Ethanol Technology | Ethanol Fuels News for 03/31/2009



Slocum: Beware of Polluters Claiming to Have Converted to Green
When oil companies spend millions of advertising dollars to proclaim their 'green' allegiance , then you know the craze is official: Being green is in...

Today's Top Ag News -- Overnights Weaker to Open Week
Weaker start to week. We opened the trading week with grain and soybean futures moving lower in overnight trade...

PetroSA's Planned Refinery to `Squash' Biofuels Development, Deloitte Says
PetroSA a s plan to build an oil refinery on South Africaa s eastern coast will a oesquasha local development of biofuels, said Kevin Baart, senior manager at Deloitte...

BlueFire Ethanol Fuels Inc. Partners With William Farone and .
Irvine, CAEURBlueFire 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 ...

Cotton ginners -- progress on issues
A number of key issues confront the cotton ginning industry going into the new year, says Sledge Taylor, Como, Miss., producer/ginner and president of the National Cotton Ginners Association...

Work comes to halt on Mount Vernon ethanol plant
MOLLY BARTELS / Courier & Press Aventine Renewable Energy has halted work on the ethanol plant it has been building in Mount Vernon, Ind...

Breaux: Congress Should Not Wait for a Crisis to Act
When crude oil prices hit record highs of more than $147 per barrel in July and gasoline prices at the pump reached nearly $4 a gallon, the American public stormed on Washington, D.C., demanding that Congress do something, do anything...

Ethanol investors try to derail California's carbon-emissions proposal (Los Angeles Times)
A group of ethanol investors met with Gov. Schwarzenegger in an effort to derail the proposal, which they say would cripple the nation's biofuels industry. Ethanol investors met with Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger this week in an effort to derail Californias far-reaching proposal to slash carbon emissions from transportation fuels...

Ethanol more trouble thats its worth as gas additive, alternative (The Post and Courier)
EUREveryone Hates Ethanol,EUR headlines a recent editorial in the Wall Street Journal. Mr. John Bledsoe Bonds of Mount Pleasant agrees. In my nearly 23 years writing this column, a letter from Mr. Bonds is one of the finest ever received...

Cellulosic ethanol suffers in down economy
The economic downturn that has slowed the ethanol industry also is putting the brakes on the next generation of biofuels...

Bill aims to boost biofuel industry
The Wisconsin Special Committee on Domestic Biofuels voted to send a bill to the full Legislature later this year that could lead to a stronger biofuel industry in the state...

OCGA applauds UL decision to allow higher ethanol blends in pumps - Jackson County Times-Journal
MARIONâEUR The Ohio Corn Growers Association (OCGA) is applauding the Underwriters Laboratories (UL) decision to allow higher ethanol blends in gasoline pumps. The UL has issued a statement saying fuel blends can contain a maximum ethanol content ...

Flip Burgers with Mother Nature -- Grill Green This Summer (Carteret County News-Times)
(ARA) - Each spring, millions of grilling enthusiasts dust off the grill in anticipation of another fun-filled summer of backyard barbecues. But at what cost to the environment?..

Gas mileage challenged in Shell Eco-marathon Americas
High school and college students are taking automotive parts and knowledge to extreme levels again, increasing fuel mileage up to nearly 3,000 miles per gallon in the 2009 Shell Eco-marathon Americas...

Clark: Old Policies Stunting Potential for Innovation
Everyone agrees that our nation is facing daunting challenges. From energy independence to economic sustainability, from national health care to national security, we are at a critical crossroads in history...

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. ...

Pump change good for Earth but not wallets
You felt the pain at the pump last summer. So did the Earth's climate; transportation accounts for about 40 percent of the state's greenhouse gas emissions...

Letters from readers
So people can't pay their mortgages or their health insurance premiums, but they can afford to spend $10 billion a year on bottled water, $10 billion having their nails painted, $15 billion for pet care...

RIL plans bio-fuel unit in Kutch - Hindustan Times
Reliance Industries or RIL has now set its eyes on the dry land of Kutch. It is aiming to set up a bio-fuel plant for blending petrol with 5 per cent permissible ethanol. However, it is not confirmed as to how Reliance plans to produce ethanol in the ...

Ethanol Fuels from Corn
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 increase first, or Price decreased first, or demand increase first, or Supply increase ...

Commentary: Detroit 3 must come clean on getting green
As part of their turnaround plans, General Motors and Chrysler delivered bold promises: Clean cars, clean fuels and more hybrids...

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For years, ethanol boosters have promised Americans that "cellulosic" ethanol lurks just ahead, right past the nearest service station...

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Tucson gets ready for this year's Earth Day celebration
When: 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday. Details: Call Pamela J. Beilke, Chair, 975-9426 or online at: www.tucsonearthday.org y The Reid Park Zoo is offering free admission in conjunction with the Earth Day Festival...

Renewables desperate to feel breath of funds
Renewables groups squeezed by the economic crisis are going bankrupt in spite of the billions in new funding for the sector earmarked by the administration of Barack Obama...

Ethanol investors assail California greenhouse gas plan (Houston Chronicle)
Ethanol investors met last week with Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger in an effort to derail California's far-reaching proposal to slash carbon emissions from transportation fuels...

Bill addresses ethanol usage - Morning Sentinel
A Kennebec County senator is proposing that oil companies provide an ethanol-free fuel across Maine, less than a year after the additive appeared in the state. Sen. Lisa MarrachŽ, a Waterville Democrat, announced Tuesday she submitted the bill ...

Holden, Coskata partner for green cars (Adelaide Now)
HOLDEN has formed an alliance with US renewables company Coskata as part of its plans to produce Commodores capable of running on E85 ethanol fuel from 2010...

Weak thirst for gasoline puts refineries at risk
American gasoline demand may keep falling even as the economy recovers due to ambitious U. S. policy pushing alternative fuels and efficiency --a prospect that could force oil refineries to close...

Antibiotics pose another concern for ethanol producers - Minnesota Public Radio