Ethanol Technology | Ethanol Fuels News for 06/09/2009



End Human Trafficking - Change.org: Ethanol Fuels Debt Slavery in .
If you think ethanol is always a better fuel choice than gasoline, think again. A recent report from Catholic Land Pastoral links a rise in debt slavery in Brazil to a rise in the production of et...

Make your own ethanol at home with the MicroFueler
Flex-fuel vehicles, especially trucks and SUVs, are increasingly commonplace in the U.S. market...

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...

Plant closings, other factors cut Ethanol Board revenue - Kearney Hub
KEARNEY EUR” Three of four idled Nebraska ethanol plants are expected to begin production under new ownership by Aug. 1, which is good news for the states economy and the Nebraska Ethanol Boards revenue stream. Ethanol Project Manager Steve ...

Scientists use sugar beets as fuel source - Houma Courier
HOUMA EUR” You might not like beets, but scientists hope your car will. Researchers are growing at the USDA Sugar Cane Research Unit in Houma are growing sugar beets, a vegetable that serves as a source of ethanol. The experiment aims to prove the ...

Biofuel caution
Last month I posted " Spinning our environmental wheels " wherein I was attempting to demonstrate, among other things, that 'fools rush in' is not a efficacious green policy...

California receives Austrian delegation on waste oil-to-energy .
BlueFire Ethanol receives 28 air permits for California waste-based cellulosic ethanol plant; In California, cellulosic ethanol pioneer BlueFire Ethanol Fuels secured 28 air permits from the Antelope Valley Air Quality Management ...

Ethanol to take over 75 pct Brazil car fuel market - Reuters
SAO PAULO, June 3 (Reuters) - Sugar cane-based ethanol fuel is expected to take over 75 percent of Brazil's light vehicle fuel market, shrinking gasoline's stake to 17 percent by 2020, the head of the state-run oil company said. The flex-fuel engine ...

Machine makes ethanol fuel in your backyard - KGO
E-Fuel says all people have to do is add food waste, a special yeast mix and water and voila: it is converted into ethanol that can be used to fill up their car. Company officials call it the first portable micro-refinery system - but it is ...

Customers at Pa. gas Station may Have Pumped Higher Ethanol Blends (DTN / The Progressive Farmer)
Giant-To-Go in Manheim Township, Pa. announced in a news release Friday that motorists who bought fuel at the Manheim Township location between 1:30 p.m. and 11 p.m. on May 30 may have pumped fuels that contained higher than E10 ethanol levels, according to the Lancasteronline.com in Lancaster, Pa...

Straeter, New Holland to be honored at Power Show (Pharos-Tribune)
ROCHESTER EUR” Jim Straeter will be the parade marshal of the Round Barn Festival twilight parade on June 12.New Holland Rochester will be the honored agri-business at the Fulton County Historical Power Show June 19-21.The business is owned by Jim Straeter. He is a man of many interests: farming and implements, wind generators, school board, 4-H fair board, Little League and history...

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...

Bangchak won't raise pump prices yet - Bangkok Post
Bangchak Petroleum Plc will not raise pump prices for fuel over the next one or two days, company president Anusorn Saengnimual said on Tuesday. However, the government should step in to stabilise fuel prices to avoid a negative impact on the economy ...

Mansfield Oil Taps Gray
What's In Store at The Pantry? CSPTV pays a visit to The Pantry for a store tour and a conversation on the post-Sodini plans for this 1,600 store chain...

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 ...

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Shockoe Ballpark Site Is Racially Insensitive Editor, Times-Dispatch: Thank you for the interesting article and accompanying schematic that appeared under the caption: "Baseball in Richmond -- Help Is Needed Say Consultants to the City." Of the many sites suggested as a location for a new baseball park, I am amazed that the Shockoe Bottom concept ...

End ethanol subsidies - Baltimore Sun
Gal Luft was absolutely right in stating that we (and the world) are indeed in for an oil price shock ("We're in for a shock," June 2). However, Mr. Luft's proposed remedy - an open fuel standard and removing tariffs from imported ethanol - holds ...

USDA Meets President Obama's 30-Day Biofuels Directive to Help Meet Country's Energy Needs
USDA Meets President Obama's 30-Day Biofuels Directive to Help Meet Country's Energy Needs Jun...

Ethanol Makers Still Trying to Catch a Break from Banks, Debt Holders
A combination of lower oil prices and challenging financial markets continues to spell disaster for U.S. ethanol companies, with another 10 providers of this first-generation biofuel going belly up in the first five months of 2009...

Protect your car from ethanol.
Link I wonder if libs hugged each and every tree on the tens of thousands of acres that were clear cut to make room for planting corn? I wonder if cons hugged each and every tree on the tens of thousands of acres that were clear cut to make room for planting corn? Corn is the worst source of ethanol ever...

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. ...

Cleantech upstarts team with Big Oil
If you can't beat 'em, join 'em. Cleantech's initial attempts to take on incumbent industry giants such as oil companies are starting to give way to symbiotic partnerships...

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...

Brighter days seen for solar, next-gen biofuels (New York Times)
NEW YORK -- Big changes are afoot in the fledgling alternative-energy industry. As the sector recovers from the 2008 financia...

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 ...

USDA Meets President Obama's 30-Day Biofuels Directive to Help.
Responding to President Obama's directive to expedite and increase the production of biofuels, Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today announced that USDA met its 30-day deadline to help produce more energy from homegrown, renewable sources...

