Ethanol Technology | Ethanol Fuels News for 06/16/2009



Keep internal combustion engine, biofuel exec says
The leader of a leading biofuel innovation firm thinks keeping the internal combustion engine on America's roads is the best way to address the nation's energy crunch...

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

Gas stations turn back to selling ethanol blend (The Kansas City Star)
Your next tank of gas is more likely to contain ethanol, but you probably wont be able to tell because area gas stations dont have to disclose that. For the first time in months, wholesale gasoline costs more than E-10, the fuel blend thats 10 percent ethanol and 90 percent gasoline...

Ethanol may cause small engine problems (KBCI Boise)
Mechanics in the Treasure Valley and around the country report increases in fuel-related problems in small engines that power machines such as lawnmowers...

Ethanol may cause small engine problems
Since the ethanol-gas blend E-10 became so prevalent at the pumps, mechanic Mike Blessing says he's seen a huge increase in fuel-related problems in small engines that power machines such as lawnmowers...

Ethanol Industry Stresses Safe Transportation
In the wake of a California tanker truck accident over the weekend, ethanol industry representatives are stressing the importance of transportation safety...

Local reports of tainted gas drop - WTKR
Seven state inspectors blanketed Hampton Roads gas stations Monday, searching for clues they hope will lead them to the source of fuel suspected of containing excessive levels of ethanol sold at perhaps dozens of local retailers in the past week. The ...

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

Neither Rome nor oil Industry Built in Day (DTN / The Progressive Farmer)
An opinion piece in the Southeast Farm Press compare the stops and fits of the oil industry to what ethanol producers are facing today...

Government action could help or hurt (Iowa Farmer)
JOHNSTON -- The federal government could dramatically help or hurt the corn-based ethanol business in the next few months, says Monte Shaw, executive director of the Iowa Renewable Fuels Association...

Corn Commentary Blog Archives Harleys, Ethanol and Apple Pie
It reads simply: EURClean, green domestic ethanol fuels are as much a part of the American Spirit as the Black Hills Motorcycle Rally itself. Whether you choose E85 for your flex fuel vehicle at home or run your bike and your car on E10, ...

Sunoco Completes Purchase Of Ethanol Manufacturing Facility In.
Sunoco, Inc. announced today that it has completed the previously announced purchase of a 100 million gallons-per-year ethanol manufacturing facility in Volney, New York from Northeast Biofuels, LP for $8.5 million...

Despite headwinds, ethanol fuels hopes of economic stability in .
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 forced farmers to replant. When prices dropped in July, ethanol producers who had ...

Explosive global growth in biofuels seen
The combined global biodiesel and ethanol markets will reach $247 billion in sales by 2020, up from $76 billion in 2010, Pike Research of Boulder said Monday...

California Focus: Blogs, Stonewall Democrats, Alternative Energy, Groups and Events
CALIFORNIA FOCUS: Blogs, Stonewall Democrats, Alternative Energy, Groups and Events BLOGGING CALIFORNIA: Here are some blogs covering California Politics Calitics is an open source news organization for California...

Hey, Green Spender: Top 100 Eco-Barons
Warren Buffett and Bill Gates are first and second on a list of 100 wealthy individuals who have made hefty investments in clean technology or environmental causes...

Post details: Are you more likely to use ethanol when gas prices are . - Lincoln Journal Star
If youre looking for a place to hide from higher gasoline prices, you might check to see if you own a flex-fuel vehicle. As regular unleaded prices hit a statewide average of $2.69 a gallon in Nebraska on Monday, 85 percent ethanol blends were on ...

Sunoco Completes Purchase of Ethanol Manufacturing Facility in Volney, New York
Sunoco, Inc. announced today that it has completed the previously announced purchase of a 100 million gallons-per-year ethanol manufacturing facility in Volney, New York from Northeast Biofuels, LP for $8.5 million...

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 ...

Farmers to get cash for corncobs - Argus Leader
Producers in South Dakota soon will be able to get payments for corncobs and switchgrass they collect, harvest, store and transport for cellulosic ethanol production, though at least one environmental group still questions the idea's wisdom. Sen ...

Consumers could face higher food prices this year because of dwindling crop supplies
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...

Global warming presents risks, opportunities
At a pilot plant located on an isolated corner of the University of B.C. campus, researchers are converting trees killed by the mountain pine beetle into high-grade ethanol, a green alternative to gasoline...

If You Hug the Trees, Can You Have More Renewable Energy and Protect the Forest? (New York Times)
The role of forests in meeting proposed clean energy mandates has become a sticking point as lawmakers consider broader clima...

State investigating reports of high ethanol levels - Daily Press
Susan Cox's black Saab convertible was a smooth ride EUR until Monday, when she filled up at Fuel Express, outside Farm Fresh in Smithfield . Moments after leaving the parking lot, she noticed the engine sounded loud and clunky. That afternoon, the ...

Gevo Builds Up Downstream Business Development Organization; Isobutanol to Renewable Hydrocarbons
Dr. Chris Ryan has joined the Gevo as Vice President of Business Development-Downstream. In this role, Ryan will be responsible for business development in converting isobutanol into chemicals, jet fuel, gasoline, diesel, and fuel blendstocks...

