Ethanol Technology | Ethanol Fuels News for 06/04/2009

Renewable Energy - Chicago Tribune
Renewable energy is energy derived from natural processes that do not involve the consumption of exhaustible resources such as fossil fuels and uranium. It produces few or no hazardous emissions or pollutants, and has minimal impact on fragile ...

Controversy surrounds new ethanol plant (Scarlet & Black)
Plans for the construction of an Ethanol plant south of Grinnell ran into issues after residents near the proposed construction site raised issues with the way in which it was zoned...

Biofuels Financial Conference to Focus on Financial State of Ethanol Industry
The 5th Annual Biofuels Financial Conference - in Minneapolis, Minnesota June 24th through 25th will focus on the financial challenges and opportunities for the biofuels industry...

Logistics & Distribution: Beyond the Filler
Dairy and ice cream fleet and transportation decisions never seem to get any easier - and what are the alternatives? Only a few months after $4-plus diesel with gasoline not far behind, we are now looking at $2-plus diesel and gasoline...

- Algae oil production. Ethanol cellulosic sugars. EURœEUR¦ Concentrated .
BlueFire Ethanol Fuels Inc has reported EURœEUR¦ 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 ...

India wins globe sustainability research award at Stockholm - Zee News
Mumbai, June 04: Maharashtra-based Nimbkar Agricultural Research Institute (NARI) has won the Globe Sustainability Research Award for 2009. The award was presented to NARI's Director Anil Rajvanshi by Crown Princess Victoria of Sweden at a ceremony ...

Queensland: High sugar prices could be bad news for ethanol production
But what's good news for the sugar industry could be bad news for the ethanol producers and those of us who use ethanol fuels. To explain why, here's ABC Far North's Rural Reporter Adam Stephen. Play audio ...

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 ...

FUEL: Why are we not using more CNG?
Ethanol is a desirable fuel, even though its production requires more energy to produce than it produces and drives the price of corn, along with other food products, into the stratosphere...

North Dakota Agriculture Commissioner Doug Goehring to Give Keynote.
The Energy & Environmental Research Center at the University of North Dakota announced today that the preliminary program for the upcoming Biomass '09: Power, Fuels, and Chemicals Workshop is now available...

Green energy overtakes fossil fuel investment, says UN
Green energy overtook fossil fuels in attracting investment for power generation for the first time last year, according to figures released today by the United Nations ...

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 ...

FUEL: Why are we not using more CNG? - Tacoma News Tribune
Ethanol is a desirable fuel, even though its production requires more energy to produce than it produces and drives the price of corn, along with other food products, into the stratosphere. Biodiesel is desirable, but it cant be produced at a ...

All Biofuel Politics are Global (DTN / The Progressive Farmer)
In a commentary published on the Huffington Post, Renewable Fuels Association President Bob Dinneen said biofuel policy in Washington "has gotten too far off course" these days...

AEC Back Row Film Series Continues June 20 With FUEL
Director Josh Tickell, a young activist, shuttles viewers on a whirlwind journey to track the rising domination of the petrochemical industry-from Rockefeller's strategy to halt Ford's first ethanol cars to Vice President Cheney's petrochemical company sponsored energy legislation - and reveals a gamut of available solutions to 'repower America' ...

Green Energy Overtakes Fossil Fuel Investment, Says UN (CommonDreams.org)
by Terry Macalister Green energy overtook fossil fuels in attracting investment for power generation for the first time last year, according to figures released today by the United Nations. Wind, solar and other clean technologies attracted $140bn (85bn) compared with $110bn for gas and coal for electrical power generation, with more than a third of the green cash destined for Britain and the ...

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...

President Clinton Calls for Rainforest Protection at Ethanol Summit
This week Sao Paulo, Brazil is hosting one of the worlda s largest gatherings of the international biofuels industry...

Biofuel's growing drug problem
The Food and Drug Administration found recently that samples of a feed by-product from dozens of corn-ethanol plants were contaminated with antibiotics...

E-Fuel Leads the Organic Fuel Revolution with New MicroFueler and Business Model (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)
SACRAMENTO, Calif.----The E-Fuel Corporation, joined by California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger, will unveil the final production model of the E-Fuel MicroFueler„¢, the world's first home ethanol system, today at the California State Capitol...

High hurdle for ethanol
The first successful attempt to drill for oil in the U.S. almost didn't happen. According to Pulitzer-Prize winning author Daniel Yergin, the small band of drillers who accomplished the feat had already been instructed to suspend operations when they struck oil on Aug...

LyondellBasell says to produce bio-ETBE at Texas plant by Q4
LyondellBasell Wednesday said it would begin producing bio-ETBE at its plant in Channelview, Texas, by the fourth quarter of this year...

Hindustan Petroleum investing Rs614 crore in two sugar mills for ethanol production
Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Ltd is going ahead with Rs614 crore investment plans for manufacturing ethanol at the two sugar mills it had bought in Bihar...

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...

