Ethanol Technology | Ethanol Fuels News for 03/17/2009



Brazil wants help lifting US ethanol tariffs
Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva on Monday implored American businessmen to help convince the United States to lift the 53-cent-per-gallon import tariff it places on his country's ethanol fuel...

Right biomass choices critical to soil, water
RICHARD CRUSE is an agronomy professor at Iowa State University. Contact: rmc@iastate.edu HILLARY OLSON is program coordinator of the Iowa Water Cent * March 16, 2009 Business as usual on Midwest farms is not ...

Aventine says it may seek bankruptcy protection - MSN MoneyCentral
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) - Ethanol producer Aventine Renewable Energy Holdings Inc. said late Monday it may need to seek Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection if it cannot raise sufficient cash in the very near-term. Shares dropped 13 cents, or 46.4 percent ...

Corn consumption - Lincoln Daily News
[ March 17, 2009 ] U RBANA -- Corn consumption during the 2009-10 marketing year could reach 12.5 billion bushels, said a University of Illinois Extension marketing specialist. "The 2009 crop would need to be near 12.2 billion bushels to support ...

What we'll be driving in 2029
A plug leads into a Mini-E electric car, during a presentation at the British embassy in Berlin November 25, 2008...

Reportlinker Adds Global Ethanol Market Analysis - CNBC
NEW YORK, Mar 12, 2009 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Reportlinker.com announces that a new market research report is available in its catalogue. World Ethanol Market http://www.reportlinker.com/p098314/World-Ethanol-Market.html This report analyzes the ...

1050 wont start - Triumph Forum: Triumph Rat Motorcycle Forums
If it was anti-freeze, you could distinctly smell it through the gas. Some ethanol fuels have a greenish tint to them, and ethanol is hydroscopic, which means it WILL pull water from the atmosphere!!!..uh, yeah.thats all I got. ...

Think again about 'clean' energy
Those who allege that windmills, solar panels, electric cars, etc. are "clean" should think again...

Poet weighs pipeline for ethanol
Sioux Falls-based Poet LLC distills about 1.5 billion gallons of ethanol at 26 plants across seven Midwestern states - but the largest, strongest markets for the biofuel continue to be in the Northeast...

Albermarle Continues Expansion Efforts in Louisiana
Gordon Food Service will build a 150,000-square-foot distribution center here, bringing 100 new jobs to the region...

Senators Warn EPA About Making Assumptions
A bipartisan group of 12 U.S. Senators wants the Environmental Protection Agency not to propose regulations that assume greater U.S. biofuels use would increase carbon dioxide emissions...

Oil Unlikely to Weaken, Supporting Biofuels, Former BP CEO Says (Bloomberg)
March 17 (Bloomberg) -- Oil prices are EURunlikely to weaken,EUR helping to support demand for alternative fuels, according to the former chief executive officer of BP Plc...

Emerson Helps Range Fuels Bring First Next-Generation U.S. Biofuels Plant Into Commercial Production (PlantAutomation.com)
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...

Poet weighs pipeline for ethanol (The Argus Leader)
Sioux Falls-based Poet LLC distills about 1.5 billion gallons of ethanol at 26 plants across seven Midwestern states - but the largest, strongest markets for the biofuel continue to be in the Northeast. On Monday, Poet joined Magellan Midstream Partners to study the viability of building a dedicated ethanol pipeline from its plants to Northeastern distribution terminals. The project's ...

Black Liquor from Pulp and Paper Waste Stream
Chemrec AB has named Richard J. LeBlanc as CEO of the Sweden-based biofuels innovation company, and as CEO of its new U.S. subsidiary, Chemrec USA, Inc., headquartered in Deerfield, Illinois, north of Chicago...

Praj bags order worth Rs 20 cr (Business Standard India)
Praj Industries has received an order of Rs 20 crore from US-based Range Fuels for downstream processing equipment. The Pune-based company provides solutions to add value in bio-ethanol, bio-diesel, brewery plants and process equipment and systems...

Economic slowdown finally hits US rail freight
LONDON - North America's railways appear finally to be experiencing the full force of the economic downturn after freight volumes fell 14.5 per cent in February against the previous year and some of the biggest ...

Shell fuels cellulosic ethanol push with new Codexis deal (vnunet.com)
BusinessGreen.com Staff, BusinessGreen , Monday 16 March 2009 at 13:19:00 Oil giant takes larger stake in developer of enzymes that are key to production of second generation biofuels Oil giant Shell has stepped up its push into the biofuels sector, shelling out an undisclosed sum to increase its stake in Codexis, a developer of enzymes designed to enhance...

'Green' summit outlines changes | Napa Valley Register
We need it all from more natural gas vehicles to, yes, ethanol fuels to more oil exploration and more refineries to process the oil. Notice how gas prices went up but the price of oil has been in that mid 30s to mid 40s range? ...

Funding holds key to Magellan ethanol project
TULSA A $3.5 billion ethanol pipeline may not proceed without federal funding, a spokesman for Tulsa-based Magellan Midstream Partners said Monday...

Magellan: Ethanol pipeline possible
Work on a proposed 1,700-mile ethanol pipeline could begin within a few years if Magellan Midstream Partners LP believes the project is feasible, company officials said Monday...

Fuels-from-the-Forest Innovator Chemrec Opens U.S. Office (Industry Week)
The company transforms a pulp and paper milling waste product called black liquor into ultra-clean alternative motor fuels methanol and dimethyl ether or DME...

Economist: 2009-10 Corn Consumption May Require 87 Million Acres Planted this Season
Corn consumption during the 2009-10 marketing year could reach 12.5 billion bushels, said Darrel Good, University of Illinois Extension marketing specialist...

