Ethanol Technology | Ethanol Fuels News for 03/20/2009

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, ...

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...

New fuel doesn't steal speed - ONE News
The V8 Supercars' switch to environmentally friendly fuel has made virtually no difference to performance, power or handling, according to the sport's leading drivers. The V8s are debuting a cleaner, greener petrol using 85 per cent ethanol - called ...

Green oil, fuels adopted by IMSA's U.S. Le Mans (CNET)
Racing entity that includes Porsche and Ferrari implements green oil and fuel options. G-Oil, made from renewable animal fats, is a now the official motor oil...

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...

US weekly ethanol margins drop as corn price rises - Reuters UK
NEW YORK, March 20 (Reuters) - Average weekly U.S. ethanol distiller profits slipped further into negative territory on stronger prices for corn, the main input cost for the country's top alternative motor fuel. May corn CK9 on the Chicago Board of ...

University of Illinois Center for Advanced BioEnergy Research .
Ethanol Fuels Big Three Bail Out Caravan. Domestic Fuel - Alternative Fuel News Posted by Cindy Zimmerman The Big Three auto makers traveled to Washington this week to ask for a bailout in fuel efficient, high mileage cars, ...

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 ...

Bipartisan Senate bill seeks lower tariffs on ethanol imports (New York Times)
A bipartisan group of senators is seeking to lower U.S. tariffs on ethanol imports to achieve "parity" with the blender's cre...

UPDATE 1-Magellan, Poet to study U.S. ethanol pipeline - Reuters
NEW YORK, March 16 (Reuters) - Magellan Midstream Partners ( MMP.N ) 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 ...

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 ...

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

Higher Ethanol Blends Wont Ensure Relief, CEO Says (Update1) (Bloomberg)
March 20 (Bloomberg) -- The higher blends of ethanol in gasoline sought by the industry wouldnt help struggling producers quickly, Aventine Renewable Holdings Inc...

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 ...

Tate & Lyle Stops Building Ethanol Plant in Iowa (Update1) (Bloomberg)
March 19 (Bloomberg) -- Tate & Lyle Plc , maker of Splenda sweetener, suspended construction of a $260 million ethanol plant near Fort Dodge, Iowa, until the biofuel market improves...

Lignol's ethanol ambitions fueled by fresh funding - Reuters
OTTAWA, March 20 (Reuters) - Lignol Energy ( LEC.V ) has scored a fresh round of government funding that the tiny company hopes will advance its big ambition of making fuel and valuable chemicals from forest and farm waste. Lignol will use the C$1.8 ...

High-ethanol fuel gets first buyers pumped - HamptonRoads.com
It looks like gasoline, though a little clearer. It smells like gas, though a little sweeter. But it's not gas. It's E85 - 85 percent ethanol - and, for the first time, this alternative fuel can be purchased in Hampton Roads. The first public E85 ...

Valero deal unsettling for ethanol advocates (Lincoln Journal Star)
In a Nebraska ethanol advocates vision of the ideal future, farmers own all the ethanol plants debt-free and their city cousins drive around in vehicles powered exclusively by corn...

E85 Boondoggle Of The Day: Mandatory Flexibility | The Truth About .
The only waivers for this mandate would be for OEMs who can prove that ethanol fuels prevent plug-in hybrids and other alt-energy vehicles to flunk state emission standards. Meanwhile, as rules are being written for the Renewable Fuel ...

Ethanol refiner acquires 7 plants (The Washington Times)
Valero Energy will buy seven ethanol plants from VeraSun Energy for $477 million, the largest biofuel buyout in terms of production capacity...

Bio-fuel innovation honoured - The Observer
A presentation about making bio-oil products from dried distillers grain won a group of students first prize at a competition held at The UWO Research Park in Sarnia recently. Matthew Klaas, Sarah Rohani, and Federico Berruti took home top honours at ...

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Valero to to Pay $477 Million for VeraSuns Ethanol Plants (New York Times)
Valero Energy , the countrys largest independent refiner, said on Wednesday that it would buy seven ethanol plants from VeraSun Energy for $477 million, giving the biofuel industry a lift at a time when it is suffering from excess production capacity and falling gasoline consumption, The New York Timess Clifford Krauss reported...

EERC's Biomass '09 Workshop Coming to Alerus Center This July - Environmental News Network
Energy Policy Act Will Boost Biofuels Industry: Biotechnology Industry Organization New Technology to Transform Harvest Waste into Ethanol, Plastic UK Government Offers Cash For Biomass For Heat And Energy Generation 500 Hours Achieved in Biomass ...

Minnesota ethanol plant included in Valero buy (BizJournals)
Valero Energy Corp. has secured the rights to buy eight ethanol plants owned by bankrupt VeraSun Energy Corp. (VLO)..

Valero Sees Dollar Signs In Ethanol (Forbes)
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. ...

Be practical about ethanol - Leader-Herald
Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack has provided an excellent example of why government should simply stay out of telling the private sector how to conduct business. Vilsack suggested that the Environmental Protection Agency should increase the amount ...

Beer-powered car? California brewery pours new fuel mix - Coloradoan
The company will literally be powering their cars with their own alcohol. "Yeast actually produces the alcohol, and the alcohol is ethanol, essentially," said Cheri Chastain, Sustainability Coordinator for Sierra Nevada. The conversion of leftover ...

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 ...

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