Ethanol Technology | Ethanol Fuels News for 06/12/2009



Presentations from Brussels Biofuels Congress Available
Just in case you missed last March's World Biofuels Markets congress in Brussels, Belgium, now you have a chance to see and hear the presentations from the three-day event...

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 ...

Cap-and-Trade bill does nothing for oil dependence
Now, when the first signs of economic recovery may be in sight, it's time to ponder what kind of recovery we are likely to witness...

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...

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Boat owners might have made some costly mistakes when they stored their watercraft last fall, but they might just now be finding out about it...

UF moves site of planned ethanol plant to Taylor - Gainesville Sun
UF had planned to build the plant at Florida Crystals' sugar refinery near Lake Okeechobee, using waste from sugar cane to make the fuel. The new site, at the Buckeye Florida pulp mill near Perry, means the plant will largely use wood left over from ...

Oxygenated fuels may harm boats - St. Cloud Times
Boat owners might have made some costly mistakes when they stored their watercraft last fall, but they might just now be finding out about it. Rob Gleason, service manager of Bee Line Yamaha Super Store in St. Joseph, said 70 to 75 percent of the ...

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

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...

Wheat board says cold winter and spring taking toll on western grain farmers
Even for the hardiest Prairie farmer, 2009 is shaping up to be a big challenge. Following a bitterly cold winter and a spring that refused to warm up, farmers are looking at reduced production and low yields for virtually every crop...

24 Hours of Le Mans to Use Cellulosic Ethanol
Last year, the American Le Mans Series used both E10 and cellulosic E85 as a part of its fuel mix with the exception of the 24 Hours of Le Mans ...

Giant: Gas May Cause Car Problems - ABC 27
Carlisle, Pa. - Giant Food Stores says fuel sold to 'Giant To Go' customers at its Manheim Township location on Saturday, May 30 may have contained an ethanol level higher than the 10 percent standard. The fuel in question was sold between between 1 ...

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 ...

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 ...

State's fuel tax won't rise this year - Kearney Hub
LINCOLN -- Nebraska drivers won't be able to blame the state fuel tax for the rising cost of gasoline this summer. State Revenue Department officials announced Thursday that state taxes on gasoline and ethanol will remain at 27.3 cents per gallon for ...

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...

Only On 3 Investigation: Tainted Gas in Hampton Roads - WTKR
Hampton Roads gas stations may be selling fuel that can potentially damage car engines. The Department of Agriculture has confirmed that inspectors have been testing pumps across the Hampton Roads area due to the tainted fuel making it to several ...

Wesley Clark keynote speaker at Ethanol expo - Denver Post
Retired Gen. Wesley Clark, co-chairman of Growth Energy, will deliver the keynote address at the 2009 International Fuel Ethanol Workshop & Expo, which runs Monday and Tuesday at the Colorado Convention Center. Clark will speak at 8:30 a.m. Tuesday ...

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...

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...

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...

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 ...

Mayor of London Shows Strong Interest in LBM Powered Daily
June 12, 2009: All eyes were on Iveco's natural gas powered Daily light commercial at the Low Carbon Vehicle Partnership's exhibition earlier this week, as Boris Johnson, Mayor of London, stopped to talk to Iveco and Gasrec about the benefits of Liquid Biomethane ...

Can ethanol still be a viable fuel alternative? - Huddler's Green .
EUROur technologies are a great fit for each other,EUR stated Arnold Klann, CEO of BlueFire Ethanol Fuels, Inc. EUROur patented acid hydrolysis process allows BlueFire Ethanol to utilize a variety of non-food feedstocks to produce sugars 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...

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...

Le Mans 24 Q&A: Paul Drayson
Paul Drayson must feel like a kid in a candy store this week. For the first time as a competitor, the United Kingdoma s Minister of State for Science and Innovation is at the 24 Hours of Le Mans - the birthplace of automotive innovation...

BP's Hayward Says Demand for Oil in U.S. Gasoline Market Probably Peaked
BP Plc Chief Executive Officer Tony Hayward said demand for oil coming from the U.S. gasoline market a oehas probably peakeda as ethanol blending gains ground and Congress works on enforcing fuel efficiency...

Shrinking supplies may raise food costs
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...

'Fuel'
Josh Tickell stars in "Fuel." Josh Tickell was born in Australia and had lots of fun playing outside and swimming in the lakes and rivers...

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...

Clean energy expands in S.C.
South Carolina is growing its clean energy economy faster than the U.S. average, a national study found...

DF Cast: Making the Case for Biofuels to the EPA
Members of the biofuels industries, including those growing the feedstocks to make the green fuels of ethanol and biodiesel, made their way to Washington, D.C. this week to try to stop the Environmental Protection Agency from implementing rules that the biofuels folks will hurt their industry...

Research and Markets: Biofuels Markets and Technologies Explores Many .
Driven by a quest for energy security, environmental quality, and economic development, a handful of nations are following the lead of Brazil in developing domestic biofuels markets...

Oxygenated fuels may harm boats
Boat owners might have made some costly mistakes when they stored their watercraft last fall, but they might just now be finding out about it...

Paul Drayson Le Mans Interview - June 11, 2009
Question: How do you feel being so close to living your dream of racing in the 24 Hours of Le Mans? Paul Drayson: It feels wonderful...

Greenlings: What is the difference between biodiesel and SVO?
Here's a cheat sheet. Important Point #1: SVO: is pure vegetable oil, just like what you use to cook with...

Ethanol blender offers consumers more choices (Iowa Farmer)
MT. PLEASANT -- Nearly 100,000 flexible-fuel vehicles are on Iowas highways, streets and rural roads with a list of reasons they should fill up with ethanol...

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...

Tanker truck wreck closes part of I-81 in WVa - Charleston Gazette
MARLOW, W.Va. (AP) - A section of Interstate 81 in West Virginia's Eastern Panhandle was closed and several homes were briefly evacuated after a gasoline tanker collided with a vehicle and caught fire. The accident occurred about 2 a.m. Friday at the ...

Hazmat, fire officials on scene of ethanol spill in Midland - News 14
enable JavaScript. Learn how . install Adobe Flash 9 or above. Install now . Then come back here and refresh the page. MIDLAND, N.C. -- A tanker truck carrying ethanol overturned around 8:45 a.m. Friday off Highway 601 at Garmon Mill Road. The ...

Shell blends advanced biofuel into Shell V-Power gasoline race fuel at . - WebWire
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 June, 2009 ...

Shell blends advanced biofuel into Shell V-Power gasoline race fuel at the 24 Hours of Le Mans race
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 June, 2009...

UVa Leads New Methane Research Center
Click here for more maps Almost every time you fill up your car with gasoline it has 10 to 15 percent ethanol mix in...

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...

Studies show higher ethanol blends will tighten corn supplies (North Queensland Register)
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...

"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 ...

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? ...

Smaller crops in forecast for Prairie farmers
Even for the hardiest Prairie farmer, 2009 is shaping up to be a huge challenge...

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...



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