Lately it has been working on a futures product that would let clients hedge their real estate risk and a derivative for trading in biodiesel futures.
Ostensibly to reduce carbon emissions, governments in both places have introduced policies to encourage biofuels (corn-based ethanol in America and biodiesel in Europe).
To put that in perspective, that's double the current biodiesel output in the entire country.
Any plant-derived oil qualifies, but most biodiesel in the U.S. comes from soybeans.
High oil-yielding strains of algae can be grown and dried and the oil extracted from the dry algal mass, before being similarly converted to biodiesel in a process called transesterification.
And diesel, too, although in this case the product is actually biodiesel, which is in some ways superior to the petroleum-based stuff.
In February last year, two illegal biodiesel production plants were shut down in Peterhead, Scotland.
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When it comes to specific stocks, Nasdeo sees opportunities in the solar, biodiesel and wind sectors.
He stumbled on the stuff in Hawaii, fell in love and now is a partner in the Willie Nelson Biodiesel Co.
Standard Renewable is also building our first biodiesel refinery in Galveston, Texas.
In recent months, the biodiesel RIN market has slowed to a crawl, seeing fewer trades per week than it used to in a day.
The National Renewable Energy Laboratory estimates that the use of soybean B100, which is 100 percent biodiesel, in urban transit buses reduces net carbon dioxide emissions by 78 percent and reduces lifecycle petroleum consumption by 95 percent, which takes into account fuel required to cultivate crops, refine and transport the biodiesel.
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Fouse notes finances in the meat industry are improving and demand for edible oils and biodiesel should help business conditions in the second half of the year.
Mr. NEWMAN: Most people in Utah that are making biodiesel are very secretive, they won't talk to you about it.
Other collaborations have advanced research in cancer treatment and a biodiesel catalyst.
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We also are looking at diesels, which have an improvement of 30 percent in fuel economy, and biodiesel mix, which again is a homegrown solution for this nation.
In Seattle there is little clean-tech buzz beyond a massive biodiesel company, Imperium Renewables, founded in 2004.
The Volt's gasoline generator is mechanically independent of the wheels--easily swapped in the future for ethanol, biodiesel or fuel cell generators.
By the same token, if rapeseed is grown using lots of fertiliser made from natural gas, then the resulting biodiesel brings relatively little reduction in emissions or fuel imports.
With Chick-fil-a and Emory University, Del Bueno's group collects their fryer oils, converts them into biodiesel and supplies the biodiesel back to them for use in their produce trucks and bus fleets.
Biodiesel is sold at more than 1, 300 pumps nationwide, according to the National Biodiesel Board, and is used mostly in commercial trucks and buses.
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The biofuel will be produced through a high-temperature gasification process, and will also result in annual production of 50, 000 tons of biodiesel, bionaptha, and 20 MW of electricity.
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And that's why we put in record amounts of money for solar and wind and biodiesel and all the other alternative clean energy sources that are out there.
He has even suggested appointing as energy czar his friend Willie Nelson, a green country singer who fuels his tour bus with biodiesel and sells the stuff at petrol stations in Texas.
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In particular, they produce oils of the sort valued as biodiesel, and are attracting a lot of attention from scientists and entrepreneurs looking for fuels to replace mineral oils.
Currently about 65% of vegetable oil in the European Union is being used for biofuel production, primarily biodiesel.
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If all of those acres we dedicate to exports, wheat, corn, soybean--99% of all acres are dedicated to exports in this country--if we convert those to ethanol and biodiesel, we can produce 1 billion barrels of biofuels.
In Indonesia, oil palm, a productive source of cooking oil and biodiesel, offers the biggest reason to clear.
Some 24 illegal biodiesel sites have been shut down by Revenue and Customs officers in the last 11 months.
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It also takes biodiesel, biofuel, cellulosic ethanol, nuclear power, more drilling in ANWR.
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