Ethanol Technology | Ethanol Fuels News for 03/04/2009



Underwater animals fart greenhouse gas: study
Humans and farm animals were known to emit harmful greenhouse gases through digestion, but German researchers said Tuesday that aquatic worms and bugs are also culprits, releasing laughing gas...

BC Conservatives would promote oil exploration and biofuel technology to offset tax cuts
This is part two of an article continued from the Feb. 25 issue of the Revelstoke Times Review introducing BC Conservative party leader and Columbia River-Revelstoke MLA candidate Wilf Hanni...

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 ...

Geneva 2009: Bentley goes flex-fuel, new powertrain in 2012
Bentley CEO Franz-Josef Paefgen promised an all-new more efficient powertrain for his lineup in 2012 but declined to give details...

Auto news briefs: Volvo says slump slowing - Detroit Free Press
Ford Motor Co.'s Volvo Cars unit reported substantial progress in talks with the Swedish government on loan guarantees and said there's evidence that the global decline in auto sales is bottoming out. Gothenburg-based Volvo is applying for funds from ...

Green tech at a crossroads
From energy-efficient lightbulbs and electric cars to giant wind turbine farms and gadgets that make your home a little smarter, the young green-technology industry has quickly become the most talked-about tech ...

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. ...

Boat owners fret over ethanol's effect on engines - Fort Lauderdale Sun-Sentinel
There's a new concern rippling through the maritime community: By simply gassing up, boaters could be pouring poison into their engines, especially if they have a fiberglass fuel tank. Ethanol added to gasoline in recent years will dissolve resin ...

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...

Sorghum growers putting checkoff to work
Using their new value-based checkoff assessment, sorghum growers across the country are taking steps that can help them see extensive research and promotion that hopefully will rival that for corn, soybeans and ...

Ethanol fuels said to violate Islamic law
A prominent Saudi scholar warned youths studying abroad of using ethanol or other fuel that contains alcohol in their cars since they could be committing a sin, local press reported Thursday. Sheikh Mohamed Al-Najimi, member of the ...

Indian biodiesel producers rethink export-only status
Biodiesel makers slash production in response to reduced demand from the U.S. and Europe...

Pacific Ethanol Announces Forbearance Agreements Extended With Lenders . - MSN MoneyCentral
SACRAMENTO, Calif., Feb. 27, 2009 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Pacific Ethanol, Inc. (Nasdaq:PEIX) announced today that the forbearance agreements with its lenders have been extended as the Company continues attempts to negotiate new loan terms. These ...

Ethanol industry sees ray of hope (Pioneer Press)
This is a strange season for ethanol. Production is shattering records, up 41 percent last year to 9.2 billion gallons, the U...

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. ...

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 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 ...

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...

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 ...

2008 Ethanol Production Tops 9 Billion Gallons (AgWeb.com)
Monthly production highlights..

Faa Evaluates 100LL Alternative
Recall last summer that we reported on a new proposed replacement for 100LL that would be both cheaper than avgas and have higher octane...

Emerson to Host Biofuels Summits in Denver, Atlanta, Houston
Thought-Leadership Summits Focus on Commercialization of Alternative Fuels AUSTIN, TEXAS - Emerson Process Management, a business of Emerson, is hosting a series of regional summits across the United States to ...

Transition from Fossil to Electric Fuel
Gas prices are soaring globally day by day. These prices majorly depend on speculation in the market, renewable alternatives and nuclear energy...

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...

Gauging Pastes instantly detect water in petroleum products.
March 3, 2009 - Suited for E10 applications, All-Purpose Water Finding Paste changes color when it comes into contact with water in any petroleum application...

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] ...

Iowa employers show pessimism about economy
Iowa's largest employers painted a bleak picture of the state's economy Monday, with a majority of businesses predicting reduced sales, employment and capital investment over the next six months...

Carbon Tax Ignores History
Despite consistently describing the economic situation as being dire, President Barack Obama is rapidly moving forward with policies that have the potential to seriously harm American industry...

ProCon.org Compares Alternative Energies To Fossil Fuels (Space War)
Santa Monica CA (SPX) Mar 04, 2009 - 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?"..

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...

Ethanol boom runs out of gas
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 ...

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 ...

Sequoia Partner Joins Khosla Ventures
Longtime entrepreneur and venture capitalist is excited about more research-oriented deals...

Page 2 of 2 - Foreign Policy
Why its a bad idea: Obamas energy policy has much to commend it. But borrowing an idea from World War II Germany and apartheid South Africa? Bad move. Coal-to-liquid fuels produce nearly twice the greenhouse gases of ordinary petroleum, experts ...

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...

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. ...

Solar energy to brighten up California
Solar power history is being made in Southern California. Southern California Edison and BrightSource Energy from Israel have signed the world's largest solar energy deal...

Ethanol industry sees ray of hope
This is a strange season for ethanol. Production is shattering records, up 41 percent last year to 9.2 billion gallons, the U.S. Department of Energy reports...

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...

2008 Ethanol Production Tops 9 Billion Gallons
According to the Energy Information Administration , American ethanol facilities produced more than 9.2 billion gallons of ethanol in 2008, up from some 6.5 billion gallons in 2007...

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 industry sees ray of hope - Pioneer Press
This is a strange season for ethanol. Production is shattering records, up 41 percent last year to 9.2 billion gallons, the U.S. Department of Energy reports. The number of ethanol refineries is breaking records, too. Nationwide, there now are 193 ...

First debate draws crowd - Post-Star
SARATOGA SPRINGS -- Approximately 200 people attended the first debate of the 20th Congressional District race between Republican Assembly minority leader James Tedisco and Democratic candidate and venture capital manager Scott Murphy. The 90-minute ...

ASABE to develop standard for distillers dried grains with solubles
The American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers has initiated a project to develop a standard entitled Properties and Relationships for Distillers Dried Grains with Solubles ...

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 ...

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...

Sustainability still a campus priority
New sources of energy might benefit the U.S. as well as support OSU's sustainability efforts...

Groups oppose idea to raise ethanol limit - Des Moines Register
Washington, D.C. - The government is considering allowing drivers of newer cars to put more ethanol into their tanks, boosting the market for the corn-based fuel. But a range of groups - automakers, makers of outdoor equipment and some ...

Cellulosic biofuel technology will generate low-cost green fuel - Science Centric
Cellulosic biofuels offer similar, if not lower, costs and very large reductions in greenhouse gas emissions compared to petroleum-derived fuels. That's one of the key take-home messages from a series of expert papers on 'The Role of Biomass in ...

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...



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