Ethanol Technology | Ethanol Fuels News for 06/02/2009



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Mansfield Oil Company Taps Bob Gray to Expand Biodiesel and . - PR Inside
Today, $5.1 billion Mansfield Oil announces the appointment of Bob Gray as Director of Biofuels and Business Development to support the growing commercial and government demand for alternative fuels. Gray, who previously held the VP Business ...

"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 ...

Green Car Congress: Solazyme Testing BlueFire Ethanol Cellulosic .
EURArnold 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 ...

E85 Tuning - 8th Generation Honda Civic Forum
In Brazil where they have run high ethanol fuels since 1939, they found that to convert older cars designed for gasoline, long before ethanol blends were common, needed several changes to convert the cars over. ...

Mascoma declares biofuel breakthrough
Mascoma Corporation announced that the company has made major research advances in consolidated bioprocessing, or CBP, a low-cost processing strategy for production of biofuels from cellulosic biomass...

Another Argument Against Ethanol - Wired
The ethanol industry is pushing the Environmental Protection Agency to increase from 10 percent to 15 percent the amount of ethanol that is blended into gasoline, saying it will boost demand, create jobs and foster development of cellulosic fuels ...

HCL Cleantech Wins Venture Funding
Biofuels start-up HCL Cleantech has received a first infusion of venture capital funding from Burrill & Co...

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...

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Prices for products leaving factory gates and the cost of raw materials to make those items both fell 0.5 per cent in April from the previous month, Statistics Canada said Monday."The industrial product price index was mainly pulled down by the appreciation of the Canadian dollar in relation to the U.S. dollar, and the raw materials price Index was ...

Biodiesel supplier opens hub in Midwest US
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 / Port of Milwaukee terminal located on Lake Michigan...

Solazyme Testing BlueFire Ethanol Cellulosic Sugars
bluefirelogo 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. ...

Reuters Summit-Higher ethanol blends would be good for US -Chu (AlertNet)
Source: Reuters (For other news from the Reuters Global Energy Summit, click on http://www.reuters.com/summit/GlobalEnergy09?PID=500) By Timothy Gardner NEW YORK, June 1 (Reuters) - Mixing slightly higher levels ...

The great land grab by Fr. Wolfgang Schonecke
Wolfgang Schonecke Category: Africa General Date: 5/27/2009 Source: New People No.120 May June Source Website: African Charter Article# 20: All peoples shall have the right to existence and self determination and the right to free themselves from the bonds of domination...

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Cleveland entrepreneur Benson Lee has spent millions of dollars and worked 20 years with a team of engineers to develop a small fuel cell that can generate electricity from any fuel...

Ethanol Industry Wants More Transparency from EPA (DTN / The Progressive Farmer)
The Renewable Fuels Association has asked the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency for access to models, data sets and other information related to the newly proposed Renewable Fuel Standard, according to a statement on RFA's website...

President Obama Voices Support for Biofuels Development and Continued .
GBC Asked to Contribute to Implementation of Presidential Biofuels Directive WASHINGTON, June 1 /PRNewswire/ -- In his effort to develop a national biofuels strategy to reduce America's dependence on imported oil, President Barack Obama invited the Governors' Biofuels Coalition to partner with key members of his Administration to achieve his vision ...

Solazyme Testing BlueFire Ethanol Cellulosic Sugars in Its Microalgae . - Earthtimes
IRVINE, Calif. , May 26 -- 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 Solazyme, Inc., a ...

Your turn: Mileage plan is well-intentioned
The Obama administration is introducing a well-intentioned higher per gallon fuel efficiency target for all passenger vehicles, thus replacing a number of ineffective mileage standards set by individual states...

President Calls Biofuels One Of U.S.'s Most Important Industries (BioresearchOnline)
The National Corn Growers Association today thanked President Obama for his statement that advanced renewable transportation fuels will be one of the nation's most important industries of the 21st Century, and that corn-based ethanol must remain viable to achieve this vision...

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

Fort Lewis tries out hydrogen cars
Lt. Col. Ali Hunt buckled in, put the Chevrolet Equinox in drive and pressed the accelerator...

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 ...

Mansfield Oil Company Taps Bob Gray to Expand Biodiesel and Alternative Fuel Programs (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)
ATLANTA----Today, $5.1 billion Mansfield Oil announces the appointment of Bob Gray as Director of Biofuels and Business Development to support the growing commercial and government demand for alternative fuels...

Brazil must save forests in ethanol push: Clinton - Reuters UK
SAO PAULO (Reuters) - Brazil should worry about ways of stopping and controlling deforestation in order to achieve a broader global market for its cane-based ethanol, former U.S. President Bill Clinton said on Monday. Clinton said the world is ...

Energy independence the goal (The Bismarck Tribune)
Achieving energy independence through an aggressive mixture of renewable energy sources and fossil fuels was a recurring subject at Bismarck State College on Monday...

Making Cars EUR A New Lease on Life - The Moderate Voice
Well the US is officially an automaker. What I hope is that GM is able to convert from a stodgy old EURthis is the way we have always done itEUR company to an innovative leader in cutting edge technology. When one receives a new lease on life, one ...

