Ethanol Technology | Ethanol Fuels News for 02/07/2009



Why sustainable power is unsustainable
Renewable energy needs to become a lot more renewable a theme that emerged at the Financial Times Energy Conference in London this week...

E-Fuel and Sierra Nevada Brewing Co. Join Forces to Deliver Green and . - Earthtimes
LOS GATOS, Calif. - (Business Wire) The E-Fuel Corporation has reached an agreement with the Sierra Nevada Brewing Co. to create high-grade ethanol fuel from discarded beer yeast. E-Fuel, the inventor of the worlds first home ethanol system ...

Ricardo Technology Achieves Breakthrough Efficiency for Ethanol-fueled Engines (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance)
diesel levels; reduces operational costs compared to current fuels..

From Driving Today
The most pivotal vehicles of 2009 Against a backdrop of economic uncertainty and new green technologies, here are the six vehicle introductions that will be the most pivotal to the success of the auto industry ...

Research and Markets: Profitability of Ethanol Production in the US . - Businesswire.com
DUBLIN, Ireland--( BUSINESS WIRE )-- Research and Markets ( http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/99e8d8/profitability_of_e ) has announced the addition of GlobalData's new report "Profitability of Ethanol Production in the US - A Producer's ...

State drive to 20% ethanol may stall (Pioneer Press)
Gov. Tim Pawlenty's dream of raising Minnesota's ethanol mandate to 20 percent from 10 percent has hit an unexpected pothole...

Agriculture Secretary in Talks to Raise Ethanol Blend - Bloomberg

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Agriculture Secretary in Talks to Raise Ethanol Blend
Bloomberg - 15 hours ago
The US recession exacerbated an ethanol supply glut as demand for transportation fuels dropped. Ethanol futures prices in Chicago touched a five-week low .
SECRETARY VILSACK TO BE 2009 AGRICULTURAL OUTLOOK FORUM'S KEYNOTE . USDA.gov (press release)
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Genius Investor Dumps BlueFire Ethanol Fuels | BNET Energy Blog | BNET
BNET Energy provides daily news coverage for managers and executives in the energy industry, with coverage on major utilies, oil companies, and clean tech and renewable energy businesses...

Domestic Fuel » Archives » Ethanol Fuels Big Three Bail Out Caravan
Ethanol Fuels Big Three Bail Out Caravan. Posted by Cindy Zimmerman. The Big Three auto makers traveled to Washington this week to ask for a bailout in fuel efficient, high mileage cars, including flex fuel vehicles that ...

Renewable fuels still vital to economy, report claims (Shenandoah Valley News Today)
Nearly 500 representatives of Iowa's renewable fuels industries gathered at Johnston this week to take stock of the effects that the changing economy is having on the business...

Renewable fuels still vital to economy, report claims - Valley News Today

Renewable fuels still vital to economy, report claims
Valley News Today, IA - 3 hours ago
They found that in spite of problems such as the recent bankruptcy of ethanol producer Vera Sun, renewable fuels still add billions of dollars to the Iowa .
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Maui Weather Today » Hawaiian Islands weather details & Aloha .
The next generation of so-called cellulosic bio-ethanol fuels costs 19 cents to 32 cents, depending on the technology and type of raw materials used. These are experimental fuels made from woody crops that typically do ...

MGP Ingredients to end ethanol production - News-Democrat
KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- MGP Ingredients Inc. said Tuesday it plans to leave the ethanol business and will temporarily shut down distillery operations in Illinois, requiring the temporary layoffs of 79 workers. It also warned in a securities filing that ...

Gas prices take biofuels for ride - St. Joseph News-Press

Gas prices take biofuels for ride
St. Joseph News-Press, MO - 2 hours ago
But with crude oil prices down around $40 a barrel, alternative fuels are not as attractive. EURœThe industry has reached the point now where ethanol .
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Obama names Doerr, Phillips to economic board
Two Silicon Valley leaders have been appointed by President Obama to a 16-person committee that's charged with offering economic advice during what has become an unusually sharp and deep recession...

