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Next-generation biodiesel experience event

Next-generation biodiesel experience event. The photo shows participants from companies receiving an explanation about next-generation biofuels.=August 22,2025,Japan

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Next-generation biodiesel experience event

Next-generation biodiesel experience event. The photo shows a Mazda CX-80 vehicle.=August 22,2025,Japan

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Next-generation biodiesel experience event

Next-generation biodiesel experience event. Photo shows, from left: Kazunari Furukawa, Senior Vice President, External Affairs, Isuzu Motors; Kenichiro Hirano, Representative Director, Hirano Oil; Tetsuya Azuma, Director, Fuel Supply Infrastructure Development Division, Resources and Energy Agency; Nao Nitta, Senior Executive Officer, Company President, Euglena; and Takeji Kojima, Senior Managing Executive Officer and Chief Strategy Officer, Mazda.=August 22,2025,Japan

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Next-generation biodiesel experience event

Next-generation biodiesel experience event. The photo shows the Mazda CX-80 being refueled with next-generation biofuel.=August 22,2025,Japan

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Next-generation biodiesel experience event

Next-generation biodiesel experience event. The photo shows the Mazda CX-80 being refueled with next-generation biofuel.=August 22,2025,Japan

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Next-generation biodiesel experience event

Next-generation biodiesel experience event. The photo shows the Mazda CX-80 being refueled with next-generation biofuel.=August 22,2025,Japan

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Isuzu, euglena chiefs show off biodiesel fuel

TOKYO, Japan - Susumu Hosoi (L), president of Isuzu Motors Ltd., and Mitsuru Izumo, president of euglena Co., show off biodiesel fuel for automobiles in Tokyo on June 25, 2014.

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Biofuel vehicles for Dakar Rally

NAGOYA, Japan - Members of a Toyota Auto Body Co. team pose near their vehicles for the Dakar Rally in Chiba on Dec. 6, 2010. The team will take part in the off-road race through Argentina and Chile using vehicles powered only by biodiesel.

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Japan's first biodiesel train launched in Hyogo Pref.

KASAI, Japan - Photo taken Oct. 16, 2010, shows a train on the Hojo Railway line at Kasai in Hyogo Prefecture which runs on biodiesel fuel using used edible oil.

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Japan's first biodiesel train launched in Hyogo Pref.

KASAI, Japan - Nehime, a female monkey born in March who serves as a master at Hojomachi Station on the Hojo Railway line in Hyogo Prefecture, poses for photos besides a train in the city of Ono in the prefecture on Oct. 16, 2010. The railway company launched Japan's first biodiesel-fuel train service using used edible oil.

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Baby monkeys serve as stationmasters

KASAI, Japan - Rakan, a male monkey born in July who serves as a master at Hojomachi Station on the Hojo Railway line in Hyogo Prefecture, takes a ride on a train in Kasai on Oct. 16, 2010. The railway company launched the same day Japan's first biodiesel-fuel train service using used edible oil.

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Japan's first biodiesel train launched in Hyogo Pref.

KASAI, Japan - Chozo Nakagawa (L), the mayor of Kasai in Hyogo Prefecture who serves as a master at Hojomachi Station on the Hojo Railway line, holds bottles containing biodiesel fuel in a photo session in Kasai on Oct. 16, 2010, with two baby monkeys (R) who also take the role of stationmasters.

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Shiga gas station sells biofuel made from used vegetable oil

TOYOSATO, Japan - A gas station in Toyosato, Shiga Prefecture, has become the main recycling base for the local community as it is manufacturing and selling the low-emission biodiesel made from used vegetable oil.

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Boat fueled with biodiesel

Tokyo Gov. Yuriko Koike (C) enjoys a promotional cruise along Tokyo's Sumida River on a biodiesel-powered yakatabune houseboat on Sept. 6, 2022. The boat uses fuel made from used edible oil and euglena microalgae.

