Ethanol Technology | Ethanol Fuels News for 02/26/2009



Silobreaker: RFA Chairman Previews National Ethanol Conference
Today, BlueFire Ethanol Fuels, Inc. (OTC BB:BFRE.OB - News), a company changing the world's transportation fuel paradigm through the production of ethanol from non-food . - [3 hours ago - PR inside] ...

Colorado Arts & Sciences Magazine » Toyota exec addresses auto crisis
. plug-in hybrid concepts, ethanol fuels and sustainable transportation systems. Before taking over Toyotas North American Fuel Cell efforts, Bill and his team were responsible for Product Planning of the current generation Prius. ...

Greenlings: What is biodiesel?
What is biodiesel? In short, biodiesel is a fuel that's suitable for use in diesel engines that is not based on petroleum...

Mascoma pilot plant starts generating cellulosic ethanol
Mascoma Corporation's first pilot plant in Rome, New York has now begun to produce cellulosic ethanol...

Global Renewable Resources formed
Three of the world's largest ethanol trade associations have announced the formation of Global Renewable, LLC...

Stockguru.com: Stocks to Watch for February 25, 2009 - MTVO, MITK . - Trading Markets (press release)

Stockguru.com: Stocks to Watch for February 25, 2009 - MTVO, MITK .
Trading Markets (press release), CA
BlueFire Ethanol Fuels, Inc., a development-stage company, together with its subsidiary, develops, owns, and operates carbohydrate-based transportation fuel plants to produce a viable alternative to fossil fuels in North America. .
Ethanol Plant Given Green Light by Air District San Fernando Valley Business Journal Online
BlueFire Ethanol Granted Air Permit for Lancaster, CA Ethanol Plant Business Wire (press release)
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EPAs Jackson Says Ethanol-Blend Decision Will Take EUR˜Months (Bloomberg)
Feb. 26 (Bloomberg) -- The Environmental Protection Agency wont decide whether it supports raising the amount of ethanol blended into gasoline for EURœmonths,EUR agency Administrator Lisa Jackson said...

Marketing of Distillers Grains Vital to US Ethanol - Hoosier Ag Today

Marketing of Distillers Grains Vital to US Ethanol
Hoosier Ag Today, IN
Experts told participants of the Renewable Fuels Associations 14th Annual National Ethanol Conference in San Antonio, Texas, that the current economic situation is causing people to realize the importance of distillers dried grains with solubles .
Ethanol co-products offer feed alternatives for hog producers BetterFarming.com
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ComEd's Fleet of Green Vehicles Ranks 7th Largest in U.S. - Yahoo Finance
CHICAGO, Feb. 26 /PRNewswire/ -- Exemplifying ComEd's commitment to responsible environmental stewardship, a new report by GreenBiz.com and Automotive Fleet Magazine has ranked ComEd's fleet of alternative-fuel vehicles as the seventh largest in the ...

Genencor Launches Accellerase(R) 1500, Next Step Toward Scale-Up of Cellulosic Ethanol (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance)
Today, Genencor, a division of Danisco A/S, launched Accellerase 1500, the next generation of its cellulosic ethanol enzyme product. Genencor introduced the product at the Renewable Fuels Association 2009 National Ethanol Conference in San Antonio, TX...

smart news, smart analysis - Salon
Honda Motor Co. has been toiling away at ethanol research since before hybrids moved in from the fringe of autoshows and well before deriving the stuff from corn ignited a heated debate over food vs. fuel. Today the company said it will build a large ...

Obama Budget Includes Shift To Green Energy
President Barack Obama's first budget plan moves aggressively on several fronts to tackle climate change and shift the nation from reliance on foreign oil to green energy...

Despite bleak economic outlook, ethanol to meet production targets (Lexington Clipper-Herald)
GRAND ISLAND EUR Despite the tough times facing the ethanol industry, a new report expresses confidence in ethanols future...

Honda Hits the Gas on Cellulosic Ethanol R&D - Earth2Tech

Honda Hits the Gas on Cellulosic Ethanol R&D
Earth2Tech, CA
Developing a full line of electric cars and retooling factories to produce them represents a more technologically daunting and capital-intensive challenge than making cars that can handle ethanol fuel blends. Flex fuel vehicles are very similar to .
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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 ...

