Ethanol Technology | Ethanol Fuels News for 02/17/2009



The 'Holy Grail' of Biofuels Now in Sight
The 'Holy Grail' of Biofuels Now in Sight By Mark Clayton - Staff writer of The Christian Science Monitor, February 13, 2009 edition SCOTLAND, S.D. - With one foot planted in a pile of corn cobs, Mark Stowers ...

Northey: Ag industry could face stiffer rules under Obama (Sioux City Journal)
SHELDON, Iowa -- Iowa Secretary of Agriculture Bill Northey said Monday that although President Barack Obama supports use of renewable fuels such as ethanol, his concern for environmental issues could mean additional environmental regulations on producers...

Durst: Tax cut zombies from the Planet No
It is the stuff of nightmares. Hear the shabby shuffle of their soft somnambulant stutter and your skin begins to crawl...

A new breed of biorefineries - Examiner.com

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A new breed of biorefineries
Examiner.com - 21 minutes ago
Why would we add gasification systems to refineries that use fermentation to distill ethanol? In order to maximize fuel output from a select amount of .
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Economist: Biofuels Will Be a Big Factor in the Acreage Battle
AgWeb.com Editors The size of the biofuels market will be an important factor in determining how many acres of corn and soybeans are needed this year, said a University of Illinois Extension marketing ...

Ethanol plant files for bankruptcy - Longview Daily News

Ethanol plant files for bankruptcy
Longview Daily News, WA - Feb 15, 2009
. but Cascade Grain Products is committed to resuming full operations and remains confident in the future of ethanol and the alternative fuels industries. .
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COUNTERVIEW | Biofuels are not so green
In his haste to go green, Barack Obama could be ignoring warnings about the perils of switching to biofuels...

Ethanol Fuels from Corn
Readers Question: The federal gov. requires that all US cars use some form of ethanol fuels from cornEUR¦EUR¦EUR¦so what effect will that have on Beef? Price increase first, or Price decreased first, or demand increase first, or Supply increase ...

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 energy left blowing in the wind - Globe and Mail

Renewable energy left blowing in the wind
Globe and Mail, Canada - 17 minutes ago
. natural gas and technologies to scrub greenhouse gases from fossil fuels like coal and oil. The federal government has backed the ethanol industry - as .
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High food prices stick as fuel costs dip - The State
Debra Fleming of Cayce knows her grocery prices. And she knows theyve been going up at a steady pace even after gas prices dropped. EURśWe understand weve all got to pull in our belts, but it doesnt make it any easier when all the stores we ...

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 utilities, oil companies, and clean tech and renewable energy businesses...

Forget corn farmers; kill ethanol's subsidies - Midwest Voices
This nation's massive and inefficient investment in ethanol has pleased Midwestern corn growers -- and fleeced U.S. taxpayers. It's time for Congress to end this madness. Now, some members of Congress -- which ignorantly passed a pro-ethanol bill ...

Ethanol industry feeling economic squeeze (The Bismarck Tribune)
ABERDEEN, S.D. (AP) - An ethanol industry leader from Aberdeen says about 20 percent of the industry has shifted to low gear...

Two Studies on Regional Options for Reducing GHG Highlight Need for Reduction in Travel Intensity
Projected GHG emissions in Minnesota with different reduction wedges and wedge portfolios, in million metric tons of CO2 equivalent...

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 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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Biofuel battle: scientists, activists, industrialists argue about . - San Francisco Examiner
Gone are the simple days when environmentalists could simply unite against big oil. With the oil industry out of the Oval Office, faults have widened between proponents of competing alternatives, and especially this week, between those who favor or ...

Ethanol plant owned by Vancouver firm files for bankruptcy protection
A company owned by Vancouver's Cascade Grain LLC that opened a $200 million ethanol plant in Clatskanie, Ore., last year has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection...

Ethanol could displace gas use by 2030? - AZCentral.com
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. - 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 ...

How Renewable Energy and Storage Solutions Stack Up (Scientific American)
Renewable energy, such as from photovoltaic electricity and ethanol, today supplies less than 7 percent of U.S. consumption. If we leave aside hydroelectric power, it is under 4.5 percent. Globally, renewables provide only about 3.5 percent of electricity and even less of transportation fuels. But increasing that fraction for the U.S.--as seems necessary for managing greenhouse gases, trade ...

