Portland Transport

Category: Fuels

  • A Biodesiel Enthusiast

    PDXBiodiesel is a biodiesel enthusiast / advocate who has been using biodiesel in two late model vehicles for more than 60,000 combined miles. He is a web developer and has lived in Portland since 1998 and enjoys being active in the community, and its online presence. Portland has been a hotbed of biodiesel activism, and…

  • Beyond Fryer Grease

    The Portland Development Commission has released a report they commissioned on the availability of feedstock for a potential metro-area biodiesel refinery capable of producing one half million gallons annually. The winner: Canola, which can be grown in the Willamette Valley or in Eastern Oregon. The report is a great primer on seed crop production, and…

  • Port Recognized for Use of Biodiesel

    An article in yesterday’s Daily Journal of Commerce notes that the Port of Portland has received an American Association of Port Authorities’ (AAPA) comprehensive environmental management award. Part of the basis for the award is use of B20 biodiesel in all its vehicles.

  • A Glimmer of Hope from Wall Street

    This week’s Business Week has an interesting article suggesting that Wall Street is tripping over itself to invest in alternative energy technologies. But it also says that the results may be a while in coming. It likens this trend to investing in computers in the 1970’s.

  • Biofuels: Agriculture or Industry?

    According to an article in the Daily Journal of Commerce, siting of biofuel plants is complicated by how they should be treated under state land use law. Currently, Exclusive Farm Use zones may not allow these plants.