Ethanol Technology | Ethanol Fuels News for 04/18/2009



Ethanol Use Strains Food Aid Budget - CBS News
AP) 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 prices ...

Iowa approves $2 million for algae fuel project - Fort Wayne Journal Gazette
DES MOINES, Iowa EUR” Iowa energy officials have approved more than $2 million for an effort to grow algae at a southwest Iowa ethanol plant and use the material to make fuel. The 18-member Iowa Power Fund Board approved the $2,085,000 grant to assist ...

Corn Rises as U.S. May Increase Content of Ethanol in Gasoline (Bloomberg)
April 16 (Bloomberg) -- Corn rose from a two-week low on speculation that the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency will allow higher blends of ethanol in gasoline, increasing demand for grain to make the fuel additive...

Biofuel Watch: biofuelwatch - Water for corn ethanol way .
Pimentel, D. Ethanol fuels: Energy balance, economics, and environmental impacts are negative Nat. Resour. Res. 2003, 12 (2) 127-134[CrossRef] . 20. Pimentel, D.; Patzek, T. W. Ethanol production using corn, switchgrass, and wood; ...

U.S. will approve higher ethanol blend: group - Reuters
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. government will eventually allow higher levels of ethanol to be blended into gasoline, Renewable Fuels Association President Bob Dinneen said on Tuesday. Ethanol is currently approved to make up 10 percent of gasoline ...

Legislative report: End ethanol funds - St. Cloud Times
ST. PAUL EUR” A report by the legislative auditor says lawmakers should consider ending state ethanol subsidies in favor of promoting programs designed to reduce fossil fuel consumption and greenhouse gas emissions. About $44 million is expected to go ...

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 plant gets millions (Chatham Daily News)
BY BOB BOUGHNER The Daily News GreenField Ethanols Chatham facility on Bloomfield Road will receive up to $72.8 million from Ottawa. Chatham-Kent-Essex MP Dave Van Kesteren made the announcement Friday.[.]..

Auditor's report urges ethanol cuts (The Fairmont Sentinel)
FAIRMONT - The office of the legislative auditor released a report Friday urging the Legislature to end producer payment programs for corn-based ethanol. It further recommends ending use of the Job Opportunity Building Zones program for assisting with the construction of new corn-based ethanol plant...

Sugarcane Ethanol Already Meets California Low Carbon Fuel Standard, Says Brazilian Sugarcane Industry Association (ITNews)
WASHINGTON, April 17 /PRNewswire/ -- - Industry comments submitted to California Air Resources Board underscore sugarcane ethanol's recognized carbon reduction levels Sugarcane ethanol's carbon intensity is even lower than initially calculated by the California Air Resources Board (CARB), according to comments submitted today by the Brazilian Sugarcane Industry Association (UNICA). CARB is ...

Ethanol subsidies could be eliminated - Worthington Daily Globe
ST. PAUL EUR” State payments to Minnesota ethanol producers have little impact on the industry anymore, so could be eliminated, an independent audit concluded. But lawmakers said corn-based ethanol producers, recipients of millions of dollars in ...

Sugarcane Ethanol Already Meets California Low Carbon Fuel Standard, Says Brazilian Sugarcane Industry Association (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance)
Sugarcane ethanol's carbon intensity is even lower than initially calculated by the California Air Resources Board , according to comments submitted today by the Brazilian Sugarcane Industry Association ...

Natural Resources Canada/Government of Canada Provides New Funding for Chatham Ethanol Plant (Marketwire)
CHATHAM, ONTARIO--(Marketwire - April 17, 2009) - Dave Van Kesteren, Member of Parliament for Chatham-Kent-Essex, on behalf of the Honourable Lisa Raitt, Minister of Natural Resources, today announced that the Government of Canada's ecoENERGY for Biofuels program will provide up to $72.8 million to GreenField Ethanol's Chatham facility. Mr. Van Kesteren was joined at today's announcement by ...

The biofuel bubble
BlueFire Ethanol Fuels (BFRE) hopes soon to break ground on a facility in Lancaster, Calif., that will use paper trash and other municipal waste. CEO Arnold R. Klann figures he'll make ethanol for $1 per gallon by getting the waste he ...