Senate holds hearing on bill to repeal ethanol blend requirements - Daily News
A Missouri senator thinks corn grown in our state belongs in feed troughs, not in our gas tanks. Sen. Matt Bartle, R-Lees Summit, has filed a bill that would repeal the 10 blend requirement for Missouri gas station owners. Under current law, gas ...

Biofuels in the U.S. a " Challenges and Opportunities
Renewable Energy , Vol. 34, No. 1. , pp. 14-22. Abstract Biofuels are of rapidly growing interest for reasons of energy security, diversity, and sustainability - " as well as for greenhouse gas mitigation...

Refiners warn US Senate stimulus bill may pre-empt EPA on ethanol
The economic stimulus bill now being debated in the US Senate might take out of the Environmental Protection Agency's hands a decision on whether to boost the current 10% blending cap for ethanol, refiners and ...

State drive to 20% ethanol may stall - Pioneer Press
Gov. Tim Pawlenty's dream of raising Minnesota's ethanol mandate to 20 percent from 10 percent has hit an unexpected pothole. Turns out, most gas pumps in Minnesota aren't certified to handle more than a 10 percent ethanol blend. Without that ...

Agriculture Secretary in Talks to Raise Ethanol Blend (Update1) - Bloomberg
Feb. 6 (Bloomberg) -- The Agriculture Department is in discussions with the Environmental Protection Agency about raising the amount of ethanol blended into the U.S. gasoline supply, U.S. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack said. About 21 percent of ...

BlueFire Issues Annual Letter to the Shareholders
IRVINE, CA--(MARKET WIRE)--Dec 23, 2008 -- BlueFire Ethanol Fuels, Inc. (OTC BB:BFRE.OB - News) CEO and President Arnold R. Klann issues the following letter to the company's shareholders: Dear Fellow Shareholders: ...

The Stimulus: Are "Green Jobs" Corporate Welfare?
We've examined how Obama has sold "green jobs" spending in the stimulus as a way to jolt some life into the entrepreneurial sector...

Ethanol plant off to 'smooth' start (The Brantford Expositor)
A solid first quarter of production and sales is giving the leaders of a farmer-led co-operative confidence that their new ethanol plant in Aylmer is [.]..

Another Study Exposes Bio-Fuel Scam - CounterPunch

Another Study Exposes Bio-Fuel Scam
CounterPunch, CA - 11 hours ago
According to the Renewable Fuels Association, the US now has 12.3 billion gallons of ethanol production capacity. Thus, about 16.1 percent of all the .
Corn-based ethanol worse than gasoline, enviro study says The New Mexico Independent
U of M study: Corn ethanol no better than gas and weather
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The plus and minus of economy
With the recent proposed revisions to the fuel economy standards in the U.S., a lot of people are talking about the importance of switching off to electrical power for our vehicles as an easy way meet those ...

Form the Driver's Seat: Mindset key to lower fuel use
With the recent proposed revisions to the fuel economy standards in the U.S., a lot of people are talking about the importance of switching off to electrical power for our vehicles as an easy way meet those ...

Ethanol plant project not dead yet (The Morning Sun)
Even though no work has taken place on the $230 million Liberty Renewable Fuels ethanol plant just east of Ithaca since 2007, company officials still aren't giving up hope of completing the facility...

Interest sags in ethanol as fuel - Billings Gazette
It was supposed to be the fuel propelling Montana into the future, but years after its big debut, ethanol seems to have left the Treasure State in its dust. "I don't know what's needed to make it happen," said Shirley Ball, an ethanol advocate since ...

For two problems, one simple solution
Paul Bunyan would love it that the Minnesota State Capitol is one of only two in the nation heated with wood...

Technology Achieves Breakthrough Efficiency for Ethanol Engines
Technology Achieves Breakthrough Efficiency for Ethanol Engines A VAN BUREN TWP., Mich., Feb...

