Ethanol Technology | Ethanol Fuels News for 02/10/2009



USDA pushing EPA for more ethanol in gasoline - Reuters
WASHINGTON, Feb 10 (Reuters) - The Environmental Protection Agency should raise the amount of ethanol it requires to be blended with gasoline in order to help the U.S. ethanol industry, Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack said on Tuesday. The U.S ...

Energy execs: More fuel-efficient cars should be first priority - Dallas Morning News

Energy execs: More fuel-efficient cars should be first priority
Dallas Morning News, TX - 2 hours ago
By next year, half of the vehicles GM makes will be flex-fuel, meaning they can run on an ethanol blend or gasoline. Next, year, GM also plans to introduce .
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Biofuels to the Rescue EUR” If the Recipe Is Found - New York Times

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Biofuels to the Rescue EUR” If the Recipe Is Found
New York Times, United States - 4 hours ago
By Matthew L. Wald Government researchers, along with General Motors, now say that cellulosic ethanol can significantly displace gasoline by 2030. .
Biofuels can reduce US petroleum dependence: study Xinhua
Sandia's 90 billlion gallon/year of Biofuel For 2030 Plan Next Big Future
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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, .
Left over beer fuels cars Slippery Brick
3 Gross Green Fuels That are Powering Vehicles Now U.S. News & World Report
Geschreven door Frank Crooze.fm
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VeraSun Energy files motion to sell all of its assets
VeraSun Energy files motion to sell all of its assets Feb. 10, 2009 SIOUX FALLS, S.D. -- VeraSun Energy Corp...

Biofuels study says 90 billion gallons by 2030 doable - Lincoln Journal Star
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. EUR” The U.S. could produce enough ethanol to displace nearly a third of all gasoline use by 2030, but gas would have to cost more than it does today for the plan to work, according to a study released Tuesday by Sandia National ...

Biofuels can provide viable, sustainable solution to reducing petroleum dependence
An in-depth study by Sandia National Laboratories and General Motors Corp. has found that plant and forestry waste and dedicated energy crops could sustainably replace nearly a third of gasoline use by the year ...

Increasing ethanol blends hits a snag - Feedstuffs

Increasing ethanol blends hits a snag
Feedstuffs, MN - Feb 9, 2009
The ethanol industry sees the move to higher blends as crucial to ensure a market for the increased Renewable Fuels Standard ( RFS ) as well as the needed .
Minnesota's drive to E20 hits snag Brownfield
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Oil Crosses Over Into The Ethanol Business - WCCO
The nation's renewable fuel standard ensures demand for ethanol by calling for 11.1 billion gallons of renewable fuel to be blended into gasoline this year. (File) If federal renewable fuel mandates require ethanol to be mixed into gasoline, the ...

Sun sets on ethanol joint venture (Calgary Sun)
Lignol Energy Corp. says it's suspending plans to develop an US$80 million ethanol plant with Suncor Energy due to unstable energy prices and shaky capital markets...

Ethanol industry could get boost by increasing blend - Grand Island Independent

Ethanol industry could get boost by increasing blend
Grand Island Independent, NE - 19 hours ago
While all vehicles are authorized to use unleaded and E10, only cars that are designated flex-fuel vehicles can fill up with the higher ethanol blends of .
USDA pushing EPA for more ethanol in gasoline Reuters UK
Agriculture Secretary in Talks to Raise Ethanol Blend Energy Tribune
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China could take lead on cellulosic-Novozymes
China could lead the world on production of next-generation cellulosic ethanol by 2013 as the country moves quickly to alternative motor fuels, the chief executive of the world's biggest producer of industrial ...

Tally of Reports on Ethanol Scam.
A couple days ago, I published a piece listing 14 studies that have exposed the high costs of the ethanol scam...

New biofuels study sees 90 billion gallons of ethanol possible by 2030 - Chicago Tribune
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) EUR” The U.S. could produce enough ethanol to displace nearly a third of all gasoline use by 2030, but gas would have to cost more than it does today for the plan to work, according to a study released Tuesday by Sandia National ...

Post Bag Truth about gasohol
Re: "Alcoholic, but not anonymous" by Wiwat Chang. I had a hard time stomaching his arguments, which took no account of the renewable energy resources in Thailand that sugarcane to ethanol refining can do for ...

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. ...

Wind farm and wood-to-ethanol plant proposed for Muskegon brownfield - MLive.com
Muskegon County may see its biggest development project in years if an alternative energy proposal by a Plymouth engineer gets funding. Kristapher Mixell, who incorporated as Full Circle Development Inc. just last week, is scheduled to lay out plans ...

Waco company hopes to make fuel from candy waste, cow manure - Longview News-Journal
Ethanol has gotten a bad rap in recent years, blamed for guzzling too much energy and grain. But a Waco start-up business called EQMA hopes to restore the fuel's environmental credibility by brewing it from candy waste and cow manure. The company is ...

State is well-positioned for progressive fields
Not so long ago, the concept of 'green jobs' was little more than a nice idea. It sounded good, but it was abstract...

