Ethanol Technology | Ethanol Fuels News for 02/21/2009



Underwriters Laboratory Allows E15 in Gasoline Pumps - Domestic Fuel

Underwriters Laboratory Allows E15 in Gasoline Pumps
Domestic Fuel, MO
EURœUL determined that there is no significant incremental risk of damage between E10 and fuels with a maximum of 15% ethanol. This conclusion was reached after careful examination of the effects of varying levels of ethanol on components,EUR said John .
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spoke to Dr Jonathan Rich, president and CEO of Momentive Performance Material
These silanes are used as coupling agents for silica tires. What makes them different is that the company claims they virtually eliminate ethanol emissions and help produce higher performing silica tires...

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: ...

Kan. Farmers Struggle as Corn Prices Fluctuate
Twelve months ago, Overbrook farmer Bernie Faust watched as corn prices started taking off and didn't stop climbing until they reached an astounding $8 a bushel...

Vivergo Fuels: Progress Report on Commercial Scale Ethanol Plant in . - WebWire
Vivergo Fuels, a joint venture created by BP, British Sugar and DuPont announced progress in its efforts to build and operate a world-scale wheat-to-bioethanol plant in the United Kingdom. The company has signed exclusive contracts with grain ...

'Get Smart' on Biofuels, Experts Tell Obama
The Obama administration must invest in sustainable biofuels -- instead of "just more biofuels" -- as the United States moves toward a clean energy economy, says a new report from two U.S.-based environmental ...

Scare Campaign Against Ethanol Fuel Continues - AZoCleantech

Arkansas Democrat Gazette

Scare Campaign Against Ethanol Fuel Continues
AZoCleantech, Australia
Next generation technologies are deploying today, making the production of ethanol from grain as well as cellulosic material even more sustainable. In addition, forward looking public policy included in the Renewable Fuels Standard requires that .
EWG, grocers use fear to attack ethanol Delta Farm Press
Ethanol Industry Seeks Bailout Funds The Heartland Institute
Corn Ethanol: A Health Warning MIT Technology Review
SmartBrief - CattleNetwork.com
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Saudi Muslim cleric warns that biofuels could be sinful - Christian Science Monitor

Saudi Muslim cleric warns that biofuels could be sinful
Christian Science Monitor, MA
Fuels with high concentrations of ethanol EUR the most common being E85, a gasoline blend with 85 percent ethanol EUR can be used in flex-fuel vehicles, which make up more than seven million of the roughly 250 million passenger cars and trucks on Americas .
Cleric: Biofuel may be sinful for Muslims MarketWatch (press release)
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Ethanol industry feeling economic squeeze - Argus Leader
Bill Paulsen is board chairman of South Dakota Ethanol Producers Association and a vice president for Advanced Bioenergy, which owns the Heartland Grain Fuels ethanol plant in Aberdeen. Everyone in the ethanol industry is feeling the economic squeeze ...

US crude benchmark ends second week down - Gulf News
Abu Dhabi: The banking and financing system in the world's largest economy - the swing consumer for the globe - the United States, is in crisis and facing limited nationalisation. Demand for energy is therefore shrinking, depressing crude prices in ...

Research suggests novel way to control water behavior
Researchers may be able to "freeze" water into a solid, not by cooling but by confining it to narrow spaces less than one-millionth of a millimeter wide, according to new results from an interdisciplinary team ...

Opportunities and Obstacles for Obama in Latin America - Council .
This plan will rely on the support of Brazil, Latin Americas largest economy and a lead producer of ethanol fuels. Guy Hursthouse, research associate at the Council on Hemispheric Affairs, said the United States will not be able to ...

Showing entries for Category: ethanol - 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 ...

U of M research fuels growth in biofuels
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...

Valdehuesa: Environment, Social Responsibility (Sun Star)
LOCAL environmentalists are aware of the national policy encouraging the production of alternative fuels in order to reduce petroleum imports. They are also aware of the controversial aspects of the hype around bio-ethanol (alcohol) as a fuel substitute...