WTCC Switches To 2G Bio-Fuel
In 2009, the WTCC gives a further contribution to make motor sport more eco-friendly by starting the season in Brazil with the whole field powered by second generation bio-fuel. During the winter tests, teams ...

Brewer to turn beer suds into car fuel - CNET News
EFuel100's MicroFueler, a home ethanol maker now being used by brewer Sierra Nevada. (Credit: Caroline McCarthy/CNET Networks) The inventor of the EFuel100 MicroFueler home ethanol maker has signed on Sierra Nevada Brewing to make ethanol from beer ...

Agriculture Secretary in Talks to Raise Ethanol Blend (Update1) (Bloomberg)
Feb. 6 (Bloomberg) -- The Agriculture Department is in discussions with the Environmental Protection Agency about raising the amount of ethanol blended into the U.S. gasoline supply, U.S. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack said...

Brewery converts beer waste into ethanol fuel (TG Daily)
Next time you enjoy a microbrew you might find it even a little more tasty knowing the discarded beer yeast used to make it helps with the creation of eco-friendly fuels. That's the idea, anyhow, behind a partnership between an ethanol gas company and a California brewery...

Culver offers upbeat message for future
Governor focuses on opportunities rather than economic crisis. By CHRISTINIA CRIPPES ccrippes@thehawkeye.com A new addition to the governor's home brought an extra Buck into the state of Iowa...

VeraSun Energy Obtains 'Stalking Horse' Bid from Valero for Five.
VeraSun Energy Corporation today announced that the Company filed a Bid Procedures and Sale Motion in the United States Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware seeking authority to sell substantially all ...

Ethanol Fuels Not Only Engines, But Also Urology Benefits .
Biodiesel stocks, ethanol stocks, biodiesel and ethanol plants, trends, and industry news...

Brewery converts beer waste into ethanol fuel - TG Daily

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Brewery converts beer waste into ethanol fuel
TG Daily - Feb 4, 2009
That's the idea, anyhow, behind a partnership between an ethanol gas company and a California brewery. E-Fuel, a maker of home ethanol systems, .
3 Gross Green Fuels That are Powering Vehicles Now U.S. News & World Report
Beer fuels you, left over beer fuels your car CrunchGear
Left over beer fuels cars Slippery Brick
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Performance, emission and combustion characteristics of a compression .
Abstract Biomass derived fuels are preferred as alternate fuels for I.C Engines due to their abundant availability and renewable nature...

Types of Ethanol Fuels.
Usually the substance is gasoline, which no one in their right mind would consider drinking. Many people are unaware that there are three different types of ethanol fuels that can be used in vehicles. Tags: ethanol fuels, ethanol fuels, ...

"Green Is in the Eye of the Beholder" - Washington Post

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"Green Is in the Eye of the Beholder"
Washington Post, United States - 5 hours ago
There are about 6 million vehicles that can run on either gasoline or E85 Ethanol fuel. These are made by manufacturers specifically to be flexible fuel. .
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Domestic Fuel » Archives » Retailer to Add 150 Ethanol Outlets
EURœThis capability is a significant step toward increasing the distribution of eco-friendly fuels, particularly because many states are beginning to mandate dedicated hoses for high-ratio ethanol fuels,EUR Scott Negley, director of Dresser ...

Agriculture Department in Talks About Raising Ethanol Blend (Bloomberg)
Feb. 6 (Bloomberg) -- The Agriculture Department is in discussions with the Environmental Protection Agency about raising the amount of ethanol blended into the U.S. gasoline supply, Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack said...

Ricardo Technology Achieves Breakthrough Efficiency for Ethanol . - PR Newswire (press release)

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Ricardo Technology Achieves Breakthrough Efficiency for Ethanol .
PR Newswire (press release), NY - 18 hours ago
"The combination of technologies we're applying to the EBDI engine make the most of ethanol's advantages over other fuels, which include a higher octane .
Ricardo Engine Technology Poses Potential Advancement for Ethanol Ward's Auto (subscription)
US: Ricardo unveils Ethanol Boosted Direct Injection system Automotive World (subscription)
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BioFuels Journal - News & Information for the Ethanol and .
Toyota Motor Sales USA, Inc., announced last month a recall of more than 200000 luxury Lexus vehicles because EURœsome ethanol fuels with a low moisture content may corrode the internal surface of the fuel delivery pipes,EUR ...

