Ethanol Technology | Ethanol Fuels News for 05/14/2009



Emerson to Host Alternative Fuels/BioRefinery Summit (ThomasNet)
Atlanta summit brings together academia, government and industry experts focusing on the challenges of translating alternative fuels technology into large-scale production AUSTIN, TEXAS (May 7, 2009) - Emerson Process Management will host the third in its series of regional summits across the United States to address recommendations to help drive the successful commercialization of alternative ...

BlueFire Ethanol Applauds Formation of Biofuels Interagency .
IRVINE, CA (May 5, 2009) - BlueFire Ethanol Fuels, Inc. (OTC BB:BFRE.OB - News), a company changing the world's transportation fuel paradigm through the production of ethanol from non-food cellulosic wastes, commends President Obama for ...

Plant to turn waste into synthetic fuels proposed (The Press-Enterprise)
Los Angeles-headquartered Rentech Inc. plans to build a plant in Rialto that will turn green waste such as yard clippings into clean-burning synthetic fuels. Company officials said the construction of the Rialto facility is expected to create approximately 250 jobs. The plant is in the design phase and would create 55 permanent jobs when it is fully operating...

Our energy issues are multi-faceted; not just ethanol
Over the past couple of weeks there have been quite a number of stories passed onto this newspaper via e-mail offered by people who say that ethanol is not a feasible alternate energy source...

Tips for making transition to gasoline-ethanol blended fuel (Daily News Journal)
NASHVILLE EUR” As blends of gasoline are sweeping across the nation and Tennessee, boat owners may have questions about the affect of these fuels and their boat engines. There are two types of ethanol blended fuels that are currently available at retail fueling facilities in Tennessee:..

TWRA Addresses Ethanol Questions (The Chattanoogan)
As blends of gasoline are sweeping across the nation and Tennessee, boat owners may have questions about the affect of these fuels and their boat engines...

Caution Flags Raised Over Ethanol Industrys 15% Solution - New York Times
That request has engine manufacturers and consumer advocates worried about possible damage, service station owners in a tizzy over the financial and legal implications and a leading petroleum industry group saying the move is unwise and premature ...

NewPage foresees recovery despite $109 million net loss
Despite a 39 percent decrease in net sales and a $109 million net loss during the first quarter compared with the same period last year, NewPage officials hope the company's financial picture will improve by the end of this year...

Despite headwinds, ethanol fuels hopes of economic stability in .
Despite headwinds, ethanol fuels hopes of economic stability in the Corn Belt. by Bridget Macdonald May 14, 2009. BigRiver. (www.bigriverresources.com). Undeterred by the current overcapacity in the ethanol industry, Big River Resources ...

Tax Polluters, Not Families and Businesses
" Minnesota's proposed pollution tax-shift is the most positive state initiative in the country addressing the problem of global climate change...

Another knock for ethanol fuels.
Just burning the stiff to generate electricity is much more efficient that converting it to ethanol and using that for fuel. Cleaner, too. Biomass Electricity More Efficient Than Biofuels, Study Finds. California's Mercury News (5/8, ...

UPDATE 1-ADM sees US ethanol blend rising to 12 pct by 2010 - Reuters
CHICAGO, May 13 (Reuters) - U.S. agricultural processor and ethanol producer Archer Daniels Midland Co ( ADM.N ) said on Wednesday it expected the U.S. ethanol blend rate to rise to 12 percent by 2010, up from the current allowed maximum of 10 ...

At Odds about Ethanol - Palestine Herald-Press
The National Marine Manufacturers Association is summoning anglers and pleasures boaters across America to the front lines. Help is needed in a fight to deter a political bombshell that many feel could threaten the environment, deal a damaging blow ...

Anaerobic Biodegradation of Biofuels (Ethanol and Biodiesel) and.
Anaerobic Biodegradation of Biofuels and Proposed Biofuels in Aquifer Sediments Contact Description: Biofuels, such as ethanol and biodiesel, are a growing component of the nationa s fuel supply...

Innovation Fuels Sells Biodiesel from Milwaukee Terminal (Renewable Energy World)
Innovation Fuels, the New York based renewable energy company that manufactures, markets, and distributes second-generation biodiesel to customers around the world has announced it has begun selling biodiesel to customers from its Midwestern renewable fuels hub at the Port of Milwaukee terminal located on Lake Michigan...

Bentley guarantees Continental is 85% recyclable
Good news for all the Bentley Continental owners who plan to recycle their uber expensive and luxurious automobiles after they have outlived their usefulness: Bentley now guarantees that the Continental line is 85% recyclable and 95% recoverable...

Herty biofuels testing funds vetoed
Among the three line-item vetoes in the budget signed Wednesday by Gov. Sonny Perdue was the elimination of an appropriation of $22,700 in debt service to finance projects and facilities for Savannah's Herty Foundation...