The Ethanol Bubble Pops in Iowa - Wall Street Journal
In September, ethanol giant VeraSun Energy opened a refinery on the outskirts of this eastern Iowa community. Among the largest biofuels facilities in the country, the Dyersville plant could process 39 million bushels of corn and produce 110 million ...

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 ...

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

Minnesota: Flex Fuel Reaching Main Street - Nearly 1500 Cities .
As long as ethanol production and usage increases the demand for oil will decrease keeping gasoline as well as ethanol fuels competitively priced for the consumer. About E85Prices. E85Prices is the first and only site dedicated to ...

Peak Oil News - Ethanol fuels said to violate Islamic law
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Audit urges end to state ethanol subsidies (Pioneer Press)
Ethanol: boon or bane? That debate has long raged in Minnesota, and on Friday the legislative auditor gave an official verdict: It's a bit of both...

Ethanol Industry Burning Through Equity - Herald & Review
Another ethanol refiner hoisted a white flag this past week. Aventine Renewable Energy at Pekin filed for chapter 11 federal bankruptcy protection, and while it is not the first, nor the biggest, its financial challenges point to continued stress for ...

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. ...

EPA considers higher ethanol mix
Earlier this year Toyota Motor Sales USA Inc. recalled 214500 Lexus vehicles sold in the U.S. that were vulnerable to corrosion problems in their fuel-delivery pipes when some ethanol fuels were used. Pushing against the auto industry's ...

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, ...

Legislative auditor: Minnesota lawmakers should look at ending ethanol subsidies (Canadian Business)
A report by the legislative auditor says lawmakers should consider ending state ethanol subsidies in favor of promoting programs designed to..

Ethanol standard debate (Chart)
It will be a few weeks before corn plants break through the soil and fill fields across the state, but Terry Hilgedick is worried. A farmer in Boone County, he sells his corn to ethanol plants in Missouri, where it eventually ends up in gas tanks across the state thanks to the Missouri Renewable Fuel Standard...

Audit recommends ending ethanol subsidies in Minn. (AP via Yahoo! Finance)
A report by the legislative auditor says lawmakers should consider ending state ethanol subsidies in favor of promoting programs designed to reduce fossil fuel consumption and greenhouse gas emissions...

Overpopulation is worlds No.1 environmental issue - Thaindian.com
Washington, April 18 (ANI): The faculty of a US university has determined that an overpopulated planet is the biggest problem that we face today, followed by climate change and a need for renewable energy resources. According to a survey of the .. Market - Feature" target="new">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, ...

Legislative auditor: Minnesota lawmakers should look at ending ethanol subsidies (Canadian Business)
A report by the legislative auditor says lawmakers should consider ending state ethanol subsidies in favor of promoting programs designed to..

Ethanol standard debate (Chart)
It will be a few weeks before corn plants break through the soil and fill fields across the state, but Terry Hilgedick is worried. A farmer in Boone County, he sells his corn to ethanol plants in Missouri, where it eventually ends up in gas tanks across the state thanks to the Missouri Renewable Fuel Standard...

Audit recommends ending ethanol subsidies in Minn. (AP via Yahoo! Finance)
A report by the legislative auditor says lawmakers should consider ending state ethanol subsidies in favor of promoting programs designed to reduce fossil fuel consumption and greenhouse gas emissions...

Overpopulation is worlds No.1 environmental issue - Thaindian.com
Washington, April 18 (ANI): The faculty of a US university has determined that an overpopulated planet is the biggest problem that we face today, followed by climate change and a need for renewable energy resources. According to a survey of the ...

Biofuel subsidies targeted - Bemidji Pioneer
ST. PAUL EUR” State payments to Minnesota ethanol producers have little impact on the industry anymore, so could be eliminated, an independent audit concluded. But lawmakers said corn-based ethanol producers, recipients of millions of dollars in ...

How a Bad Bush Administration Energy Policy Begets More Bad Policy .
It also has less energy density per gallon than gasoline, which means that ethanol fuels provide fewer miles per gallon when you use a fuel with it, adding increased driving cost to the insult of taxpayer subsidies. ...



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