Each Wednesday afternoon, Biodiesel Magazine's editorial team brings you industry news and plant data followed by insightful discussions with staff writers, foreign correspondents, technical experts and industry insiders. From process technology to project finance, transportation to trade - you'll hear it here first.
Latest Episodes
Price Discovery
Biodiesel Magazine Associate Editor Nicholas Zeman discusses his September feature on biodiesel price discovery.
August 12, 2009 at 09:43 AM CST
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Biodiesel Magazine Assistant Editor Susanne Retka Schill discusses recent biodiesel plant startups.
August 5, 2009 at 09:56 AM CST
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Biodiesel Magazine Associate Editor Nicholas Zeman discusses his latest feature on proposed biodiesel plants.
July 28, 2009 at 04:09 PM CST
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Biodiesel Magazine Assistant Editor Susanne Retka Schill discusses recent developments in algae research.
July 22, 2009 at 09:36 AM CST
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Biodiesel Magazine Associate Editor Nicholas Zeman discusses his August feature on diesel vehicles.
July 15, 2009 at 09:49 AM CST
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Biodiesel Magazine Associate Editor Susanne Retka Schill talks with National Biodiesel Board's Washington Communications Director Michael Frolich about changes to their website.
July 8, 2009 at 09:19 AM CST
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Biodiesel Magazine Assistant Editor Susanne Retka Schill discusses California's Low Carbon Fuel Standard.
July 1, 2009 at 10:20 AM CST
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Biodiesel Magazine Associate Editor Nicholas Zeman talks about his August feature on the disappearance of Rudolph Diesel.
June 24, 2009 at 09:23 AM CST
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Biodiesel Radio talks with Illinois extension economist Darrel Good about the outlook for soybeans in the USDA's latest supply and demand report.
June 17, 2009 at 09:39 AM CST
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Biodiesel Magazine Assistant Editor Susanne Retka Schill talks about Catalin's solid catalyst, T300.
June 10, 2009 at 09:43 AM CST
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Biodiesel Magazine editor Ron Kotrba talks with assistant editor Susanne Retka Schill about the EPA's proposed RFS2 rule.
June 3, 2009 at 09:30 AM CST
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Associate Editor Nicholas Zeman talks about the future of ASTM standards.
May 27, 2009 at 11:45 AM CST
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Biodiesel Magazine Assistant Editor Susanne Retka Schill discusses the ups and downs of the German biodiesel industry.
May 20, 2009 at 08:31 AM CST
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Biodiesel Magazine Associate Editor Nicholas Zeman discusses his article on GreenPeace's position on soy-based biodiesel and it's potential role on Amazon deforestation.
May 13, 2009 at 09:35 AM CST
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Biodiesel Magazine associate editor Anna Austin discusses her June feature, "Bleeding Green," which highlights the LEED system.
May 6, 2009 at 09:34 AM CST
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Kris Bevill talks about her May feature, "Modular Production: Co-locating Plant and Feedstock," which discusses an emerging biodiesel industry trend of using modular production units placed close to feedstock sources.
April 29, 2009 at 09:59 AM CST
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Biodiesel Magazine Editor Ron Kotrba talks about his May feature, "'Cold Soak' or Wet Blanket?", a critique of sorts on the Cold Soak Filtration Test method.
April 22, 2009 at 09:32 AM CST
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Biodiesel Magazine Associate Editor Susanne Retka Schill discusses her May feature, "Mission Jatropha", which highlights a company's unique plans of developing jatropha in India.
April 15, 2009 at 09:35 AM CST
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Staff Writer Susanne Retka Schill talks about how sustainability concerns pertain to the biodiesel industry.
March 25, 2009 at 12:15 PM CST
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Staff Writer Kris Bevill talks about biodiesel blender pumps.
March 18, 2009 at 09:16 AM CST
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Staff Writer Erin Voegele talks about President Obama's energy strategy and the cabinet he's forming to meet those goals.
March 11, 2009 at 10:38 AM CST
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Managing Editor Jessica Sobolik highlights more details of the National Biodiesel Conference with Senior Staff Writer Ron Kotrba.
March 4, 2009 at 11:01 AM CST
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Senior Staff Writer Ron Kotrba talks about the use of multiple feedstocks in a biodiesel plant.
February 25, 2009 at 12:06 PM CST
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Staff Writer Susanne Retka Schill discusses research that explores turning coffee ground into biodiesel.
February 18, 2009 at 09:44 AM CST
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Staff Writer Erin Voegele talks about new uses for glycerin
February 11, 2009 at 09:48 AM CST
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Staff Writer Ron Kotrba joins us from the National Biodiesel Conference in San Francisco.
February 5, 2009 at 09:49 AM CST
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National Biodiesel Board Communications Director Jenna Higgins talks about the upcoming National Biodiesel Conference and Expo that will be held in San Francisco February 1st - 4th.
January 28, 2009 at 11:34 AM CST
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Staff Writer Susanne Retka Schill talks about the market potential of different types of meal resulting from biodiesel production.
