Ethanol Technology | Ethanol Fuels News for 04/06/2009



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...

Pulp Nonfiction
Thanks to an obscure tax provision, the United States government stands to pay out as much as $8 billion this year to the ten largest paper companies...

Where can I buy ethanol free gasoline? - San Francisco Examiner
There are several locations in Tampa Bay that do not sell gasoline mixed with ethanol. For sports car enthusiasts and others, this can be required for some highly modified vehicles. Ethanol gasoline helps increase octane but at the expense of lost ...

Antibiotics pose concern for Minn. ethanol producers - Bismarck Tribune
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 ...

Lignol Awarded $3.4 Million in Funding from British Columbia's Liquid Fuels from Biomass Program (CNW Group via Yahoo! Finance)
Lignol Energy Corporation , a leading technology company in the cellulosic ethanol and biorefining sector, today announced that its wholly owned subsidiary, Lignol Innovations Ltd., has been awarded $3.4 million in funding to produce cellulosic ethanol and other biochemical products from under-utilized forest resources, including lodgepole pine killed by mountain pine beetle...

Small towns debate value of ethanol plants (The Des Moines Register)
Albert City, Ia. - Bruce Nehring finished the lunch special of fish and chips at the Twisted Spoon Cafe and assessed the changes in his hometowns economy since one of the states largest ethanol plants opened three years ago...

Infidel Bloggers Alliance: Letter From Europe: EUR˜I wish Obama had .
I came across a link to a research project in Austin that had bioengineered a cyanobacteria strain to produce cellulose for ethanol fuels without destroying farmland or using freshwater supplies. I regularly check Instapundits links ...

Biofuel research expands possibilities
Scientists at a research and development laboratory in Menlo Park are refining the process of using microbes found in termite guts to turn forests of fast-growing poplar trees into an environmentally friendly form of ethanol to power cars...

EU's 2020 climate package gets final, formal sign-off
The EU's 2020 binding climate targets to cut emissions and increase renewable energy use had their final sign-off Monday as EU ministers adopted the climate change package agreed by EU leaders and the European Parliament last December...

U.K. algae biofuel co. BioMara launches
Researchers funded by a consortium of European governments and institutions to investigate algae strains most optimal for remote rural biofuel production...

Going green at the grill
Each spring, millions of grilling enthusiasts dust off the grill in anticipation of another fun-filled summer of backyard barbecues...

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. ...

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...

Lignol Awarded $3.4 Million in Funding from British Columbia's Liquid Fuels from Biomass Program
VANCOUVER, April 6 /CNW/ - Lignol Energy Corporation , a leading technology company in the cellulosic ethanol and biorefining sector, today announced that its wholly owned subsidiary, Lignol Innovations Ltd., has been awarded $3.4 million in funding to produce cellulosic ethanol and other biochemical products from under-utilized forest resources, ...

2 men charged in $2.8M Miss. scam
A former owner and president of a Mississippi biodiesel manufacturing company and an imprisoned lawyer are accused of defrauding the U.S. Department of Agriculture out of $2.8 million by filing false claims for more than two years...

Powerful Ideas: Wringing Oil from Algae
Editor's Note: This occasional series looks at powerful ideas - some existing, some futuristic - for fueling and electrifying modern life...

GAEC Brings Crops to Fuels to Reality - MSN MoneyCentral
Gulf Alternative Energy Corporation (PinkSheets:GAEC). Transforming cellulose to ethanol efficiently is a technical challenge that will transform the biofuels industry. Gulf Alternative Energy believes it has moved the industry much closer to ...

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 ...

Devon CEO: oil, gas still needed as renewable fuels pursued (Fort Worth Business Press)
Devon Energy Corp.s CEO waxed political during a speech in downtown Fort Worth, saying $80 billion in proposed taxes on the energy industry wouldnt be detrimental but would ultimately result in higher oil and natural gas prices for consumers...

EarthTalk: Is biomass a feasible energy source?
Dear EarthTalk: There's a lot of talk today about solar and wind power, but what about biomass? How big a role might this renewable energy source play in our future? Couldn't everyday people burn their own lawn and leaf clippings to generate power? - Deborah Welch, Niagara Falls, N.Y. The oldest and most prevalent source of renewable energy known ...

Cellulosic ethanol plant slated for Black Hills - Rapid City Journal
A Rapid City energy company is scouting the area, looking for a home for a planned multimillion-dollar ethanol plant that will employ dozens and convert forest waste into ethanol and other types of energy. EURœWe think our technology is ready for ...

Algae-Based Biofuels Part II: Algenol, the Ethanol Innovator
In part one of our series on algae-based biofuels, we posited that algae has the potential to make petroleum a thing of the past...

GAEC Brings Crops to Fuels to Reality
Gulf Alternative Energy Corporation . Transforming cellulose to ethanol efficiently is a technical challenge that will transform the biofuels industry...

Tech Notebook: Market for 'netbooks' could grow 65 percent this year
Mercury News Will "netbooks" turn out to be the PC industry's silver bullet, or is it just a slow news week? Either way, there have been some interesting developments concerning the downsized laptops that a number of PC makers began selling last year...

Sustainable Ethanol Industry Rapidly Forming in U.S.
Fuel made from crop waste and grasses will be as affordable as gasoline, says CEO of leading company...

Sustainable Ethanol Industry Rapidly Forming in U.S. (Industry Week)
Fuel made from crop waste and grasses will be as affordable as gasoline, says CEO of leading company...

Follow signs for path to prosperity
Even as Wisconsin's economy founders in a global economic recession, you can see the path that will take the state to higher ground in the future...

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 ...

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...

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

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] ...

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. ...

