Ethanol Technology | Ethanol Fuels News for 07/05/2009

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...

Toronto police add new cruiser to f...
The City Police Department has a new tool in its crime-fighting arsenal - a 2009 Ford Crown Vic cruiser...

RFA's Moore: 'Ethanol Industry in Recovery Mode' (DTN / The Progressive Farmer)
The Renewable Fuels Association's Kristy Moore told the Peoria Journal Star in Peoria, Ill. that 2009 appears to be the beginning of a profit recovery for the U.S. ethanol industry...

PTT sees $70 oil
The oil conglomerate PTT has increased its average oil price projection for the second half of this year to US$70 per barrel, driven by higher consumption from India and China and a weaker US dollar, says Buranin Rattanasombat, strategic retail marketing department division manager...

Uncle Sam to pond scum: I want you! - AP
Uncle Sam to pond scum: I want you! MIKE STARK Associated Press Writer= LOGAN, Utah A A A' Somewhere among the beakers and the bubbling green-tinged tanks in this Utah State University lab, Jeff Muhs is searching for champion pond scum for Uncle Sam...

Innovation Fuels lands in Syracuse (Central New York Business Journal)
SYRACUSE - Innovation Fuels, Inc. will make Syracuse the hub of its upstate New York operations from a new office in downtown Syracuse's Tech Garden. The company, which also has facilities in the New York City area, is a producer and distributor of biodiesel...

Uncle Sam To Pond Scum: I Want You
Somewhere among the beakers and the bubbling green-tinged tanks in this Utah State University lab, Jeff Muhs is searching for champion pond scum for Uncle Sam...

Solar cell prices continue decline, parity with fossil fuels by 2015 (Geek.com)
The Taiwan governments Ministry of Economic Affairs announced that effective July 1 the maximum subsidy for new installation of photovoltaic (PV) projects would be reduced by 20% from $4580 per kilowatt-hour-peak (KWp) to $3664 per KWp. In addition, all subsidies will be capped at 50% of the total cost of the installation. The reduction is not [.]..

Scania delivering 85 ethanol buses to Stockholm suburbs - Businesswire.com
Scania has sold 85 ethanol-powered articulated buses to Busslink, operator of bus services for Storstockholms Lokaltrafik (SL), the regional public transport company in the Swedish capital. EURœA continued commitment to ethanol power is consistent ...

E85 Ethanol in Every Car? - Wheels Blog - NYTimes.com
But such an economy would not support the current political-economic structure, including the massive subsidies needed to support ethanol fuels. It would contract until it was energetically sustainable. The landscape, the built ...

Telling the whole story - Minot Daily News
This is in response to a recent letter by former Iowa corn belt congressman Jim Nussle's claim that corn-based ethanol is the perfect fuel. Let's look at a few things he didn't tell us. There is still a debate if ethanol is even energy positive; in ...

"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 ...

Wyoming plant making ethanol from trees (AP via Yahoo! Finance)
In this tiny town on Wyoming's northern plains, workers feed large piles of aromatic pine chips into a labyrinth of pipes and tanks that process the wood into 200-proof liquid ethanol...

Celebrate Energy Independence
As Americans celebrate Independence Day this weekend, it is a good time to reflect on our need to increase our energy independence...

Ethanol Now Fuels Over Half of Brazilian Cars & Light Vehicles .
photo: Rodrigo Soldon via flick Brazil is renowned for being a world leader in ethanol use and this telling statistic bears that out: According to Petrobras CFO Almir Barbassa ethanol now powers more than 50% of all the light...

Algae-to-ethanol proposal a win-win for Woodbine - Philadelphia Inquirer
To Mayor Bill Pikolycky, Woodbine's old landfill has been a big headache. Closed for decades, the 45-acre property is covered with scruffy vegetation and needs an environmental cleanup that would cost the tiny Cape May County borough millions of ...

Texas Considers Alternative Fuels In The Face of Oil Prices A Run .
These are not always technically distinguishable from hybrid models, as most electrically powered vehicles have a back-up system that runs on petroleum-based, biodiesel, or ethanol fuels. For the purpose of clarity, however, ...

Drivers weigh 'e' options
Ethanol blended gasoline has been for sell at the Toot'n Totem at 4520 S. Georgia...

Esteban Chornet, who founded Enerkem with his son Vincent.
The tour ended in a century-old building stuffed with gauges, heat-exchangers, compressors, catalytic reactors, motors and at least one large engine purchased on eBay, then reconditioned...

Innovation Fuels lands in Syracuse Upstate hub shifts from Albany to Tech Garden
Innovation Fuels, Inc. will make Syracuse the hub of its upstate New York operations from a new office in downtown Syracuse's Tech Garden...

Toronto gets new a police cruiser
The City Police Department has a new tool in its crime-fighting arsenal - a 2009 Ford Crown Vic cruiser...

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. ...

Wesley Clark: Ethanol's field general (CNN Money)
If ever there were an industry in need of a general, it's the ethanol industry. Already under siege from food companies blaming biofuels for rising grocery prices, ethanol companies are now seeing their profit margins crushed by falling prices for their product. Compounding the problem, many environmentalists -- who five minutes ago seemed to be in ethanol's corner -- have turned against the ...

Curiously slow; Green spending and stimulus
Environmental spending The energy secretary continues to show his frustration THE economy is wobbly, oil prices are rising and voters have climate change on their minds...

Central Illinoisan spreading the ethanol gospel - Peoria Journal Star
Kristy Moore is a resident of Heyworth, just south of Bloomington, who travels the country spreading the word about ethanol - behind the scenes, that is. As director of technical services for the Washington, D.C.-based Renewable Fuels Association ...

