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

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Work on $10b trans-Sahara gas project to begin in 2015 -060709 From Collins Olayinka, Abuja W ORK on the much-anticipated trans-Saharan gas project that will transfer gas from Nigeria through Niger Republic and Algeria to European Union countries will begin in 2015...

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...

Paso man helps distill a new idea: MicroFuelers turn waste into . - San Luis Obispo Tribune
Two inventors who view ethanol as a potential solution to unstable oil prices are beginning to produce ethanol distillers in Paso Robles for home or business use and are lining up dealers and companies to buy them. Their goal is to put fuel ...

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...

Wyoming Plant Making Ethanol From Trees (Yankton Press & Dakotan)
UPTON, Wyo. EUR” In this tiny town on Wyomings 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...

Sugar Falls Most in a Week as Oils Slide Cuts Ethanol Demand - Bloomberg
July 6 (Bloomberg) -- Sugar futures dropped the most in more than a week as falling oil and gasoline prices reduced the appeal of ethanol made from cane. Crude-oil futures fell to a five-week low in New York on growing concern that the global ...

Paso man helps distill a new idea: MicroFuelers turn waste into homemade ethanol (The San Luis Obispo Tribune)
Two inventors who view ethanol as a potential solution to unstable oil prices are beginning to produ..

Ethanol weeks away at Central City, Ord plants (Grand Island Independent)
CENTRAL CITY -- The sale of Central City's and Ord's ethanol plants is expected to be closed by today, and both plants are scheduled to be operating by the end of the month...

Cellulosic Ethanol Education | The Home Schooling News
Unlike the current generation of ethanol fuels, which are made from sugary/starchy food crops like corn and sugar cane, cellulosic ethanol is made from cellulose, i.e. inedible plant byproducts or hardy weeds that can grow on soils too ...

Higher ethanol fuel blends may not be so efficient (The Post and Courier)
As we celebrate our hard-earned Independence Day, lets remember: Freedom is not free. For our opportunity to live under freedom and liberty, more than one million Americans made their final sacrifice...

"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 ...

Actual energy innovations
While the exiting Shell CEO predicts 80% oil demand 30 years from now, actual innovators like Dow are teaming up with research universities to extract ethanol from algae farms that turn carbon dioxide into alternative fuels...

Myriant Technologies LLC Announces Next-Generation Cellulosic Biorefinery Pilot Plant
Myriant Technologies LLC , a privately-held, biotech developer and manufacturer of next-generation, renewable biochemicals, announced its collaboration, along with the University of Florida's Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences and Buckeye Technologies Inc., for a first-of-its-kind biorefinery pilot project to be located in Perry, Florida...

Weinstein: Ethanol has role in energy diversification but significance being oversold to Americans (Fort Worth Star-Telegram)
Corn-based fuel has a role in energy diversification, but gas and oil will remain the principal transportation fuels for the foreseeable future...

Biofuels and Feedstocks: A Commercialization Outlook
Of all the hydrocarbons and simple sugars that can be made from biomass, or recovered from fossil reserves, gasoline, diesel and natural gas remain the most important end-products and are likely to remain so for some time to come...

Investment in Volvo's Fuel-Cell Technology to Create 100 New Positions in Sweden
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...

Minnesotas experience shows thirst for ethanol evaporating - Grand Forks Herald
MINNEAPOLIS EUR” Minnesota has been an unofficial testing ground for using ethanol to fuel vehicles, but after years of steady increases, interest appears to be waning. Despite a push from the governor and an increase in the number of so-called ...

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. ...

In a Hamstrung Oil Industry, Petrobras W.
Brazil's president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, right, and Petrobras president Sergio Gabrielli, listen the Brazilian national anthem at the Revolution Square in Havana...

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

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. ...

Business news in brief: Detroit firm halts manufacturing - Detroit Free Press
Caraco Pharmaceutical Laboratories Ltd. of Detroit said Monday that it is in the process of reducing its workforce by 350 employees for an indefinite period because it has voluntarily halted its manufacturing operations. On June 25, U.S. Marshals ...

Cars vs. cows
THAT juicy steak on your plate was once a cow that fed on corn and other grains, and was fried on vegetable oil...

Ethanol interest appears to wane with the economy - Seattle Times
Minnesota has been an unofficial testing ground for using ethanol to fuel vehicles, but after years of steady increases, interest appears to be waning. Despite a push from the governor and an increase in the number of so-called flexible-fuel vehicles ...

Aventine Renewable dips on analyst downgrade to 'underweight'
Unrated [ rate it ] Aventine Renewable Energy Holdings Inc. is down 9% today after Lehman Brothers downgraded the alternative fuels company to "underweight" from "equal-weight." The analyst said that falling corn prices have not improved ethanol production margins...

Ants offer potential new solution for biofuels
Scientists from the University of Wisconsin, the Joint Genome Institute and Emory University study the natural bioreactors in rainforests for possible applications in the biofuel sector...

As gas prices creep up, ethanol saves drivers money, Ethonal Board . - High Plains Journal
Nationally, gas prices have risen nearly every day for the past 42 days. Some analysts expect that a return to $100 oil--and $4 gas--isn't far behind. But Nebraska drivers are already saving money by filling up with E10. "Nebraska drivers have ...

