Ethanol Technology | Ethanol Fuels News for 05/29/2009



Solazyme Testing BlueFire Ethanol Cellulosic Sugars in Its Microalgae . - Biloxi Sun Herald
IRVINE, Calif., May 26 /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, announced that ...

Another Reason to Ditch Ethanol: It Ruins Engines - Reason.com
At City Garage in Euless, Tex., for example, the first of numerous future customers brought in an automobile whose fuel pump was shot. A quick diagnosis determined that that particular car had close to 18% ethanol in the fuel. For that unlucky owner ...

Big Oil Warms to Ethanol - CNBC
The erstwhile enemies, it turns out, are gradually learning to get along, as refiners increasingly see a need to get involved in ethanol production. Ethanol, made chiefly from corn, now represents about 9 percent of the countrys market for liquid ...

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 ...

Big Oil Warms to Ethanol (New York Times)
With demand for gasoline, and the ethanol that goes into it, expected to rise, oil companies are trying to benefit...

Despite headwinds, ethanol fuels hopes of economic stability in .
Despite headwinds, ethanol fuels hopes of economic stability in . - Medill Reports...

Oilseed radish could be grown in Georgia for biofuel market (SeedQuest)
Corn and soybeans are excellent crops for use in ethanol and biodiesel production, but chickens, cows and people like to eat the crops, too. University of Georgia engineers are searching for non-food crops that can be used to make alternative fuels...

Solazyme Testing BlueFire Ethanol Cellulosic Sugars - Domestic Fuel
Solazyme, Inc., a company that develops technologies for renewable oil production, is in the process of testing sugars that are produced through a patented process designed by BlueFire Ethanol Fuels, Inc. The goal of the technology is ...

Boating groups oppose use of E15 ethanol - Quad-Cities Times
It is pushing and shoving time in Washington, D.C., over the use of ethanol. Beyond the ongoing arguments whether it ultimately saves energy or not and what effect it has on food prices, there is a battle waging about the amount of ethanol that ...

Eric Ehrmann: How Sweet It IsEUR¦ Brazil's Sugar Ethanol Fuels .
Read full article China has made a $10 billion investment in energy giant Petrobras strengthening Brazil's efforts toward sustainability and putting sugar...

Renewable Fuels Changes To EIA's Petroleum Surveys (CattleNetwork.com)
EIA has recently implemented expanded data collection efforts to better capture ethanol, biodiesel, and other renewable liquid fuel volumes, marking an important milestone in a multi-year effort to address the growing role of renewable fuels...

Big Oil Cozies Up to Ethanol, Biofuels (Convenience Store News)
JENNINGS, La. -- Once arguing against ethanol's potential to solve the country's energy program, big oil companies are now warming up to biofuels technology...

Green Plains Renewable Energy, Inc. to Acquire Two Ethanol Plants in . - dBusinessNews.com
OMAHA, - Green Plains Renewable Energy, Inc. announces that it has signed definitive purchase agreements to acquire two ethanol plants located in Nebraska. Addition of these plants will increase the Company's ethanol production capacity by 45%, from ...

GM Offers Biofuel(Ethanol)Vehicles in Thailand - The Auto Chanel
GM Says:" "The (global auto) industry is 96 percent dependent on oil and this is not sustainable. Ethanol has the biggest potential to displace petroleum in the next decade as it is widely available and can be made cheaply". KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia ...

Big Oil Warms to Ethanol and Biofuel Companies (New York Times)
With demand for gasoline, and the ethanol that goes into it, expected to rise as the economy recovers, oil companies are positioning themselves to benefit...

President Obama calls biofuels one of the nations most important industries (SeedQuest)
The National Corn Growers Association (NCGA) today thanked President Obama for his statement that advanced renewable transportation fuels will be one of the nations most important industries of the 21st Century, and that corn-based ethanol must remain viable to achieve this vision...

Eric Ehrmann: How Sweet It Is. Brazil's Sugar Ethanol Fuels .
Ethanol trade has helped make China Brazil's top trade partner, replacing Uncle Sam, who had been top dog ever since Herbert Hoover was in the White House...

Solazyme Testing BlueFire Ethanol Cellulosic Sugars in Its .
"Our technologies are a great fit for each other," stated Arnold Klann, CEO of BlueFire Ethanol Fuels, Inc. "Our patented acid hydrolysis process allows BlueFire Ethanol to utilize a variety of non-food feedstocks to produce sugars that ...

Obama seeks growth in biofuels beyond ethanol - Reuters
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama said on Wednesday he wants to see new types of biofuels commercialized as quickly as possible, but the corn-based ethanol industry needs to remain viable in the meantime. "My administration is committed ...

BlueFire's Patented Process Gives Solazyme the Edge It Needs .
BlueFire Ethanol Fuels, Inc. (BFRE.OB: 1.46 +0.69%) announced that Solazyme Inc., a renewable oil production company and leading algae synthetic biology company, is testing sugars produced through BlueFire's patented process for ...

E85 Ethanol Tank Installed in San Jose (DTN / The Progressive Farmer)
San Diego-based Pearson Fuels announced it is installing an E85 pump at a Chevron station in San Jose, Calif., according to the Silicon Valley/San Jose Business Journal. According to the agreement with Cupertino-based AE Biofuels Inc., Pearson will distribute cellulosic ethanol...

Ethanol plant in financil turmoil - Bismarck Tribune
A North Dakota ethanol plant is facing an uncertain financial future amid the recession that culminated in a $5.4 million loss for Red Trail Energy last year, according to the company's most recent financial report filed with the Securities Exchange ...

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

E85 Ethanol tank installed in San Jose (BizJournals)
Pearson Fuels said it has installed the first E85 Ethanol tank in San Jose...

Ethanol wrangle riles feedlotters (North Queensland Register)
THE intensive livestock industry continues to chip away at efforts to wean both State and Federal Governments off ethanol production ventures, arguing the playing field just isn't level when the spotlight falls on this sector of the renewable fuels industry...

Green Car Congress: Solazyme Testing BlueFire Ethanol Cellulosic .
EUR”Arnold Klann, CEO of BlueFire Ethanol Fuels, Inc. BlueFire Ethanol is currently focused on developing its first ethanol biorefinery in Lancaster, California. The Lancaster facility will use post-sorted cellulosic wastes diverted from ...

It's time to get serious on alternative energy - Detroit Free Press
MACKINAC ISLAND -- Gasoline prices may have moderated from last year's $4-a-gallon heights, but the United States still faces a dangerous reckoning unless it ends its reliance on importing foreign oil from its enemies, oilman-turned-alternative ...

"Ethanol fuels with low moisture content will corrode the internal .
"Ethanol fuels with low moisture content will corrode the internal surface of the fuel rails." Posted May 26th, 2009 by Prometheus 6. in. Economics · The Great Ethanol Scam Not only is ethanol proving to be a dud as a fuel substitute ...

Eric Ehrmann: How Sweet It Is. Brazil's Sugar Ethanol Fuels China's Recovery (The Huffington Post)
Ethanol trade has helped make China Brazil's top trade partner, replacing Uncle Sam, who had been top dog ever since Herbert Hoover was in the White House...

End use of corn ethanol for better fuel efficiency - Statesman Journal
So the Obama administration is mandating better fuel efficiency for automobiles. We could gain up to 10 percent better fuel efficiency for automobiles by stopping the use of corn ethanol. A gallon of ethanol contains far less BTU energy than a gallon ...



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