Ethanol, from savior to struggling (Lancaster Online)
Barely a year after Congress enacted an energy law meant to foster a huge national enterprise capable of converting plants and agricultural wastes into automotive fuel, the goals lawmakers set for the ethanol industry are in serious jeopardy.As recently as last summer, plants that make ethanol from ...

A Roadmap for Saving Detroit
President Obama announced today that he will appoint a panel to oversee reform of the auto industry...

Eco Gadgets: HydroWind - A Dual-mode Turbine For Campers - Ecofriend
Ange Solomon thinks that the only way renewable energy could be made more dependable is to develop generators that can harness more than one natural resource...

Biofuels may speed up, not slow global warming: study
The use of crop-based biofuels could speed up rather than slow down global warming by fueling the destruction of rainforests, scientists warned Saturday...

Ethanol industry feeling economic squeeze
An ethanol industry leader from Aberdeen says about 20 percent of the industry has shifted to low gear...

Obama should stimulate gas guzzler alternatives
Now that the $787 billion stimulus package has become law, a key emphasis is "green jobs" and energy rescue...

Biofuels boom could fuel rainforest destruction
Farmers across the tropics might raze forests to plant biofuel crops, according to new research by Holly Gibbs, a postdoctoral researcher at Stanford's Woods Institute for the Environment...

Scare Campaign Against Ethanol Fuel Continues - AZoCleantech

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Scare Campaign Against Ethanol Fuel Continues
AZoCleantech, Australia - 11 hours ago
. the coordinated PR campaign to abolish America's ethanol industry are seeking to throw cold water on the progress of Americas renewable fuels industry .
Ethanol Industry Seeks Bailout Funds The Heartland Institute
Corn Ethanol: A Health Warning MIT Technology Review
New study paves path for sustainable second generation biofuels Examiner.com
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Times View | Break free from oil
US president Barack Obama's energy plan calls for higher efficiency standards for cars as well as greater use of ethanol...

Senators: Nevada vehicle fleet not efficient - Reno Gazette
The state can set a good example in the use of fuel-efficient vehicles and alternative fuels by getting its own garage in order, the chairman of a state Senate subcommittee said Monday. "What we're trying to do is get our arms around what vehicles ...

TIMES VIEW | Break free from oil - Times of India

TIMES VIEW | Break free from oil
Times of India, India - 19 hours ago
In Brazil, sugarcane ethanol has reduced the country's dependence on fossil fuels and cleaned up the transport industry. Moreover, sugarcane cultivated for .
The Race for Energy The Cutting Edge
COUNTERVIEW | Biofuels are not so green Times of India
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Committee wants to corral Nevada state vehicle fleets
The state can set a good example in the use of fuel-efficient vehicles and alternative fuels by getting its own garage in order, the chairman of a state Senate subcommittee said Monday...

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...

Filling Out the Eco-Footprint: Gauging Resource Intensity and .
The ethanol fuels that are being developed from corn have very high levels of embedded water. It is often said that electricity from nuclear plants has little greenhouse gas emissions. However, the enrichment of the uranium used to fuel ...

NorTech, Crain's Cleveland Business Honor 2009 Innovation Award Winners
This year, a distinguished panel of judges from Northeast Ohio , representing a broad range of technology expertise from academia, venture capital, private industry and economic development, selected ten ...

TIMES VIEW | Break free from oil (The Times of India)
US president Barack Obama's energy plan calls for higher efficiency standards for cars as well as greater use of ethanol. It aims to cut US oil demand by about four million barrels a day...

Corn Ethanol: A Health Warning (Technology Review)
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Ethanol industry feeling economic squeeze - Mitchellrepublic.com
ABERDEEN, S.D. An ethanol industry leader from Aberdeen says about 20 percent of the industry has shifted to low gear. Bill Paulsen is board chairman of South Dakota Ethanol Producers Association and a vice president for Advanced Bioenergy, which ...

