any combination of groups and subgroups. | |
Pure Energy Corporation is a bio-based fuels and chemicals company focused on bridging the fossil energy and the renewable energy industries with environmentally friendlier and commercially viable fuels and additives. | |
Renewable Energy Group is a leading manufacturer and distributor of environmentally preferred fuels, lubricants, and cleaners. SoyPOWER products combine the power and versatility of the soybean to create renewable, alternatives to petroleum based products. SoyPOWER products were developed to meet original equipment manufacturer's performance requirements for lubricants and fuels while reducing environmental impact and pollution. | |
The San Diego Environmental Foundation operates an education program on alternative vehicles and fuels including biodiesel, propane, CNG, LPG, and E85. The education program is operated by the San Diego Ecocenter. | |
SeQuential provides commercial biofuel and biofuel blends for heat, power and transport to businesses, governments and individuals. In addition to renewable fuels, SeQuential also features many sustainable design elements at their fueling stations, including a solar array canopy over the pumps, a living roof, a passive solar building, and groundwater cleaning bioswales. | |
Silverthorn provides all blends of biodiesel to Maryland and Washington, DC. | |
Sun Grant BioWeb is a compilation of current information about using biomass resources for bioenergy and bioproducts. | |
The Sun Grant Initiative is a network of land-grant universities and U.S. DOE laboratories partnering to build a biobased economy. Its mission is to develop, distribute, and implement biobased energy technologies to enhance U.S. energy security, promote agricultural diversification and environmental sustainability, and promote opportunities for biobased economic diversification in rural communities. It includes the Sun Grant BioWeb, a compliation of current information about using biomass resources for bioenergy and bioproducts. | |
For the past 30 years, Taylor Oil Co. has provided direct-to-equipment fueling on job sites. Headquartered in Somerville, New Jersey, Taylor Oil Co. currently supplies biodiesel to fleets throughout the Northeast. | |
The Energy Cooperative is a nonprofit, member-owned cooperative with over 6500 members throughout Southeastern Pennsylvania. Founded in 1979 by Weaver's Way, a successful food cooperative in the Germantown neighborhood of Philadelphia, the Energy Cooperative has provided savings on home heating oil for 25 years. The Energy Cooperative also distributes biodiesel and is constructing a pilot plant to determine optimum conversion technology for trap grease as a biodiesel feedstock. | |
The Institute for Sustainable Energy at Eastern Connecticut State University | The Institute for Sustainable Energy at Eastern Connecticut State University was established in December 2001 to identify, develop, and implement the means for achieving a sustainable energy future. The Institute focuses on issues relating to formation of public policy, conservation, efficient use of energy, renewable energy sources, protection of environmental resources, and the dissemination of technical information to users and providers of energy. |
The National Biofuels Program is working to find more effective ways to use biomass through the development of conversion technologies for the production of bio-based fuels like ethanol and biodiesel. | |
The U.S. Department of Energy Office of Science's Genomics:GTL Program uses new genomic data and high-throughput technologies to study the proteins encoded by microbial and plant genomes and explore their amazingly diverse natural capabilities. The Web site includes research and development related to biofuels. | |
This EPA Web site provides information on alternative fuels, including fact sheets, certification procedures and emission standards, emission models, and related links. | |
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Renewable Fuel Standard Program | The EPA is responsible for regulating the U.S. Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS). This page provides information on RFS regulations, compliance help, registration and reporting forms, and related links. |
USDA Agricultural Marketing Service, Transportation and Marketing | The USDA Agricultural Marketing Service's Transportation and Marketing division facilitates the distribution of agricultural products by promoting efficient and cost-effective marketing facilities, transportation policies, and practices. It includes information about transporting ethanol and ethanol feedstocks. |
The goals of the USDA's Bioenergy and Energy Alternatives Program are to create U.S. jobs and economic activity, reduce U.S. dependence on foreign oil, and improve the environment by developing alternate energy sources and increasing the use of agricultural crops as feedstocks for biofuels. This Web site describes the projects carried out under the program. | |
This page describes the current research programs conducted by the USDA in the development of agriculturally grown feedstocks and conversion processes for producing ethanol and biodiesel. | |
The Commodity Operations Program seeks to expand industrial consumption of agricultural commodities by promoting their use in production of bioenergy (ethanol and biodiesel). | |
The USDA's National Agricultural Statistics Service provides timely, accurate, and useful statistics in service to U.S. agriculture. | |
This USDA site provides numerous resources for learning about biofuels and getting started in the biofuels industry. | |
This Web site is dedicated to global biomass and wood trade. Wood pellets manufacturers from Ukraine and Russia as well as from Europe are here. Wood products suppliers are welcome to post their selling and buying leads. Biofuel suppliers and buyers from Sweden, Germany, Denmark, Italy, Slovakia, Bulgaria, Poland, Russia, Ukraine are presented here. | |
The United Soybean Board is an organization committed to implementing new technologies that will improve the United States soybean industry in terms of market expansion and production quality including the use of soybean oils in biodiesel fuels. | |
Research information on biodiesel and biofuels is available from this University of Missouri-Columbia Web site. | |
Veggie Van is a non-profit organization that provides biodiesel education and educational materials. | |
Willie Nelson Biodiesel sells clean burning, renewable diesel fuel replacement made from vegetable oils or animal fats. The methyl ester of vegetable oil or what we now call biodiesel is very similar to the petrochemical-based diesel fuel that it replaces, so does not require any vehicle or storage modifications. | |
World Energy Alternatives, LLC is a leading global supplier of quality fuel to large volume petroleum distributors worldwide. With the largest supply infrastructure in the industry, the company's network of BQ-9000 accredited production facilities and diversified partnerships ensures a reliable supply of biodiesel products. |