Ethanol Technology | Ethanol Fuels News for 06/23/2009

Feds give ethanol plant $117M (The Brockville Recorder and Times)
The federal government is giving GreenField Ethanol's Johnstown facility a $117.5-million-dollar boost, arguing biofuels are the energy of the future. At a media event held at the local plant yesterday morning, Leeds-Grenville MP Gord Brown said the facility will get up to $117.[.]..

The Ethanol Fuel Hoax « Journal of Whole Food and Nutritional Health
When it comes to U.S. ethanol fuels, we must not forget that we are burning food and taking millions of farm acres out of food production. When livestock is fed ethanol wastes, human pathogen counts go way up in the meat. ...

Food and Fuel America.com: Waste Material to Power Ethanol Plant
Critics of renewable American biofuels like ethanol know that killing off corn ethanol now with junk science and wild theories would end the drive for any future cellulosic ethanol---fuels made from a variety of plants and waste ...

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...

Oil firm putting up ethanol facility (Philippine Daily Inquirer)
Independent oil player Eastern Petroleum Corp. is set to put up a $30-million ethanol plant in Isabela early next year, according to company chairman and CEO Fernando Martinez...

Oil companies shop for discounted ethanol plants (AP via Yahoo! News)
When Sunoco closed this week on the acquisition of a bankrupt ethanol plant for pennies on the dollar, it became just the latest oil refiner to step into the alternative fuels market...

Biofuels could lighten jet fuel's carbon footprint over 80%
June 22, 2009 The seeds of a lowly weed could cut jet fuel's cradle-to-grave carbon emissions by 84%. David Shonnard, Robbins Chair Professor of Chemical Engineering, analyzed the carbon dioxide emissions of jet fuel made from camelina oil over the course of its life cycle, from planting to tailpipe...

Iowa renewable energy receives a $16 million boost - Times-Republican
DES MOINES - U.S. Energy Secretary Steven Chu announced Monday that Iowa will get $16 million for energy efficiency and renewable energy projects, an amount that likely will grow to $40 million as the state ramps up its efforts. Chu said officials ...

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...

EPA challenged on land use changes
If the situation wasn't so serious, it would almost be funny. The U.S. economy, by any measurement, is in a heckuva mess...

CountryMark Reports Successful 2008, Opposes Pending Energy Taxes
Liquid fuel sales for Indiana-based CountryMark were up 5 percent in 2008. This past year, CountryMark sold 472 million gallons of liquid fuels and energy products...

Davis Station Starts Selling Alternative Fuels - KXTV News10Net
DAVIS, CA - The next time you're driving through Davis along Interstate 80, look for the Richards Boulevard South exit. There you will find the only 24-hour Chevron filling station that offers B85 ethanol and B5 biodiesel fuels. According to Manager ...

Virent Receives Presidential Green Chemistry Challenge Award for.
Overview of Virenta TMs BioForming process. Click to enlarge. Virent Energy Systems is receiving one of five 2009 Presidential Green Chemistry Challenge Awards for its BioForming processa 'a water-based, catalytic method to make gasoline, diesel, or jet fuel from the sugar, starch, or cellulose of plants that requires little external energy other ...

Oil companies shop for discounted ethanol plants - WTOP Radio
FULTON, N.Y. (AP) - When Sunoco closed this week on the acquisition of a bankrupt ethanol plant for pennies on the dollar, it became just the latest oil refiner to step into the alternative fuels market. Traditional refiners under pressure to reduce ...

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 ...

Sunoco buys ethanol plant (Tulsa World)
When Sunoco closed on the acquisition of a bankrupt ethanol plant for pennies on the dollar last week, it became just the latest oil refiner to step into the alternative fuels market...

Curatora s Corner
I know this article is supposed to be about history, but today I want to talk to you about history in the making...

Virent Earns Presidential Green Chemistry Challenge Award
Virent Energy Systems, Inc. has earned the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's Presidential Green Chemistry Challenge Award...

Climate Change is not Caused by Man Made CO2
Look this is one issue that is so obvious that even a little kid, like 5 years old can understand...

Ethanol Standards Would Hike Corn, Feed Prices, Study Says (The Morning News)
SPRINGDALE EUR” The U.S. government's plan to increase its ethanol mandate will mean higher food prices and more harm to the environment, according to an impact study conducted for two groups that oppose the increase...

Quiet Khosla-Backed Cellulosic Ethanol Company Emerges (DTN / The Progressive Farmer)
Khosla Ventures doesn't list Cello Energy as one of the cellulosic-ethanol companies the California-based company supports, according to Greentechmedia.com, but Cello received about $12.5 million from the firm and has made claims that it has a goal to produce about 70 million gallons of cellulosic ethanol by 2010...

Diesel fuel looks like a bargain, but that may not last
Last summer, as Americans strained to pay $4 for gasoline, truck drivers and other users of diesel fuel were paying nearly $5 per gallon to fill their tanks, and the price gap between the two fuels appeared to be widening...

Oil companies shop for discounted ethanol plants (The Trucker)
In this photo taken June 12, 2009, an ethanol plant in Fulton, N.Y., recently purchased by Sunoco, is shown. When Sunoco closed this week on the acquisition of the bankrupt ethanol plant for pennies on the dollar, it became just the latest oil refiner to step into the alternative fuels market...

"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 ...

Energy secretary wants E85 capability in all cars
U.S. Energy Secretary Steven Chu said in Des Moines Monday that all cars built in the United States ought to be able to run on E85, the ethanol-blended fuel...

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The next time you're driving through Davis along Interstate 80, look for the Richards Boulevard South exit...

