Ethanol Technology | Ethanol Fuels News for 04/24/2009

Company to market ethanol variant (San Diego Union-Tribune)
A San Diego company developing alternative-fuel stations may be the first in the country to sell motorists ethanol made from grasses and agricultural waste rather than corn kernels or sugarcane. In a deal announced yesterday, Pearson Fuels said it would begin selling cellulosic ethanol made by AE Biofuels of Cupertino at its pumps in San Diego County, Riverside County and Northern California...

Can your car handle more ethanol? | Radio Vice Online
Auto makers offer so-called flex-fuel vehicles designed to accept up to 85% ethanol fuels. But many current and older model cars aren't designed for ethanol concentrations above 10%. And, as a result, most car warranties use that ...

AROUND THE NATION - NorthJersey.com
WASHINGTON EUR” Attorney General Eric Holder told Congress on Thursday he won't play "hide and seek" with secret memos about harsh interrogations of terror suspects and their effectiveness. In testimony before the House Appropriations Committee ...

Portal Tracks E85 Ethanol Pumps by City and State - Helps Flex .
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: www.E85Prices.com is the first and only site dedicated ...

United States: A $100-million bet on making fuel from trash
There, in the high desert of the Antelope Valley, Klann's company, BlueFire Ethanol Fuels, plans to build a $100-million plant to convert raw trash into an alcohol-based fuel that will help power the cars and trucks of the future. ...

Earth Day, 2009 | SolveClimate.com
California is preparing to adopt the world's first regulation to reduce the carbon footprint of fuel, and it is looking to companies like BlueFire Ethanol Fuels, which converts raw trash into fuel. ...

Calif. approves nation's first low-carbon fuel rule; oil and ethanol industries seek delays (Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune)
Fun making rules when you have zero clue how to solve them. Ethanol is a scam. A study I read said to run a large majority of cars on Ethanol, you'd have to farm corn on every square inch of EUR¦ read more America. Solar power conversion is too weak...

Calif. expected to adopt nation's first low-carbon fuel rules; oil . - Minneapolis Star Tribune
SACRAMENTO - California air regulators are considering first-in-the nation rules to require low-carbon fuels as part of the state's wider effort to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. The California Air Resources Board on Thursday is expected to adopt ...

Sugarcane Ethanol Passes Critical Test in California Low Carbon Fuel Standard, Says Brazilian Sugarcane Industry . (ITNews)
SACRAMENTO, California, April 24 /PRNewswire/ -- - California Air Resources Board votes to recognize sugarcane ethanol's carbon reduction levels Sugarcane ethanol passed a critical test today as the California Air Resources Board (CARB) approved its long-awaited, first-of-its-kind Low Carbon Fuel Standard (LCFS). While the Brazilian Sugarcane Industry Association (UNICA) continues to provide ...

AE Biofuels to Supply Cellulosic Ethanol to Pearson Fuels E85 Stations in California (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)
CUPERTINO, Calif.----AE Biofuels, Inc., , a global vertically integrated biofuels company, today announced that it has signed a strategic agreement with Pearson Fuels to supply cellulosic ethanol to the renewable fuels filling stations developed by Pearson Fuels across the state of California...

California seeks ethanol support for fuel standard (Reuters via Yahoo! UK & Ireland News)
California regulators preparing Thursday to adopt landmark rules curbing carbon emissions from transport fuels made an eleventh-hour bid to woo critics who call the measures unfair to corn-based ethanol. ..

Will California Shuck Corn Ethanol? (Investor's Business Daily via Yahoo! Finance)
Energy Policy: California regulators are ready to conclude that corn ethanol cannot help the state fight global warming. It seems they've...

Will California Shuck Corn Ethanol? (Investor's Business Daily via Yahoo! News)
Energy Policy: California regulators are ready to conclude that corn ethanol cannot help the state fight global warming. It seems they've discovered putting food in our cars would destroy the earth in order to save it...

State passes stringent rule on fuels (San Francisco Chronicle)
California's Air Resources Board on Thursday approved a first-in-the-world regulation to minimize the amount of carbon in fuel, putting California on the cutting edge of promoting alternative fuels in a bid to combat global warming. The regulation will...

