Ethanol Technology | Ethanol Fuels News for 06/24/2009



RIL plans bio-fuel unit in Kutch - Hindustan Times
Reliance Industries or RIL has now set its eyes on the dry land of Kutch. It is aiming to set up a bio-fuel plant for blending petrol with 5 per cent permissible ethanol. However, it is not confirmed as to how Reliance plans to produce ethanol in the ...

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 ...

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Go ahead and take a deep breath of exhaust from Giff Foster's farm tractor. Smells like . stale doughnuts? Kind of...

Giving alternative energy a toehold
On the outskirts of Manheim - in a former car dealer showroom, ironically enough - Lancaster County residents now can see, touch and learn about solar panels, wind turbines and geothermal energy that can heat and cool homes...

Biofuel buzz builds around jatropha tree; backers say it beats ethanol . - Los Angeles Times
FORT MYERS, Fla. (AP) EUR” What some see as the biofuel of the future starts out as short, thick stems with a few leaves sticking out at sharp angles. But in just a few years, they will be tall, leafy trees with bright green spherical pods spilling ...

House aims for Friday vote on climate bill
Democratic leaders in the U.S. House of Representatives hope to debate and pass a climate change bill on Friday, although negotiations were continuing with farm-state lawmakers who have concerns, House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer said on Tuesday...

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 ...

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. ...

Hampton Roads - Hampton Roads Daily Press
At least a dozen gas stations in Hampton Roads received gasoline containing higher-than-allowed amounts of ethanol earlier this month, much of which was pumped into the vehicles of unsuspecting motorists, the state confirmed Tuesday. The tainted fuel..

Deal sends global warming bill to House floor
Key Democrats reached a deal Tuesday that its supporters hope will lead to House passage of the biggest environmental bill in decades, one aimed at slowing the gradual, destructive heating of the planet...

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 ...

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.[.]..

Dems Strike Climate Deal
Key Democrats reached a deal Tuesday that its supporters hope will lead to House passage of the biggest environmental bill in decades...

Ethanol Industry Official Recieves ASTM Award
The Director of Technical Services for the Renewable Fuels Association has been recognized by ASTM International for her work on behalf of Americaa s ethanol producers to make sure fuel ethanol meets standards and has access to petroleum markets across the country...

Dawn of a New Energy Future by Shell Chief Executive
It will be powered by alternative energy and cleaner fossil fuels. If governments adopt the right rules and incentives, by the middle of this century renewable sources will provide nearly 30% of the world's energy...

Consumer Watchdogs Report too Much Ethanol at Some VA Gas Stations - WHSV
State consumer watchdogs said at least a dozen gas stations in Hampton Roads received gas with high levels of ethanol. The excessive levels have prompted more than 400 complaints from motorists to the Virginia Department of Agriculture and Consumer ...

Global warming bill to get vote - Wed, 24 Jun 2009 PST
Key Democrats reached a deal Tuesday that its supporters hope will lead to House passage of the biggest environmental bill in decades, one aimed at slowing the gradual, destructive heating of the planet...

Cattle in Hereford, Texas
There are some things that don't change in Hereford, Texas. The country music that's played on the local radio station and the brown plastic bull, which welcomes you to town, above the slogan "Hereford, Beef Capital of the World". But one thing has appeared on the skyline since I was last in the panhandle three-and-a-half years ago - the gleaming, ...

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 ...

Restaurant Files Loan On Walnut Grove Land
DM Restaurants Inc., doing business as Breaktime BP DQ Grill and Chill, has filed a $1.5 million loan through Six Bridges Capital Corp...

The Oklahoman: 'Report of Fossil Fuels' Demise Exaggerated' (DTN / The Progressive Farmer)
Despite a national move away from fossil fuels in favor of alternative fuels such as ethanol, The Oklahoman in Oklahoma City said in an opinion piece that fossil fuels such as compressed natural gas shouldn't be counted out in the big picture...

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...

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 ...

High-ethanol fuel probe expands; at least 12 local stations received . - Daily Press
At least a dozen gas stations in Hampton Roads received gasoline containing higher-than-allowed amounts of ethanol earlier this month, much of which was pumped into the vehicles of unsuspecting motorists, the state confirmed Tuesday. The tainted fuel ...

Virent Energy Systems wins Presidential Green Chemistry award for efficient biofuel process
Virent Energy Systems , a biofuel company based in Madison, Wisconsin, has received a Presidential Green Chemistry Challenge award for its low-energy wat