Ethanol Technology | Ethanol Fuels News for 06/11/2009



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 ...

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...

Low crop supplies could mean pricey food
Crop prices could rise this year because of dwindling supplies of U.S. corn and soybeans, raising fears of grain shortages and higher food costs for consumers...

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 ...

Lower grain supplies could mean higher food prices (Los Angeles Times)
U.S. corn and soybean reserves have been depleted by exports and by domestic demand for fuels such as ethanol and biodiesel. This year's crops aren't expected to replenish the grain bins. Crop prices could rise this year because of dwindling supplies of U.S. corn and soybeans, a prospect that raises fears of grain shortages and higher food costs...

Ottawa Shell station sells wheat-straw ethanol
Shell Canada has announced that a station in Ottawa has become the world's first to sell gasoline containing advanced biofuel made from wheat straw...

Texas forest owners want incentives from Congress
Cleaning up the environment could mean more green for East Texas' oldest industry: trees...

Firefighters train for disaster fires
Shooting flames and billowing smoke filled the sky near River Road Wednesday as the Grand Junction Fire Department fought a simulated tanker fire...

Lower crop supplies could mean higher food prices - 13 WREX-TV
UNDATED (AP) -- Crop prices could rise this year because of dwindling supplies of U.S. corn and soybeans, raising fears of grain shortages and higher food costs for consumers. The U.S. Department of Agriculture reported yesterday (Wednesday) that ...

Wisconsin Bio Industry Alliance » Renewable Fuels Association .
According to ASTM, Kristy EURśEUR¦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. ...

On the edge of an electric revolution: GM opens global battery lab . - MLive.com
Nathan Bomey GM CEO Fritz Henderson speaking at a press conference. Auto executives are beginning to acknowledge that the race to commercialize viable electric vehicles has supplanted other technologies as the golden calf of the industry's ...

"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 ...

Public Interest Energy: Carbon Recycling, Not "Sequestering" Our .
As reported in the N.Y Times, Big Oil, never one to miss out on a chemical engineering revolution, is beginning to throw their substanital weight behind ethanol fuels. Because this entire field is based upon creating new fuels out of ...

Ottawa gas station to be first to use eco-friendly ethanol (Canada.com)
Royal Dutch Shell, Europe's largest oil company, says a gas station in Ottawa will be the first in the world to fill tanks with a blend of gasoline and cellulosic ethanol...

FACTBOX-Brazil and its economy - Reuters
June 11 (Reuters) - Brazil's economy has gained importance in recent years as it has grown at its fastest pace in decades, earning it a spot in the so-called BRIC club of emerging powers with Russia, India and China. The group will meet next week to ...

Ottawa station 1st in world to sell biofuel from wheat straw
Iogen vice-president Luis Scoffone, left, Transport Minister John Baird, centre, and Iogen CEO Brian Foody take part in the opening of the first gas station to sell gasoline containing biofuel made from wheat straw...

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

Brazil mills prefer sugar despite biofuel boost - The Guardian
SAO PAULO/LONDON, June 11 (Reuters) - Brazilian mills are ramping up sugar output at the expense of ethanol, and sugar will likely remain more remunerative this season due to strong demand despite prospects for rising biofuel prices. Earlier this ...

Ethanol Causing Issues In Engines - WCSH
Standish (NEWS CENTER) -- Ethanol, a form of alcohol added to gasoline to battle pollution and America's dependence on foreign oil, is proving to be problematic in many pieces of power equipment. E-10, gas blended with ten percent ethanol, first ...

Why Invest in Farmland?
Everyone has to eat in order to survive. The production of almost all food can be traced back to farmland around the world in some way...

Ottawa Shell First to Offer Fuel With 10% Cellulosic Ethanol
For one month starting June 10, the regular gasoline purchased at a Shell gas station in Ottawa will contain 10% cellulosic ethanol...

Ethanol's false promise - Philadelphia Inquirer
The expanded use of corn-based ethanol has pushed up food prices, and the expansion has yet to fully run its course. The ethanol industry is urging the government to increase the share of ethanol required in gasoline to 15 percent, up from 10 percent ...

Shell Pumps Biofuels at Le Mans - All American Patriots
11/06/2009 -- Shell is demonstrating its commitment to fuels innovation and the development of sustainable, low-carbon fuels with the blending of 10% cellulosic ethanol into its Shell V-Power race fuel at the 24 Hours of Le Mans race, in France on 13 ...

Lower crop supplies could mean higher food prices
Crop prices could rise this year because of dwindling supplies of U.S. corn and soybeans, raising fears of grain shortages and higher food costs for consumers...

Minnesota energy firm opens ethanol terminal in Birmingham (BizJournals)
CHS Inc., an energy, grains and foods company based in Minnesota, has opened a new ethanol terminal in Birmingham...

Crop Prices Will Affect Food Costs This Year
Published: Wednesday, June 10, 2009 at 8:14 p.m. Last Modified: Wednesday, June 10, 2009 at 8:14 p.m. Crop prices could rise this year because of dwindling supplies of U.S. corn and soybeans, raising fears of grain shortages and higher food costs for consumers...