Cellulosic Ethanol and Advanced Biofuels Investments
There's much excitement about second generation biofuels made from cellulosic feedstocks and algae, be they cellulosic ethanol, biodiesel, biocrude, or electricity from biomass...

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 ...

Alternative Feedstocks For Ethanol Production - Science Daily
"It's been estimated that fossil fuels constitute more than eighty percent of the world's main energy supply," says John Sterling, Editor in Chief of GEN. "Both economics and the concern over global warming require that technologies be used to ...

Eastern seeks loans for $30-m ethanol plant (Manila Standard Today)
Eastern Renewables and Fuels Corp., a unit of Eastern Petroleum Corp., will seek loans from local banks to finance its $30-million ethanol plant in Isabela, a company official said yesterday...

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The next time you're driving through Davis along Interstate 80, look for the Richards Boulevard South exit...

High Oil Prices Trigger Enhanced Investments by Latin American.
This situation forced Latin American nonproducing countries to reorient its investments towards the renewable energies, with the purpose of diversifying its energy matrices...

Fungus from WWII + Elephant Dung = Cheaper, Better Biofuels?
You know what they say about wartime fungi and elephant dung . You can't have a--okay, so as far as I know, nobody has ever said anything about the pair...

Alternative Feedstocks For Ethanol Production (Science Daily)
Scientists say they are forging ahead in developing replacements for petrochemical fuels that will be cost-competitive and renewable while having a minimal impact on the environment. A consensus is emerging that no one technology will reign supreme and that a range of current and novel methodologies will contribute to meeting biofuel needs...

Sunoco buys ethanol plant
More traditional oil refineries are going green. Tanker cars sit on rail tracks recently near an ethanol plant in Fulton, N.Y., that was purchased last week by Sunoco Inc...

State business law moving green
California's "green chemistry" and climate change laws soon will affect most products made in and brought into the state, including fuel, building materials and retail items, said a pair of legal experts in Santa Barbara on Friday...

Fords EURœBobcatEUR uses two fuels for increased performance
Not bad, but Ford plans to continue to evolve the EcoBoost lineup, and a radical engine concept dubbed EURœBobcatEUR makes use of both gas and ethanol fuels to deliver diesel-like performance. Wait, what? Alright, lets back track a bit here ...

Trucking firms edgy over rising diesel prices
Last summer, as Americans strained to pay $4 for gasoline, truck drivers and other users of diesel fuel were paying nearly $5 per gallon to fill their tanks, and the price gap between the two fuels appeared to be widening...

Global Biodiesel will Triple from 2010 to 2020: 12 Leading Biofuel Tech Firms
Pike Research projects the global biodiesel and ethanol markets will reach $247 billion in sales by 2020, up from $76 billion in 2010...

Chu: All new cars should have flex-fuel capacity - Des Moines Register
manufacturers ought to make all new automobiles able to run on E85 ethanol-blended fuel. But Chu said the government could face resistance should it insist on the new standard, despite two of the nation's three main automakers' having recently filed ...

Report of fossil fuels demise highly exaggerated - Daily Oklahoman
O NE of the arguments in support of subsidizing alternative energy sources is that the world is rapidly running out of fossil fuels, so wed better devote taxpayer dollars to alternatives such as ethanol. That case is harder to make with release of ...

Corn Commentary » Blog Archives » Harleys, Ethanol and Apple Pie
It reads simply: EURœClean, 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, ...

War-Time Fungus Joins Elephant Dung to Make Cheap Biofuel at Danisco, CSM
When the U.S. Army fought in the Pacific during World War II, it discovered a fungus eating soldiersa cotton tents...

Ethanol fuel arrives in Sacramento area - Sacramento Bee
Sacramento is now a revolutionary outpost in the fight for cleaner fuels. With the arrival of 25 bright-green and yellow ethanol fuel pumps at gas stations regionwide in recent weeks, Sacramento lays official claim to being the nation's ethanol ...

Oil giants filling up on troubled ethanol plants - Seattle Times
Sunoco bought this bankrupt ethanol plant in Fulton, N.Y., for pennies on the dollar, making it the latest oil refiner to enter the alternative-fuels market. FULTON, N.Y. EUR” When Sunoco closed this week on the acquisition of a bankrupt ethanol plant ...

Biofuels: The New Alchemy - Time
Paul Woods didn't blindfold me as we drove through the overgrown plantations outside West Palm Beach, Fla., but he looked as if he was considering it. Woods is the brash 46-year-old CEO of biofuels start-up Algenol EUR” and he takes his company's ...

Concerns over biofuel rules
With hearings on biofuels coming fast and furious, the Renewable Fuels Association has offered a preview of its approach to the EPA proposed rulemaking for the Renewable Fuel Standard...

Alternative Feedstocks For Ethanol Production
A consensus is emerging that no one technology will reign supreme and that a range of current and novel methodologies will contribute to meeting biofuel needs, according to the June 15 issue of GEN ...

Bioethanol: five questions and answers - Autoblog UK
The German automobile association, ADAC, warns that the new ethanol fuels E50 and E85 are likely to cause costly damage to ordinary petrol-driven cars, since these are not adapted to run on them. It is a different story when the engine ...

Ethanol maker creates biomass division - Madison Daily Leader
SIOUX FALLS (AP) -- Sioux Falls-based ethanol maker Poet announced Wednesday the creation of a new division devoted to managing corn cobs, waste wood and other feedstocks for cellulosic ethanol. Poet Biomass is being led by Scott Weishaar, the ...

Davis Station Starts Selling Alternative Fuels (News10 Sacramento)
B85 ethanol and B5 biodiesel fuels are growing in popularity in Davis, according to a local Chevron station operator...

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