Testa's even converting his trucks to bio-diesel fuel. The project covers nearly 13 acres on a long vacant site that used to have meat packers. Construction started in February and Testa hopes to move his 130-employee company from 1501 S. Read More

He cited the Chariton Valley Biomass Project, a native grasses as bio-fuel experiment in Iowa, used 31,568 bales generated 100 percent electricity for 1,874 homes for one year. Convery, who thinks Virginia sets a good stage for the crop because of ... Read More

Emily Zoladz | The Grand Rapids Press Rev. Ronald Nyudam, of Grand Rapids, right, gets into one of Metro Cab's new bio-diesel fueled VW Jettas as Metro driver Bryan Kenez, of Kentwood, left, prepares to take off Monday at the Gerald R. Ford ... Read More

National journalist and Pulitzer Prize winning author Thomas Friedman recently penned an excellent and timely column applauding U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham's efforts to break the congressional impasse over national energy policy. Most people recognize ... Read More

DES MOINES -- The Iowa Senate voted Tuesday to allow MidAmerican Energy Co. to boost electric consumer rates by $15 million to study the feasibility of building a nuclear plant in Iowa to generate electrical power. House File 2399, which passed on a ... Read More

DES MOINES – The Iowa Senate voted Tuesday to allow MidAmerican Energy Co. to boost electric consumer rates by $15 million to study the feasibility of building a nuclear plant in Iowa to generate electrical power. House File 2399, which passed on a ... Read More

Also Tuesday, Iowa senators voted 35-14 to send Gov. Chet Culver a ‘trailing spouse” measure that expands unemployment insurance benefits for the spouses of deployed soldiers. Typically, workers who voluntarily leave their jobs aren’t eligible ... Read More

This is just 4/10ths of 1% of the total petroleum-based fuel production. *Africa's ethanol production makes up only 1% of the total global output. *Biofuel is a renewable energy source, but concerns have been raised because the crops needed to make ... Read More

TALLAHASSEE -- Four Oak Hall High School science students received a lesson in government Tuesday when they persuaded a Senate committee to approve a measure designed to cut government red tape. The students developed a process to take used cooking ... Read More

Local farmers and scientists are promoting a form of fuel that you can grow in your backyard... called switchgrass. It's a tall warm season grass, when in pellet form, can burn as a clean form of energy in boilers or furnaces. Mary Baldwin College ... Read More