Gulf Alternative Energy Appoints CEO
Gulf Alternative Energy Corporation announced today the appointment of John D. Shearer as its new Chief Executive Officer...

Skeptic's Corner: Drunk Driving the Economy
The reason: The company found that "ethanol fuels with a low moisture content will corrode the internal surface of the fuel rails." (The rails carry fuel to the engine injectors.) Furthermore, there have been numerous media reports that ...

Gulf Alternative Energy Appoints CEO
Gulf Alternative Energy Corporation announced today the appointment of John D. Shearer as its new Chief Executive Officer...

Flex Fuel In Canada Is A Total Failure
The lower percentage ethanol fuels, particularly 10% ethanol and less can be used in a regular vehicles without and fancy upgrades so while they technically factor into the number of ethanol stations in Canada, they really don't count ...

Perfect time for energy independence
Another Fourth of July is upon us and as we prepare to celebrate this nation's independence it is also a good time to reflect on our dangerous reliance of imported petroleum and ask what more we should we be doing to assure our energy independence...

Higher ethanol fuel blends may not be so efficient - The Post and .
Toyota recalled 214500 Lexus vehicles that were subject to corrosion problems in fuel-delivering pipes when some ethanol fuels were used. According to engineering experts I have interviewed, Toyota's experience will not be isolated. ...

Uncle Sam to pond scum: I want you
If he and others like him around the country are successful, algae-based biofuel could one day power one of the world's biggest gas guzzlers: the U.S. military...

Frugal Shopper: Will E85 Save You Money? (The Car Connection)
Ford, GM, and Chrysler now have a wide range of vehicles that are E85-compatible--meaning they can run on a blend of up to 85 percent ethanol, 15 percent gasoline--plus Nissan and Toyota have outfitted some of their largest trucks for it and it's now offered in the 2009 Mercedes-Benz C300. There are now about six million E85 vehicles on U.S. ....

Green Plains Renewable Energy, Inc. Completes Acquisition of Nebraska . - Earthtimes
OMAHA, NE -- 07/06/09 -- Green Plains Renewable Energy, Inc. (NASDAQ: GPRE) announces that it has completed the previously-announced acquisition of the two ethanol plants located in Nebraska. The plants located near Central City and Ord add 150 ...

TRANSPORT-BRAZIL: Recharge Your Batteries Here
RIO DE JANEIRO, Jul 6 - Brazil has long been committed to developing alternatives to fossil fuels to power its vehicle fleet, to the extent that 90 percent of new cars sold in the country are flex-fuel, running on ethanol or gasoline in any proportion...

Jatropha tree fuels hope (The Scranton Times-Tribune)
FORT MYERS, Fla. - What some see as the bio-fuel 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 their seeds..

California's green dream
America is waking up to the reality of peak oil and climate change. In California there are very different responses to the crisis: some pin their hopes on new technology, while others advocate a radical change of lifestyle The dream of endless supplies of "green gold" remains some way off...

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 ...

Frugal Shopper: Will E85 Save You Money?
Ford , GM, and Chrysler now have a wide range of vehicles that are E85-compatible-meaning they can run on a blend of up to 85 percent ethanol, 15 percent gasoline-plus Nissan and Toyota have outfitted some of their largest trucks for it and it's now offered in the 2009 Mercedes-Benz C300 ...

Wood-Burning Hybrid Scooter on its Way?
I know a lot of you would rather drive a Yugo than ride a scooter, but what if you could fuel one with woodchips and dried banana peels? Got your attention, didn't I? Surprisingly, and unusually for me, I didn't make that up...

Paso man helps distill a new idea: MicroFuelers turn waste into homemade ethanol (The Cambrian)
Two inventors who view ethanol as a potential solution to unstable oil prices are beginning to produce ethanol distillers in Paso Robles for home or business use and are lining up dealers and companies to buy them...

Growth Energy Adds New Staff
Two experienced Capitol Hill insiders have joined the staff of Growth Energy . Anne Steckel will be Director of Government Affairs for the ethanol organization and Ted Monoson has been named Director of Legislative Affairs...

So Much for 'Energy Independence' - Wall Street Journal
Whenever you read about ethanol, remember these numbers: 98 and 190. They offer an essential insight into U.S. energy politics and the debate over cap-and-trade legislation that recently passed the House. Here is what the numbers mean: The U.S. gets ...

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 ...

Sierra Club official: SD's energy policy tends to be "carbon-dependant"
Jim Margadant of Rapid City says South Dakota is clinging to an energy policy that tends to be "carbon-dependent." South Dakota has 16 ethanol plants, but critics say the federally subsidized industry isn't all that environmentally friendly...

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 ...

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 ...

Alternative energy: what's it worth?
Without fail, when we write about alternative energy for vehicles - whether it be ethanol, hydrogen, electric, natural gas, whatever - we get e-mails congratulating us on our insight and astuteness and predicting that oil's ready for the scrap heap of history, or telling us that, however distasteful, we're going to be shackled to imported oil for a ...

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