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One way to avoid the controversy of making biofuels from foodstocks is to make it directly from waste cooking oil–and better still if you process it first and don’t simply dump the oil straight in your fuel tank.  Ben Holmes, owner of Rye Beach Landscaping, has been doing just that for four years now, powering his company’s […]

A favorite show, Mythbusters, is not exactly my favorite example of science on television, but it is entertaining none the less.  But watching this episode recently reminded the me of the danger of a little bit of knowledge.
Adam and Jamie show that it’s possible to run a diesel-powered car using nothing more than used, filtered, […]

This article in the Portsmouth Herald provides a nice summary of biofuel sources and technologies, including the biofuels research taking place at UNH.  Particularly interesting (at least to me) is the research taking place on biodiesel production from algae.

Having completed a successful pilot project to use B-20 biodiesel on select vehicles, the City of Portsmouth has, as of February 25th, switched its diesel-powered vehicles to run on B-20.
B-20 is a blended fuel of 20% biofuel–typically made from plant oils–and 80% standard diesel fuel.  The City’s Public Works Department started its pilot program in […]

Virgin Atlantic airways recently tested a blend of biofuel (primarily coconut oil) and conventional aviation fuel on a short flight from London to Amsterdam, using one of its Boeing 747 aircraft.  The plane was configured to run one of its four engines on a blend of 20% biofuel and 80% standard aviation kerosene.  The flight […]

New Hampshire House Bill 1631 will require that the state purchase biodiesel for state vehicles, and bio-heating oil (often referred to by the trade name, BioHeat) for state-owned buildings that currently heat with oil. Sponsored by Representative David Borden (D-New Castle), and co-sponsored by Representatives Suzanne Harvey (D-Nashua) and James Devine (R-Sandown), and Senators Harold […]

When homeowners in the Biddeford region were defrauded by heating oil dealer Nicholas Curro–who took their deposit money and then didn’t deliver oil–the Stratham-based biofuels dealer Simply Green stepped in, and offered, at cost, BioHeat heating oil to Curro’s former customers.
BioHeat is the trademarked name given to a blend of Number 2 heating oil and […]

Amy Kane, who blogs at Atlantic Avenue, has a nice article in today’s Portsmouth Herald about BioHeat, the blend of biofuels (typically soybean oil) and heating oil that can be used for home heating.  Offered in the Seacoast area by Simply Green, Lamprey Brothers, and Proulx Oil and Propane–and hopefully others soon–BioHeat is competitively priced, has […]

The Portsmouth Herald reported Friday that Hampton-based manufacturer, Brazonics, has made the switch to BioHeat fuel for heating its factory.  Simply Green (aka Seacoast Biofuels), based in Strathan, is providing Brazonics with its BioHeat blend of Number 2 heating oil and biofuel oil.  Compared to traditional heating oil, BioHeat has reduced emissions, is typically made with American-farmed […]

Simply Green (aka, Seacoast Biofuels), a hydroseeding and fuels company based in Stratham, NH, now offers biodiesel fuels for both your vehicle and home.  For home heating, their BioHeat heating oil is a B5 fuel blend of 95% Number 2 heating oil and 5% biofuel oil.  The B5 heating oil blend reduces greenhouse gas and […]