Ethanol Technology | Ethanol Fuels News for 03/18/2009



Refiner Valero to acquire seven VeraSun ethanol plants (The Fargo Forum)
  SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) - Traditional refiner Valero Energy Corp. will acquire seven ethanol plants and one development site from VeraSun Energy Corp. after a successful auction bid of $477 million.   Best Buys in the Region at Outlet Recreation.com OUTLET RECREATION - Ends Mar 29, 2009..

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, ...

Agreement on fuel, tourism to benefit Dominicans, Puerto Ricans - Domican Today
Governor Fortuño met with president Fernandez recently. Zoom Picture SANTO DOMINGO. - Dominican Republic and Puerto Rico will sign an agreement in June which includes, among others points, the latters purchase of Dominican ethanol and the ...

Canada could become a growing energy power
It started with ethanol -- using corn to fuel our cars. But it turns out ethanol was just the first sprout in all the energy-creation possibilities growing out of Canada's farms and forests...

OriginOil CEO Proposes Ways to Accelerate the Pace of Renewable.
OriginOil, Inc. the developer of a breakthrough technology to transform algae, the most promising source of renewable oil, into a true competitor to petroleum, was featured at the Algae Fuels Forum of the World Biofuels Markets 2009 conference in Brussels on March 16, 2009...

Refiner Valero wins auction for 7 VeraSun ethanol plants, Reynolds, Ind., development site (Seattle Times)
Valero Energy will buy seven ethanol plants and an Indiana development site from VeraSun Energy for $477 million, the largest biofuel buyout in terms of production capacity...

Valero to buy seven VeraSun ethanol plants
Valero Energy will buy seven ethanol plants from VeraSun Energy for $477 million, the largest biofuel buyout in terms of production capacity...

Valero to buy seven VeraSun ethanol plants (San Jose Mercury News)
Valero Energy will buy seven ethanol plants from VeraSun Energy for $477 million, the largest biofuel buyout in terms of production capacity...

Development site in 'Biotown USA' acquired
Valero Energy will buy seven ethanol plants and a key development site in the Indiana city of Reynolds from VeraSun Energy for $477 million, the largest biofuel buyout ever in terms of production capacity...

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. ...

Peak Oil News >> Hydrocarbon Alternatives >> Ethanol fuels said to .
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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 ...

Local company ships first ethanol to Petron - Manila Bulleting Online
After some months of delay, local ethanol producer San Carlos Bioenergy Inc. finally made its first shipment of 1.6 million liters to buyer Petron Corporation. "The countrys first integrated fuel ethanol distillery and power cogeneration facility ...

Lula sticks up for ethanol
Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva is turning to the American business community for help in convincing the United States to lift the import tariff on his country's ethanol, a world-leading alternative fuel...

Valero Energy Has Winning Bid to Purchase VeraSun Plants
Valero Energy Corporation announced today that its bid to buy ethanol plants from VeraSun Energy Corporation has been accepted by the bankruptcy court overseeing the assets' auction...

What we'll be driving in 2029
It's 6 a.m. when Sebastian Myers slips into the garage, unplugs his car and tosses his golf clubs in the trunk...

VeraSun Energy selects Valero as successful bidder for 7 facilities; seeks approval in hearing today
VeraSun Energy selects Valero as successful bidder for 7 facilities; seeks approval in hearing today Mar...

Natural Gas Powered Turbine Tests Reveal Positive Results
Turbine Truck Engines, Inc. announced today that monitored test runs of its Detonation Cycle Gas Turbine engine, utilizing Compressed Natural Gas as a fuel source, yielded very positive results...

Valero to buy Reynolds site
Valero Energy Corp. will acquire seven ethanol plants and a Reynolds, Ind., development site from VeraSun Energy Corp...

VeraSun says it has accepted bids
DYERSVILLE, Iowa -- If a bankruptcy court agrees, ethanol giant VeraSun Energy Corp...

Woodbury ethanol plant to revert to original owner - MLive.com
WOODBURY -- After another season of upheaval, the tumultuous course for the Woodbury ethanol plant leads back to the hands of investors with its original owner, US BioEnergy Corp. AgStar Financial Services in Mankato, Minn., is expected to win a $324 ...

Woodbury ethanol plant to revert to original owner
After another season of upheaval, the tumultuous course for the Woodbury ethanol plant leads back to the hands of investors with its original owner, US BioEnergy Corp...

Valero Sees Dollar Signs In Ethanol
The refiner bought seven of VeraSun Industries' ethanol plants at auction for $477.0 million...

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. ...

Valero Sees Dollar Signs In Ethanol (Forbes)
The refiner bought seven of VeraSun Industries' ethanol plants at auction for $477.0 million...

Lula sticks up for ethanol - United Press International
MIAMI, March 18 (UPI) -- Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva is turning to the American business community for help in convincing the United States to lift the import tariff on his country's ethanol, a world-leading alternative fuel ...

Biofuel aside, Shell's spending on renewable energy has hit zero
Shell's spending on renewables a ' except biofuel a ' appears to have fallen from $200m a year to zero over the past nine years Question time . the Royal Dutch Shell headquarters in The Hague...

Oil refiner to obtain 7 VeraSun ethanol plants - Minnesota Public Radio
Sioux Falls, S.D. EUR” (AP) - Traditional oil refiner Valero Energy Corp. will acquire seven ethanol plants and one development site from VeraSun Energy Corp. after a successful auction bid of $477 million. VeraSun, which filed for Chapter 11 ...