Ethanol Fuels from Corn | Economics Blog
Readers Question: The federal gov. requires that all US cars use some form of ethanol fuels from cornEURŠEURŠEURŠso what effect will that have on Beef? Price...

Kan. farmers struggle as corn prices fluctuate - Wichita Eagle
LAWRENCE, Kan. - Twelve months ago, Overbrook farmer Bernie Faust watched as corn prices started taking off and didn't stop climbing until they reached an astounding $8 a bushel. "It's what I called a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to make some of ...

The sun is a star when it comes to sustainable energy
Numerous sessions on energy and climate change at the annual meeting of the American Association for the Advancement in Science , held Feb...

BP Joins Verenium On New Ethanol Plant (Highlands Today)
The 140 full-time jobs and hundreds of construction jobs created in Highlands County to build a cellulose ethanol plant already are known, but now a big player is stepping up...

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 run on up to 85 ...

Philippine Ethanol Industry Strong Despite Falling Demand For Oil - All Headline News
Manila, Philippines (AHN) - Despite the downturn in the ethanol industry in the U.S. due to falling demand for oil, the ethanol industry in the Philippines is still pushing through with the operation or construction of production facilities in ...

Dupont Report on UK Ethanol Joint Venture Fuel Project - Azom.com

Azom.com

Dupont Report on UK Ethanol Joint Venture Fuel Project
Azom.com
Vivergo Fuels, a joint venture created by BP, British Sugar and DuPont announced progress in its efforts to build and operate a world-scale wheat-to-bioethanol plant in the United Kingdom. The company has signed exclusive contracts with grain marketing .
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Genius Investor Dumps BlueFire Ethanol Fuels | BNET Energy Blog | BNET
Yesterday mornings Clean Technology Insight contains a tidbit on BlueFire Ethanol Fuels, a publicly-traded ethanol startup. Quercus Trust, one of its investors, is dumping shares in the company at a loss, according to CTI. ...

Ethanol a 'step' to next stage
Corn ethanol is not an efficient source of biofuel and diverts food to fuel, admits U.S. Rep...

Ethanol plant fuels interest (Press of Atlantic City)
WOODBINE - New Jersey is known for its Jersey Fresh tomatoes, sweet corn and cranberries...

Cleric: Biofuel may be sinful for Muslims (UPI)
RIYADH, Saudi Arabia, Feb. 20 (UPI) -- An Islamic scholar in Saudi Arabia said using ethanol or other alcohol-derived fuels in vehicles may be a sin for Muslims...

U Of M Research Fuels Growth In Biofuels (WCCO Minneapolis - St. Paul)
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...

Military: National Guard goes green to conserve energy, cost
Efforts nationally since 2001 to conserve energy and fuel also include a solar array that provides some power for the New Jersey Army National Guard's training center in Wrightstown, and the Ohio Air National ...

BP to Produce Cellulosic Ethanol by 2012 (TheStreet.com)
The joint venture with Verenium will eventually yield 36 million barrels of ethanol per year...

TOPIC | Alternative Fuel Vehicles - Daily Oklahoman
Oklahoma bills offering tax incentives for using alternative energy pass committee 1 hr ago | Add a comment BY MICHAEL MCNUTT Capitol Bureau mmcnutt@opubco.com Two bills that would give tax credits as a way to encourage Oklahomans to use alternative ...

Ethanol plant fuels interest - Press of Atlantic City

Press of Atlantic City

Ethanol plant fuels interest
Press of Atlantic City, NJ
This has promise to be a more efficient fuel for ethanol production, Etsch said. The company could use algae during the summer growing season and switch to corn in the sun-deprived winter, he said. The company hopes to work with New Jersey's colleges .
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Keeping Ethanol Production Green
In the effort to reduce the worlda s dependence on fossil fuels, there has been a major push towards alternatives...

Can The Ethanol Industry Be Sustained At Current Corn And Oil Prices? (CattleNetwork.com)
The US ethanol industry is in a financial pinch. Some plants and some multi-plant companies have had some fits, and starts, and burps in the past year. Some are history and others are living on their past financial laurels...