Local reports of tainted gas drop - Daily Press
Seven state inspectors blanketed Hampton Roads gas stations Monday, searching for clues they hope will lead them to the source of fuel suspected of containing excessive levels of ethanol sold at perhaps dozens of local retailers in the past week. The ...

Ohio State University Takes Top Spot at 2009 EcoCAR Competition with EREV Design
University students from The Ohio State University earned top honors at the 2009 finals of the EcoCAR : The NeXt Challenge competition in Toronto, Canada for their design of a Extended Range Electric Vehicle ...

Koenigsegg Offers Saab Salvation - Forbes
LONDON -- Koenigsegg, the Swedish maker of luxury, tailor-made sports cars, is taking over Saab, the troubled division of General Motors. Koenigsegg is tiny compared with Saab, with around a 10th of its employees and cars retailing at around $1.2 ...

Ethanol-Gasoline Fuel Blends - Human Health Risks and Engine .
Also in question is whether ethanol fuels reduce greenhouse gas emissions when full life-cycle impacts of the fuel additive are considered (US EPA 2009a). Numerous outstanding questions are the subject of several ongoing studies that ...

EPA Criticized For RFS
The EPA heard criticism from a wide variety of interest groups that would be affected by the agency's proposed 2010 Renewable Fuels Standards , which include tougher regulations that many commentators said would put undue financial pressure on stakeholders or nullify investment for fledgling alternative-fuel projects...

Can ethanol affect your gas mileage? (WIVB Buffalo)
Ethanol based fuels may be a little cheaper at the pump, but will you really save money on a fill-up?..

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 locations available on map - Green Bay Press-Gazette
Printed by the Wisconsin Corn Promotion Board, the guides provide information about E85, a blend of 85 percent ethanol and 15 percent gasoline. The guides also include a map and listing of the 130 stations in Wisconsin that offer the alternative fuel..

Smithfield Foods Reports Fourth-Quarter Loss - Industry Week
Smithfield Foods on June 16 announced a fourth-quarter net loss of $78.8 million or 55 cents per diluted share, compared with net income of $2.4 million or 2 cents per diluted share in the prior year. The quarter ended May 3. Sales for the fourth ...

Ethanol Industry Stresses Safe Transportation (DTN / The Progressive Farmer)
Following the death of a tanker truck driver who was hauling some 8,000 gallons of ethanol on a California highway last weekend, according to Domestic Fuel, the Renewable Fuels Association issued a statement reiterating that safety is a top priority of the industry...

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...

Sunoco Completes Purchase Of Ethanol Manufacturing Facility In Volney, New York (ChemicalOnline)
Sunoco, Inc. announced today that it has completed the previously announced purchase of a 100 million gallons-per-year ethanol manufacturing facility in Volney, New York from Northeast Biofuels, LP for $8.5 million..

Gas Prices Rise, Ethanol Saves Consumers Money
I'd like to take a poll to see how many people thought that gas prices would never get higher than last summer where some areas around the country nearly topped out at $5.00 a gallon and for several weeks consumers in the South couldn't even get gas...

CCID Consulting: China's New Energy Industry Keeps Synchronous.
CCID Consulting, China's leading research, consulting and IT outsourcing service provider, and the first Chinese consulting firm listed in Hong Kong , recently released its article on China's new energy industry...

Sunoco Completes Purchase of Northeast Biofuels Plant (DTN / The Progressive Farmer)
Sunoco Inc. has completed the $8.5 million purchase of the former 100-million-gallon Northeast Biofuels LP ethanol plant in Volney, N.Y., according to Ethanol Producer Magazine...

Solazyme Testing BlueFire Ethanol Cellulosic Sugars in Its .
IRVINE, Calif., May 26 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- BlueFire Ethanol Fuels, Inc. (OTC Bulletin Board: BFRE - News), a company changing the world's transportation fuel paradigm through the production of ethanol from non-food cellulosic ...

If gov't serious about low carbon it will switch to renewable energy in next decade
The idea of a low carbon development strategy is not a bad one. However, you cannot execute it the way the government is currently doing...

Swedish Greenwash: 'Fossil-Fuel Free' by 2020 Says Skane
Biogas is growing more popular - photo via fordonsgas . Swedes are fond of making sweeping proclamations - oil-free by 2050 , they promised, and now Skane, the country's southernmost region, is claiming it will end its dependence on fossil fuels by 2020 - just 11 years away...

Global Biofuels Market to Reach $247 Billion by 2020 Despite Near-Term Challenges, Says Pike Research
The widespread excitement surrounding the biofuels market opportunity has been tempered somewhat by its many challenges, which include limited availability of inexpensive feedstocks, ethical questions of food versus fuel, petroleum price volatility, global recession, and overcapacity of production...

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 ...

Biofuels as alternative to oil may damage water resources - Zee News
Washington, June 16: Scientists at Rice University have warned that the US must be careful that the new emphasis on developing biofuels as an alternative to imported oil takes into account potential damage to the nations water resources. EURThe ...

Global economy to get 'shock of its life' when oil hits triple digits
Energy expert and former CIBC economist Jeff Rubin says he's doesn't give a hoot if politicians read his book...

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...

"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 ...

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 ...



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