Ethanol Technology | Ethanol Fuels News for 07/31/2009

US Senator lifts objection to Brazil envoy - Raw Story
A key US Senator said Thursday he was lifting his objection to confirming President Barack Obama's nominee to be ambassador to Brazil, career diplomat Thomas Shannon. Republican Senator Charles Grassley, who had vowed to block Shannon over his ...

Nebraska Grain and Feed Assn. Finalizes 2009 Dealer Program Agenda
The Nebraska Grain and Feed Association has finalized this year's Dealer Program agenda for the 34th annual summer meeting set for August 7, at Quarry Oaks golf course...

Fuel-efficient fun
As a nation that consumes more oil than any other, we know changes are due. Mark Shaffer created FunRide as a step in the right direction...

Clean Fuels Foundation Launches Florida FFV Awareness Project (DTN / The Progressive Farmer)
A national consumer awareness campaign aimed at owners of flexible fuel vehicles was launched in Orlando, Fla. Thursday, according Gas2.org...

Another Reason to Source Global Fleets -- 'We Own the Auto Companies'
Another Reason to Source Global Fleets -- "We Own the Auto Companies" Posted At : July 30, 2009 7:38 AM Related Categories: Jason Busch I'm hoping that every Spend Matters reader in North America who either has control over fleet spend or their own personal automotive purchases is doing their patriotic duty to not buy American...

Ethanol can save Fiji economy, say experts (Fijilive)
Ethanol production in Fiji may be considered overrated but two economists are arguing that it could be among the best bio-fuel commodities to wean Fiji from heavy reliance on fossil fuel...

Jolley: WDGs & Ethanol Production- Bowe Wingerd Wants To Put The Horse Before The Cart (CattleNetwork.com)
About three and a half hours west of Kansas City, half way across the state, is a feedlot with a difference. Premium Feeders is on one side of the road, feeding about 20,000 cattle. On the other side of the road is Nesika Energy, a new, state of the art ethanol plant...

"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 ...

Albert Lea Tribune | How much ethanol should be in gasoline?
A greater use of ethanol fuels is part of that plan. EURœWe look for Minnesota to continue to lead the way,EUR Mummert said. EURœThey've been very, very aggressive in leading the nation in the development of renewable fuels.EUR ...

Harnessing Sunlight For Renewable Transportation Fuels
Joule Biotechnologies, Inc ., a Cambridge, Mass.-based bioengineering startup that is developing alternative energy solutions, recently unveiled its breakthrough Helioculture technology - a process that harnesses sunlight to directly convert carbon dioxide into SolarFuel liquid energy...

Driver beware: Ethanol fuels confuse some motorists EUR High Point .
Driver beware: Ethanol fuels confuse some motorists High Point Enterprise (subscription) Many gas pumps across the country and in the Triad contain stickers alerting a customer if they are pumping an ethanol blend of fuel, ...

Ethanol Now Fuels over Half of Brazilian Vechiles | Localcooling
If all vehicles currently equipped to operate on ethanol were to make a total switch to ethanol fuels, there are questions as to how long our food supplies would last. If large amounts of food crops were diverted to fuel production, ...

E-10 Fuel, Ethanol Pumps in Pakistan | The Pakistani Spectator
According to the International Energy Agency, cellulosic ethanol could allow ethanol fuels to play a much bigger role in the future than previously thought. Cellulosic ethanol offers promise as resistant cellulose fibers, ...

Valero reports 2Q loss as energy demand crumbles
HOUSTON Valero Energy Corp. on Tuesday reported a $254 million loss for the normally robust second quarter, and the nation's largest independent refiner said it could lose money for the rest of the year if a weak economy persists...

ADI gets contract
ADI has secured its sixth major contract in Thailand, supplying proprietary equipment and engineering support for Toyo-Thai's alcohol distillery in Porn Vilai to make it more environmentally friendly, During the process, the distillery converts molasses into ethanol...

Push for higher ethanol blends stepped up (North Queensland Register)
A BIPARTISAN group of US Senators is urging the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to approve higher percentages of ethanol blended gasoline for use in non-flex fuel vehicles...

Editorial: Bill could help Texas ranchers and farmers
There is no magic cure for the drought conditions devastating farmers and ranchers in central and southern Texas...