Walden introduces cellulosic ethanol bill
Walden introduces cellulosic ethanol bill Carla Axtman Not being afraid to wield the hammer on GOP Congressman Greg Walden when he does something bad, annoying, wrong or otherwise Republicanish--I feel ...

Ethanol-Fueled Engine May
Ricardo Inc., a powertrain engineering company in Michigan, reports that it has developed a system that allows ethanol-fueled engines to deliver performance exceeding gasoline-fueled engines and rival the ...

Ethanol tanker turns over on I-94 - Chesterton Tribune
The Indiana State Police were telling motorists to expect delays and lane restrictions on I-94 in LaPorte County during this mornings rush hour after a semi-tractor tanker hauling highly flammable ethanol rolled over at the 33 mile marker, one ...

BlueFire Ethanol Granted Air Permit for Lancaster, CA Ethanol Plant (The Auto Channel)
IRVINE, Calif.--Today, BlueFire Ethanol Fuels, Inc. (OTC BB:BFRE.OB - News), a company changing the world's transportation fuel paradigm through the production of ethanol from non-food cellulosic wastes, announced that the Antelope Valley Air Quality Management District has issued all required Authority to Construct Air Permits for its planned cellulosic ethanol biorefinery in Lancaster, CA. The ...

Woody Biomass is Nebraska's Untapped Resource
A recent study determined Nebraska has an assured wood supply to support strategically located woody biomass-based enterprises across the state...

Obama budget proposes shift to green energy - AP
A A A' President Barack Obama's first budget plan moves aggressively on several fronts to tackle climate change and shift the nation from reliance on foreign oil to green energy...

Nevada Focus: Blogs, Food Co-ops, Alternative Energy, Groups and Events
Thursday, February 26, 2009 NEVADA FOCUS: Blogs, Food Co-ops, Alternative Energy, Groups and Events Every Fourth Sunday , 5pm a ' 7pm 138 Winnemucca Blvd...

Propel Fuels hires @Ventures principal as CEO
The biofuels retailer Propel Fuels Inc. has hired venture capital investor Matt Horton as its new chief executive officer...

Global Renewable LLC formed
Three of the world's largest ethanol trade associations have announced the formation of Global Renewable, LLC...

Innovation Fuels names president, plans for acquisition (The Albany Business Review)
Innovation Fuels, an Albany, N.Y.-based manufacturer and distributor of biodiesel fuels, has named company co-founder Malek Jalal as its president...

Ethanol Plant Given Green Light by Air District (San Fernando .
BlueFire Ethanol Fuels Inc. can begin final design and construction of a cellulosic ethanol plant near Lancaster after receiving an air permit from the Antelope Valley Air Quality Management District...

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 ...

Oil Companies and Ethanol Plants: Slash, Burn and Buy - RenewableEnergyWorld.com

Oil Companies and Ethanol Plants: Slash, Burn and Buy
RenewableEnergyWorld.com, NH
Declaring bankruptcy recently in a federal court in Delaware, VeraSun represents a considerable failure for the alcohol fuel industry. Having fallen from the vanguard of ethanol plants funded by venture capital, its collapse is having a rip-tide effect .
IIEA launches campaign against Valero acquisition Ethanol Producer Magazine
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US ethanol sector faces grim prospects-USDA - Reuters UK
WASHINGTON, Feb 26 (Reuters) - Hard times have hit the once-robust U.S. ethanol sector amid the economic recession, with as much as 15 percent of production capacity likely standing idle, USDA chief economist Joseph Glauber said on Thursday. It was a ...

Obama budget plan big on cleaner energy
President Barack Obama's first budget plan moves aggressively to tackle climate change and shift the nation from reliance on foreign oil to green energy...

