Ethanol Technology | Ethanol Fuels News for 03/21/2009



POET, Magellan to study ethanol pipeline - St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Ethanol producer POET LLC and Magellan Midstream Partners will study the feasibility of a dedicated  ethanol pipeline ( map ) stretching 1,700 miles from the cornfields of Iowa to the East Coast. The  $3.5 billion  pipeline would run through  the ...

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. ...

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 ...

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

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 ...

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...

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 ...

OCGA applauds UL decision to allow higher ethanol blends in pumps (Norwalk Reflector)
Drivers may soon be able to get 15 percent ethanol blends at the gas pump, which is beneficial in several ways. "For the country, it helps us be less dependent on foreign oil...

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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 ...

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 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 ...

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...

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...

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...

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

Brazil's president called on businessmen to help convince US to lift . - MSN UK News
Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva wants help from American businessmen to convince the U.S. to lift the 53-cent-per-gallon import tariff it places on his country's ethanol fuel. Speaking to investors Monday, Silva defended the gasoline ...

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...

Fuelish: Ethanol boost makes cents EUR” for producers - Daily Oklahoman
Ethanol producers want the federal government to increase the percentage of ethanol allowed in gasoline because current demand at the nations pumps is too low to absorb all the corn ethanol that refiners are being required to blend. Agriculture ...

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, ...

BlueFire Ethanol Fuels Inc. Partners With William Farone 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 ...

Ethanol boon out of steam? - Times Reporter
The production of ethanol was being touted two years ago as a boon to the economies of eastern Ohio. Two plants were announced at that time EUR one for Coshocton County and one for Harrison County. Both counties are adjacent to Tuscarawas County ...

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 ...

Minn. ag commissioner backs higher ethanol cap - Minneapolis Star Tribune
ST. PAUL, Minn. - 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. Hugoson ...

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...

Our opinion: Ethanol over all - Warren Times-Observer
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. Last week, Vilsack suggested that the Environmental Protection Agency should increase ...

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 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...

Minn. ag commissioner backs higher ethanol cap - Minneapolis Star Tribune
ST. PAUL, Minn. - 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. Hugoson ...

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...

Our opinion: Ethanol over all - Warren Times-Observer
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. Last week, Vilsack suggested that the Environmental Protection Agency should increase ...

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 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...

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 ...



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