New E85 station opening in Arizona
July 30, 2009 Washington, USA -- The Renewable Fuels Association , the voice of the ethanol industry, is proud to announce the opening of the first E85 station in Coolidge, Arizona, on July 31, 2009...

Ethanol trade group spent $166,296 on 1Q lobbying (AP via Yahoo! Finance)
Renewable Fuels Association, an ethanol industry trade group, spent $166,296 in the first quarter to lobby Congress and federal agencies on energy and fuel standards legislation, according to a recent disclosure report...

Joule uses sunlight and CO2 to make liquid fuel - CNET Asia
The Cambridge, Mass.-based company on Monday is disclosing its technology and business plans for making ethanol and other liquid fuels from genetically manipulated microorganisms that have been fed only sunlight and carbon dioxide. In a break with ...

Really Green Fuel: The EPA Opens the Door to Algae
Thursday, July 30, 2009 The renewable energy and law blog of Stoel Rives LLP, a big law firm in the western U.S, reports that the Environmental Protection Agency will count algae as an advanced biofuel under Renewable Fuel Standard rules being developed...

EcoSystem Executes Agreement for $76 Million in Equity Financing
EcoSystem Corporation today announced its execution of agreements for the sale of EcoSystem preferred stock and warrants to purchase common stock to five investment funds for $76 million...

Types of Ethanol Fuel and Vehicles
What types of ethanol fuels can run in certain vehicles? The truth is that all gasoline vehicles are capable of operating on gasoline/ethanol blends with up to 10% ethanol. In fact, some states require the seasonal or year-round use of ...

Gray brings a lengthy biofuels background to Qteros
While many scientists have recently ridden the industry wave into studying alternative fuels, Qteros Inc.'s new CTO Kevin Gray has been immersed in the industry for decades...

Florida Flexible Fuel Vehicle Awareness Project Announced at Farm-to . - The Auto Chanel
ORLANDO, Fla., July 30 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- A national consumer awareness campaign aimed at owners of flexible fuel vehicles (FFVs) was officially launched here today at the Farm-to-Fuel Summit. The project is a cooperative effort between key ...

Ethanol Industry Embraces Tuning Technologies to Drive Growth - PR.com
Tolland, CT, July 28, 2009 --( PR.com )-- Glacial Lakes Energy, LLC has licensed Control Stations award-winning and patent-pending LOOP-PRO Product Suite to assist with improvements to production quality and output. Glacial Lakes Energy is a ...

Grassley Delays Brazil Envoy Nominee After Ethanol Tariff Comment (DTN / The Progressive Farmer)
Sen. Charles Grassley, R-Iowa, said he will delay the approval of President Barack Obama's selection of Thomas Shannon as U.S. ambassador to Brazil, because the nominee advocated ending the U.S. tariff on ethanol imports, according to the Washington Post...

LANXESS Launches Elastomers For Biofuel Vehicles
Specialty chemicals group LANXESS AG has developed a series of HNBR rubbers with extremely high acrylonitrile content, thus making them suitable for use in vehicles that are run on biofuels...

Florida Flexible Fuel Vehicle Awareness Project Announced at Farm-to-Fuel Summit
A national consumer awareness campaign aimed at owners of flexible fuel vehicles was officially launched here today at the Farm-to-Fuel Summit...

FFV Pilot Launched at Farm-to-Fuel Summit
ORLANDO, Fla. -- A national consumer awareness campaign aimed at owners of flexible fuel vehicles was officially launched in Orlando, Fla., yesterday at the Farm-to-Fuel Summit...

Ethanol production shifts from corn to the cob - Houston Chronicle
SANTA ROSA EUR” The high-stakes race to make a better renewable fuel took a small step forward this week in a secluded cornfield near the Mexican border. In tiny Santa Rosa, a few miles northwest of Harlingen, the nation's largest ethanol producer was ...

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 ...

Grassley ends objection to US Brazil appointment - Cedar Rapids Gazette
WASHINGTON (AP) EUR A U.S. lawmaker said Thursday he will no longer stand in the way of the Obama administrations appointment for ambassador to Brazil. Republican Sen. Chuck Grassley had been blocking a vote on the confirmation of Thomas Shannon ...

