Can local growers cash in on the developing market for biofuels? Would going into farm-to-fuel crops be a sure bet or risky business? ...more

March 24, 2009

Verenium Corp. and Tampa-based Lykes Bros. unveiled plans Thursday to build the nation's first commercial cellulosic ethanol plant in Central Florida. ...more

January 16, 2009

Verenium Corp. and Tampa-based Lykes Brothers Inc. unveiled plans this morning to build the nation's first commercial cellulosic ethanol plant in central Florida. ...more

January 15, 2009

Driving to your Thanksgiving destination will cost a lot less this year. ...more

November 24, 2008

Falling fuel prices have forced the owners of a local factory that turns chicken fat into a diesel fuel additive to cut production in half from summertime levels. ...more

November 23, 2008

Motorists in the Tampa Bay area are paying a lot less for gasoline as growing supplies and weak demand push prices closer to $2 a gallon. ...more

November 10, 2008

TAMPA -- Pump prices in Tampa and elsewhere are falling, and industry observers say the trend is expected to continue, albeit at a much lower rate. In one month, the average price of a gallon of regular unleaded in the Tampa Bay area has plummeted 33 percent, or $1.20, to $2.41, AAA reported this morning. A year ago, local retailers were charging, on average, $2.93 a gallon for the same grade of fuel. ...more

November 3, 2008

The Tampa Port Authority board today approved the transfer of a lease option from Port Sutton Envirofuels, a Bay area company that intended to build an ethanol plant at the port, to GreenHunter Energy Inc of Houston, which intends to build a biodiesel fuel plant. ...more

October 21, 2008

Gasoline prices in the Tampa Bay area have plunged 28 cents a gallon in one week. ...more

October 13, 2008

Motorists are paying less at the pump as oil prices plunge amid decreased demand, and industry observers say the trend is expected to continue. ...more

October 6, 2008