Ethanol Technology | Ethanol Fuels News for 03/13/2009

BlueFire Ethanol Brings Aboard Dr. William Farone, Original Co-Founder . - PR Inside
BlueFire Ethanol Fuels, Inc. (OTC BB:BFRE), a company changing the world's transportation fuel paradigm through the production of ethanol from non-food cellulosic wastes, today announced a Technology Development Services Agreement with Dr. William ...

Ethanol: Not dead yet (CNN Money)
The old kings of ethanol are struggling for survival but a new crop of companies are poised to ascend to the throne and hope to offer a superior product...

Ethanol producers told to make more despite obstacles (The State Journal-Register)
PEKIN EUR” Ethanol producers have a tall order in front of them in 2009: They have to produce more ethanol despite a rise in economic pressures and a drop in demand. EURœIts likely to be a tough year. Markets are not in good shape,EUR said Ron Miller, CEO of Pekin-based Aventine Renewable Energy Holdings Inc...

More On The Ethanol Fuel Hoax (Wizbang Blue)
Further ethanol is expensive to produce that fossil fuels, and not ethanol fuels are used to power the production of corn into this fuel. The process involves just 8% usable material for fuel that must be separated from 92% water, ...

'In Asia we don't have a food-fuel conflict' - Times of India
Jane Romero is biofuels project policy researcher with the Institute for Global Environmental Strategies (IGES), Japan. She tells Narayani Ganesh on the sidelines of an international biofuels conference in New Delhi that the pace of investment in ...

N.C. Biofuels Center awards $2.8M through 18 grants
Looking to kick-start the alternative fuel industry in North Carolina, the state's Biofuels Center is handing out $2.77 million in grants...

Goat Farming or Renewable Energy?
I have not seen an analysis of what President Obama really plans to do for renewable energy...

What we will be driving in 2029
By Kelly Taylor, Winnipeg Free Press It's 6 a.m. when Sebastian Myers slips into the garage, unplugs his car and tosses his golf clubs in the trunk...

Gov. Rounds signs ethanol tax bill - Argus Leader
PIERRE EUR Gov. Mike Rounds has signed a bill aimed at ending a controversy over how blends of ethanol fuel are taxed in South Dakota. The governor on Thursday signed SB21, which would tax ethanol at 8 cents a gallon at the wholesale level. Current ...

Backers want to put more ethanol in your fuel - Kansas City Star
The struggling biofuels industry is pushing to dramatically raise the legal limit for ethanol blends in gasoline for cars, trucks and power equipment such as lawn mowers. The move already is sparking criticism from some industry groups worried about ...

The current (Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune)
More ethanol on the way? Even as ethanol companies struggle, the corn-based fuel is gaining new political momentum after a tough year of being blamed -- at least in part -- for some of the country's ills...

Ethanol producers push to increase blend in gasoline - Grand Island Independent
The Nebraska Ethanol Board is part of a national alliance of ethanol organizations that is urging the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to increase the percentage of ethanol allowed in the nations fuel supply. Ethanol producers were in ...

Reportlinker Adds Global Ethanol Market Analysis - PR Inside
The report profiles 240 companies including many key and niche players worldwide such as Abengoa Bioenergy Corporation, AÃ§Ãcar Guarani S/A, AltraBiofuels, Ancom Berhad, Archer Daniels Midland Co., Aventine Renewable Energy, Inc., Cargill, Inc ...

Ethanol debate: Is your car ready for E-15?
Currently, government rules allow non-flex-fuel vehicles to use only 10 percent ethanol in their gasoline...

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Pelosi Backs Raising Ethanol Blend to Reduce Use of Foreign Oil (Bloomberg)
March 9 (Bloomberg) -- The percentage of corn-based ethanol used in gasoline should be increased as a way of reducing U.S. dependence on foreign oil, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said...

Clean Energy Trends 2009
In last year's Clean Energy Trends report, we noted that 2008 would prove to be another banner year for clean energy even in the face of a brooding economic storm...

Fuels-From-the-Forest Innovator Chemrec Opens U.S. Office Headquartered in Deerfield, Illinois (Marketwire via Yahoo! Finance)
Chemrec AB, a Sweden-based biofuels innovation company, has opened a U.S. subsidiary, Chemrec USA, Inc., headquartered in Deerfield, Illinois, north of Chicago. Chemrec USA will develop Chemrec patented fuels-from-the-forest biorefineries in North America...

Silobreaker: Focus on the Alternative Fuels Market
BlueFire Ethanol Fuels, Inc. (OTC BB:BFRE), a company changing the world's transportation fuel paradigm through the production of ethanol from non-food cellulosic wastes, today announced a Technology Development Services Agreement with ...

Ethanol debate: Is your car ready for E-15? (Le Mars Daily Sentinel)
Currently, government rules allow non-flex-fuel vehicles to use only 10 percent ethanol in their gasoline. Politicians from Iowa are pushing for that to change...

Baize on ag: Some good, some bad for America
Sit down with John Baize, long-time Washington, D.C., observer, and there's generally "a whole lot of learning" going to happen...

Chemrec USA: Fuels-From-the-Forest Innovator Chemrec Opens U.S..
Chemrec AB, a Sweden-based biofuels innovation company, has opened a U.S. subsidiary, Chemrec USA, Inc., headquartered in Deerfield, Illinois, north of Chicago...

Ethanol producers told to make more despite obstacles
Ethanol producers have a tall order in front of them in 2009: They have to produce more ethanol despite a rise in economic pressures and a drop in demand...

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...

Sweden going "oil free" by 2030
Just 21 years from now, Sweden says it wants to have completely reduced its dependence on oil by becoming an "oil free" country by 2030...

Reportlinker Adds Global Ethanol Market Analysis (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)
NEW YORK----Reportlinker.com announces that a new market research report is available in its catalogue...