*Big Oil brings fuel distribution, construction expertise - guardian.co.uk

Wall Street Journal Blogs

*Big Oil brings fuel distribution, construction expertise
guardian.co.uk, UK
Riva said biofuel companies, especially cellulosic companies, have focused on the science of making fuel. Cellulosic ethanol, made from such diverse sources as switchgrass and woodchips by breaking down tough cell walls into sugars that can be .
BP Jumps Into Next-Generation Biofuels With Plans to Build Florida . Wall Street Journal
Worlds largest cellulosic ethanol facility to be built in Florida Business Facilities
BP takes next step towards cellulosic ethanol Brownfield
Gas2.0 - MarketWatch
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Ethanol Growth Unites OPEC and Environmental Fringe - Huffingtonpost.com
At the same time that a major new report concluding that the United States could produce 90 billion gallons of renewable ethanol a year was released, Saudi Arabia's oil minister attacked biofuels for undermining oil development and fringe U.S ...

United States Considers Ethanol Blend Increase | Worldwatch Institute
"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 ...

Ethanol a 'step' to next stage (Mankato Free Press)
Corn ethanol is not an efficient source of biofuel and diverts food to fuel, admits U.S. Rep. Tim Walz. But, he said, those who want to kill the industry would be preventing the next wave of cellulosic-based fuels...

U of M research fuels growth in biofuels - KAAL-TV
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - 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. Corn ethanol, the well-established biofuel ...

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, ...

National Guard Goes Green to Conserve Energy, Cost
The rapid whop, whop, whop of a wind turbine outside the New Mexico National Guard headquarters hints at a new mission for the homefront military: Going green...

Exxon Mobil presentation to discuss alternative fuels
At a time when gas prices are constantly changing, experts are looking to new types of affordable energy to power our day-to-day lives...

Illinois ethanol company must adapt to evolving industry - Medill Reports

Illinois ethanol company must adapt to evolving industry
Medill Reports, IL
Although the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 established a mandate for the production of bio-fuels from corn, policy is beginning to shift in favor of alternative sources. Ethanol made from forest debris, agricultural waste and inedible .
TABLE-Open and planned US cellulosic ethanol plants Reuters
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New Approach to 'Freezing' Water
Researchers may be able to "freeze" water into a solid, not by cooling but by confining it to narrow spaces less than one-millionth of a millimeter wide, according to new results from an interdisciplinary team ...

Stockton Biodiesel Plant Counts On Stimulus To Expand
President Barack Obama said in his inaugural address, a oeWe will harness the sun and the winds and the soil to fuel our cars and run our factories.a Lisa Mortenson and her company, Community Fuels, does just ...

Will Durst column: Tax-cut zombies stumble along
It is the stuff of nightmares. You hear the shabby shuffle of their somnambulant stutter and your skin begins to crawl...

Area ethanol company seeking investors
Otter Tail Ag Enterprises, LCC in Fergus Falls has announced its intent to raise additional capital through its membership or additional investors...

The pluses and (mostly) minuses of biofuels
Speakers at last week's AAAS meeting presented abundant evidence that tropical rainforest destruction has accelerated in recent years, at least in part because of the worldwide push to produce more biofuels...

The Ethanol Menace
Lastly, this additive will also help prevent fuel oxidation and varnishing during the periods the vehicle/equipment is not in use; effectively dealing with three of the major issues that ethanol fuels present. ...

E85 Vs Conventional Gasoline - Import Tuner Magazine

E85 Vs Conventional Gasoline
Import Tuner Magazine
Comprised of roughly 85 percent denaturated alcohol-made by fermenting and distilling starch crops such as corn (one acre of which, can be processed into about 330 gallons of combustible ethanol)-high-concentration ethanol fuels like E85 have been slow .
A More Efficient Ethanol Engine MIT Technology Review
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Cleric: Biofuel may be sinful for Muslims (Moldova.org)
An Islamic scholar in Saudi Arabia said using ethanol or other alcohol-derived fuels in vehicles may be a sin for Muslims.Sheik Mohamed al-Najimi of the Saudi Islamic Jurisprudence Academy told Saudi newspaper Shams that the prophet Mohammed banned alcohol for all uses -- including buying, selling, carrying and manufacturing, Al-Arabiya reported Friday.Najimi said Muslims who use biofuel, which ...

