Ethanol Technology | Ethanol Fuels News for 03/02/2009



Cardinal Ethanol, LLC - Strategic Analysis Review - PR Inside
Refer to a friend Cardinal Ethanol, LLC (Cardinal Ethanol) is a development-stage company involved in the business of ethanol production. It is currently engaged in the development and construction of a 100 million gallon per year ethanol facility in ...

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Blog powered by TypePad Member since 05/2005 March 01, 2009 I was going to say "thanks for providing a great and timely way of communicating about research" Footnote 1 on page 106: When I go there it says: DOI ...

Ethanol plan aims to fix 'huge mistake'
Legislation that would allow producers to make cellulosic ethanol out of "woody biomass" such as downed trees, trimmings and brush from federal lands was introduced Wednesday in the U.S. House of ...

EmTech Spl: Bio fuels can replace fossil fuels - CIOL

EmTech Spl: Bio fuels can replace fossil fuels
CIOL, India
Indian context, focus on use of algae to create bio fuel should be looked very seriously, they observed. The panelists also felt the use of bio fuels like ethanol needs to modification in current engine design as ethanol is highly corrosive.
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Groups trying to drive wedge between consumers, ethanol
New anti-ethanol commentary by environmental and food manufacturing organizations are EURœstirring up fearEUR among consumers at a time when all segments of the economy should be pulling together to bring about recovery...

Major ethanol producer to build cellulosic refinery in Iowa (Scientific American)
The nation's largest grain ethanol producer, Poet LLC, will use state and federal grants to start work on the company's first commercial cellulosic refinery in Iowa. [More]..

Natural-gas car piques interest
In a time when alternative fuel sources seem years away, there is one source that can be tapped into by the time summer rolls around...

Forest fuel for the future - MaineToday.com

Forest fuel for the future
MaineToday.com, ME
Looking out a few years, the facility could become the first demonstration plant in New England to make fuel oil and industrial chemicals from wood, a plentiful, renewable resource in the region. It also would be the country's first cellulosic ethanol .
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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 ...

Honda says to open bio-ethanol research centre - Terra Daily
Japan's Honda Motor Co., seeking a boost in the race to build greener automobiles, said Thursday it would open a research centre to develop and produce bio-ethanol fuel from non-edible plant matter. Japan's second-largest carmaker said it aims to ...

Businessman Bets on Biodiesel
Published: Saturday, February 28, 2009 at 10:20 p.m. Last Modified: Saturday, February 28, 2009 at 10:32 p.m. PORT MANATEE The future is coming to Port Manatee in the form of a tea-colored vegetable oil that ...

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...

Ethanol plan aims to fix 'huge mistake' (The Argus Leader)
Legislation that would allow producers to make cellulosic ethanol out of "woody biomass" such as downed trees, trimmings and brush from federal lands was introduced Wednesday in the U.S. House of Representatives. Rep. Stephanie Herseth Sandlin, D-S.D., and Rep. Greg Walden, R-Ore., are co-sponsoring the Renewable Biofuels Facilitation Act. The measure seeks to fix a flaw in the Energy ...

Valero poking its oily nose into the ethanol tent (Lincoln Journal Star)
If its even partly true that youre known by the company you keep, then the ethanol business so beloved by farmers got a lot less lovable Feb. 8 when Valero Energy Corp., the largest crude oil refiner in North America, announced its intent to purchase five of the choicest plants owned by mega-biofuel maker, mega-bankrupt VeraSun Energy...

Team Obama wants to pursue high-risk, high-reward initiatives on . - Oroville Mercury-Register
WASHINGTON EUR” Take risks. Spend federal money quickly. Reach out to the best minds in technology. We're behind, we have to catch up and the consequences of failure are too grim to contemplate. That, in essence, was the mandate for an obscure federal ...

Silobreaker: Boat owners fret over ethanol's effect on engines .
Ethanol fuels said to violate Islamic law. Plantagenet writes:A prominent Saudi scholar warned youths studying abroad of using ethanol or other fuel that contains alcohol in their cars since they could be . - [3 hours ago - Peak Oil] ...

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 ...

AgriTalk » Blog Archive » This Week on AgriTalk
Well also get reaction to a controversial University of Minnesota study on ethanol production, and well hear about calls from state governors to boost the legal blend limit for ethanol fuels. Tuesday: Horse slaughter may be coming ...

Ethanol plan aims to fix 'huge mistake' - Sioux Falls Argus Leader

Ethanol plan aims to fix 'huge mistake'
Sioux Falls Argus Leader, SD
That act prevents producers from making cellulosic ethanol out of nearly all federal forest waste. The fuels standard now calls for blending 10.5 billion gallons of renewables this year, 15 billion gallons by 2015 and 36 billion gallons by 2022. .
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E85 Vs Conventional Gasoline - Tech Knowledge
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 ...