Algae-Based Biofuels Part II: Algenol, the Ethanol Innovator - HispanicBusiness.com
In part one of our series on algae-based biofuels, we posited that algae has the potential to make petroleum a thing of the past. In part two, we look at traditional ethanol -- and why a blue-green algae version might fulfill ethanol's promise. Corn ...

Amid Recession, Credit Crunch, Big Oil Pipes Into Ethanol Field (Investor's Business Daily via Yahoo! News)
Nowhere is this more evident than in the world of biofuels. With ethanol producers and developers hurting, only Big Oil, it almost seems, has the green to go green...

Donald S. Garvin Jr. - Charleston Gazette
Gov. Manchin's State of the State speech proposed to mandate renewable and alternative energy sources in West Virginia and to "put West Virginia at the forefront of new energy development." Unfortunately, the bill as introduced had some serious flaws ...

Senator Grassley Honored As BIO Legislator Of The Year
The Biotechnology Industry Organization announced its selection of Senator Chuck Grassley as a Legislator of the Year for 2008-2009. Senator Grassley received the award yesterday as part of BIO's Legislative Day Fly-In. "Senator Grassley's achievements on both the Finance and Agriculture Committees have been instrumental for the development of ...

Devon CEO: oil, gas still needed as renewable fuels pursued
Devon Energy Corp.'s CEO waxed political during a speech in downtown Fort Worth, saying $80 billion in proposed taxes on the energy industry wouldn't be detrimental but would ultimately result in higher oil and natural gas prices for consumers...

Biofuels Deathwatch: Pacific Ethanol, Nova Biosource Join the Bandwagon (Salon.com)
The ethanol industry just cant catch a break. We started tracking plant closures more than a year ago, when record-high corn and soy prices and an ethanol glut had squeezed ethanols profit margin to a slim 25 cents per gallon, down from $2.30 a gallon in 2006...

Where can I buy E85 ethanol gasoline? - San Francisco Examiner
New sports cars are now being made to run on E85 ethanol gasoline. There is over 1900 E85 gas stations located in the United States. Finding gas stations that sell E85 ethanol gasoline can still be a hard task. Several locations around the country ...

Algae-Based Biofuels Part II: Algenol, the Ethanol Innovator (HispanicBusiness.com)
In part one of our series on algae-based biofuels, we posited that algae has the potential to make petroleum a thing of the past. In part two, we look at traditional ethanol -- and why a blue-green algae version might fulfill ethanol's promise...

Peak Oil News - Ethanol fuels said to violate Islamic law
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Pacific Ethanol could run out of cash by April 30 - Sacramento Bee
Pacific Ethanol Inc. is running out of gas. The troubled Sacramento ethanol producer said Tuesday that its cash could run out in a month. Once among the fastest-growing ethanol producers, the company said in a Securities and Exchange Commission ...

Legislators challenge proposed tax changes: Who wins and who loses?
A new tax law that would mean a tax cut for about one-half of Iowans and an increase or no change for the rest is at the center of legislative debate this week...

Ethanol Fuels Iowa Caucuses » Market to Market - Feature
Ethanol Fuels Iowa Caucuses. Last week, the state of Florida proposed new ethanol blending rules that would open the door to the nation's third-largest gasoline market. Despite the Sunshine State's dominant role in sugar production, ...

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Bill Promoting Pipelines Introduced
U.S. Senators Tom Harkin, John Thune and Tim Johnson have introduced legislation that aulgae-Based Biofuels Part II: Algenol, the Ethanol Innovator (HispanicBusiness.com)
In part one of our series on algae-based biofuels, we posited that algae has the potential to make petroleum a thing of the past. In part two, we look at traditional ethanol -- and why a blue-green algae version might fulfill ethanol's promise...

Peak Oil News - Ethanol fuels said to violate Islamic law
Peak Oil News and Message Boards is a community and collaboration portal about energy-related topics...

Pacific Ethanol could run out of cash by April 30 - Sacramento Bee
Pacific Ethanol Inc. is running out of gas. The troubled Sacramento ethanol producer said Tuesday that its cash could run out in a month. Once among the fastest-growing ethanol producers, the company said in a Securities and Exchange Commission ...

Legislators challenge proposed tax changes: Who wins and who loses?
A new tax law that would mean a tax cut for about one-half of Iowans and an increase or no change for the rest is at the center of legislative debate this week...

Ethanol Fuels Iowa Caucuses » Market to Market - Feature
Ethanol Fuels Iowa Caucuses. Last week, the state of Florida proposed new ethanol blending rules that would open the door to the nation's third-largest gasoline market. Despite the Sunshine State's dominant role in sugar production, ...

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The Formosan subterranean termite, an invasive species, is known for its voracious appetite and large colonies...

Bill Promoting Pipelines Introduced
U.S. Senators Tom Harkin, John Thune and Tim Johnson have introduced legislation that authorizes loan guarantees for the construction of renewable fuel pipeline projects...

Steve Parker: Will Detroit budget cuts doom US in world EV market?
Forget for a moment the lost sales, the lost jobs, the lost taxes from car sales which states and cities rely on for their annual budgets - the perfect financial storm decimating the US auto industry could also result in the nation's largest manufacturing industry falling even farther behind overseas competitors when it comes to developing ...

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 ...

GAEC Brings Crops to Fuels to Reality (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)
HOUSTON----Gulf Alternative Energy Corporation . Transforming cellulose to ethanol efficiently is a technical challenge that will transform the biofuels industry. Gulf Alternative Energy believes it has moved the industry much closer to economic viability with its preprocessing technology that turns non-food plant material into extremely small particles that can more quickly and more cheaply be ...

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 ...



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