According to data released by the Biodiesel Bureua Board (catchy title eh?) Biodiesel production jumped by 16% from 2008 to 2009.
Of course while this sounds impressive and surprising, in 2005-6 the increase was just over 50%.
CABC (Consortium for Algal Biofuels Commercialization), SABC (Sustainable Algal Biofuels Consortium, and Cellana, LLC Consortium just received a large grant of twenty four million dollars from the federal government in algae fuel research. Each group has been designated specific tasks to tackle the obstacles laid forth by algae's ability to yield energy.
More on Fed Makes Financial Leaps back into Algae Fuel Research
So discussion is still raging about the merits of making biodiesel from algae…and indeed…whether it's possible at all.
Some of you have mailed me to ask how it's done and I have to be honest…
The US may well become the largest consumer of biodiesel by 2012 (so says a report at SRI Consulting) with around 19% of the world's biodiesel consumption.
With the governments of China and India recently announcing biodiesel advances themselves it's thought that these countries will emerge as a real force in the marketplace.
The following was left as a comment in the algae biodiesel discussion by Sam Haynes. I felt it too interesting to be left buried deep in that other post, so here it is. Some eye-opening points here, please leave your comments…
Get Friendly With Your Local Restaurant
Are you looking for somewhere to get hold of waste cooking oil to use in your biodiesel making experiments? Contact your local eating places…they're probably throwing a ton of the stuff away each day.
Did you know that Prince Charles cut his tax bill by £5000 last year despite earning an additional £1 million 
because of some cunning accounting and he also managed to reduce his carbon footprint.
Here's a great article reprinted from The Guardian about how Biodiesel has really taken off in the last few months over here in the UK…
I've reprinted it here, I'm sure my good friends at the Guardian won't mind (after all, I buy their paper every week!)
Hey folks,
So here we go with our "weekly" round-up of biodisel goodness from around the world. I hope you enjoy it…
Safeway Go Green
The story that seems to have cropped up the most around the web this week is news that supermarket giant Safeway will now run its fleet of over 1000 trucks on biodiesel fuel across the USA.
So here's the first in what will be regular updates of biodiesel news from around the globe. Enjoy…
School Bus Melted Into Biodiesel!?
A 1000 pound butter sculpture was recently unveiled at a Pennsylvania Farm Show. The sculpture depicts children getting on a school bus and is sure to wow your eyes as it is turn your stomach!
