BrevardBioDiesel Blog

Caught a bit of the Alternative Fueld Vehicle (AFV) Odyssey Day program held at Florida Solar Energy Center in Cocoa, FL this morning. Noticed HUGR Systems from Apopka, Biodiesel Research (also from Apopka) were there. Many fleet people from along the Florida coast. Also many other individuals and all seemed to be interested in biodiesel.
David Dunagan of the US DOE had lots of good information including:

• Grants.gov website for searching on grants available for biofuels. Search there on something like "biomass" and you get 17 hits.
• Research into castor beans as an oil feedstock, at Mississippi State University, show promise. 3 times the oil as peanuts. Natural pesticide properties of plant help during crop rotation.
• CSX railway locomotives use 450 million gallons of diesel/year. 40% of that is used while the locomotives are idling.