Ethanol Technology | Ethanol Fuels News for 05/07/2009



10% ethanol fuels taking over.
Used to be only the cheap stations ran ethanol in their gas but in the last week or so I've noticed those "may contain up to 10% ethanol" stickers at BP, Exxon and Chevron :( With government mandates requiring more ethanol be used every ...

White House finishes review of ethanol draft rule - Reuters
NEW YORK (Reuters) - The White House has finished a review of a rule that aims to cut emissions from alternative motor fuels like ethanol, federal environmental regulators said on Thursday. The Office of Management and Budget has completed the review ...

EPAa s Proposed Rule on RFS
EPA's Proposed Rule on RFS May 6th, 2009 Yesterday, the Environment Protection Agency initiated a draft rule for implementing the renewable fuels standard, as mandated by the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007...

GreenShifta s Corn Oil Extraction Technology Featured in U.S..
GreenShift Corporation today announced that its proprietary corn oil extraction technologies have been included in the analyses completed by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency on the contribution of corn ethanol to the renewable fuels industry...

Support higher ethanol blend - Bismarck Tribune
On March 6, Growth Energy submitted a request to the Environmental Protection Agency seeking approval of the ethanol-gasoline blends of up to 15 percent. The EPA is now accepting comments on this proposal. As a farmer and supporter of ethanol ...

Georgia passes bill on unblended fuel | Biodiesel and Ethanol .
Domestic Fuel reports that Georgia has passed a bill requiring suppliers to make available an unblended gasoline grade for marketers who want to make their own ethanol fuels. Refiners also would be barred from interfering with a ...

10% ethanol fuels taking over.
Forum: Fuel Economy and Gas Related Discussion Posted By: Chris93Si Post Time: 05-02-2009 at 06:12 PM...

BlueFire Ethanol Fuels commends President Obama's Biofuels .
BlueFire Ethanol Fuels commends President Obama's Biofuels Interagency Working Group...

The devil's in the details of this food dictionary
In his Devil's Dictionary , a work of "cynical lexicography" published in 1911, satirist Ambrose Bierce skewered politics, religion, business and the average man by wryly redefining common terms...

Construction Law Developments: They Can't Even Agree On What to .
Still being fought along regional lines are battles over carbon credit cap and trade provisions, whether the carbon footprint of corn based ethanol fuels must take into consideration rain forest destruction the world over for cropland ...

EPA Proposes Changes To Biofuel Regulations - WashingtonPost
The Obama administration waded deeper into climate regulation yesterday, proposing new standards for alternative motor fuels and setting off a debate among ethanol producers and environmentalists about scientific assumptions that could be wor [ read more ]..

EPA Says Corn Based Ethanol Produces More Greenhouse Gas Emissions
The Environmental Protection Agency said this week corn-based ethanol produces more greenhouse gas emissions than gasoline when global changes in land use are considered -- a provocative finding that could spur significant opposition from Midwestern lawmakers and biofuel proponents...

Proposed bio-ethanol plant concerns critics - Swiss Info
Officials promoting the SFr100 million ($88.44 million) plant in Delmont, western Switzerland, say the refinery could produce almost 100,000 tons of fuel and 30,000 tons of pharmaceutical-grade alcohol annually. But environmentalists and other ...

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, ...

Do Ethanol Plants Provide Nearby Farmers With A Corn Price Advantage? (CattleNetwork.com)
Spurred on by federal policy support of ethanol, thousands of Cornbelt farmers began coffeeshop meetings, then community meetings, and ramped up to form cooperatives and build ethanol refineries. Their vision was an investment that would pay premium prices for corn sold to the ethanol plant...

U.S. offers $790M to next-gen biofuels | Cleantech Group
. the biofuel industry was EURabsolutelyEUR going to have problems meeting the 2022 mandates because of the inability to finance further research and production facilities, said Arnold Klann, CEO of BlueFire Ethanol Fuels. ...

U.S. raises the bar for ethanol producers (The Globe and Mail)
The corn-based ethanol industry will have to substantially reduce its emissions of greenhouse gases in order to play a leading role in the U.S. drive to boost the use of renewable transportation fuels...

EPA Attempting Ethanol Balancing Act
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency issued a draft rule on Tuesday that aims to cut greenhouse gasses emitted by biofuels, while reasserting productions for targets of corn-based and cellulosic ethanol...