Alternative Energy's Banner Year Ends with a Clang
The quick turnaround shows how rapidly the global economy deteriorated and how fast money for alternative energy dried up...

Corn Ethanol Worse Than Gasoline: ITOTD | TakePart Social Action .
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Govt, oil firms ready for bio-fuel law today (Manila Standard Today)
The Energy Department expects a smooth implementation of the bio-fuels program, which requires a 2-percent biodiesel blend and 10-percent ethanol blend for gasoline, starting today...

Big-name spokesman joins push for ethanol - Sioux Falls Argus Leader

Big-name spokesman joins push for ethanol
Sioux Falls Argus Leader, SD - Feb 6, 2009
Wesley Clark for deployment into the ethanol arena, spearheading an effort to create jobs and boost the economy through renewable fuel technologies. .
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Gas prices take biofuels for ride
Home << Local << Gas prices take biofuels for ride MGP in Atchison, Kan., uses much of the alcohol they manufacture in food products...

BlueFire Ethanol to Present at Next Generation Biofuels Conference - PR Inside
BlueFire Ethanol Fuels, Inc. (OTC BB:BFRE.OB), a company changing the world's transportation fuel paradigm through the production of ethanol from non-food cellulosic wastes, has announced that the company's President and CEO, Arnold Klann, will ...

State drive to 20% ethanol may stall
Gov. Tim Pawlenty's dream of raising Minnesota's ethanol mandate to 20 percent from 10 percent has hit an unexpected pothole...

Ethanol Blending Requirement May Be Raised to Revive Demand, Vilsack Says
The Agriculture Department is in discussions with the Environmental Protection Agency about raising the amount of ethanol blended into the U.S. gasoline supply, U.S. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack said...

Interest sags in ethanol as fuel - Billings Gazette

Interest sags in ethanol as fuel
Billings Gazette,  USA - Feb 2, 2009
He said: "The future of Montana energy will be a future made in part with ethanol fuel." Ethanol's role in Montana's energy future appears smaller today .
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Big-name spokesman joins push for ethanol (The Argus Leader)
Growth Energy has turned to retired U.S. Army Gen. Wesley Clark for deployment into the ethanol arena, spearheading an effort to create jobs and boost the economy through renewable fuel technologies. Clark was named co-chairman of the public policy organization formed in November by four leading Midwest ethanol producers, including Jeff Broin, chief executive officer of Sioux Falls-based Poet. ...

ADM ethanol production sinks 21% - CNN Money
CHICAGO (Reuters) -- U.S. ethanol producer and grain processor Archer Daniels Midland Co. said Tuesday nearly 21% of U.S. ethanol production capacity has been shut due to weak demand and poor margins. U.S. ethanol plants with a production capacity of ...

No Deliveries From Oil Supplier in Ethanol Partnership - Domestic Fuel

No Deliveries From Oil Supplier in Ethanol Partnership
Domestic Fuel, MO - 9 hours ago
An oil distributor that is part of a recently-announced joint venture with POET and ICM to deliver new generation fuels caused some panic this week when it .
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Europe's Ricardo claims breakthrough in ethanol engine efficiency
Company says system reaches near-diesel levels of efficiency, and reduces operational costs...

No Deliveries From Oil Supplier in Ethanol Partnership
An oil distributor that is part of a recently-announced joint venture with POET and ICM to deliver new generation fuels caused some panic this week when it failed to deliver old generation fuel to gas stations ...

Investing in Alternative Ethanol Fuels
What is happening to the ethanol business in the US? What did we get for the increase in grocery prices? Not much except for a higher cost of living and no corn. Ask anyone in the restaurant business what they think. ...



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