Walden bill would create a new source of biofuels - Checkbiotech.org (press release)

Walden bill would create a new source of biofuels
Checkbiotech.org (press release), Switzerland
D., would broaden the definition of cellulosic ethanol within the renewable fuels standard to include biomass gathered from federal lands as well as private forests. The bill would allow brush, small trees and other forest thinnings from federal .
Walden, Dem team up on green legislation EastOregonian.info (subscription)
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Propel Fuels leaves native Seattle for biofuel-friendlier California - Seattle Post Intelligencer

Propel Fuels leaves native Seattle for biofuel-friendlier California
Seattle Post Intelligencer
"The state of Washington continues to choose petroleum over alternative fuels," he said. "That's not the case in California." Washington does require that ethanol make up 2 percent of gasoline and that biodiesel replace 2 percent of diesel in fuel sold .
Propel Inc. hires @Ventures principal as CEO Bizjournals.com
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Semi with flammable ethanol rolls into Michigan City ditch - 22 WSBT
Police say the semi was cut off by another semi early Thursday morning along the eastbound lanes of Interstate 94. The semi rolled onto the drivers side into a ditch, causing the tanker to separate from the tractor. Authorities say 300 gallons of ...

Anti "clean coal" short by the Coen brothers
"Clean" coal is just further evidence that the "green" economy is a mere fad, can and will be exploited no end...

Obama budget envisions shift from reliance on foreign oil to green energy sources
President Barack Obama's first budget plan moves aggressively to tackle climate change and shift the nation from reliance on foreign oil to green energy...

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. ...

Top Stories (Grainnet.com)
San Antonio, TXEUR”Experts told participants of the Renewable Fuels Association s 14th Annual National Ethanol Conference in San Antonio, Texas, Feb. 23-25, that the current economic situation is causing people to realize the importance of distillers dried grains with solubles (DDGS) to the profitability and sustainability of the U.S. ethanol industry...

Recalls alert - Salt Lake Tribune
Problem: Ethanol fuels with a low moisture content will corrode the internal surface of the pipes, which may result in fuel leakage and a fire. Dealers will inspect and replace the pipes free of charge. Call Toyota/Lexus at 800-255-3987 ...

BlueFire Ethanol Granted Air Permit for Lancaster, CA Ethanol Plant - MSN MoneyCentral
Today, BlueFire Ethanol Fuels, Inc. (OTC BB:BFRE.OB - News), a company changing the world's transportation fuel paradigm through the production of ethanol from non-food cellulosic wastes, announced that the Antelope Valley Air Quality Management ...

Ethanol Fuels Big Three Bail Out Caravan - Domestic Fuel
Ethanol Fuels Big Three Bail Out Caravan. Posted by Cindy Zimmerman EUR December 4th, 2008. 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 ...

Modern Ethanol Plant Has Negligible Impact on Land Use, New Scientific . - Biloxi Sun Herald
Proposed EPA and California renewable fuel standards relying upon incomplete science may threaten ethanol market and worsen global warming impact CHICAGO, Feb. 24 /PRNewswire/ -- A new study announced today on ethanol land use impact found that a ...

The appliance of science
CAN a landfill ever be too sanitary? Perhaps surprisingly, the answer is yes. Some of them, it turns out, are so dry and airtight that their contents never rot...

Honda Hits the Gas on Cellulosic Ethanol R&D (Salon.com)
Honda Motor Co. has been toiling away at ethanol research since before hybrids moved in from the fringe of autoshows and well before deriving the stuff from corn ignited a heated debate over food vs. fuel...

GRAINS-US corn pauses after ethanol-led rally, eyes data - Forbes

GRAINS-US corn pauses after ethanol-led rally, eyes data
Forbes, NY
SYDNEY, Feb 26 (Reuters) - US corn futures were steady on Thursday, pausing after a rally fuelled by President Barack Obama's support of green fuels such as ethanol. Soybeans and wheat futures rose, supported by a generally more buoyant mood after .
GRAINS-US corn gains on ethanol optimism; wheat up Forex Pros
-GRAINS-US corn eases as ethanol inspired rally ends Ninemsn
GRAINS-Spot soy falls as exports wane; new-crop up Forex Pros
Forex Pros - Ninemsn
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President Barack Obama's first budget plan moves aggressively to tackle climate change and shift the U.S. from reliance on foreign oil to green energy...