Crescent Oil files for bankruptcy
Crescent Oil, which recently joined a partnership that included ICM, has filed for bankruptcy...

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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Disadvantages of Ethanol Fuel.
Ethanol is alcohol that is used in beverages however before being turned into fuel a denaturant like gasoline is added to the mix. Tags: disadvantages of ethanol, ethanol fuels, ethanol technology...

Biofuels at the U: From crops to your car (The Minnesota Daily)
As politicians and environmentalists clamor for the development of new, alternative fuels, scientists and researchers across the country are working to develop and analyze new biofuels. read more..

Ethanol fuel mix has Pinellas boat owners sputtering - Tampabay.com

Ethanol fuel mix has Pinellas boat owners sputtering
Tampabay.com, FL - Feb 7, 2009
The ethanol that pushed its way into Florida's gas tanks last year has rotted out fuel lines and filled carburetors with gunk, he said. .
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Valero Energy to Buy Assets of Bankrupt VeraSun Energy
VeraSun Energy Corporation recently 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 ...

Education Center (CattleNetwork.com)
AMARILLO EUR Grain elevator operators should be planning now on how they can adapt to the changes ethanol production will bring to their industry, a Texas AgriLife Extension Service specialist said...

Crescent Oil files for bankruptcy (The Wichita Eagle)
Crescent Oil, which recently joined a partnership that included ICM, has filed for bankruptcy. The Independence-based company filed Chapter 11 reorganization bankruptcy Saturday in federal court in Kansas City, Kan. Three weeks ago, Crescent Oil joined with Colwich-based ICM and Poet to form NewGen Fuels for the purpose of owning and operating three ethanol-blend stations in Kansas. Two of ...

New study praises corn as source for ethanol
A University of Minnesota study released last week played nicely into the hands of the anti-ethanol crowd and upset the state's powerful corn lobby, which extols the corn-based gasoline supplement as a ...

Company Pulls Plans to Build Ethanol Plant in Grand Junction (KKCO Grand Junction)
A Canadian company that was going to build a renewable fuels plant in Grand Junction has backed out...

Oil Company in Ethanol Partnership Files Bankruptcy
Kansas-based Crescent Oil Company has filed for bankruptcy after failing to make deliveries last week to many retailers the company serves in the Midwest...

Genius Investor Dumps BlueFire Ethanol Fuels | BNET Energy Blog | BNET
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Wisconsin farmers benefited from skyrocketing grain and milk prices, seeing profits nearly double from 2002 to 2007, according to the new agricultural census...

Waco company hopes to make fuel from candy waste and cow manure - Waco Tribune Herald

Waco company hopes to make fuel from candy waste and cow manure
Waco Tribune Herald, TX - 18 hours ago
Lehr and Burgess have years of experience in alternative fuels and industrial waste recycling. In the 1970s, Lehr started a solar-powered food waste ethanol .
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Crescent Oil files for bankruptcy - Bizjournals.com

Crescent Oil files for bankruptcy
Bizjournals.com, NC - 8 hours ago
based ICM Inc. and POET Ethanol Products of Wichita, Kan. EUR” announced it was opening the countrys first renewable fuel station at a privately owned site in .
Oil Company in Ethanol Partnership Files Bankruptcy Domestic Fuel
Crescent Oil files for bankruptcy Kansas.com
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New Fuels for Fuel: Making it from Waste (Environmental News Network)
Enerkem, a Montreal maker of biofuels and green chemicals, says it's nearly ready to start cranking out second-generation biofuels on a commercial scale. The company's approach is to turn waste materials (it's starting with old utility poles) into a synthetic gas "syngas," which it will then use as a chemical feedstock for making both ethanol and methanol, using a gas-to-liquid conversion. ...

Ricardo develops EBDI technology to optimize ethanol-fueled engines (Automotive Business Review)
UK-based automotive engineering company Ricardo is developing Ethanol Boosted Direct Injection technology to optimize ethanol-fueled engines to a level of performance that exceeds gasoline engine efficiency and approaches levels previously reached only by diesel engines...

Ag groups oppose higher ethanol content of gasoline
Ten food and agribusiness groups are opposing a drive by the ethanol industry to raise the percentage of ethanol that can legally be added to motor gasoline, a limit now set at 10 percent to protect engine ...

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 ...

Waco company hopes to make fuel from candy waste and cow manure
Ethanol has gotten a bad rap in recent years, blamed for guzzling too much energy and grain...

Grain elevator operators should plan ahead for coming of distiller's grains
Grain elevator operators should be planning now on how they can adapt to the changes ethanol production will bring to their industry, a Texas AgriLife Extension Service specialist said...

Indonesian Pertamina's biodiesel losses widen as prices rise
Indonesian Pertamina's losses from selling biodiesel-blended gasoil at government-regulated prices have widened from Rupiah 1,200/liter in December to around Rupiah 2,000/liter currently as the price of pure ...

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: ...

Brewer says cost key hurdle for biofuel aspirations (Food Production Daily)
The California-based Sierra Nevada Brewing company says that it will be extending its alternative fuel focuses, such as using biodiesel to fuel its deliveries, with a new investment to create ethanol from yeast for its gasoline-powered vehicles...