Studies show higher ethanol blends will tighten corn supplies (Queensland Country Life)
If the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) grants a petition to allow a 50 percent increase in the allowable limits of ethanol in gasoline, livestock, poultry and food producers will face higher commodity costs, according to two new studies released today by Advanced Economic Solutions and FarmEcon LLC...

Shell Cellulosic Ethanol Now Available at Ottawa Station
Wednesday at noon, a Shell service station in Ottawa, Ontario will quietly begin selling cellulosic ethanol blended into regular gasoline...

Letters: Studies support ethanol
One of the largest oil companies invested $500 million in a California institution to study ethanol...

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...

Ethanol made from straw flows at Shell pump (CNET)
Cellulosic ethanol company Iogen delivers ethanol made from agricultural residue to a pumping station in Ottawa but commercial-scale production is still not ready...

Indiana Grain Company, LLC: Blogs - Can The US Produce Enough Corn .
Posted: 06/09/09. Ethanol Fuels, I think, will be behind a big forthcoming shift at the USDA in ethanol policy for this country. Guest. Posted: 06/09/09. Who are we kidding! Ethanol blends would spike food overnight! Who wants that? ...

Palm Beach County Loses out on Planned $20 Million Ethanol Plant (DTN / The Progressive Farmer)
Palm Beach County, Fla. has lost out on a proposed cellulosic-ethanol plant that will now be built closer to Gainesville in Taylor County, according to the Palm Beach Post...

Identity-Preserved Corn Could be Next for Ethanol Industry (DTN / The Progressive Farmer)
Farmers could have to deliver identity-preserved corn to ethanol plants if the plants are to remain eligible for ethanol mandates, according to proposed Renewable Fuels Standard rules from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, according to Agriculture Online...

R-Squared Energy Blog: How to Calculate Ethanol's Value
Optimist, the new Direct Injection, Variable Valve Timing, Turbocharged engines will, when combined with variable turbo-charging, pretty much "optimize" Gasoline, AND ethanol fuels. The "straight" gasoline versions are coming out This ...

Palm Beach County loses out on planned $20 million ethanol plant (The Palm Beach Post)
Palm Beach County has been jettisoned as the site of a University of Florida ethanol plant...

Iogen pumped by biofuel
Ottawa drivers will be the first in the world to test a locally developed gasoline containing biofuel derived from wheat straw...

Lower Crop Supplies May Mean Higher Food Prices
By CHRISTOPHER LEONARD AP Agribusiness Writer Crop prices could rise this year because of dwindling supplies of U.S. corn and soybeans, raising fears of grain shortages and higher food costs for consumers...

The Oxford Princeton Programme Announces Houston Premiere of Highly Anticipated Ethanol Overview Course (PRWeb via Yahoo! News)
The Oxford Princeton Programme, the world's leading provider of education and training solutions to the energy, commodity and derivatives markets, is pleased to announce the forthcoming premiere of the brand new course The Emerging Ethanol Energy Marketing: A Comprehensive Overview to run Thursday, August 13th at The Magnolia Hotel in Downtown Houston...

La.'s - clean energy' reviewed
As clean energy jobs go, Louisiana is neither better nor worse than the U.S. as a whole, according a study released Wednesday by The Pew Charitable Trusts...

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...

Crop prices may rise as reserves from last year's harvest dwindle
Crop prices could rise this year because of dwindling supplies of U.S. corn and soybeans, raising fears of grain shortages and higher food costs for consumers...

Will wind energy follow ethanol's path? (The Wichita Eagle)
Wind power is booming -- at the moment. Companies are flocking to build turbine and blade plants in the United States, such as the one Siemens will build in Hutchinson. The amount of energy harvested from wind rose 50 percent last year to 25,300 megawatts...

Wind could see ethanol's boom, bust cycle
Wind power is booming -- at the moment. Companies are flocking to build turbine and blade plants in the United States, such as the one Siemens will build in Hutchinson...

Business briefs
Michigan saw a substantial monthly jump in foreclosures in May, according to RealtyTrac's monthly Foreclosure Market Report...

Thursday Poll Question Information: BP's Hayward Says Demand for Oil in U.S. Gasoline Market Peaked
British Petroleum Chief Executive Officer Tony Hayward said demand for oil coming from the U.S. gasoline market "has probably peaked" as ethanol blending gains ground and Congress works on enforcing fuel efficiency...

The Oxford Princeton Programme Announces Houston Premiere of Highly.
Government mandates are forcing the hand of the oil industry to increase the use of ethanol...

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 ...

Ethanol made from straw flows at Shell pump - CNET Asia
A Shell service station in Ottawa this week started pumping gasoline mixed with ethanol made from wheat straw, what the company is calling the first commercial delivery of cellulosic ethanol. The ethanol was made by Iogen which has a process that ...

Business Watch
Boston -- The New York Times Co. appears interested in getting rid of The Boston Globe, hiring investment bank Goldman Sachs to manage a potential sale of a newspaper that has plummeted in value since its purchase in 1993, the Globe said Wednesday...



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