Ethanol Technology | Ethanol Fuels News for 05/11/2009



Ottawa to push ethanol, despite concerns (The Globe and Mail)
Ottawa is set to push ahead with a plan to dramatically increase the use of grain-based ethanol, despite growing controversy over the greenhouse gas emissions that result from agricultural practices used to grow the feedstock grains...

Honda, GM Stick to Fuel-Cell Plans as Obama Guts Hydrogen Funds - Bloomberg
U.S. Energy Department funding for hydrogen-related projects would be cut by 60 percent to $68.2 million next fiscal year under budget plans that President Barack Obama presented last week. Energy Secretary Steven Chu said the department will ...

EPA pondering ethanol increase (The Cincinnati Enquirer)
The Environmental Protection Agency is preparing to make an important and far-reaching decision this year that will affect more than 500 million gasoline engines powering everything from large pickups to family cars to lawn mowers: whether to grant the ethanol industry's request to raise the maximum amount of ethanol that can be added to gasoline...

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...

Caution Flags Raised Over Ethanol Industry?s 15% Solution (New York Times)
The E.P.A. will decide this year whether to grant the ethanol industry?s request to raise the maximum amount of ethanol that can be added to gasoline...

Critics Find Flaws in the Case Made by Ethanol Advocates (New York Times)
Studies from a trade group for the ethanol industry have been called into question by critics...

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

Van Ness Feldman Releases Summary of EPAs Renewable Fuel Standard . - PR Inside
biofuels, biomass-based diesel, and cellulosic biofuels. EURśGiven our firms expansive work in the biofuels industry, including second generation fuels such as cellulosic ethanol and algae-based biofuels, we believed this type of summary document ...

Study: Small Hike In Ethanol Blend Could Have Big Economic Impact (Yankton Press & Dakotan)
A little bit of ethanol can go a long way, according to a recent study...

At Odds about Ethanol (Austin American-Statesman)
The National Marine Manufacturers Association is summoning anglers and pleasures boaters across America to the front lines...

10% ethanol fuels taking over. - Honda Ridgeline Owners Club Forums
10% ethanol fuels taking over. Fuel Economy and Gas Related Discussion...

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Ottawa to push ethanol, despite concerns (The Globe and Mail)
As Prentice prepares bio-fuel regulation, controversy grows in the U.S. over indirect land-use emissions..

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 ...

Herseth Sandlin pushes for ethanol extension (Huron Plainsman)
Rep. Stephanie Herseth Sandlin has joined her colleagues on the House Agriculture Committee in asking Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lisa Jackson to extend the public comment period on a proposed rule impacting ethanol and biofuels from 60 to 180 days...

Biofuels bring down ethanol (The Triangle Online)
California made a decision April 23 to pass the Low Carbon Fuel Standard bill, which will limit the amount of carbon dioxide that can be produced by both the fuels being used as well as the process by which those fuels are created. One of the industries that will be hit hardest is the ethanol, and it's about time...

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 ...

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 ...

BlueFire Ethanol Fuels teams up with Applied Power Concepts to .
BlueFire Ethanol Fuels, an ethanol transportation fuel company, has struck a technology development services agreement with Dr William Farone and his company Applied Power Concepts...

Verenium Reports Financial Results for the First Quarter 2009 - MSN MoneyCentral
"We had a strong start to 2009, beginning with the announcement of our 50/50 joint venture with BP for developing commercial cellulosic ethanol facilities. This critical partnership firmly positions us, along with BP, to be a first mover in the field ...

Biofuels get boost; ethanol questioned - Boston Globe
Corn ethanol was never going to be the global warming solution," said Eli Hopson, a lobbyist for the Union of Concerned Scientists in Cambridge. "It's a transitional fuel and incredibly successful at doing that, and now we need to work toward the ...

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. Link to original post ...

Mtech Announces Winners of the University of Maryland $75K Business . - CNBC
COLLEGE PARK, Md., May 11, 2009 /PRNewswire-USNewswire via COMTEX/ -- Environmentally Friendly, High-Capacity Battery, Micro Power Grids for Third World Countries Among Winning Technologies The winning technologies could disrupt the market for ...

BlueFire Ethanol Applauds Formation of Biofuels Interagency .
IRVINE, Calif.EURBlueFire Ethanol Fuels, Inc. (OTC BB:BFRE), a company changing the worlds transportation fuel paradigm through the production of ethanol from non-food cellulosic wastes, commends President Obama for forming ...

Oil Prices Back to $100 a Barrel? Not Likely, Many Traders Believe - CNBC
Oil prices have jumped more than 70% since February on expectations of an improving economy, but traders say crude isn't likely to head back up to $100 a barrel anytime soon. A year ago, oil was barreling towards a staggering $147, which translated ...

Is Ethanol Better Than Gasoline? - Myfoxla.com
Los Angeles (myFOXla.com) - Ethanol, a fuel made from corn. The Federal Government says Ethanol is a cleaner alternative to gasoline. But in California, state officials says producing Corn Ethanol involves burning so much carbon that it's no better ...

BlueFire Ethanol Applauds Formation of Biofuels Interagency Working . - PR Inside
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 ...

Farm group weighs in on climate change legislation | Voices .
They were supporters of ethanol fuels because they liked the idea of paying other farmers instead of Middle East sheiks. Finally farmers realized that through good crop management they can capture some of the carbon going into the ...

EPA: ethanol crops displaces climate-friendly ones - MSN MoneyCentral
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Environmental Protection Agency says that corn ethanol EUR” as maTC BB:BFRE), a company changing the worlds transportation fuel paradigm through the production of ethanol from non-food cellulosic wastes, commends President Obama for forming ...

Oil Prices Back to $100 a Barrel? Not Likely, Many Traders Believe - CNBC
Oil prices have jumped more than 70% since February on expectations of an improving economy, but traders say crude isn't likely to head back up to $100 a barrel anytime soon. A year ago, oil was barreling towards a staggering $147, which translated ...

Is Ethanol Better Than Gasoline? - Myfoxla.com
Los Angeles (myFOXla.com) - Ethanol, a fuel made from corn. The Federal Government says Ethanol is a cleaner alternative to gasoline. But in California, state officials says producing Corn Ethanol involves burning so much carbon that it's no better ...

BlueFire Ethanol Applauds Formation of Biofuels Interagency Working . - PR Inside
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 ...

Farm group weighs in on climate change legislation | Voices .
They were supporters of ethanol fuels because they liked the idea of paying other farmers instead of Middle East sheiks. Finally farmers realized that through good crop management they can capture some of the carbon going into the ...

EPA: ethanol crops displaces climate-friendly ones - MSN MoneyCentral
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Environmental Protection Agency says that corn ethanol EUR” as made today EUR” wouldn't meet a congressional requirement that ethanol produce 20 percent less greenhouse gas than gasoline. But the agency said it is still more ...

Grading ethanol - Salt Lake Tribune
Don't ignore the science because you're having difficulty with the math. And don't let politics enter into the equation. That's advice that the federal Environmental Protection Agency should follow as it gauges the impact of corn ethanol production ...



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