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2 die in explosion at biofuel plant in northern Spain

STORY: 2 die in explosion at biofuel plant in northern Spain DATELINE: May 27, 2022 LENGTH: 00:00:32 LOCATION: Madrid CATEGORY: OTHERS SHOTLIST: 1. various of site of the explosion 2. various of the explosion site (courtesy of the Civil Guard) STORYLINE: Two people died on Thursday in an explosion at a plant making biodiesel on the outskirts of the city of Calahorra in the La Rioja region of northern Spain, local emergency services said. The explosion happened at around 12:55 local time (1155 GMT) and the area was evacuated with a security perimeter set up one kilometer away from the explosion. The two people killed are believed to be workers from a different company other than from the biodiesel plant. No injuries were reported. Some 250 school children from the city of Zaragoza were among those evacuated. They were on a day-trip visiting the nearby Tierra Rapaz nature park. Members of the fire departments from Calahorra and Logrono were at the scene along with members of the local police and Civil

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Innovative plant produces biodiesel for public transport in Mexico City

STORY: Innovative plant produces biodiesel for public transport in Mexico City DATELINE: April 30, 2022 LENGTH: 0:01:55 LOCATION: Mexico City CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the plant producing biodiesel 2. SOUNDBITE (Spanish): RUBI GUZMAN, Supervising Engineer at Biodiesel Plant in Mexico STORYLINE: The Central de Abastos in Mexico City, a plant that processes vegetable oil has been producing a biodiesel additive that can be used in public transport. SOUNDBITE (Spanish): RUBI GUZMAN, Supervising Engineer at Biodiesel Plant in Mexico "This plant has the objective of valuing used vegetable oil, which is a residual of special management, in order to convert itself into a higher-value product. In this case it is a bio-additive. This is a product that is utilized in diesel units, mixed in different proportions, along with fossil fuels. This offers a series of environmental, mechanical and economic advantages due to the use of this product." Commonly, used vegetable oil is simply thrown down the dr

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Shiga gas station sells biofuel made from used vegetable oil

TOYOSATO, Japan - A gas station in Toyosato, Shiga Prefecture, has become the main recycling base for the local community as it is manufacturing and selling the low-emission biodiesel made from used vegetable oil. (Kyodo)

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Japan's first biodiesel train launched in Hyogo Pref.

KASAI, Japan - Photo taken Oct. 16, 2010, shows a train on the Hojo Railway line at Kasai in Hyogo Prefecture which runs on biodiesel fuel using used edible oil. (Kyodo)

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Japan's first biodiesel train launched in Hyogo Pref.

KASAI, Japan - Chozo Nakagawa (L), the mayor of Kasai in Hyogo Prefecture who serves as a master at Hojomachi Station on the Hojo Railway line, holds bottles containing biodiesel fuel in a photo session in Kasai on Oct. 16, 2010, with two baby monkeys (R) who also take the role of stationmasters. (Kyodo)

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Japan's first biodiesel train launched in Hyogo Pref.

KASAI, Japan - Nehime, a female monkey born in March who serves as a master at Hojomachi Station on the Hojo Railway line in Hyogo Prefecture, poses for photos besides a train in the city of Ono in the prefecture on Oct. 16, 2010. The railway company launched Japan's first biodiesel-fuel train service using used edible oil. (Kyodo)

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Baby monkeys serve as stationmasters

KASAI, Japan - Rakan, a male monkey born in July who serves as a master at Hojomachi Station on the Hojo Railway line in Hyogo Prefecture, takes a ride on a train in Kasai on Oct. 16, 2010. The railway company launched the same day Japan's first biodiesel-fuel train service using used edible oil. (Kyodo)

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Isuzu, euglena chiefs show off biodiesel fuel

TOKYO, Japan - Susumu Hosoi (L), president of Isuzu Motors Ltd., and Mitsuru Izumo, president of euglena Co., show off biodiesel fuel for automobiles in Tokyo on June 25, 2014. (Kyodo)

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Biofuel vehicles for Dakar Rally

NAGOYA, Japan - Members of a Toyota Auto Body Co. team pose near their vehicles for the Dakar Rally in Chiba on Dec. 6, 2010. The team will take part in the off-road race through Argentina and Chile using vehicles powered only by biodiesel. (Kyodo)