U.S. corn for ethanol to rise, growth to slow: USDA - Reuters
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. corn used to produce ethanol will increase in 2009/10, but beyond that, growth is forecast to slow with demand mirroring changes in gasoline consumption, the Agriculture Department said on Thursday. USDA projected 4.2 ...

US considers ethanol blend increase - Environmental Expert (press release)

US considers ethanol blend increase
Environmental Expert (press release), Spain - 20 hours ago
'The notion that [corn-based] ethanol fuels are carbon neutral has been proven false,' said Jonathan Lewis, an environmental lawyer with the Clean Air Task .
Support for Increasing Ethanol Blend Levels Domestic Fuel
Ethanol Blend May Increase, Despite Concerns SustainableBusiness.com
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When the Fed meets supernanny
The repeating theme of a cable television show called "Supernanny" is one of spoiled, undisciplined children with frustrated and overly permissive parents resulting in an out-of-control household...

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: ...

Ethanol plant files for bankruptcy (The Daily News)
Facing millions in debt and still unable to manufacture the finished product, the Clatskanie-areas new ethanol plant has filed for bankruptcy protection and has laid off 15 of its 59 workers...

The Institute for Liberal Studies: ethanol fuels beginning of the .
From Small Dead Animals - here is something that never occurred to me, though it seems obvious now that I've thought about it - as research makes ethanol fuels more plausible, they are going up in demand, and the grains that are used to ...

Renewable Energy Left Blowing in the Wind
Chicago-based renewable energy company Invenergy LLC has made a concerted push into Canada, last month bagging one of six contracts from the Ontario Power Authority to build a total of 500 megawatts of wind ...

Corn Ethanol: A Health Warning
A corn-ethanol plant in western New York State. Credit: Western New York Energy / Photos by Bruce and Associates Switching from gasoline or corn-based biofuels to cellulosic ethanol--made from the stalks and ...

Senators: Nevada vehicle fleet not efficient
The state can set a good example in the use of fuel-efficient vehicles and alternative fuels by getting its own garage in order, the chairman of a state Senate subcommittee said Monday...

Ethanol-gas mix may ground some pilots - Bangor Daily News
OWLS HEAD, Maine EUR” The mandate to mix ethanol with gasoline has left pilots of small aircraft high in the clouds with worry. As is the case with other small engines, the requirement to blend gas with 10 percent ethanol affects performance and ...

US considers ethanol blend increase - Science & Articles
'The notion that [corn-based] ethanol fuels are carbon neutral has been proven false,' said Jonathan Lewis, an environmental lawyer with the Clean Air Task Force. The United States is slated to increase its use of biofuels from 9 ...

Griffith Energy fuels growth by taking care of its customers (Rochester Democrat and Chronicle)
Chief executive John Hamilton talks about Griffith Energy...

United States Considers Ethanol Blend Increase (Environmental News Network)
The United States, the world's largest ethanol producer, is weighing options to boost domestic use of the controversial fuel, according to the country's new agriculture administrator. U.S. Department of Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack recommends that a higher percentage of ethanol be blended into gasoline to support the nation's struggling biofuel industry. The United States currently allows ...

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 ...

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

Renewable Fuels Association Blasts University of Minnesota Study . - Red, Green, and Blue

Renewable Fuels Association Blasts University of Minnesota Study .
Red, Green, and Blue, CA - Feb 14, 2009
. highway and turn completely down the paths of cellulosic ethanol and other forms of alternative fuels, according to the Renewable Fuels Association. .
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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, .
Beer fuels you, left over beer fuels your car CrunchGear
Left over beer fuels cars Slippery Brick
Beer to Fuels Cars of the Future DigitalJournal.com
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Spotty times for ethanol (Aberdeen American News)
About 20 percent of the ethanol industry that helps keep vehicles zipping along the nation's highways has shifted to low gear, including some plants in South Dakota, a local ethanol leader said....

New study praises corn as source for ethanol - Minneapolis Star Tribune
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 cleaner-burning domestic fuel that is blended ...

Hawaii bills include tougher vehicle emissions standards
Bills calling for stricter motor vehicle emissions standards in Hawaii are among the transportation-related issues being considered by state lawmakers this legislative session...



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