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



Energy gained, and lost
Who'd have dreamed that coal-loving Kentucky would be ready to mobilize a Clean Energy Corps and become a model for creating jobs by conserving energy? But there Gov...

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...

Is bacteria cleantech's miracle drug?
MIT researchers say microbes hold the key to many of the industry's biggest challenges, including transportation and carbon emissions...

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...

Hunt continues for Lake bio-ethanol site - NWITimes.com
Bio-ethanol businessman Earl Powers is renewing his search for a Lake County community that wants to host his new business. Powers said last week several cities and towns have the welcome mat out for him and his trash-to-ethanol plant. The town of ...

CanadianDriver General News Transport Canada issues latest recalls
On certain vehicles, the use of selected ethanol fuels may cause the aluminum fuel rails to corrode. This could result in plugged fuel injectors, causing a rough engine idle and/or the illumination of the engine warning lamp. ...

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 closing 2 plants for now
Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) Feb. 28--Pacific Ethanol said Friday that it is temporarily closing down its ethanol plants in Burley, Idaho, and Stockton, Calif., leaving only a partially owned plant in Colorado ...

CLIMATE CHANGE: Biofuels Worse Than Fossil Fuels, Studies Find - Inter Press Service
BROOKLIN, Canada, Feb 8 (IPS) - Biofuels are making climate change worse, not better, according to two new studies which found that total greenhouse gas emissions from biofuels are far higher than those from burning gasoline because biofuel ...

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 ...

Pacific Ethanol's capacity slashed - Sacramento Bee
With the shutdown of two more plants, Sacramento's Pacific Ethanol Inc. is operating at about one-quarter capacity in an industry struggling with depressed profit margins. The company still boasts it's the "largest West Coast-based marketer and ...

After Last Year's Ethanol Controversy, a New Group Launches a.
When corn prices spiked last year, big food manufacturers and oil companies claimed there wasn't enough corn to feed everyone and make ethanol...

Entire Swedish city switches to biofuels to become environmentally friendly (Chicago Tribune)
Industrial community makes change with a minimum of cost, pain Kalmar, Sweden, is on the verge of eliminating the use of fossil fuels, for good, and with minimal effect on its standard of living. The Tribune's Laurie Goering reports...

Fuel from biomass
Global Potential and Implications for Sustainable Energy and Agriculture: Worldwatch Institute...

WK23085 Standard Test Method for Adenosine Triphosphate (ATP) Content .
Work Item: ASTM WK23085 - Revision of D7463-08 Standard Test Method for Adenosine Triphosphate Content of Microorganisms in Fuel, Fuel/Water Mixtures and Fuel Associated Water Active Standard: D7463-08 ...

ProCon.org and Over 175 Experts Compare Alternative Energies to Fossil Fuels in Major New Nonpartisan Website (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance)
ProCon.org, a nonpartisan 501c3 nonprofit research organization, created the new website alternativeenergyprocon.org to explore the core question, "Can alternative energy effectively replace fossil fuels?"..

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...

Amount paid in ethanol tax is stagnant
Cheap gasoline apparently is causing Iowa motorists to wander away from the ethanol pumps to regular fuel when filling up, state revenue department figures show...

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 ...

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 ...

Senator introduces bill to promote biogas production
Nebraskaa s Senator Ben Nelson has introduced legislation that promotes the development of biogas through tax incentives...

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 ...

Renewable fuel organizations form global alliance - Ethanol Producer Magazine

Renewable fuel organizations form global alliance
Ethanol Producer Magazine, ND
According to Baker, one of the non-profits areas of focus will be to expand the role of ethanol in developing countries and that includes an agenda to engage the World Bank to direct investments toward biofuel infrastructure, specifically in Africa. .
Ethanol producers form new alliance United Press International (subscription)
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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...

Groups trying to drive wedge between consumers, ethanol
New anti-ethanol commentary by environmental and food manufacturing organizations are EURstirring up fearEUR among consumers at a time when all segments of the economy should be pulling together to bring about recovery...

NFA: Will Highly Anticipated California Climate Plan Backfire?
SACRAMENTO, Calif. , /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The New Fuels Alliance , one of the nation's leading advocates for advanced biofuels, is warning that the state's efforts to reduce carbon emissions from gasoline ...

Showing entries for Category: cellulosic-ethanol - San Francisco Examiner
Domestic biofuel production meets multiple societal criteria. Recent developments in the biofuel story have given no guarantee that a biofuel industry will be set up in time to help the building environmental crisis (in fact many new reports say ...

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

Amount paid in ethanol tax is stagnant - DesMoinesRegister.com

Amount paid in ethanol tax is stagnant
DesMoinesRegister.com, IA
"When you consider that Iowans saved up to $155 million with ethanol in 2008, we have to take steps to increase use, thereby saving consumers even more." Iowa, unlike neighboring Minnesota, lacks a state mandate for ethanol fuel use. .
Proponents tout E85 ethanol gas benefits Central Michigan Life
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U of M research fuels growth in biofuels - and weather

U of M research fuels growth in biofuels
and weather, IL
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, .
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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. ...

USDA Support for Renewable Energy
The U.S. Department of Agriculture will be providing loan guarantees to help the ethanol industry, according to Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack...

House votes to lift ethanol tax exemption - Idaho8.com
BOISE, Idaho (AP) - House lawmakers passed the first of Gov. C.L. "Butch" Otter's measures aimed at boosting roads funding, voting 69-0 to dump a tax exemption for ethanol and biodiesel that may be costing Idaho $4 million annually in lost revenue ...

Free Ethanol and Lunch for Kansas State Students
It certainly pays to be a Kansas State Wildcat this coming Monday, as students will get a FREE tank of E85 or E10 ethanol and a free lunch when they show their student ID at the Manhattan Farmers Cooperative...