Valero distributor files for bankruptcy
Crescent Oil Co. Inc. has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy, according to the Associated Press...

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, ...

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

Lexus Recalls 214000 Vehicles With Fuel Leakage Problem
Some ethanol fuels with a low moisture content may corrode the internal surface of the fuel delivery pipes. If this occurs, the Malfunction Indicator Light (MIL) may illuminate. Over time, the corrosion may create a ...

New study pratter to the company's shareholders: Dear Fellow Shareholders: ...

Brewer says cost key hurdle for biofuel aspirations (Food Production Daily)
The California-based Sierra Nevada Brewing company says that it will be extending its alternative fuel focuses, such as using biodiesel to fuel its deliveries, with a new investment to create ethanol from yeast for its gasoline-powered vehicles...

Valero distributor files for bankruptcy
Crescent Oil Co. Inc. has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy, according to the Associated Press...

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, ...

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

Lexus Recalls 214000 Vehicles With Fuel Leakage Problem
Some ethanol fuels with a low moisture content may corrode the internal surface of the fuel delivery pipes. If this occurs, the Malfunction Indicator Light (MIL) may illuminate. Over time, the corrosion may create a ...

New study praises corn as source for ethanol (Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune)
A Nebraska report contradicts one from Minnesota. Its supporters say reports to the contrary used outdated data...

Domestic Fuel » Archives » Retailer to Add 150 Ethanol Outlets
EURśThis 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,EURť Scott Negley, director of Dresser ...

RENEWED ENERGY: Valero Bid Sets New Floor For Ethanol Assets - CattleNetwork.com
NEW YORK (Dow Jones)--Valero Energy Corp.'s (VLO) bid for five of VeraSun Energy Corp.'s (VSUNQ) ethanol plants on the bankruptcy auction block may set a new benchmark price for ethanol assets, sparking a long-awaited wave of consolidation in the ...

China's Bio-fuel Industry to Maintain Moderate Growth, Says Frost . - PR Newswire
SINGAPORE, Feb. 10 /PRNewswire/ -- Ecological, energy, and economic concerns urge China to push the bio-fuel industry forward. The Chinese bio-fuel industry is divided into two sub-segments, the bio-ethanol sector and the bio-diesel sector. In terms ...

New study praises corn as source for ethanol - Minneapolis Star Tribune

New study praises corn as source for ethanol
Minneapolis Star Tribune, MN - 3 hours ago
Still, government-subsidized corn ethanol was the politically doable way to start producing alternative fuels. It's just the beginning. .
Biofuels at the U: From crops to your car Minnesota Daily
Study measures health costs of ethanol Iowa Independent
Ethanol Groups Criticize Negative Study Domestic Fuel
Wisconsin Ag Connection - Post-Bulletin
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Energy execs: More fuel-efficient cars should be first priority
To cut dependence on oil and pollution, the first thing to do isn't to invest in fancy biofuels or subsidize nifty electric cars, according to oil industry officials...

Bangkok Post : POST BAG Truth about gasohol (Bangkok Post - Thailand's English news)
Re: "Alcoholic, but not anonymous" (Brunch, Bangkok Post, Feb 8) by Wiwat Chang. I had a hard time stomaching his arguments, which took no account of the renewable energy resources in Thailand that sugarcane to ethanol refining can do for this great nation...

Waco company hopes to make fuel from candy waste, cow manure
Ethanol has gotten a bad rap in recent years, blamed for guzzling too much energy and grain...

State seeks feedback at bio fuels c...
ELLICOTT a ' A few dozen farmers, property owners, highway workers and public officials had a chance Monday to impact the statea TMs ongoing effort to develop a comprehensive biofuels plan...

SNL study: Biofuels can provide viable, sustainable solution to reducing petroleum dependence
An in-depth study by Sandia National Laboratories and General Motors Corp. has found that plant and forestry waste and dedicated energy crops could sustainably replace nearly a third of gasoline use by the year ...

Post details: Should the U.S. pursue ramping up ethanol production? - Lincoln Journal Star
The U.S. could produce enough ethanol to displace nearly a third of all gasoline use by 2030, but gas would have to cost more than it does today for the plan to work, according to a study released Tuesday by Sandia National Laboratories and General ...

Brazil Ethanol Use Should Rise 30% In February On Year - CattleNetwork.com
SAO PAULO (Dow Jones)--Brazilians should consume around 1.7 billion liters of ethanol from Brazil's main center-south sugarcane region in February, up 30% from a year ago, said the Sao Paulo Sugarcane Industries Association, or Unica, late Tuesday ...

Old Sierra Nevada Beer to Become Ethanol Gas - Gizmodo Australia
Thats going to be the super unleaded equivalent of ethanol fuels. ras_d. Ibelieveinsandwitches. Posted 8:29 AM 4/2/09. i'm going to get a copyright on the slogan, "beer fuels me." right now. I'll make millions off of bumper stickers ...



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