Renewable energy incentives abound in recovery act
There is no doubt the current, nearly unprecedented world economic conditions are leading to extraordinary structural changes in the role of governments in the marketplace...

Honda to sell world's 1st bike with bio-ethanol mixed fuel
There are tons of flex-fuel automobiles in the world, both in the United States and abroad...

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...

Vilsack: Should boost ethanol blend in gasoline. - MSN MoneyCentral
WASHINGTON (AP) - Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack says the government should be able to move quickly to increase the amount of ethanol allowed in gasoline. Vilsack told a farmers convention that the cap on ethanol content in gasoline should be ...

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] ...

2009 Ford Mondeo tri-fuel
The new tri-fuel Ford Mondeo is compatible with either petrol, ethanol or liquefied petroleum gas which results in a vastly extended range and lower running costs...

Producers want higher ethanol limits for gasoline - Miami Herald
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There is no doubt the current, nearly unprecedented world economic conditions are leading to extraordinary structural changes in the role of governments in the marketplace...

Honda to sell world's 1st bike with bio-ethanol mixed fuel
There are tons of flex-fuel automobiles in the world, both in the United States and abroad...

2009 Ford Mondeo tri-fuel
The new tri-fuel Ford Mondeo is compatible with either petrol, ethanol or liquefied petroleum gas which results in a vastly extended range and lower running costs...

Producers want higher ethanol limits for gasoline - Miami Herald
WASHINGTON -- Ethanol producers asked the Environmental Protection Agency on Friday to boost the amount of ethanol that can be blended with gasoline, but automakers argued the increase could damage car engines and fuel lines. The ethanol producers ...

Green Car Congress: Study Finds Integrated Biorefinery Processes .
(2009) Comparative analysis of efficiency, environmental impact, and process economics for mature biomass refining scenarios. Biofuels, Bioprod. Bioref. 3:247EUR270 doi: 10.1002/bbb.136. March 8, 2009 in Cellulosic ethanol, Fuels, ...

When Is a 50% Drop Not Enough?
As the world debates exactly how bad things can get and how many trillions of dollars governments will need to spend to pull us out of this economic funk, last summer's spike in food prices has probably fallen ...

Wood Waste Update
DOE Pledges $200 Million for Biofuels The Department of Energy has announced plans to provide up to $200 million during the 2009-2014 budget period to support advanced biofuel development by funding pilot and ...

RPT-Ford downplays report it endorses midlevel ethanol - CNN Money
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Ford Motor Co. Thursday downplayed a report it had endorsed the use of higher blends of alternative motor fuel ethanol in gasoline. "Saying that we endorse that flat out would be premature," Ford's manager of corporate news ...

Emerson Is Main Automation Contractor At Next-Gen Biofuels Plant
Second-generation biofuels company Range Fuels has formed a strategic relationship with Emerson Process Management to help bring online the first commercial cellulosic biofuels plant in the United States...

BP Jumps Into Next-Generation Biofuels With Plans to Build Florida Refinery
Wall Street Journal , March 12, 2009 - The energy firm BP PLC is making a major investment in extracting transportation fuel from plants as part of its effort to move rapidly to produce the next generation of ...

OPEI Objects to Ethanol Study, Proposal
The conclusions don't match the data, says an independent researcher commissioned by the Outdoor Power Equipment Institute to critique a federal report released last year by the U.S. Dept...

BlueFire Ethanol Brings Aboard Dr. William Farone, Original Co-Founder of the Arkenol Process (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)
IRVINE, Calif.----BlueFire Ethanol Fuels, Inc. , a company changing the world's transportation fuel paradigm through the production of ethanol from non-food cellulosic wastes, today announced a Technology Development Services Agreement with Dr...

Governor signs ethanol tax bill - Argus Leader
PIERRE EUR Gov. Mike Rounds has signed a bill aimed at ending a controversy over how blends of ethanol fuel are taxed in South Dakota. The governor on Thursday signed SB21, which would tax ethanol at 8 cents a gallon at the wholesale level. Current ...

US biofuel industry calls for rise in ethanol ceiling (vnunet.com)
BusinessGreen.com staff, BusinessGreen , Monday 9 March 2009 at 10:09:00 Having signalled his support for biofuels, Obama now faces calls to increase amount of ethanol that can be blended with conventional fuels The Obama administration is to face an early test of its commitment to the US biofuel industry, after a coalition of corn ethanol firms led by retired general and ...

Honda Begins Sales of Flex Fuel Motorcycle CG150 Titan Mix in Brazil
Moto Honda da Amazonia Ltda. , a Honda subsidiary in Brazil responsible for production and sales of motorcycles and power products, announced it will begin sales in Brazil of the flex fuel CG150 TITAN MIX in ...

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. ...

The Institute for Liberal Studies: ethanol fuels beginning of the .
From Small Dead Animals - here is something that never occurred to me, though it seems obvious now that I've thought about it - as research makes ethanol fuels more plausible, they are going up in demand, and the grains that are used to ...

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 ...

Mozambique: Bio-Fuels May Provide 15 Percent of Fuel Consumption (AllAfrica.com)
Maputo EUR” Bio-fuels, particularly ethanol and bio-diesel, may contribute 15 per cent of Mozambique's national fuel consumption within the next five years, according to Energy Minister Salvador Namburete...

Oil from Algae | Living the American Green
People throwing around big concepts and putting our own brand of common sense/humor on the world at large. So, from the department of Holy Sh*t comes this video: imagine the scope of what this could mean for ethanol fuels! ...

Fuels-From-the-Forest Innovator Chemrec Opens U.S. Office Headquartered in Deerfield, Illinois
Chemrec USA will develop Chemrec patented fuels-from-the-forest biorefineries in North America...

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