E - Library: The Biotechnology of Ethanol : Classical and Future .
Immobilized Cell Systems Substrates for Industrial Alcohol Production Fermentation Modes of Industrial Interest Industrial Processes Present and Potential Markets for Ethanol Alcohol Fuels , Bioethanol , ethanol fuels. Subject Index ...

After Last Year's Ethanol Controversy, a New Group Launches a Campaign to Promote Corn to Washington Policymakers (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)
WASHINGTON----When corn prices spiked last year, big food manufacturers and oil companies claimed there wasn't enough corn to feed everyone and make ethanol...

Ethanol producers form new alliance (UPI)
SAN ANTONIO, March 2 (UPI) -- U.S. ethanol producers announced the formation of a new industry group and new leadership at another during their recent annual conference in Texas...

Bill Would Expand Use of Wood Waste for Ethanol
Legislation that would allow producers to make cellulosic ethanol out of waste wood from federal forest land was re-introduced last week in the U.S. House of Representatives...

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 ...

GBC submits policy recommendations to President Obama - Ethanol Producer Magazine

GBC submits policy recommendations to President Obama
Ethanol Producer Magazine, ND
According to the letter, low oil prices and near saturation of the E10 blend market are weakening the foundation of the ethanol industry. EURThe impact of todays recession and these market conditions on the existing ethanol and biodiesel industries is .
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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...

Ethanol producers form new alliance
U.S. ethanol producers announced the formation of a new industry group and new leadership at another during their recent annual conference in Texas...

Free fuel for students - KTKA.com

Domestic Fuel

Free fuel for students
KTKA.com, KS
"E85 is a blend of 85 percent ethanol and 15 percent gasoline and can only be used in flex-fuel vehicles, according to a press release from the Manhattan Farmer's Cooperative. "E10 is a blend of 10 percent ethanol and 90 percent gasoline. .
Take the Flex-Fuel Challenge Domestic Fuel
Hundreds fill their tank for free KTKA.com
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Carbon Sciences' CO2 to Fuel: How Real Is It?
Carbon Sciences which wants to turn carbon dioxide into consumer products-says it has completed a prototype manufacturing system that shows how it can convert carbon dioxide, captured from a smokestack, into ...

RFA releases outlook, economic impact, land-use reports - Ethanol Producer Magazine

RFA releases outlook, economic impact, land-use reports
Ethanol Producer Magazine, ND
By Ryan C. Christiansen The Renewable Fuels Association has published multiple new reports, including its 2009 Ethanol Industry Outlook, a report which outlined the state of the US ethanol industry and the challenges and opportunities the industry .
Studies: Ethanol production doesnt affect land use changes Ethanol Producer Magazine
NEC: Dinneen praises, encourages industry Ethanol Producer Magazine
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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 ...

Amount paid in ethanol tax is stagnant (The Des Moines Register)
Cheap gasoline apparently is causing Iowa motorists to wander away from the ethanol pumps to regular fuel...

D6423 Standard Test Method for Determination of pHe of Ethanol,.
ASTM D6423 - 08 ASTM D6423 - 08 Standard Test Method for Determination of pHe of Ethanol, Denatured Fuel Ethanol, and Fuel Ethanol Active Standard ASTM D6423 Developed by Subcommittee: D02.A0 Book of Standards ...

Swedish region utilizing alternative fuels - Chicago Tribune

Swedish region utilizing alternative fuels
Chicago Tribune, United States
. into additional energy sources for biogas and biodiesel production. The county also is a leader in adoption of "eco-cars," including pioneering electric cars and fuel-efficient vehicles that run on a mix of 85 percent ethanol and 15 percent gasoline.
Going green: Entire Swedish city switches to biofuels to become . Chicago Tribune
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Pacific Ethanol closing 2 plants for now - TMCnet

Pacific Ethanol closing 2 plants for now
TMCnet
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, .
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Going green: Entire Swedish city switches to biofuels to become environmentally friendly
Though a fraction of Chicago's size, this industrial city in southeast Sweden has plenty of similarities with it, including a long, snowy winter and a football team the town's crazy about...

Greenhouse Gas Villain Rehabbed - Sci-Tech Today

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Greenhouse Gas Villain Rehabbed
Sci-Tech Today
If successful, such initiatives could reduce dependence on carbon-spewing, petroleum-based products, as well as renewable fuels such as corn ethanol that compete with food supplies. "Having a homegrown alternative to (oil) is an attractive proposition .
CO2 to Fuel: How Real Is It? Today at 1:50 PM Greentech Media
Carbon Sciences Completes Prototype of Breakthrough CO2-to-Fuel . CNNMoney.com
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Worth a shot The main ingredient in tequila is being touted as a potential new source of biofuel.
Can withstand dry, hot conditions: agave's resilience is being touted as a reason to plant it commercially in Australia...

Automakers show new products amid gloom - Shreveport Times
GENEVA -- The Geneva Motor Show will feature more than 130 world premiere presentations as the auto industry tries for a few days at least to dispel some of the gloom clouding its future. And it doesn't get any gloomier than this: Passenger car ...

Long-distance vs. local is a fight no one can win
Of all the arguments and struggles going on in the world, maybe the least productive one is the contest that pits long-distance sourcing of produce against local and seasonal produce...

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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 ...

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. EURIf we allow others to define us on these issues, .
NFU delegates to pick new president at convention Brownfield
Buis to become Growth Energy CEO Ethanol Producer Magazine
NFU Convention Speakers Announced Hoosier Ag Today
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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 Not Only Engines, But Also Urology Benefits EUR
Biodiesel stocks, ethanol stocks, biodiesel and ethanol plants, trends, and industry news...



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