Unblended Gasoline in Georgia - Domestic Fuel
Georgia has become the third state to pass a bill requiring suppliers to make available an unblended gasoline grade for marketers who want to make their own ethanol fuels. The measure awaiting the signature of Republican Gov. ...

California adopts low-carbon fuel rule - ONE News
California adopted a first-ever rule to slash carbon emissions in automotive fuels, and spur the market for cleaner gasoline alternatives, after a last-ditch appeal to ethanol advocates who fought the plan. The low-carbon fuel standard approved by ...

California adopts nation's first mandate for low-carbon fuels (Contra Costa Times)
Standards approved by the California Air Resources Board expected to create market for alternative fuels and set the stage for a national debate on future of American transportation system...

California adopts landmark low-carbon fuel rule - Reuters UK
SACRAMENTO, California (Reuters) - California on Thursday adopted a first-ever rule to slash carbon emissions in automotive fuels, after a last-ditch appeal to ethanol advocates who fought the plan. The low-carbon fuel standard approved by the state ...

Ethanol 'disaster' risk for boats
In Victoria, the Boating Industry Association's general manager, Robert Coco, last month warned boat owners "not to use ethanol fuels in the boats to avoid potentially costly damage to engines and fuel systems". ...

Calif. to require low-carbon fuels (Detroit Free Press)
The standards are expected to create a market for alternative fuels and could serve as a template for a national policy that President Barack Obama and Democrats in Congress have wanted...

AUTO-RACING - Every Day is Earth Day in the ALMS - SPEEDtv.com
Cellulosic ethanol, unlike the more common corn or sugar-based ethanol, is manufactured using wood waste, thus eliminating the oft-mentioned negative aspects associated with those agriculturally-based ethanol fuels. ...

John Lott's Website: EPA wants to mandate even higher Ethanol Mix
Auto makers offer so-called flex-fuel vehicles designed to accept up to 85% ethanol fuels. But many current and older model cars aren't designed for ethanol concentrations above 10%. Alan Adler, a spokesman for General Motors Corp., ...

U.S. corn girding up Calif low-carbon fuel standard - Reuters
CHICAGO, April 23 (Reuters) - The corn market is girding for California regulators to adopt carbon emission rules for motor fuels that may trim the use of corn-based ethanol. California regulators are poised to adopt landmark rules curbing carbon ...

EPA Considers Higher Ethanol Mix - Wall Street Journal
WASHINGTON -- The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has opened the door to allowing higher mixes of ethanol in gasoline, a potential boon to farmers and the struggling ethanol industry, but opposed by auto makers whose consumer warranties ...

California takes lead in turning trash into fuel - Herald Tribune
ANAHEIM, Calif. Arnold Klann has a green dream. It began 16 years ago in a sprawling laboratory in Anaheim. This year, he hopes, it will culminate at a Lancaster garbage dump north of Los Angeles. There, in the high desert of the Antelope Valley ...

UPDATE 1-California adopts landmark low-carbon fuel rule - Reuters UK
SACRAMENTO, Calif., April 23 (Reuters) - California on Thursday adopted a first-ever rule to slash carbon emissions in automotive fuels, and spur the market for cleaner gasoline alternatives, after a last-ditch appeal to ethanol advocates who fought ...

U.S. Corn Ethanol Outlook
It also requires far less energy to produce and refine into ethanol fuels. I guess taking a weed and turning it into our future fuel is'nt the most profitable, is that why you never hear about it? Comment by b. clark on 2009-04-18 ...

Sugarcane Ethanol Passes Critical Test in California Low Carbon Fuel . - Earthtimes
SACRAMENTO, Calif. , April 23 /PRNewswire/ -- Sugarcane ethanol passed a critical test today as the California Air Resources Board (CARB) approved its long-awaited, first-of-its-kind Low Carbon Fuel Standard (LCFS). While the Brazilian Sugarcane ...

Tequila plant could become new biofuel - Australian Broadcasting Corp.
A central Queensland researcher is working with a team to study how to create a biofuel from the plant that's used to make tequila. Associate Professor Nanjappa Ashwath from CQ University says the research has huge potential as rising fuel costs ...

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 ...

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