Ethanol Technology | Ethanol Fuels News for 04/13/2009

Americans Inspired By Green Innovation
The color green is often the symbol of regeneration and vitality. At a time when our country is in recovery and on the path toward renewal, Americans are encouraged by efforts to reinvest in our nation through innovation...

Ethanol producer files for bankruptcy (Lincoln Courier)
One of the areas largest ethanol producers has filed for reorganization bankruptcy. Pekin-based Aventine Renewable Energy Holdings Inc. said Wednesday it filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, the latest victim in an industry stung by volatile commodity prices and shrinking profit margins...

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 ...

SAFF wants mandate for grain-based ethanol
ABC Rural reports that the South Australian Farmers Federation (SAFF) is calling on the Australian state and federal governments to mandate the use of grain-based ethanol fuels. SAFF committee chair Michael Schaefer says new policies ...

Professor honored for work in alternative fuels - Exponent
Michael Ladisch, professor of Agricultural and Biological Engineering, has been named the recipient of an award for his work in production of alternative fuel substances. The Charles D. Scott Award will be presented May 6 at the Symposium for ...

PM backs biofuels, despite criticism
Prime Minister Stephen Harper on Thursday defended his government's support for biofuels, arguing the production of such fuels accounts for a small proportion of the worldwide spike in food prices...

Ethanol policies fuel food-price rise (The Washington Times)
Federal ethanol-fuel policies forced consumers to pay an extra 0.5 percent to 0.8 percent in increased food prices in 2008, and the government itself could end up paying nearly $1 billion more this year for food stamps because of ethanol use, according to a new government report. The report by the Congressional Budget Office helps answer questions raised by Congress last year as food prices shot ...

NWND: Low Cost-High Impact Energy Options for America
National Wind Solutions, Inc. : Wind energy delivers more power more cheaply than any other scalable alternative energy technology today...

As industry struggles, Pacific Ethanol is running on fumes (The Sacramento Bee)
After laboring a quarter-century in the ethanol business, Neil Koehler insists the industry will become healthy again, maybe in as little as two years. Others agree with him...

40% to 50% Jatropha Oil Blend With Standard Diesel Oil Provides.
SOURCE: GreenGold Ray Energies, Inc. Apr 13, 2009 09:18 ET 40% to 50% Jatropha Oil Blend With Standard Diesel Oil Provides Optimum Performance; Showcases 7.41 Acres Jatropha Demo-Farm, GreenGold Ray Energies Announces CAGAYAN DE ORO, PHILIPPINES-- - GreenGold Ray Energies, Inc...

Biofuel threatens water supplies
Washington, April 11 : A new study has suggested that the production of bioethanol may use up to three times as much water as previously thought, thus threatening water supplies...

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, ...

Farm Bureau demands fairness for biofuels in carbon scoring
When rating fuels on the basis of their carbon content, biofuels should not be singled out and artificially degraded for so-called “indirect effects,” according to the American Farm Bureau Federation...

Modern fuels key to socio economic dev
Modern energy services are key components in the economic and social development of Southern Africa...

As industry struggles, Pacific Ethanol is running on fumes
After laboring a quarter-century in the ethanol business, Neil Koehler insists the industry will become healthy again, maybe in as little as two years...

Ethanol producers fight slump with jobs in the balance
A double train track spur was built at Panda Ethanol in Hereford. More than 2½ years after its groundbreaking, the plant is not yet complete...

Electric Utilities: Coal vs. Renewables
Kiplinger's reports that there is legislation in the works that would mandate 25% of US electricity to be generated through renewable fuels by 2025...

Ethanol fuels - Cure or Curse?
Ethanol fuels - Cure or curse?The 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 ...

Study: Biofuel threatens water supplies
The production of bioethanol may use up to three times as much water as previously thought, a new study finds, becoming the latest work that could burst the biofuel bubble...

Study: Other factors, not ethanol, chief culprit in food price jumps
The bulk of last year's increase in food prices should be blamed on factors other than ethanol, according to a new study from the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office...

Ethanol policies fuel food-price rise - The Washington Times
Federal ethanol-fuel policies forced consumers to pay an extra 0.5 percent to 0.8 percent in increased food prices in 2008, and the government itself could end up paying nearly $1 billion more this year for food stamps because of ethanol use ...

Spring fuel price hike may be minimal - Charlotte Business Journal
The seasonal hike in spring gasoline prices may be smaller than usual this year, the U.S. Department of Energy says. Falling petroleum consumption, the availability of gasoline imports and increasing use of ethanol have reduced demand for U.S ...

OPEI Concerned About E15 Fuel
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 ...

Feed Outlook: Corn Use Down In 2008/09 - CattleNetwork.com
Corn supplies for 2008/09 remain unchanged this month. Total corn utilization is projected up 40 million bushels to 12,040 million, down from 12,737 million in 2007/08. This year-over-year decrease stems from decreases in exports and feed and ...