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 ...

Innovator Chemrec names former Siemens President LeBlanc new CEO
Chemrec AB has named Richard J. LeBlanc as CEO of the Sweden-based biofuels innovation company, and as CEO of its new U.S. subsidiary, Chemrec USA, Inc., headquartered in Deerfield...

Magellan: Ethanol pipeline possible (Tulsa World)
Work on a proposed 1,700-mile ethanol pipeline could begin within a few years if Magellan Midstream Partners LP believes the project is feasible, company officials said Monday...

UPDATE 1-ADM, Valero bidding for VeraSun assets - sources - Reuters
NEW YORK, March 17 (Reuters) - Archer Daniels Midland Co ( ADM.N ) and Valero Energy Corp ( VLO.N ) are competing in an auction for assets of bankrupt ethanol producer VeraSun Energy Corp ( VSUNQ.OB ), according to people familiar with the matter ...

Ethanol Groups Endorse Higher Blends, OPEI Not So Sure .
The studies also will provide information necessary to educate consumers about the use of mid-level ethanol fuels on existing and future products. Printable Format |; E-mail this article ...

GreenShift Releases Shareholder Letter - MSN MoneyCentral
We have created a business model based on feedstock ownership and margin protection that is unique among biofuels producers, and that positions us in historic times at the intersection of two industries: corn ethanol and biodiesel. We have ...

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, ...

Brazil wants help lifting US ethanol tariffs (INO News)
(AP:NEW YORK) Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva on Friday implored American businessmen to help convince the United States to lift the 53-cent-per-gallon import tariff it places on his country's ethanol fuel...

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. ...

newnet news - BlueFire Ethanol Fuels teams up with Applied Power .
BlueFire Ethanol Fuels teams up with Applied Power Concepts to develop biofuel technology...

Guest column: Right biomass choices critical to soil, water
RICHARD CRUSE is an ISU agronomy professor: rmc@iastate.edu HILLARY OLSON is program coordinator of the Iowa Water Center, ISU: holson01@iastate.edu * March 17, 2009 Business as usual on Midwest farms is not ...

Poet weighs pipeline for ethanol - Argus Leader
Sioux Falls-based Poet LLC distills about 1.5 billion gallons of ethanol at 26 plants across seven Midwestern states - but the largest, strongest markets for the biofuel continue to be in the Northeast. On Monday, Poet joined Magellan Midstream ...

Fuels-from-the-Forest(SM) Innovator Chemrec Names Former Siemens President Rick LeBlanc as CEO, Chemrec USA (Marketwire)
DEERFIELD, IL--(Marketwire - March 17, 2009) - Chemrec AB has named Richard J. LeBlanc as CEO of the Sweden-based biofuels innovation company, and as CEO of its new U.S. subsidiary, Chemrec USA, Inc., headquartered in Deerfield, Illinois, north of Chicago. LeBlanc will be responsible for building the North America and Asia-Pacific markets for Chemrec USA's patented "black liquor" gasification ...

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. ...

Report Finds Water Stress Rapidly Becoming Key Strategic Risk to.
Water consumption or withdrawals per unit of energy produced, by energy type, in the United States...

Magellan, Poet to study U.S. ethanol pipeline - Environmental News Network
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Magellan Midstream Partners said on Monday it had signed a joint agreement with Poet, the largest U.S. ethanol producer, to study building a dedicated pipeline to carry the biofuel from the U.S. Midwest into the Northeast. The ...

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...

Brazil wants help lifting US ethanol tariffs (AP via Yahoo! Finance)
Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva on Monday implored American businessmen to help convince the United States to lift the 53-cent-per-gallon import tariff it places on his country's ethanol fuel...

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Brazilian president asks Obama to lower ethanol tariff
Even though some headlines were dominated by Brazilian economic news , President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva's visit to the U.S. and his meeting with President Obama over the weekend also dealt with the ethanol ...

POET Explores Possible Ethanol Pipeline - Inside Indiana Business
The operator of three ethanol plants in Indiana is entering into a partnership to assess the feasibility of building an ethanol pipeline. POET LLC has signed a joint agreement with Magellan Midstream Partners L.P. to possibly develop a system to ...

Making Your Own Ethanol and the Story of MicroFueler
There is an ongoing debate about the true energy and CO2 savings that Ethanol fuels provide, and we have written about it here, here, and here, but let's skip that for now. Ethanol has several obvious benefits. ...

Chemrec USA: Fuels-from-the-Forest(SM) Innovator Chemrec Names Former .
Chemrec AB has named Richard J. LeBlanc as CEO of the Sweden-based biofuels innovation company, and as CEO of its new U.S. subsidiary, Chemrec USA, Inc., headquartered in Deerfield, Illinois, north of Chicago...

BioTour, a green-energy bus, drives into Oberlin
Fifty gallons of diesel fuel would have cost about $110 at the pump on Monday. Instead, the big blue BioTour bus pulled up to Stevenson Dining Hall at Oberlin College and sucked up 50 gallons of used cooking ...

Oil Unlikely to Weaken, Supporting Biofuels, Former BP Chief Browne Says
Oil prices are a oeunlikely to weaken,a helping to support demand for alternative fuels, according to the former chief executive officer of BP Plc...

Praj bags order worth Rs 20 cr
Praj Industries has received an order of Rs 20 crore from US-based Range Fuels for downstream processing equipment...

Don't burn corn in engines, export to feed the hungry - MaineToday.com
This past fall, I was surprised to see that ethanol had been added to most of the gasoline being sold. This year, all the stations have those "10% ethanol" stickers on their pumps. Why has my choice to purchase non-ethanol fuel been taken away from ...



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