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Ultra Green Energy Services LLC will celebrate the grand opening of a new biodiesel transload facility on May 16. The Whippany, N.J.-based facility features rail-to-truck transloading and red dye capabilities.... Read More

The past year has proven to be both challenging and successful for the Bioheat sector. While economic conditions and the expiration of the biodiesel tax credit have worked against growth in the industry, new mandates, increased public perception and new marketing initiatives have continued to edge the industry forward. As we move into the New Year... Read More

Surrounded by members of New York City's biodiesel industry, Mayor Michael Bloomberg signed Intro 194-A, validating a three-year struggle to bring biodiesel and heating oil together. The bill, originally sponsored by the Chairman of the New York City Council Environmental Protection Committee, James Gennaro, requires all grades of heating oil sold in the city to contain at least 2 percent biodiesel starting in October 2012... Read More

On Monday, August 16, 2010, New York City Mayor, Michael Bloomberg, signed in to law a mandate to blend biodiesel with all heating oil sold and used in all five boroughs of the city. "If Bioheat® can make it in New York, then Bioheat® can make it anywhere," says Daniel Falcone of Ultra Green... Read More

[UGES's Michael Cooper] tells a story about a client picking him up from New York's LaGuardia airport, asking Cooper straight away, "Which side is the penny on?" Meaning if they had to pay more for biodiesel than for heating oil, they wouldn't buy any of it; and if biodiesel was less than heating oil, they'd buy it all. "So I had to ask myself... Read More