January 21, 2009 at 09:38 AM CST
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Senior Staff Writer Ron Kotrba discusses biodiesel distribution infrastructure, including trucking and the future of pipelines.
January 14, 2009 at 11:17 AM CST
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Staff Writer Erin Voegele talks about San Francisco's experiences with biodiesel. San Francisco will host the 2009 National Biodiesel Conference in February.
January 7, 2009 at 12:02 PM CST
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Staff Writer Susanne Retka Schill discusses a new potential biodiesel feedstock. The Chinese Tallow Tree
December 31, 2008 at 10:38 AM CST
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Senior Staff Writer Ron Kotrba talks about New York City's pending Bioheat Legislation
December 24, 2008 at 09:20 AM CST
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Staff writer Erin Voegele gives an insight on bioheat.
December 17, 2008 at 09:18 AM CST
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Staff Writer Kris Bevill discusses the changes that Congress recently made to the biodiesel tax incentive.
December 10, 2008 at 09:20 AM CST
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Senior Staff Writer Ron Kotrba talks about aspects of the 2009 biomass-based diesel requirements, part of the renewable fuels standard.
December 3, 2008 at 09:34 AM CST
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Staff Writer Kris Bevill talks about the issues and challenges the biodiesel industry may face in 2009.
November 26, 2008 at 08:50 AM CST
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Staff Writer Erin Voegele discusses the role that the biodiesel byproduct glycerin may play in 2009.
November 19, 2008 at 09:49 AM CST
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Staff Writer Susanne Retka Schill talks about the soybean market outlook.
November 12, 2008 at 10:58 AM CST
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Staff Writer Kris Bevill talks about the logistical challenges of using grease for biodiesel production.
November 5, 2008 at 09:36 AM CST
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Senior Staff Writer Ron Kotrba talks about how the biodiesel industry uses animal fats from the rendering industry as a feedstock.
October 29, 2008 at 09:49 AM CST
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Download mp3Has Camelina Reached Commercial Scale?
Staff Writer Susanne Retka Schill talks about the latest developments of the oilseed crop and potential biodiesel feedstock, camelina.
October 22, 2008 at 09:46 AM CST
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Contributions Editor Dave Nilles discusses RFS compliance with Bill Newman, partner-in-charge of Weaver & Tidwell's attestation practice.
October 15, 2008 at 09:51 AM CST
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Staff Writer Ryan Christiansen talks about biodiesel projects being conducted at various universities nationwide.
October 8, 2008 at 09:46 AM CST
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Staff Writer Kris Bevill talks about handling hot work hazards and biodiesel plant safety.
October 1, 2008 at 09:28 AM CST
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Staff Writer Jerry Kram talks about Novozymes and its development of biodiesel-specific enzymes.
September 24, 2008 at 10:37 AM CST
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Staff Writer Susanne Retka Schill talks about the viability of wastewater as a biodiesel feedstock.
September 17, 2008 at 09:48 AM CST
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Dave Nilles interivews First Capital Management's Will Babler about risk management strategies for an increasingly volatile biodiesel market.
September 10, 2008 at 09:42 AM CST
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BBI International Author Jeff Coombe discusses his recently released report titled, "Technologies for Commercial Production of Algae." The report is available online at http://store.bbiinternational.com.
September 3, 2008 at 11:28 AM CST
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Managing Editor, Jessica Sobolik, catches up with REG's CEO, Daniel Oh, to talk about REG's new scalable, commercial algae-to-biodiesel production technology that refines and produces large volumes of high-quality biodiesel from algae.
August 27, 2008 at 09:47 AM CST
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Kris Bevill talks about Producer's Choice Soy Energy, a biodiesel producer with a soybean-crushing facility on-site.
August 20, 2008 at 09:43 AM CST
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Managing Editor Jessica Sobolik and Plant & Construction Editor Craig Johnson dissect the 2008 Proposed Plant List.
August 13, 2008 at 10:16 AM CST
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Senior Staff Writer Ron Kotrba talks about global diesel fuel demand and how that correlates with the price difference between diesel and gasoline.
August 6, 2008 at 09:38 AM CST
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Managing Editor Jessica Sobolik talks with Contributions Editor Dave Nilles about corn oil extraction.
July 30, 2008 at 09:56 AM CST
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Kris Bevill investigates the rise in grease thefts for the production of biodiesel.
July 23, 2008 at 09:45 AM CST
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Staff Writer Jerry Kram talks about his August Biodiesel Magazine feature that focuses on the possibility of using aquaculture waste to fertilize algae, a biodiesel feedstock.
July 16, 2008 at 10:47 AM CST
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Download mp3Oilman Makes Biodiesel Work
Staff Writer Kris Bevill recently visited the headquarters of Nova Biosource Fuels Inc. in Houston, Texas. The company is lead by former oil executive Ken Hern and employs many former oil company employees. This is a strategy they hope they can use to their advantage.
July 9, 2008 at 12:09 PM CST
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Managing Editor, Jessica Sobolik, interviews Staff Writer, Susanne Retka Schill, about her recent trip to the International Palm Oil Sustainability Conference in Malaysia.
July 2, 2008 at 11:53 AM CST




