Ethanol Technology | Ethanol Fuels News for 04/04/2009

Williston area focuses on energy - Missoulian
WILLISTON, N.D. n The mayors of Williston, N.D., and Sidney, Mont., are heading an alliance that aims to develop energy related projects in eastern Montana and western North Dakota. The Mon-Dak Energy Alliance is talking about everything from an oil ...

Renewable Energy - Chicago Tribune
Renewable energy is energy derived from natural processes that do not involve the consumption of exhaustible resources such as fossil fuels and uranium. It produces few or no hazardous emissions or pollutants, and has minimal impact on fragile ...

Refiners call for halt to ethanol mandate - Coshocton Tribune
WASHINGTON - Oil refiners want the government's biofuels mandates suspended, citing the limits on how much ethanol can be blended into gasoline. Charles Drevna, president of the National Petrochemical and Refiners Association, also labeled as ...

Feature: Future fuels: What will power tomorrow's cars? (cnet.com.au)
With air pollution getting worse and oil production declining, car manufacturers are looking to alternative fuels. But what will power tomorrow's cars?..

VeraSun closes sale of 5 ethanol plants to Valero (Post-Bulletin)
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. -- VeraSun Energy Corp. says it has closed on the sale of five ethanol plants and one development site to traditional refiner Valero Energy Corp. VeraSun, which filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in October..

Ethanol fuels - Cure or Curse?
This week the US Department of Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack has made a recommendation to the government to increase the percentage of ethanol that can be blended into our fuel in order to boost the ailing biofuel industry. ...

Cattlemens Capitol Concerns: Ethanol Blend, Feed Ban Rule, Beef Safety (CattleNetwork.com)
On Tuesday, the National Cattlemen's Beef Association (NCBA) sent a letter to members of President Obama's Cabinet opposing an increase in the ethanol blend percentage for gasoline...

Antibiotics pose concern for MN ethanol producers - Charleston Daily Mail
WORTHINGTON, Minn. (AP) - Ethanol's main by-product, which is sold as livestock feed, has raised potential food safety concerns. Several studies have linked the byproduct, known as distillers grain, to elevated rates of E. coli in cattle. And now ...

Brazil projected to increase ethanol output (UPI)
By CARMEN GENTILE UPI ENERGY CORRESPONDENT MIAMI, April 1 (UPI) -- Brazilian ethanol producers are reportedly gearing up to increase production of the alternative fuel in reaction to stronger sugar prices, energy experts said...

VeraSun Closes Sale of Indiana Ethanol Site - Inside Indiana Business
South Dakota-based VeraSun Energy Corp. has sold its ethanol development site located in the White County community known as BioTown, USA. Valero Renewable Fuels will take control of the property in Reynolds. VeraSun notified U.S. Bankruptcy Court in ...

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

NSW ethanol mandate to rise to 6 per cnt (BigPond News)
Changes have been introduced into state parliament that mean NSW triples its ethanol mandate from two to six per cent ...

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 ...

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. ...

Sustainable Business: From alcohol to ethanol - San Jose Business Journal
Thomas Quinn, founder of E-Fuel Corp., piloted his MicroFueler at the Los Gatos Brewing Co. The brewery collected waste from its fermentation tanks and, using the home ethanol system, created fuel. If startup specialist Thomas Quinn has his way ...

Silobreaker: Organic Fuels of the Today and Future
SA farmers want ethanol mandate. The South Australian Farmers Federation Grains Industry Committee is calling on the state and federal governments to mandate the use of grain-based ethanol fuels. . - [18 hours ago - ABC Online] ...

Peak Oil News - Ethanol fuels said to violate Islamic law
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VeraSun sells 5 ethanol plants (The Bismarck Tribune)
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) - VeraSun Energy Corp. said Wednesday it has closed on the sale of five ethanol plants and one development site to traditional refiner Valero Energy Corp...

The micro-car: Tata Nano could change how the masses get around - Chicago Tribune
It's 2 feet shorter than a Mini Cooper, has a comical appearance and weighs less than the four passengers it seats. But for the 350-million-plus middle class of India, the just-launched Tata Nano, the world's cheapest car at $2,000, is a cause for ...

OPEI Concerned About E15 Fuel- Appliance.Net - home and kitchen .
The DOE report, in fact, indicates that mid-level ethanol fuels could damage millions of forestry, lawn and garden, and other small engine products currently housed in consumers garages, boat slips, warehouses or being used by small ...

More testing needed before higher ethanol blends approved (Queensland Country Life)
A United States Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works, which is reviewing the country's Renewable Fuels Standard, has been told to decide whether or not to increase the acceptable level of ethanol blends in petrol based on science not politics...

VeraSun closes sale of 5 ethanol plants to Valero (AP via Yahoo! News)
VeraSun Energy Corp. says it has closed on the sale of five ethanol plants and one development site to traditional refiner Valero Energy Corp...

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 ...

Fuel mix fight brewing - Fort Lauderdale Sun-Sentinel
CHICAGO EUR” Picture a chain saw calmly idling. But then its blade suddenly starts spinning on its own, as if someone had goosed the throttle. The power equipment industry warns that such a scenario could happen if the federal government decides to ...

More Corn Ethanol Could Boost Cellulosic Ethanol - Wired
The ethanol industry is taking a beating from the bad economy, with big producers like VeraSun and Valero shuttering factories and filing for bankruptcy. Those left standing are pleading with the feds to increase the amount of ethanol that can be ...

Boaters, ethanol backers at odds over damage by fuel - St. Louis Post-Dispatch
WASHINGTON -- At St. Charles Boat & Motor, owner and service manager Jerry Sims used to oversee the rebuilding of 30 carburetors in a year's time. Last year, Sims says, he stopped counting at 750. They were victims, he claims, of ethanol in gas. "It ...

Forty firefighters completed live fire training this past weekend on ethanol motor fuels. (Southeast Missourian)
Firefighters from Jackson, Fruitland, East County, Perryville, Whitewater, Millersville, Black River, Cairo, and North County completed a special 12 hour program this past weekend on extinguishing...

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...

Ethanol advocates look toward rockier road (Lincoln Journal Star)
OMAHA EUR” A year ago, gas prices were headed for $4 a gallon in Nebraska and producers of grain-based fuel were licking their chops. Now theyre licking their wounds...

Ethanol's African Land Grab | Mother Jones
Mozambique has survived colonialism and civil war. But can it survive the ethanol industry?..

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