CRFA Applauds 'US-Canada Clean Energy Dialogue' - MSNBC

Globe and Mail

CRFA Applauds 'US-Canada Clean Energy Dialogue'
MSNBC
In fact, Canada is already leading, with advanced biofuel pilot, demonstration, and commercial-scale plants producing clean-burning renewable fuels at present. These facilities are using homegrown technologies and feedstocks to produce ethanol and .
Renewable energy left blowing in the wind Globe and Mail
University Climate Center leads in renewable energy research project Pace University The Pace Press (subscription)
A New North American Consensus in Biofuels MSNBC
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Jatropha: A Lowly Weed, or the Future of Biofuel?
A man harvests fruits of Jatropha in Taabo, Ivory Coast. The Jatropha seed produces an oil which can be used as a substitute for diesel fuel...

World's first hydrogen fuel cell tractor debuts in Italy
What fuel will power agricultural equipment in the future? There are a number of alternatives to the tried and true fossil fuels that we're currently favoring, and many of them use crops that can be gathered ...

Ethanol a 'step' to next stage - Mankato Free Press

Ethanol a 'step' to next stage
Mankato Free Press, MN
By Tim Krohn Corn ethanol is not an efficient source of biofuel and diverts food to fuel, admits US Rep. Tim Walz. But, he said, those who want to kill the industry would be preventing the next wave of cellulosic-based fuels. .
Congressman Tim Walz Talks About Stimulus Package KEYC
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Jatropha: A Lowly Weed, or the Future of Biofuel?
A man harvests fruits of Jatropha in Taabo, Ivory Coast. The Jatropha seed produces an oil which can be used as a substitute for diesel fuel...

World's first hydrogen fuel cell tractor debuts in Italy
What fuel will power agricultural equipment in the future? There are a number of alternatives to the tried and true fossil fuels that we're currently favoring, and many of them use crops that can be gathered ...

Ethanol a 'step' to next stage - Mankato Free Press

Ethanol a 'step' to next stage
Mankato Free Press, MN
By Tim Krohn Corn ethanol is not an efficient source of biofuel and diverts food to fuel, admits US Rep. Tim Walz. But, he said, those who want to kill the industry would be preventing the next wave of cellulosic-based fuels. .
Congressman Tim Walz Talks About Stimulus Package KEYC
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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...

Grindstone Financial: The Ethanol Bust
Maybe I'm just bitter because I got a notice from my auto manufacturer that "it has been determined that ethanol fuels with low moisture content will CORRODE the internal surface of the fuel rails. Over time, the corrosion will create a ...

Underwriters Laboratories Shifts Stance, Supports Existing UL Gasoline Dispensers for up to E15
Reversing an earlier position, Underwriters Laboratories announced that it supports UL 87 gasoline pumps to be used with fuel blends containing a maximum ethanol content of 15% . In January, Underwriters ...

A More Efficient Ethanol Engine (Technology Review)
An "adaptive" engine promises to make ethanol more competitive...

California Focus: Blogs, Alternative Energy, Groups and Events
CALIFORNIA FOCUS: Blogs, Alternative Energy, Groups and Events BLOGGING CALIFORNIA: Here are some blogs covering California Politics Calitics is an open source news organization for California...

BRIEF: Pacific Ethanol avoids technical default on loans - TradingMarkets.com
The struggling Sacramento ethanol producer wasn't in danger of failing to repay the loans, said spokesman Tim Raphael. But it was having problems meeting the minimum cash-flow standards required in its loan covenants. Violating those covenants could ...



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