EPA pondering ethanol increase - Cincinnati.com
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 ...

Ethanol Industrys 15% Solution Raises Concerns - New York Times
That request has engine manufacturers and consumer advocates worried about possible damage, service station owners in a tizzy over the financial and legal implications and a leading petroleum industry group saying the move is unwise and premature ...

Finding fuel of the future
Denise Flaherty, a research associate at Solazyme Inc. in South San Francisco, holds a slant of algae strains...

Ethanol Ruling a Test for Obama Administration (US News & World Report)
A new EPA proposal has sparked debate over measuring greenhouse gas emissions...

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Slight economic upswing pushes gas prices higher
The year Jim and Katherine Schmuck's 1940 Oldsmobile rolled off the assembly line, gas was about 18 cents per gallon...

BlueFire Ethanol Fuels commends President Obamas Biofuels .
BlueFire Ethanol Fuels, a renewable fuel company, has expressed support for President Obama's Biofuels Interagency Working Group. The group, which is to be chaired by the Secretaries of Agriculture and Energy and the Administrator of ...

Earth Biofuels Evolves
Evolution Fuels Inc. has announced that it has formed two new wholly owned subsidiaries to carry out its strategy of raising market awareness of renewable fuels...

Ethanol: What is This Actually and the Benefits it Gives Us .
One of the ethanol fuels is the E10 which enriched with up to 10 percent ethanol. This is a clean-burning octane increase for your car that considerable reduces detrimental tailpipe emissions and which will not leave gummy excess in ...

Ethanol Ruling a Test for Obama Administration - US News and World Report
In his inaugural address, President Obama promised "to restore science to its rightful place." Last week, in arguably one of the toughest tests of that pledge yet, the Environmental Protection Agency proposed new rules for calculating greenhouse gas ...

AFBF calls for increasing ethanol blend up to 15 percent (Bureau County Republican)
WASHINGTON, D.C. EUR” The federal government should increase the ethanol blend level up to 15 percent, which will promote environmental protection, help create jobs and reduce dependence on foreign oil, according to the American Farm Bureau Federation...

Department of Energy grants available for biofuels, electric vehicles, batteries
U.S. Sen. Dick Lugar welcomed grant opportunities available through the U.S. Department of Energy for biofuels, electric vehicles and batteries...

Earth Biofuels Evolves
Evolution Fuels Inc. has announced that it has formed two new wholly owned subsidiaries to carry out its strategy of raising market awareness of renewable fuels...

Ethanol: What is This Actually and the Benefits it Gives Us .
One of the ethanol fuels is the E10 which enriched with up to 10 percent ethanol. This is a clean-burning octane increase for your car that considerable reduces detrimental tailpipe emissions and which will not leave gummy excess in ...

Ethanol Ruling a Test for Obama Administration - US News and World Report
In his inaugural address, President Obama promised "to restore science to its rightful place." Last week, in arguably one of the toughest tests of that pledge yet, the Environmental Protection Agency proposed new rules for calculating greenhouse gas ...

AFBF calls for increasing ethanol blend up to 15 percent (Bureau County Republican)
WASHINGTON, D.C. EUR” The federal government should increase the ethanol blend level up to 15 percent, which will promote environmental protection, help create jobs and reduce dependence on foreign oil, according to the American Farm Bureau Federation...

Department of Energy grants available for biofuels, electric vehicles, batteries
U.S. Sen. Dick Lugar welcomed grant opportunities available through the U.S. Department of Energy for biofuels, electric vehicles and batteries...

Electric tops ethanol, study says
Ethanol from plants can fill up drivers' gas tanks, but people could drive 80 percent farther if we converted those crops into electricity, according to a new study by Stanford and University of California researchers...

Tips for making transition to gasoline-ethanol blended fuel
NASHVILLE - As blends of gasoline are sweeping across the nation and Tennessee, boat owners may have questions about the affect of these fuels and their boat engines...

Ethanol Ruling a Test for Obama Administration
In his inaugural address, President Obama promised "to restore science to its rightful place." Last week, in arguably one of the toughest tests of that pledge yet, the Environmental Protection Agency proposed new rules for calculating greenhouse gas emissions from ethanol...

Another Blow to Ethanol: Biolectricity Is Greener - Time
Now a new study makes the case that ethanol isn't even the greenest way to use biomass as a fuel. In an article published in the May 8 issue of Science, researchers from the Carnegie Institution, Stanford University and the University of California ...

Annual biofuel subsidies will hit $60 billion in 2022 a " Earth Track
Annual biofuel subsidies will hit $60 billion in 2022 - Earth Track Doug Koplow of Earth Track, assisted by researchers with Friends of the Earth, has produced a new study, A Boon to Bad Biofuels , on the taxpayer cost of federal biofuel tax credits and mandates...