'Clean Cars' law doesn't preclude flex-fuel vehicles, calls show
In pressing its opposition to "Clean Cars" bills in St. Paul, the Minnesota Corn Growers Association claims that if the legislation becomes law, the state's ethanol industry would suffer, in major part because ...

Marketing of distillera s grains vital to U.S. ethanol
Experts told participants of the Renewable Fuels Association's 14th Annual National Ethanol Conference in San Antonio, Texas, Feb...

Biofuels Industries Form Global Renewable Fuels Alliance - MSNBC

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Biofuels Industries Form Global Renewable Fuels Alliance
MSNBC
The ethanol industry is credited with providing more than 200000 jobs in the United States and half a million direct jobs in Brazil alone. This represents an enormous opportunity for developing countries. In that regard, the Global Renewable Fuels .
New Organization Formed to Promote Bio-Ethanol Hoosier Ag Today
Pair of new ethanol groups seek to right troubled industry Agriculture Online
World biofuels associations form Global Renewable Fuels Alliance Feedstuffs
Biomass Magazine - AgWired
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Knoxville groups buys former ethanol plant, property (Chattanooga Times Free Press)
The former Tennol ethanol plant, lying fallow for the last 20 years, was purchased this month for $2.6 million by a group of investors for a Knoxville-based firm...

Ethanol Fuels Not Only Engines, But Also Urology Benefits
Renal & Urology News reports that Egyptian studies suggest that ethanol injection may be a treatment options for some men with benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH). This new finding gives ethanol more versatility, and while there are a ...

Ethanol fuels - Cure or Curse?
This week the US Department of Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack has made a recommendation to the government to increase the percentage of ethanol that can be blended into our fuel in order to boost the ailing biofuel industry. ...

Ethanol Plant Given Green Light by Air District (San Fernando Valley Business Journal)
BlueFire Ethanol Fuels Inc. can begin final design and construction of a cellulosic ethanol plant near Lancaster after receiving an air permit from the Antelope Valley Air Quality Management District...

USDA's Glauber Outlines 2009 Planting Expectations
U.S. corn planted acreage is forecast to be 86 million acres while soybean acreage is seen at 77 million acres with wheat seedings at 58 million acres , according to figures released today at USDA's Outlook ...

Propel Fuels hires @Ventures principal as CEO - Sacramento Business Journal
The biofuels retailer Propel Fuels Inc. has hired venture capital investor Matt Horton as its new chief executive officer. The Sacramento companys founder and former chief executive officer, Rob Elam, will continue to work as its president and ...

Ethanol Makers May Seek Federal Action to Boost Use, CEO Says (Bloomberg)
Feb. 25 (Bloomberg) -- The ethanol industry may seek a federal waiver or a presidential order to increase the percentage of the additive blended into gasoline, the chief executive officer of the largest U.S. ethanol maker said...

Earth Biofuels to Change Name to Evolution Energy - MSNBC

Earth Biofuels to Change Name to Evolution Energy
MSNBC
Completion of a commercial scale cellulosic ethanol production facility in the state of Washington. * The securing of cellulosic and biodiesel projects in the Delta region of Mississippi and Louisiana. * The development of transportation fuel markets .
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Iowa Power Fund approves ethanol project - KWQC
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) - The Iowa Power Fund Board has given final approval to a $14.75 million award for a company developing a commercial-sized cellulosic ethanol plant that can use corn byproducts to produce fuel. The POET Project Liberty was ...

Budget proposes shift to green energy
President Barack Obama's first budget plan moves aggressively on several fronts to tackle climate change and shift the nation from reliance on foreign oil to green energy...

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...

Analysis: Sugarcane ethanol has 95% less emissions - Ethanol Producer Magazine

Analysis: Sugarcane ethanol has 95% less emissions
Ethanol Producer Magazine, ND
based company that plans to build a 60 MMgy sugarcane-to-ethanol and sugarcane-to-electricity plant in Californias Imperial Valley, has released a technical analysis of the companys prospective fuel that indicates 95.2 percent fewer greenhouse gas .
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