Ethanol Technology | Ethanol Fuels News for 06/05/2009



Richardton ethanol plant struggling - Duluth News Tribune
A financial report filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission shows the Red Trail Energy ethanol plant in southwestern North Dakota lost $5.4 million last year. The report cites lower demand nationwide, saying about 20 percent of domestic ...

Eco Investment Club Responds to California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger's Statements Regarding New Organic Fuels
SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- -- In his typical 'fearless' fashion, Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger delivers another devastating chess move against carbon emissions by sparking the organic fuel revolution...

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

Home Ethanol Maker
Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger is endorsing a new mini-ethanol maker designed for home use...

Renewables beat fossil fuels in race for investment cash
Clean technologies attract $140bn compared with $110bn for gas, coal and electrical power; the biggest growth for renewable investment comes from China and India...

AFBF calls for increasing ethanol blend up to 15 percent - High Plains Journal
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. In a letter sent ...

Sorghum newsletter
The interactions between the new ACRE program, SURE program and crop insurance are varied and complex...

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 ...

Company Pleads Guilty To Lying About Polluting Air In Co Co County - FOX Reno
SAN FRANCISCO -- A petroleum distribution company pleaded guilty in federal court in San Francisco today to lying to two government agencies about its release of smog-producing chemicals from a tank farm in Contra Costa County. Shore Terminals LLC ...

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 ...

Evolution Fuels, Formerly Known as Earth Biofuels, Announces Strategy . - TradingMarkets.com
Evolution Fuels is in discussion with the Environmental Protection Agency ("EPA") regarding a waiver to provide increased blends of ethanol of up to 30% ("E30") on a retail basis, and plans to file an application for this waiver in the near future ...

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 don't believe it will happen based on the actual numbers and ...

Evolution Fuels, Formerly Known as Earth Biofuels, Announces Strategy for Increasing Ethanol Blends
Evolution Fuels, Inc. , a renewable fuels integrator, today announced its strategy for promoting the use of ethanol blends in transportation fuels in excess of 10 percent ethanol to gasoline ...

North Dakota Agriculture Commissioner Doug Goehring To Give.
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...

Work Begins on Love's Travel Stop
Tens of thousands of motorists and truckers are expected to have another reason to stop in Tulare by year's end - Love's Travel Stop & Country Stores...

it garbage major challenge to developing countries: Ignou VC
Kochi, Jun 5 : Indira Gandhi National Open University Vice-Chancellor V N Rajasekharan Pillai today noted that IT garbage was a major challenge to the world and the developing countries were being viewed as a 'dumping ground' for IT waste...

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...

Fuel retailer begins selling biodiesel in southern N.J. - Atlantic City Press
VINELAND - If you're looking for biodiesel, you finally have retail outlets in New Jersey where you can buy it. A Salem County company has converted gas pumps at four of its gas stations in Vineland and Bridgeton in Cumberland County, Pennsville ...

Comment on The Fuel of the Future by: Anonymous
What will your car run on in 2020 or 2030? What form of energy storage and transmission will allow intermittent energy sources, such as wind and solar, to be a viable input to the economy? There's a good chance, of course, that cars will still run on gasoline - its demise has been predicted early and often - but there are also lots of reasons that ...

North Dakota Agriculture Commissioner Doug Goehring To Give Keynote Address At Upcoming Biomass Workshop (ChemicalOnline)
The Energy & Environmental Research Center (EERC) 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..

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California Adopts Renewable Fuels Program (DTN / The Progressive Farmer)
The California Energy Commission adopted the states first Alternative and Renewable Fuels and Vehicle Technology Program Investment Plan, according to Ethanol Producer Magazine, which is expected to award some $176 million in the next two years to stimulate green transportation projects and innovation on climate change policies...

Eco Investment Club Responds to California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger's Statements Regarding New Organic Fuels (The Auto Channel)
SACRAMENTO, June 5, 2009: In his typical EUR˜fearless fashion, Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger delivers another devastating chess move against carbon emissions by sparking the organic fuel revolution...

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

Eco Investment Club Responds to California Governor Arnold.
SACRAMENTO, June 5, 2009: In his typical 'fearless' fashion, Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger delivers another devastating chess move against carbon emissions by sparking the organic fuel revolution...

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 ...

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

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...

Biofuels and neo-colonialism
Pambazzuka news: Seif Madoffe, Salim Maliondo, Faustin Maganga, Elifuraha Mtalo, Fred Midtgaard and Ian Bryceson An enormous 22,000 hectares of this area has been leased by a Swedish company, SEKAB, for the production of ethanol for Sweden, supposedly to make Sweden more 'eco-friendly'. SEKAB furthermore aims to expand to 400,000 hectares or more ...

Obama responds to governors' biofuels concerns
Presidents and biofuels. Seems to be a theme today . Back in February, the Governors' Biofuels Coalition sent a letter to President Obama asking for a stronger ethanol position, specifically asking that the national blend be increased to E13 and that the government consider promoting the sustainability of biofuel feedstocks and making sure there is ...

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...

Climate Change: Twilight of the Fossil Fuel Era?
Wind farms, like this one off Copenhagen, Denmark , have attracted the most new funding, although solar power has made the greatest gains...

Biofuels help environment, but they're hard to find
Unlike many Canadians who shudder when they pull up to the gas pump, Bernie Daly feels good as he fills the tank of his company car, a flex-fuel Chevrolet Impala, with E85 -- a blend of conventional gasoline and 85 per cent ethanol made from corn...

Isle motorists economize as gas prices rise anew - Honolulu Star-Bulletin
Hawaii had the highest-priced gasoline in the country this week, with prices on Maui already over $3 a gallon and the statewide average creeping closer to that mark. Yesterday's statewide average of $2.86 a gallon was 2 cents higher than the second ...

- 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 ...

Cap-and-trade may hinge on farm vote - Statesman Journal
House Democratic leaders are pledging to move ahead with legislation that would set up a cap-and-trade system to reduce carbon emissions. The bill would set limits on greenhouse gases and force companies to reduce their emissions or buy credits from ...

Sneak Peek a " EPA Biofuels Hearing
This is a guest post by Jesse Prentice-Dunn of the Sierra Club Green Transportation Campaign ...

"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 ...

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...

NDP criticism misses the point
It is standard operating procedure in the political business to find whatever weakness one can in one's opponent...

Biofuel projects cannot ignore ethical standards
By: Anthony Cefali /The Daily Cardinal - June 5, 2009 While the need for alternative fuels is great, we must evaluate whether their development is truly worth the cost...

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...

Africa: Biofuels And Neo-Colonialism (AllAfrica.com)
As climate change forces economies around the world to cap carbon emissions, investors are pouring cash into the development of biofuels, as a replacement for fossil fuels...

Eco Investment Club Responds to California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger's Statements Regarding New Organic Fuels (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)
SACRAMENTO, Calif.----In his typical 'fearless' fashion, Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger delivers another devastating chess move against carbon emissions by sparking the organic fuel revolution...

Eco Investment Club Responds to California Governor Arnold . - Newsblaze.com
SACRAMENTO, Calif. - (BUSINESS WIRE) - In his typical 'fearless' fashion, Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger delivers another devastating chess move against carbon emissions by sparking the organic fuel revolution. At a press conference yesterday on the ...

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...