Alternative energy relies on economics, technology, policy 06-07-09 (Plainview Daily Herald)
By RICHARD PORTER Herald Agriculture Editor LUBBOCK -- For those who want to run their vehicles on ethanol, power their homes on energy generated from the wind or find a way to merge their farming operations with the "green" movement, panelists here had a challenging message on Friday...

Gov. Barbour's speaks at the 2009 Southern Growth Policies Board meeting in Biloxi (WLOX-TV Biloxi)
"Thank you. And welcome. On behalf of the people of Mississippi and especially those from the Mississippi Gulf Coast, it is my honor and pleasure to welcome you to Biloxi and the Beau Rivage, for the Southern Growth Policies Board Annual Conference...

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Glen Zorn came home to Florala Monday to announce hea s going after his bossa s job...

Fuel system eliminating petrol
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Students from an engineering college in the district have developed an alternative fuel system aimed at eliminating petrol...

Us RFS unlikely to include biofuels' foreign GHG impact: Dinneen
It seems increasingly likely the US biofuels industry's impact on foreign greenhouse gas emissions will not be part of any federal renewables mandate, Bob Dinneen, president of the Renewable Fuels Association, said Monday...

Backyard bonanza (The Naperville Sun)
Naperville might soon take the lead in the search for viable sources of renewable and eco-friendly energy. What's more, it could wind up to have been locally grown. A partnership drawing together the city, Naperville-based Packer Engineering, area schools and Argonne National Laboratory aims to win $4 million in federal funds to build a fuels depot that would run in part on the yard waste ...

Garbage never smelled so sweet
Jeff Surma, a founder of InEnTec and CEO of S4 Energy Solutions: “If we ever get to a hydrogen economy, this technology would be a fantastic source that would make hydrogen available all across the country.” 'Melting' garbage: How it works InEnTec's Plasma Enhanced Melter, pictured below at the company's research facility in Richland, ...

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

Hopes Still High On Ethanol
Once touted as a clean, green way to reduce America's dependence on foreign oil as well as helping reduce greenhouse gas emissions, it's now pretty much conceded by most observers that corn-based ethanol turned out to be a costly detour on the road to energy independence...

Argan, Inc. Reports 30% Increase in Revenues for the First Quarter;.
Argan, Inc. today announced financial results for the first quarter ended April 30, 2009...

Sudan opens ethanol plant - Sudan Tribune
June 8, 2009 (KHARTOUM) EUR” President Omer Al-Bashir will open on Wednesday an ethanol plant in Kenana, about 250 km south of Khartoum, where is the main factory of sugar production in the country. The factory is expected to produce 65 million liters ...

"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 ...

The Andalusia Star-News (The Andalusia Star-News)
Glen Zorn came home to Florala Monday to announce hes going after his bosss job. The assistant commissioner of the Alabama Department of Agriculture and Industries and former Florala mayor said he plans to run for ag commissioner in the 2010 state elections...

Ethanol Fails EPA "Stress Tests" - Coastal Post News
Bank stress tests were not the only stress tests administered by the Obama administration in recent weeks. Even more bad news for ethanol came earlier this month, when the Obama administration announced ethanol did not get flying colors in the ...

Renewables beat fossil fuels in investment
Clean technologies attracted US$140 billion last year, versus US$110 billion for gas, coal and electrical power By Terry Macalister THE GUARDIAN, LONDON Sunday, Jun 07, 2009, Page 9 This report suggests renewable energy has now reached a tipping point where it is as important X if not more important X in the global energy mix than fossil fuels...

Plant closings, other factors cut Ethanol Board revenue (Kearney Hub)
KEARNEY EUR” Three of four idled Nebraska ethanol plants are expected to begin production under new ownership by Aug. 1, which is good news for the states economy and the Nebraska Ethanol Boards revenue stream...

Energy realism - finding common ground
Americans share common ground when it comes to this country's energy goals. We aspire to an environmentally responsible approach to energy that will help our country be more self-sufficient while not putting the cost of energy out of reach for American consumers and businesses...

Backyard bonanza
Naperville might soon take the lead in the search for viable sources of renewable and eco-friendly energy...

AAA: Michigan gas prices up 17 cents - Detroit News
Dearborn -- AAA Michigan says gasoline prices are up 17 cents per gallon over the past week to a statewide average of $2.93. Although the total gas price average in Michigan has jumped $1.13 since the beginning of the year, the auto club said Monday ...

Pine trees may be future for Georgia's gas appetite
Fueling up: Operations manager Dayne Shelton and C2 Biofuels CEO Roger Reisert are working to produce ethanol from pine chips using the company's technology...

New Zealand may go bust over Global Warming
Sunday, June 07, 2009 New Zealand may go bust over Global Warming Dennis Avery No country in the world would risk as much for "global warming" as New Zealand if it goes ahead with the cap-and-trade energy taxation installed by Helen Clarke's now-departed Labour Government...

Ethanol: Vilsack, Agriculture Secretary Pick, Is Staunch Biofuel .
you've neglected to consider the fact that there are millions of gasoline engines in service that were not designed for ethanol fuels. Their tubing, gaskets, and diaphragms are not, over time, ethanol resistant. ...

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 ...

Yard Waste to Fuel Naperville Fleet (Government Fleet)
NAPERVILLE, IL EUR Naperville fleet vehicles may soon run on residents' yard clippings under a plan to produce renewable energy, according to the Chicago Tribune ...



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