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VERBIO Vereinigte BioEnergie AG - Financial and Strategic Analysis.
VERBIO Vereinigte BioEnergie AG - Financial and Strategic Analysis Review - companiesandmarkets.com adds new report 2009-03-02 01:41:02 - VERBIO Vereinigte BioEnergie AG - Financial and Strategic Analysis ...

Proponents tout E85 ethanol gas benefits (Central Michigan Life)
With discussion across the country about environmental issues, flex fuel is one topic raising questions and curiosities in Mid-Michigan. Flex fuel, otherwise known as E85 ethanol-fuel, is slowly being introduced at gas stations around the country as an alternative fuel option...

Rare Fungus Discovered that Converts Plant Cellulose to Diesel Fuel - Natural News.com

Rare Fungus Discovered that Converts Plant Cellulose to Diesel Fuel
Natural News.com, AZ
With petroleum supplies dwindling, researchers are increasingly interested in biological sources of fuels such as ethanol. G. roseum may provide crucial in making many biofuel sources more realistic, due to its unique ability to produce diesel .
Genome Of Fungus With Biofuel Applications Sequenced RedOrbit
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Stock & fund quotes - ninemsn
SINGAPORE, March 2 (Reuters) - U.S. corn futures rose on Monday, recovering from last week's slide, on hopes that more corn will be converted into ethanol. But soybeans dropped on the the possibility of Argentine farmers selling their stocks after ...

Highway panel to target diverted gas tax
Associated Press - March 1, 2009 8:45 PM ET PIERRE, S.D. - State Transportation Commission members want South Dakota citizens to know exactly how much gas-tax money never gets into highway projects...

Carbon Sciences Completes Prototype of Breakthrough CO2-to-Fuel . - CNNMoney.com

Carbon Sciences Completes Prototype of Breakthrough CO2-to-Fuel .
CNNMoney.com
"We estimate that by 2030, using just 25% of the CO2 emissions from coal usage alone, we can produce enough fuel to provide 30% of the global liquid fuel demand. There is no other single approach, whether it is biodiesel or cellulosic ethanol, .
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Pine waste may fuel Holden ethanol engines - Australian Broadcasting Corp.
Forestry waste from south-east South Australia's pine plantations could produce fuel for Holden's proposed ethanol engines to be built at the Elizabeth plant in Adelaide. Fallen branches and stripped bark can be used to produce what is known as bio ...

Guest column: Bad science could hurt biofuels
I am troubled by rumblings from Washington, D.C., about judgments being made regarding ethanol, and the impact those conclusions could have on Iowans and the state's economy...

Verenium picks Fla. site
A company developing next-generation biofuels in Jennings has selected Florida to be the home of its first commercial-scale facility, but Louisiana remains a candidate for a second Gulf Coast site, company ...

EUR¢ Pacific Ethanol closing 2 plants for now - The Oregonian - OregonLive.com

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EUR¢ Pacific Ethanol closing 2 plants for now
The Oregonian - OregonLive.com, OR
Pacific Ethanol also owns a 42 percent interest in Front Range Energy, which owns an ethanol plant in Windsor, Colo. The Renewable Fuels Association, an ethanol industry group, said this week that 23 of 171 ethanol plants are currently idled, .
Pacific Ethanol Suspends Operations at Two Plants Energy Tribune
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BlueFire Ethanol Granted Air Permit for Lancaster, CA Ethanol Plant - PR Inside
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 ...

Proponents tout E85 ethanol gas benefits - Central Michigan Life

Proponents tout E85 ethanol gas benefits
Central Michigan Life, MI
With discussion across the country about environmental issues, flex fuel is one topic raising questions and curiosities in Mid-Michigan. Flex fuel, otherwise known as E85 ethanol-fuel, is slowly being introduced at gas stations around the country as an .
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Comanche Clean Energy Corporation - Strategic Analysis Review -.
Comanche Clean Energy Corporation - Strategic Analysis Review - companiesandmarkets.com adds new report 2009-03-02 07:19:02 - Comanche Clean Energy Corporation - Strategic Analysis Review - a new market ...

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What: Milestone AV Technologies LCD television wall mounts for flat-screen TVs, sold at Best Buy from June 2007 through December 2008 for $60 to $90 . Why: The mount can crack when used with televisions 26 ...

EmTech Spl: Bio fuels can replace fossil fuels (CIOL)
NEW DELHI, INDIA: Biofuels and electricity driven cars can be realistic alternative to fossil fuels and can appreciably reduce CO2 emission in the atmosphere, provided the issues surrounding the harnessing and usage of those fuels are solved and information related to those harmful effects that fossil fuels have on earth are known to masses...

Ethanol Fuels from Corn | Economics Blog
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...