Garden State Ethanol looks at Woobine for algae plant - Newark Star-Ledger
WOODBINE -- An old landfill in a struggling town near this Jersey shore could get a another life. A company is looking at property for a plant that would turn algae into ethanol to be used as fuel. Garden State Ethanol has been trying to launch its ...

Hawaii gas prices surge (KPUA AM 670 Hilo)
HONOLULU (AP) Ã¢‚¬EUR Hawaii already had the most expensive gasoline in the nation before prices jumped as much as 14 cents per gallon overnight. The gas price hike came because state lawmakers failed to extend a general excise tax exemption for ethanol-blended fuels. The tax break lapsed Wednesday...

Drop in foreign oil prices resulting in drop in ethanol sales (Minnesota Public Radio)
Minnesota has more ethanol, or E-85, gas stations than any other state, and with the fall in the price of foreign oil it means sales of ethanol have dropped...

Algae could become ethanol - Brazoria Facts
FREEPORT EUR” While most ethanol producers use corn or sugarcane to make their product, Dow Chemical Co. is turning to the sun, salt water, algae and carbon dioxide as an alternative to creating the fuel. Dow announced Monday it is seeking up to $25 ...

Letters to the Editor » Ethanol does not make sense .
I think the jury is still out on ethanol fuels and that the real future lies in celluosic ethanol and not the corn variety. Comment by Head1stSlide. EUR” 7/1/2009 @ 11:00 am. Mr. Steenblock has some valid points. ...

Thune plan attacks pine beetles
Acres of pine trees in the Black Hills National Forest have fallen prey to the mountain pine beetle, and Sen...

Hawaii gas prices surge
The gas price hike came because state lawmakers failed to extend a general excise tax exemption for ethanol-blended fuels...

House climate bill wouldn't cut U.S. oil dependence much
Despite its title as the "American Clean Energy and Security Act," the energy and climate bill that the House of Representatives passed recently takes only a modest step toward reducing U.S. dependence on foreign oil...

Wyoming plant making ethanol from trees - Rapid City Journal
UPTON, Wyo. EUR” In this tiny town on Wyoming's northern plains, workers feed large piles of aromatic pine chips into a labyrinth of pipes and tanks that process the wood into 200-proof liquid ethanol. KL Energy Corp's test plant is among those at the ...

Oat hulls yield cheaper, cleaner power at U of I
Ethanol and wind turbines aren't the only ways Iowans are reducing the use of fossil fuels...

EPA extends comment period on fuels standard (The Argus Leader)
The Environmental Protection Agency announced Thursday a 60-day extension for people to comment on the Renewable Fuel Standard. The new deadline is Sept. 25. The RFS, adopted in 2005 and amended in 2007 as an amendment to the Clean Air Act, requires the EPA to set a minimum amount of renewable fuels that must be in the nation's motor fuel supply every year. The RFS calls for 36 billion gallons ...

AFBF Economist: 'Greater Corn Supplies Could Lead to Higher Ethanol Blend Rate' (DTN / The Progressive Farmer)
American Farm Bureau Federation Senior Economist Terry Francl said a USDA report that U.S. farmers planted the second-largest corn crop ever could encourage the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to move to a higher ethanol-blend rate, according to AFBF...

E85 Boondoggle Of The Day: All Ethanol, All The Time | The Truth .
There might, someday, be a viable way to make ethanol fuels in quantity. On the other, this makes it easier to just mandate the fuel itself, which, until it's net-energy positive, is bad. SunnyvaleCA : June 23rd, 2009 at 1:24 pm ...

Dateland updated: new travel center
A small cafe was opened in 1965 along the highway about a hundred miles east of Yuma and quickly gained a reputation for its date milkshakes...

Investment In Volvo's Fuel-Cell Technology To Create 100 New Positions
In partnership with international corporations Midroc and OCAS, the Swedish Energy Agency and the Volvo Group are investing SEK 200 M in Volvo's development of fuel cells...

Military backing algae-based fuel research
Somewhere among the beakers and the bubbling green-tinged tanks in this Utah State University lab, Jeff Muhs is searching for champion pond scum for the U.S. government...

Wyoming plant making ethanol from trees
In this tiny town on Wyoming's northern plains, workers feed large piles of aromatic pine chips into a labyrinth of pipes and tanks that process the wood into 200-proof liquid ethanol...

Oat hulls yield cheaper, cleaner power at U of I (The Des Moines Register)
Washington, D.C. - Ethanol and wind turbines arent the only ways Iowans are reducing the use of fossil fuels. Oat hulls are another...

Ethanol Fuels Becoming More Accessible to Drivers
(NewsUSA) - We all want to help save the environment, but for some of us it's easier said than done. Hybrids are still pricey, public transportation isn't always reliable and giving up our cars isn't necessarily an option. ...

Ethanol thirst evaporating - Minneapolis Star Tribune
In May 2008, the states interest in ethanol to fuel vehicles was peaking as Rich Burton, a sales rep, filled his Chevy Suburban at a station in Minneapolis before an out-of-state sales call. The E85 cost him $2.87 per gallon, while regular ...

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...

Algae farm aims to turn carbon dioxide into fuel - CNET News
Dow Chemical and Algenol Biofuels , a start-up company, are set to announce Monday that they will build a demonstration plant that, if successful, would use algae to turn carbon dioxide into ethanol as a vehicle fuel or an ingredient in plastics ...

Kitchenmaster: Push back against ethanol
Legislation in the Michigan House bill would allow farmers to construct and operate ethanol plants...

WOODBINE: Ethanol plant proposed - Daily Journal
WOODBINE EUR” An old landfill in a struggling town in South Jersey could get a new life. A company is looking at property in Woodbine for a plant that would turn algae into ethanol to be used as fuel. Garden State Ethanol has been trying to launch its ...

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