OriginOil CEO Proposes Ways to Accelerate the Pace of Renewable Energy Adoption at Algae Fuels Forum of the World . (The Auto Channel)
LOS ANGELES--OriginOil, Inc. the developer of a breakthrough technology to transform algae, the most promising source of renewable oil, into a true competitor to petroleum, was featured at the Algae Fuels Forum of the World Biofuels Markets 2009 conference in Brussels on March 16, 2009...

Valero Energy acquiring seven VeraSun ethanol plants - Omaha World-Herald
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) EUR” Traditional refiner Valero Energy Corp. will acquire seven ethanol plants and one development site from VeraSun Energy Corp. after a successful auction bid of $477 million. VeraSun, which filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy ...

VALERO-VERASUN
TRADITIONAL OIL REFINER VALERO ENERGY CORP. WILL ACQUIRE SEVEN ETHANOL PLANTS FROM VERASUN ENERGY CORP.AFTER A SUCCESSFUL AUCTION BID OF 477 MILLION DOLLARS...

Minn. ag commissioner backs higher ethanol cap - KAAL-TV
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) - Agriculture Commissioner Gene Hugoson says raising the national cap on the amount of ethanol that can be mixed with gasoline would create thousands of jobs in Minnesota and help the state reach its own goals for ethanol use ...

Zero Emissions?
The other day I ran across reports of a curious event, in which the Attorney General of the state of Vermont convinced Entergy , which owns or operates 11 of the nation's 104 active nuclear power plants , to back away from characterizing nuclear power as having zero emissions...

Oil refiner to obtain 7 VeraSun ethanol plants (Minnesota Public Radio)
Traditional oil refiner Valero Energy Corp. will acquire seven ethanol plants and one development site from VeraSun Energy Corp. after a successful auction bid of $477 million, including an ethanol plant in Welcome, Minn...

Refiner Valero wins auction for 7 VeraSun ethanol plants, 1 . - Seattle Times
Valero Energy will buy seven ethanol plants, including one in Minnesota, from VeraSun Energy for $477 million, the largest biofuel buyout in terms of production capacity. VeraSun, the country's second largest ethanol producer, filed for Chapter 11 ...

Refiner Valero to obtain 7 VeraSun ...
Valero Energy will buy seven ethanol plants from VeraSun Energy for $477 million, the largest biofuel buyout in terms of production capacity...

first major traditional oil company to invest in alternative fuels
San Antonio based Valero Energy Corp, already the largest gasoline refiner in North America, today became the first traditional oil company to make the leap to becoming a major producer of biofuels, when it was awarded the right to purchase seven Midwestern ethanol plants from bankrupt VeraSun Energy, company officials told 1200 WOAI news this ...

Refiner Valero to obtain 7 VeraSun plants
For months, we've told you about the deepening economic downturn. More layoffs, fewer jobs...

Valero Sees Dollar Signs In Ethanol - Forbes
Valero Energy is turning someone elses trash into treasure as it capitalizes on the bankruptcies of smaller clean energy firms. Valero Energy's shares fell 1.0%, or 19 cents, to $18.31 on Wednesday. Its shares have slid 15.4% since the beginning ...

Refiner Valero to obtain 7 VeraSun plants - Boston Globe
SIOUX FALLS, South DakotaEUR” Valero Energy will buy seven ethanol plants from VeraSun Energy for $477 million, the largest biofuel buyout in terms of production capacity. VeraSun, the second largest U.S. ethanol producer, filed for bankruptcy ...

Lula sticks up for ethanol (UPI)
By CARMEN GENTILE UPI ENERGY CORRESPONDENT MIAMI, March 18 (UPI) -- Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva is turning to the American business community for help in convincing the United States to lift the import tariff on his country's ethanol, a world-leading alternative fuel...

DELEG's Bureau of Energy Systems Announces Availability of Tax.
March 18, 2009 -Department of Energy, Labor & Economic Growth Director Stanley "Skip" Pruss announced today the availability of state tax credits for service station owners who convert existing fuel delivery systems and/or install new systems to provide ethanol and/or biodiesel fuels to the public...

Refiner Valero wins auction for 7 VeraSun ethanol plants, 1 development facility (Seattle Times)
Traditional refiner Valero Energy Corp. will acquire seven ethanol plants and one development site from VeraSun Energy Corp. after a successful auction bid of $477 million...

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. ...

BioFuels Journal - News & Information for the Ethanol and .
Irvine, CAEUR”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, announced March 10 a Technology Development Services ...

Oil Refiner to Buy 7 Ethanol Plants (New York Times)
Valero Energy?s move to buy the ethanol plants from VeraSun Energy for $477 million gives the biofuel industry a lift at a time when it is suffering from excess production capacity...

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...

Community.GJSentinel.com » Blog Archive » City and county should .
My experience primarily involved promoting and developing ethanol fuels from agricultural sources in the Midwest. With a great deal of help, these efforts were very successful. Several years ago, I continued promoting ethanol fuels and ...

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

Refiner Valero wins auction for 7 VeraSun ethanol plants, 1 development facility (Seattle Times)
Valero Energy will buy seven ethanol plants, including one in Minnesota, from VeraSun Energy for $477 million, the largest biofuel buyout in terms of production capacity...



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