Port Allen chief: Nightclub area becoming safety concern
North Alexander Avenue, where several nightclubs operate, has become a growing public safety concern on Sunday nights, Police Chief Fred Smith told the City Council Wednesday...

Corn ethanol subsidies targeted (The Morning Call)
Environmentalists, Midwestern growers at odds over Obama proposal to end tax breaks The Obama administration on Tuesday proposed renewable-fuel standards that could reduce the $3 billion a year in federal tax breaks given to producers of corn-based ethanol. The move sets the stage for a major battle between Midwest grain producers and environmentalists who say the gasoline additive actually ...

Obama trying to give biofuels a bump
Currently, the United States isn't producing enough biofuels to satisfy the requirements set out by the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007, and President Obama's administration is planning to do something about it...

Cars should have flexible-fuel ability
President Barack Obama mentioned ethanol only once in his speech at Newton on April 22, but he emphasized the need for renewable fuels and the urgency of using them as soon as possible and as much as possible...

Crystal Flash now open on Herriman Boulevard
A Crystal Flash convenience store opened Wednesday at 14554 Herriman Blvd. The 3,400-square-foot store offers beverages and Charlie and Barney's chili and chili dogs...

G2G: Ethanol: Back from the Dead?
Bluefire Ethanol Fuels (BFRE.ob) rose 26 cents (38.24%) to 94 cents. - Aventine (ABRNQ.PK) rose 2.8 cents (32.18%) to 11.5 cents. Let's see how long these stocks will ride the Obama wave. del.icio.us Stumbleupon Technorati Digg ...

AE Biofuels to Supply Cellulosic Ethanol to Pearson Fuels Filling Stations (Automotive Fleet)
CUPERTINO, CA --- AE Biofuels Inc., a global biofuels company, said it has signed a strategic agreement with Pearson Fuels to supply cellulosic ethanol to the company's renewable fuels filling stations in California...

EPA Rule Would EURKill Off Corn Ethanol, Peterson Says (Update1) (Bloomberg)
May 6 (Bloomberg) -- An Environmental Protection Agency plan for measuring a biofuels effects on land cultivation would EURkill off U.S. corn-based ethanol, according to Representative Collin Peterson , the House Agriculture Committee chairman...

OTCPicks.com Stocks to Watch for Thursday, May 7th GERS, CTIC, ARM, APAC
Our Stocks to Watch tomorrow include GreenShift Corp. , Cell Therapeutics Inc. , ArvinMeritor Inc...

Joint press release from S d-Chemie and Linde: S d-Chemie and Linde.
Sud-Chemie AG, a leading manufacturers of catalysts and adsorbents, and The Linde Group, a leading global company in the sector of gases and engineering, have launched the production of climate-friendly biofuels based on lignocellulosic biomass in Munich...

Rules to Limit Emissions in the Making of Ethanol (New York Times)
The Obama administration moved to help biofuel manufacturers, but it also introduced rules to curb carbon dioxide emissions in ethanol production...

President announces plan to help sustain renewable fuels
The federal government announced yesterday that they are pumping more money into the sagging ethanol industry...

ADM Good Enough To Gobble Up
Ethanol producer and grain processor Archer Daniels Midland released third quarter results before the opening bell on May 5. And the company missed expectations by a long shot...

BlueFire Ethanol Applauds Formation of Biofuels Interagency Working Group to Promote Energy Independence (The Auto Channel)
IRVINE, Calif.--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, commends President Obama for forming the Biofuels Interagency Working Group...

New standards could cut tax breaks for corn-based ethanol (Los Angeles Times)
Rules proposed by Obama administration set the stage for a battle between Midwest grain producers and environmentalists who say the gasoline additive actually worsens global warming. The Obama administration on Tuesday proposed renewable-fuel standards that could reduce the $3 billion a year in federal tax breaks given to producers of corn-based ethanol. The move sets the stage for a major ...

GreenShifts Corn Oil Extraction Technology Featured in U.S. EPAs . - MSN MoneyCentral
GreenShift Corporation (OTC Bulletin Board: GERS) today announced that its proprietary corn oil extraction technologies have been included in the analyses completed by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EUREPAEUR) on the contribution of corn ...