Multiple headlights aim at the prize for 100 mpg cars that can be commercially produced (New York Times)
The judging begins this month for 136 vehicles competing for the Progressive Automotive X Prize. Some are sleek and futuristi...

ORNL scientists developing more fuel efficient, cleaner cars
Scientists and engineers at Oak Ridge National Laboratory are investing time and money into project that could produce cleaner and more fuel-efficient cars, as U.S. automakers struggle financially...

Fresh back on the farm
David Pyle graduated from Purdue last year and was quickly hired by Poet Biorefining...

Lawmakers seek broader U.S. biomass-for-biofuel list
Farm-state lawmakers on Wednesday asked the Obama administration to back a broader definition of biomass for use in renewable fuels, an issue entangled with congressional action on climate change...

Rex Stores: Low-Risk, Pure Play on Ethanol - Seekingalpha.com
I wont argue the economics or outlook for ethanol as there has been plenty written about it recently and I am no expert in alternative energy. However, if you believe ethanol has a future, Rex Stores ( RSC ) is a low-risk (dare I say EURœno risk ...

Ethanol Will Fuel 75% Of Brazilian Cars By 2020
It might be useful to state what percentage ethanol fuels presently in Brazil. There are high hopes for Brazil to become a net oil exporter in the next 5 years. I personally hoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/ethanol+fuels/SIG=13hbiskls/*http%3A//www.nytimes.com/cwire/2009/06/04/04climatewire-multiple-headlights-aim-at-the-prize-for-100-24559.html" title="Multiple headlights aim at the prize for 100 mpg cars that can be commercially produced (New York Times)" target="new">Multiple headlights aim at the prize for 100 mpg cars that can be commercially produced (New York Times)
The judging begins this month for 136 vehicles competing for the Progressive Automotive X Prize. Some are sleek and futuristi...

Fresh back on the farm
David Pyle graduated from Purdue last year and was quickly hired by Poet Biorefining...

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

"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 ...

Brazil could make 2.2 billion gallons of cellulosic ethanol by 2020 -- Novozymes
Brazil could produce more than 8 billion liters of ethanol from sugarcane waste by 2020 and earn $4 billion by exporting it, a study released by enzyme maker Novozymes predicted yesterday...

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 ...

North Dakota officials want more ethanol in gas (AP via Yahoo! Finance)
Increasing the ethanol content of gasoline will spur fresh demand for the renewable fuel without causing problems for cars, lawnmowers or weed trimmers, a former U.S. Energy Department official believes...

Biofuel production hits drug problem
The Food and Drug Administration found recently that samples of a feed by-product from dozens of corn-ethanol plants were contaminated with antibiotics...

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 ...

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...

The Irrationality of Indirect Analysis
June 3, 2009, 5:32 p.m. Those wishing to counter global warming have for some time been pushing for measures that would favor fuels whose utilization adds the least carbon dioxide to the atmosphere...

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 ...

Green Energy Overtakes Fossil Fuel Investment, Says UN - Common Dreams
Green energy overtook fossil fuels in attracting investment for power generation for the first time last year, according to figures released today by the United Nations. Wind, solar and other clean technologies attracted $140bn (85bn) compared with ...

E-Fuel Leads the Organic Fuel Revolution with New MicroFueler and Business Model
The E-Fuel Corporation, joined by California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger, will unveil the final production model of the E-Fuel MicroFueler, the world's first home ethanol system, today at the California State Capitol...

Grain price rise gives some a sinking feeling - Lincoln Journal Star
For livestock producers, grain elevator managers and other grain buyers, coping with volatile markets can be like riding the Mamba at Worlds of Fun without the fun. A year after the grain-price rollercoaster climbed toward unprecedented levels in ...

Bioenergy Makes Heavy Demands On Scarce Water Supplies - Science Daily
In their article, the researchers show the water footprint of thirteen crops: the volume of water EUR rainwater and irrigation EUR required per gigajoule of energy production. In respect of various applications of biomass, the researchers present the ...

Utah algae could fuel U.S. fighter jets
One by one, Col. Jack Kelly set up the hurdles. For the Air Force to ease away from its 700 million-gallon-a-year reliance on foreign oil, it needs a substitute that performs as well as kerosene-based jet fuel, known as JP-8. The new fuel would have to withstand extreme weather conditions, be usable without major modifications to jets and under a ...

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...

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...

URI researchers working on renewable fuels
At the University of Rhode Island, researchers are working to turn switchgrass into a renewable fuel...

E-Fuel Leads the Organic Fuel Revolution with New MicroFueler and . - Earthtimes
SACRAMENTO, Calif. - (Business Wire) The E-Fuel Corporation, joined by California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger, will unveil the final production model of the E-Fuel MicroFueler„¢, the worlds first home ethanol system, today at the California ...

Wisconsin Bio Industry Alliance » Renewable Fuels Association .
According to ASTM, Kristy EURœEUR¦will be recognized for her valuable support of SCA providing information on ethanol and ethanol fuels and for the perspective she brings on the fuel quality interests of the ethanol industry. ...

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