Technology Review: Dow to Test Algae Ethanol
Algae has the "potential" to produce truly vast amounts of diesel and ethanol fuels. It would be impractical to produce electricity from biodiesel or bioethanol, simply because they are already useful - and likely expensive - energy ...

Exactly why corn-based ethanol fuels are a BAD IDEA
Exactly why corn-based ethanol fuels are a BAD IDEA View the site for full entries!..

2 Colorado firms reap venture-capital funds
Two Colorado-based "new energy" companies - Tendril Networks and Gevo - received major venture-capital infusions in the second quarter, according to an Ernst & Young LLP analysis...

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...

Harper's communications director stepping down
OTTAWA a ' Prime Minister Stephen Harper's director of communications, Kory Teneycke, said Tuesday he is stepping down...

Nebraska Corn Crop Could Set Record
Prices may be down, but Nebraska farmers could be looking at the largest corn crop in history...

Driver beware: Ethanol fuels confuse some motorists - High Point Enterprise
HIGH POINT - If gas prices aren't enough to stress over, the type of gas motorists are pumping may be another worry for them to carry. Welcome to the High Point Enterprise online! Please register below to get access to free stories/features of the ...

Biofuels Digest readers report E85 case studies : Biofuels Digest .
Case #1: EUR FYI - as a simple private individual without support or sponsor, I have been experimenting for 3 years with ethanol fuels in cars, a tractor, and 4-stroke lawn & garden equipment. Here is what I have found: ...

AllSAFE Raises Safety and Regulatory Concerns over EPAÃ¢s Consideration of Partial Fuel Waiver for Ethanol (The Auto Channel)
ALEXANDRIA, Va.--The Alliance for a Safe Alternative Fuels Environment (AllSAFE), which speaks for manufacturers on fuel-related legislation representing 400 million products that over 250 million Americans own and operate, including recreational boats and marine engines, chainsaws, lawnmowers, motor vehicles, motorcycles, all terrain vehicles (ATVs), snowmobiles, generators, and related ...

Japanese power companies set to receive first crude jatropha oil
Biomass Japan, a supplier of biodiesel, is set to start trial sales of crude jatropha oil to local power companies for use as direct burning feedstock from as early as August, a company source told Platts Thursday...

Push for higher ethanol blends stepped up - Farm Weekly
A BIPARTISAN group of US Senators is urging the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to approve higher percentages of ethanol blended gasoline for use in non-flex fuel vehicles. The letter points to new innovation and investment in the renewable ...

Florida Flexible Fuel Vehicle (FFV) Awareness Project Announced at Farm-to-Fuel Summit
ORLANDO, Fla., July 30 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- A national consumer awareness campaign aimed at owners of flexible fuel vehicles was officially launched he/b>
Case #1: EUR FYI - as a simple private individual without support or sponsor, I have been experimenting for 3 years with ethanol fuels in cars, a tractor, and 4-stroke lawn & garden equipment. Here is what I have found: ...

Demand for News on Black Liquor Tax Credits Fuels Activity on (Crisis) Navigator - Forestweb's New Integrated Business . (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance)
U.S. paper companies continue to benefit from a tax credit that allows them to claim part of their black liquor pulp-making process as an alternative fuel. Mills get money back for creating electricity by burning diesel with black liquor - a byproduct of turning wood into pulp - because it's considered a nontraditional biomass-containing fuel...

Florida FFV Awareness Project announced at Farm-to-Fuel Summit
A national consumer awareness campaign aimed at owners of flexible fuel vehicles was officially launched at the Farm-to-Fuel Summit...

BP Scientist Said Ethanol Easier Than Biodiesel (DTN / The Progressive Farmer)
The debate has raged for years on whether ethanol or biodiesel has the most potential for weaning the world away from fossil fuels, according to Greentechmedia.com...

Crown Point on ethanol plant operator's radar, councilman says - NWITimes.com
CROWN POINT | Although those close to a proposed Lake County ethanol plant are quiet about what communities are being considered as finalists for locations, at least one Crown Point councilman has said the city is being considered. "(It is) accurate ...

South Florida company signs fuel deal with Seminole Electrcic Cooperative (Sun-Sentinel)
Southeast Renewable Fuels plan to build three ethanol factories near Lake Okechobee A South Florida company aiming to make fuel from the sweet sorghum plant has signed a contract with the Seminole Electric Cooperative...

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