Rules to Limit Emissions in the Making of Ethanol
Issues of concern to people who live in the west: property rights, water rights, endangered species, livestock grazing, energy production, wilderness and western agriculture...

Idaho Gov. Otter, lawmakers come to terms on road funding - Idaho Statesman
Sen. John McGee , R-Caldwell, center, meets with Senate Assistant Majority Leader Joe Stegner, R-Lewiston, left, and Sen. Dean Cameron, R-Rupert, on the Senate floor Wednesday. EURWhat we are doing right now makes a substantial dent in fixing the ...

House Ag Chairman Blasts EPA On Biofuels Claim
House Agriculture Chairman Collin Peterson today blasted EPA's Tuesday announcement on biofuel use, saying he will not support any climate change bill unless there is an ironclad provision barring agency rulemaking...

AE Biofuels partners with Pearson Fuels to distribute cellulosic .
BlueFire Ethanol Fuels ready to break ground on waste-to-ethanol plant in Calfornia; BlueFire Ethanol Fuels is ready to break ground by April on its 3.1 Mgy waste-to-ethanol plant near Lancaster, California. The company is awaiting its ...

Legislative Update: House Agriculture Committee Chairman Blasts Epa on Biofuels
At a hearing today, Wednesday May 6 before the House Agriculture Committee, the Chairman, Collin Peterson blasted the Environmental Protection Agency over the announcement earlier this week on biofuel use...

Making Your Own Ethanol and the Story of MicroFueler
There is an ongoing debate about the true energy and CO2 savings that Ethanol fuels provide, and we have written about it here, here, and here, but let's skip that for now. Ethanol has several obvious benefits. ...

Forbes on biofuels
Forbes notes 1,865 companies in biofuels. They talk about some in an article titled: Biofuels Battle: Chemistry Versus Biology...

EPA view on biofuel worries industry - Des Moines Register
Washington, D.C. - The government and the biodiesel industry are at odds over the impact of the soy-based fuel's failure to meet standards for reducing greenhouse gas emissions. The Environmental Protection Agency believes the industry could still ...

President announces plan to help sustain renewable fuels - Daily News
The federal government announced yesterday that they are pumping more money into the sagging ethanol industry. Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack, Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lisa Jackson and Energy Secretary Steven Chu made the ...

Administration addressing ethanol, climate change (Jefferson City News Tribune)
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Obama administration renewed its commitment Tuesday to speed up investments in ethanol and other biofuels while seeking to deflect some environmentalists' claims that huge increases in corn ethanol use will hinder the fight against global warming...

Do Ethanol Plants Provide Nearby Farmers With A Corn Price Advantage? - CattleNetwork.com
Spurred on by federal policy support of ethanol, thousands of Cornbelt farmers began coffeeshop meetings, then community meetings, and ramped up to form cooperatives and build ethanol refineries. Their vision was an investment that would pay premium ...

Does EPA Biofuels Proposal Really Threaten Corn-based Ethanol?
Politicians,A ethanol producersA and environmentalistsA have worked themselves into a frenzy since the Environmental Protection Agency, acting under 2007 legislation,A proposedA new standards forA the biofuels industry aimed at cutting greenhouse gas emissions...

Ken Gansmann: Ethanol in fuel is a rip-off - Summit Daily News
There are some well-known but little-published facts about the fuels we use to move our vehicles. Diesel fuel is much more environmentally safe than gasoline. It costs less to produce and is about 15 percent more efficient than gasoline. It also ...

EPA biofuels rule proposal gets bipartisan scorn at House hearing
The Environmental Protection Agency's plan to assess the "indirect effects" of production of biofuels under a proposed rule drew bipartisan condemnation from House Republicans and Democrats from farm states, who fear the EPA's standard could end corn-based ethanol production...

Support higher blend of ethanol - Bismarck Tribune
Ethanol has already proven itself as a major player in our country's effort to become energy independent, and as an engine for economic development and job creation, especially in rural America. Much more, however, can be expected from this vital ...

Ethanol standing gets a little gas (St. Joseph News-Press)
Ethanol supporters are encouraged by two developments on the national scene Tuesday. The Environmental Protection Agency released its analysis of the renewable fuels standard, which calls for more use of fuels...



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