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The recurring lesson emerging from the corn ethanol scam is this: too many mandates and subsidies are probably worse than none at all...

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Report: Ethanol raises cost of nutrition programs - Hanford Sentinel
WASHINGTON - Food stamps and child nutrition programs are expected to cost up to $900 million more this year because of increased ethanol use. Higher use of the corn-based fuel additive accounted for about 10 percent to 15 percent of the rise in food ...

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. ...

Touting the benefits of biofuel (Great Falls Tribune)
The Montana Ethanol Project is prepared to build a $265 million plant northeast of Great Falls that would be a market for 12 million bushels of wheat and another 34 million bushels of barley EUR” at least that's what the company announced almost 20 years ago...

Longtime grudge
There are a few outdoors columnists around the country who don't hold pro bass fishing in a very high regard, and Mike Jackson of the Daily Herald is one of them...

CBO: Ethanol production pushed food prices up (The Hill)
Wider use of ethanol caused a 10 to 15 percent increase in food prices from 2007 to 2008, according to a...

As industry struggles, Pacific Ethanol is running on fumes - Sacramento Bee
After laboring a quarter-century in the ethanol business, Neil Koehler insists the industry will become healthy again, maybe in as little as two years. Others agree with him. But Koehler's company, Pacific Ethanol Inc. of Sacramento, might not make ...

Longtime grudge
There are a few outdoors columnists around the country who don't hold pro bass fishing in a very high regard, and Mike Jackson of the Daily Herald is one of them...

CBO: Ethanol production pushed food prices up (The Hill)
Wider use of ethanol caused a 10 to 15 percent increase in food prices from 2007 to 2008, according to a...

When the Inmates Are in Charge
If you ever wondered what it would be like if seriously deranged people were close to the seat of power in America, you can stop wondering...

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 ...

CBO: Ethanol production hiked food prices (The Hill)
Increased use of ethanol was responsible for about 10 to 15 percent of the rise in food prices from 2007 to...

Pacific Ethanol fires its CFO in cost-cut move (The Sacramento Bee)
Sacramento-based Pacific Ethanol Inc. fired its chief financial officer on Friday, according to a fi..

Work likely to proceed on ethanol plant, despite bankruptcy | POLL (Evansville Courier & Press)
Work will progress on a ethanol plant in Mount Vernon, Ind., even though the company building it declared bankruptcy this week...

Oil Refiner Valero Plows More Money into Renewables with Terrabon Investment
The ink has barely dried on Valero Energy's A $477 million check for seven ethanol plants and a development site from bankrupt VeraSun and it's already investing more money into another renewable project...

Oil Filters and Ethanol fuels?
Is there any reason to switch from a PF-44 to a UPF -44 oil filter on my 2003 50TH AE LS-1 engine? I've used a PF-44 and then the PF-46, but have read that the UPF-44 restricts the oil flow, which is not good and some say that it's ...

The green, green grass of home
A 1960s crooner and renewable energy have little in common except innovation; however, I think we can all agree that they both make us feel a certain sense of harmony...

'Zero Petroleum Growth'
"Peak oil is an illusion," Joe Petrowski, CEO of Gulf Oil/Cumberland Farms, told attendees Wednesday at the 2009 NACS State of the Industry Summit in partnership with CSP in Chicago...

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 ...

A Refined Approach to Cleantech Investing (The Motley Fool)
A new player emerges in the realm of future fuels...

A Refined Approach to Cleantech Investing - Motley Fool
Perhaps you immediately think of General Electric (NYSE: GE ) and its wind power preeminence, or Google (Nasdaq: GOOG ) and its gigawatt-scale solar ambitions. There's also smart grid -savvy IBM (NYSE: IBM ) , not to mention DuPont (NYSE: DD ) and ...

AAA Michigan says Ann Arbor gas prices are the highest in the state - Grand Rapids Press
AAA Michigan says gasoline prices in the Ann Arbor area were the highest in the state Monday after rising 2 cents a gallon over the past week. Monday's Ann Arbor average was $2.05 for a gallon of unleaded fuel, which is 2 cents higher than the ...

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...

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

Peugeot adds flex-fuel 308 to its range
Supporting biofuels in its lineup is nothing new to Peugeot. All of the diesel-powered cars sold by Peugeot and Citron already support the use of B30 biodiesel blends...

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. ...

40% to 50% Jatropha Oil Blend With Standard Diesel Oil Provides Optimum Performance; Showcases 7.41 Acres Jatropha . (Marketwire via Yahoo! Finance)
GreenGold Ray Energies, Inc. (Pinksheets: GRYE) announces that recent studies have shown that a 40% to 50% jatropha oil blend with standard diesel oil provides optimum performance without any engine modification and preheating of the blends. Although, there had been some concerns that jatropha-based fuels may harm engine performance...

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