Ethanol Technology | Ethanol Fuels News for 03/23/2009

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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...

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. ...

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 ...

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)..

Third group adds voice to chorus backing ethanol (The Argus Leader)
In a week during which a Wall Street Journal opinion piece claimed that "everybody hates ethanol," the chief executive officer of a new ethanol advocacy group figures his key challenge is to take back the megaphone for the renewable fuels industry. "All of agriculture is struggling to define ourselves in that positive light," said Tom Buis of Growth Energy. "We can't let vested interests and ...

Our opinion: Let market decide future of ethanol - Times Reporter
It appears to us that ethanol just hasnt lived up to its hype. A couple of years ago, the corn-based fuel was being touted as the solution to Americas over-dependence on foreign oil, while also providing farmers with good prices for their corn ...

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...

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 ...

Third group adds voice to chorus backing ethanol - Argus Leader
In a week during which a Wall Street Journal opinion piece claimed that "everybody hates ethanol," the chief executive officer of a new ethanol advocacy group figures his key challenge is to take back the megaphone for the renewable fuels industry ...

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...

Green Plains Renewable Energy, Inc. Announces Appointment of Chief . - dBusinessNews.com
Adesta awarded contract with Pasadena Refining Systems, Inc. to help bring them into TWIC compliance and secure both their facilities and their future OMAHA EUR Adesta, a systems integrator and project management company . Bio Nebraska Announces ...

Ethanol Odd Couple & the California LCFS | MetaSD
Thus land use emissions are quite debilitating for conventional ethanol fuels role in the LCFS. For example, ignoring land use emissions, California dry process ethanol has intensity ~=59, or i=0.39. To make a 10% cut, x=0.1, ...

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...

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

2009 Chevy Silverado 1500 4WD Crew Cab - Daily Review & Sunday Review
This week, were behind the wheel of Chevys popular 2009 Silverado 1500 4WD Crew Cab pickup. With room for six and ready for work or play, Silverado delivers Chevys great looks with a good dose of comfort and amenities. Silverados exterior ...

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On-X Life Technologies Doubles Manufacturing Space in Austin AUSTIN--Austin-based On-X Life Technologies, Inc. , manufacturers of the On-X . California Pharmacy Hall of Fame Inductees Announced SACRAMENTO--Recently, the California Pharmacists ...

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

Energy Secretary?s Challenge: Serving Under a Microscope (New York Times)
For Steven Chu, a slight, soft-spoken Nobel laureate, Washington has been an initiation that he has likened to being ?dumped in the deep end of the pool.?..

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, ...

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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...

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...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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