Biofuels industry at crucial crossroads
Dear Editor: A A A Rural Nebraska needs our help today. A A A The biofuels industry is at a crucial crossroads that is currently preventing growth in the ethanol industry and hampering rural Americaa TMs ability to reduce our dependence on foreign oil...

Boat Trader Insider - Official boat blog of Boat Trader: NMMA .
The National Marine Manufacturers Association (NMMA) opposes this increase because ethanol fuels absorb water and can cause water to build up in boat fuel tanks, leading to corrosion and damage to engine components. ...

Texas Company Launches New Line of Ethanol Mini-Refineries - PR Newswire
DALLAS, May 13 /PRNewswire/ -- Allard Research and Development, LLC , the leader in small to medium sized ethanol systems, today announced the availability of two new families of Ethanol Production Systems. Available in either a fully automated (EFS ...

Penny Stock Cellulose Ethanol Pick - Bluefire Ethanol Fuels, Inc .
With the price of oil (and gasoline) back on the rise, ethanol stocks are coming back into focus. Penny stock Bluefire Ethanol Fuels, Inc. (BFRE.OB) is one worth a look...

Ottawa to push ethanol, despite concerns - 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. Environment ...

Plant to turn waste into synthetic fuels proposed
Los Angeles-headquartered Rentech Inc. plans to build a plant in Rialto that will turn green waste such as yard clippings into clean-burning synthetic fuels...

Biodiesel Supplier Opens Hub At Port Of Milwaukee
Innovation Fuels, a New York-based renewable energy company, has begun selling biodiesel to customers from its Midwestern fuels hub at the Port of Milwaukee, Wis., on Lake Michigan...

Merle Anderson, Climax, Minn., letter: Resisting ethanol does no one . - Grand Forks Herald
Published May 07 2009 Merle Anderson, Climax, Minn., letter: Resisting ethanol does no one any favors The fuel supply folks in Grand Forks need to step up to the plate and get some ethanol pumps installed. The region has a lot of customers ...

Biodiesel Industry Sees Activity Despite Recession
Despite the economic crisis, some producers are still managing to maintain a healthy business - and a fraction of them, in recent months, have continued to forge ahead with acquisitions, expansions and new projects...

BlueFire Ethanol To Present at BIO 2009 International Convention (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance)
BlueFire Ethanol Fuels, Inc. , a company changing the world's transportation fuel paradigm through the production of ethanol from non-food cellulosic wastes, has announced that the company's President and CEO, Arnold Klann, will participate in a panel discussion titled "From Field to Wheels: What's Going to Work in Biofuels?" on Thursday, May 21 at the BIO 2009 International Convention, the ...

Valero Closes Sale of Last of Seven Former VeraSun Ethanol Plants, an Industrial Info News Alert (Marketwire)
SUGAR LAND, TX--(Marketwire - May 14, 2009) - Researched by Industrial Info Resources (Sugar Land, Texas) -- Valero Energy Corporation (NYSE:VLO) (San Antonio, Texas) has closed the sale of the last of seven former VeraSun Energy Corporation (PINKSHEETS:VSUNQ) (Sioux Falls, South Dakota) plants. The plant is in Albion, Nebraska, and produces 110 million gallons of fuel ethanol annually...

New Report on Biofuels Exposes $400 Billion in Taxpayer Subsidies
Our colleagues at Friends of the Earth and Earth Track recently released a report titled A Boon to Bad Biofuels: Federal Tax Credits and Mandates Underwrite Environmental Damage at Taxpayer Expense which examines the extent to which the biofuels industry is subsidized by federal tax credits and a federal renewable fuels mandate.A The report finds ...

Electric tops ethanol, study says (The Monterey County Herald)
Ethanol from plants can fill up drivers' gas tanks, but people could drive 80 percent farther if we converted those crops into electricity, according to a new study by Stanford and University of California researchers...

BlueFire Ethanol To Present at BIO 2009 International . ( IRVINE .
IRVINE, Calif., May 12 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- BlueFire Ethanol Fuels, Inc. (OTC Bulletin Board: BFRE), a company changing the world's transportation fuel paradigm through the production of ethanol from non-food cellulosic wastes, ...

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

Minnesota's State-Owned Vehicles Increasingly Fueled by E85 Instead of Gas, Use Up 37%
SAINT PAUL, Minn., May 14, 2009: Minnesota's fleet of vehicles is using more E85 than ever, according to a new quarterly report from the Minnesota SmartFleet Committee, a group tasked with helping to reduce the state's use of petroleum fuels in favor of cleaner-burning fuels such as E85 and biodiesel...



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