Brazil to invest in ethanol workers, environment - Reuters
SAO PAULO (Reuters) - The Brazilian government and the sugar cane-based ethanol industry are hoping to head off complaints about harmful environmental and labor practices by investing in socially responsible production methods, speakers at the 2nd ...

Bringing Socially Conscious Films From Around the Globe, the . - DVD Creation
LOS ANGELES, CA -- (Marketwire) -- 06/02/09 -- The 6th Annual Artivist Film Festival and the 2009 Artivist Awards is in pre-production at the historic Egyptian Theater in the heart of Hollywood. The Festival dates have been confirmed for October 8 ...

University of Illinois Center for Advanced BioEnergy Research .
Despite headwinds, ethanol fuels hopes of economic stability in the Corn Belt. Medill Reports by Bridget Macdonald May 14, 2009. In June 2008, corn prices soared to $7.50 a bushel on high demand after spring flooding in the Midwest ...

Mansfield Oil Company Taps Bob Gray to Expand Biodiesel and Alternative Fuel Programs
Today, $5.1 billion Mansfield Oil announces the appointment of Bob Gray as Director of Biofuels and Business Development to support the growing commercial and government demand for alternative fuels...

Cap-and-trade may hinge on farm vote
If Democrats are serious about enacting controls on greenhouse gases, they may have to win over farmers first...

We're in for a shock
Will it be the traditional V-shaped recovery in which economic growth bounces back from a slump, or will it be a W-shaped, double-dipped one in which one crisis follows the other for several years to come? Much of this depends on the price of oil...

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...

If Federal Ethanol Policy Is Threatened, How Serious Would It Be? (CattleNetwork.com)
If you are playing the game Jeopardy! and the answer is EURethanol,EUR you might be tempted to respond, EURWhat bio-fuel carries the most controversy?EUR Regardless of the turn that ethanol supporters make, there is always some roadblock to surmount...

Ethanol Industry Seeking More Transparency from EPA (AgWeb.com)
RFA sends letter to EPA..

President Calls Biofuels One Of U.S.'s Most Important Industries
The National Corn Growers Association today thanked President Obama for his statement that advanced renewable transportation fuels will be one of the nation's most important industries of the 21st Century, and that corn-based ethanol must remain viable to achieve this vision...

Business continues exploring Lake County for ethanol site - NWITimes.com
CROWN POINT | An Evansville businessman said he is still trying to find a Lake County community willing to let him pay millions of dollars in new taxes and put hundreds of residents to work. "It just doesn't make good sense," Earl Powers, president ...

The Biomass Alternative
WHEN PEOPLE TALK ABOUT ALTERNATIVES TO FOSSIL FUELS, ETHANOL often tops the list...

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 ...

Ethanol Industry Fuels Debt Slavery in Brazil (DTN / The Progressive Farmer)
The watchdog group Catholic Land Pastoral reports that debt slavery reached record numbers in Brazil in 2008, when there were 280 cases reported, according to ethicaltraveler.org. That was a 6 percent increase from 2007...

Cap-and-trade may hinge on farm vote
If Democrats are serious about enacting controls on greenhouse gases, they may have to win over farmers first...

Change welcome, patience needed
President Barack Obama's mandate to increase the required gas mileage for cars and trucks is an excellent, long-overdue policy...

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 ...

G.M. Sells Hummer but Does Not Name Buyer
A day after it filed for bankruptcy protection, General Motors said Tuesday that it had reached a deal to sell its Hummer brand of large trucks...

Green Ink: An Exit Strategy for GM - Wall Street Journal
The U.S. government has to figure out how to balance its own environmental goals and General Motors survivalEURthe longer it stays in the company, the more pressure there will be to intervene in business decisions, in the NYT . David Brooks is ...

- Algae oil production. Ethanol cellulosic sugars. EUREUR Concentrated .
BlueFire Ethanol Fuels Inc has reported EUREUR that Solazyme, Inc., a renewable oil production company and leading algal synthetic biology company, is testing sugars, produced through BlueFire's patented process, for compatibility with its ...

Firms, councilmen work on alternative energy
There's something rotten in the city of Naperville. It's yard waste, utility trimmings, garden waste and other decomposing plant material...

Aviation Bio-Fuels Work In Tests (The Aero-News Network)
Multiple Airlines Try Out Green Alternative Through all the discussion of climate change, alternative fuels have shared a major portion of the spotlight. Whether ethanol, which is powering some aircraft flying at air shows today, or more exotic ideas for all segments of the aviation industry, the search for an environmentally-friendly fuel has sparked a wave of research that could one day lead ...

Energy anywhere, anytime
NEWSLETTER >> >> Energy anywhere, anytime Compact, portable fuel cell system digests anything to get energy Tuesday, June 02, 2009 John Funk Plain Dealer Reporter Cleveland entrepreneur Benson Lee has spent millions of dollars and worked 20 years with a team of engineers to develop a small fuel cell that can generate electricity from any fuel...



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