Ethanol boom-bust scares off investors: analyst (Reuters via Yahoo! UK & Ireland News)
Investors burned by the recent boom and bust in the U.S. ethanol industry will be wary of pouring money into plants for the next generation of biofuels without more stable returns, a J.P. Morgan analyst said on Friday...

Forest fuel for the future
After a false start, Maine appears to be back in the race to build a plant that can produce heating oil and motor fuels from trees...

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. ...

Pacific Ethanol Suspends Operations at Two Plants (Update2) (Bloomberg)
Feb. 27 (Bloomberg) -- Pacific Ethanol Inc . said its suspending operations at 60-million-gallon-a-year distilleries at Burley, Idaho, and Stockton, California, because of unfavorable market conditions...

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. ...

Nuclear Solutions, Inc. - Financial and Strategic Analysis Review -.
Nuclear Solutions, Inc. - Financial and Strategic Analysis Review - companiesandmarkets.com adds new report 2009-03-02 00:19:02 - Nuclear Solutions, Inc...

Propel Fuels leaves native Seattle for biofuel-friendlier California (Seattle Post-Intelligencer)
Propel Fuels, a local seller of biofuels, has appointed Matt Horton as its chief executive officer and moved its headquarters from Seattle to Sacramento, Calif...

Carbon Sciences Completes Prototype of Breakthrough CO2-to-Fuel Technology
Carbon Sciences Inc. , the developer of a breakthrough technology to transform carbon dioxide emissions into gasoline and other fuels, today announced the completion of its highly-anticipated prototype, ...

The burning question: Is ethanol a viable alternative fuel? Anti- - Daily O'Collegian

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The burning question: Is ethanol a viable alternative fuel? Anti-
Daily O'Collegian, OK
David Pimentel, an agricultural scientist at Cornell University found that the planting, harvesting and all the steps in between needed to produce 328 gallons of ethanol takes up almost 140 gallons of fossil fuel. Even better, ethanol cannot be .
Ethanol boom-bust scares off investors-analyst Reuters
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Honda to Open Bio-ethanol Research Center - Industry Week
Honda Motor Co., seeking a boost in the race to build greener automobiles, said on Feb. 26 it would open a research center to develop and produce bio-ethanol fuel from non-edible plant matter. The company said it aims to start building the facility ...

Tax cut zombies from the planet no
It is the stuff of nightmares. You hear the shabby shuffle of their somnambulant stutter and your skin begins to crawl...

Brewery converts beer waste into ethanol fuel - TG Daily

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Brewery converts beer waste into ethanol fuel
TG Daily
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, and Sierra Nevada, a microbrewery in northern California, have teamed enabling the beer maker to produce its .
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
U.S. News & World Report - DVICE
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Valero crossing over into ethanol field - Tulsa World
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. EUR” If federal renewable fuel mandates require ethanol to be mixed into gasoline, the nation's largest independent oil refiner figures it might as well just do it itself. The ethanol industry is under duress partly due to ...

Answers on energy to be offered at expo
With summer just over the horizon and the economy being what it is, figuring out ways to curb energy costs is going to be even more popular this year...

Unintended Consequences - Ethanol is Up/Ethanol. | Gather
Congress needs to back off the ethanol fuels, especially based on corn/food. Other ethanol based alternatives aren't sustainable to need, ruin land and pump chemicals into our oceans from agricultural run-off. We would eventually need ...

National Farmers Union president leaving to lead ethanol foundation - AG Week

National Farmers Union president leaving to lead ethanol foundation
AG Week, ND
I am looking forward to advancing this cause and addressing the myths and the facts when it comes to renewable fuels.EUR In an interview, Buis added, that he has been bothered by the attacks on ethanol. EURœIf we allow others to define us on these issues, .
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From Driving Today
Cold weather and motor oil may not mix In single-digit winter temperatures your vehicle's oil and filter are put to the test in ways you might never imagine...

COOL rules on food set to go into effect
A final Country of Origin Labeling program will go into effect on March 16, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture...

RIL plans bio-fuel unit in Kutch - Hindustan Times
Reliance Industries or RIL has now set its eyes on the dry land of Kutch. It is aiming to set up a bio-fuel plant for blending petrol with 5 per cent permissible ethanol. However, it is not confirmed as to how Reliance plans to produce ethanol in the ...

Philpott: Don't Suffer Biofuels Gladly
Tom Philpott at Grist covers the new report from a coalition of environmental groups , suggesting reasonable changes to biofuels policy...

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...

Proponents tout E85 ethanol gas benefits
Lake Orion sophomore John Bartolone fills his car tank with the new E85 fuel. "I don't think all students can afford ethonal fuel cars," Bartelone said...

Bracing for slowing farm economy
After two strong years of record exports, farm income and commodity prices, the U.S. Agriculture Department is expected to adopt a far more cautious tone for 2009 amid a worsening global recession...



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