Ethanol Technology | Ethanol Fuels News for 08/10/2009
| If Kingston's out, why not Brockville? Brockville would receive consideration as host site for the Thousand Islands Poker Run if it is forced out of Kingston over environmental concerns... |
Biofuels CEO envisions a Gulf Coast algae boom When Paul Woods looks at the Texas Gulf Coast, with its heavy industry, large tracts of flat land and muddy salt water, he thinks two words: algae farms... |
The Next Generation of Biofuels Americans burn through 140 billion gallons of gasoline a year. And even if drivers switch to more fuel-efficient cars and trucks, the nation's fuel needs are expected to increase by a fifth over the next 20 years, thanks to dramatic increases in car and airplane use... |
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 ... |
A New Push to Use Existing Clean Energy Sources A nationwide education effort to promote the ways propane can help cut greenhouse gas emissions, improve air quality, lower energy costs, and reduce America's dependence on foreign oil was announced today by the propane industry ... |
Independent U.S. Ethanol Producers Will Not Survive as Price Takers - Newsblaze.com The issue is whether the proper development of an advanced biofuel industry in the United States is feasible when: (a) independent ethanol producers in the U.S. are at the mercy of volatile commodities markets for feedstock; and (b) the price of ... |
Experts say electric cars are on the way Automakers, biofuel companies and battery makers are rushing to bring two new technologies to the nation's auto fleet: plug-in electric hybrids and cellulosic ethanol... |
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... |
Thune: EPA rule hurts S.D. ethanol effort (The Argus Leader) WASHINGTON - Sen. John Thune, R-S.D., accused the Obama administration Friday of undercutting the ethanol industry by using what he called a flawed rule-making model to update the federal renewable-fuels standard. The model, detailed Friday, is the basis for a rule the Environmental Protection Agency proposed in May that Thune said would hurt ethanol producers because it tries to measure ... |
Perdue to supply barley for biofuel plant - Chincoteague Beacon GLEN ALLEN, Va. -- Osage Bio Energy has announced that it has entered into an exclusive agreement with Perdue AgriBusiness to source barley to operate its first barley-to-ethanol bioprocessing facility. Perdue, a leading grain supplier in the ... |
Switch may boost environment (Lansing State Journal) If biofuels have the potential to reduce global greenhouse gas emissions, to allay our dependence on fossil fuels, they also have the potential to bring drastic changes to the landscape... |
Biz Buzz: Baker Equipment is converting vehicles two ways (Richmond Times-Dispatch) As gas prices climbed higher last year, alternative fuels became a much-discussed topic as companies and individuals began working on ways to ease the dependence on foreign oil. Whether it was electricity, ethanol or hydrogen, many saw the need to adjust. While gas prices have dropped back from those highs, many companies, wary of prices heading north again, are still looking for vehicles using ... |
Low CO2 Canadian-Made Cellulosic Ethanol Fuels Premier's Conference in Regina (Marketwire) OTTAWA, ONTARIO--(Marketwire - Aug. 4, 2009) - Canadian-made cellulosic ethanol will fuel the official vehicle fleet at the 2009 meeting of the Council of the Federation in Regina, August 5 to 7. A blend of low CO2 cellulosic ethanol, produced from wheat straw at Iogen Corporation's cellulosic ethanol demonstration plant in Ottawa, will fuel a total of 40 flexible fuel Dodge Caravans at the ... |
Biz Buzz: Baker Equipment is converting vehicles two ways As gas prices climbed higher last year, alternative fuels became a much-discussed topic as companies and individuals began working on ways to ease the dependence on foreign oil... |
Ethanol's Future In Doubt - Nuwireinvestor.com Once touted as a key solution to America's energy problems, ethanol's future is very much in doubt. Pending regulation could make it more difficult to profit from ethanol fuel production which already faces many other challenges. To learn more see ... |
Switch may boost environment If biofuels have the potential to reduce global greenhouse gas emissions, to allay our dependence on fossil fuels, they also have the potential to bring drastic changes to the landscape... |
Report endorses cellulosic E85 fuel - Farm Weekly A US study shows cellulosic E85 fuel is the best fuel to reduce greenhouse gas emissions compared to other alternatives, such as hybrid car technology or fuel cells. WorldAutoSteel released the study this week. The report will lift the pressure for ... |
Ia m in a dirty old business but I try Airline chief Richard Branson wants to show that green goals can work, but does he live up to his ideals? "No Thanks... |
Oreg. increasing reliance on locally madebiodiesel Pulling up to the pump in a diesel car or rig? In Oregon from now on, a small portion of the fill-up will be soybean squeezings or recycled cooking grease... |
If Cash for Clunkers Survives, Will Ethanol Funding Suffer? - The Daily Green Congress saves the day! It miraculously comes up with $2 billion to save the bankrupt Cash for Clunkers program , which somehow ran through it's meager funding in just four days! But the $2 billion wasn't just lying around--it was effectively ... |
Ethanol industry wants U.S. cars alt-fuel ready The ethanol industry called for requirements that all vehicles sold in the United States accept the renewable gasoline substitute as part of a push to slow global warming and provide jobs at home... |
Corn ethanol industry strikes back against greenhouse gas emission charge As there's rarely an attack without pushback, the Renewable Fuels Association has decided to interpret that report from their point of view and has found that certain sources of oil do indeed have a worse negative impact than corn ethanol... |
KBR works to ramp up non-food biofuel output When it comes to production of corn-based ethanol, Houston will never be Iowa. But the nation's energy capital could have a role to play in moving the alternative fuel beyond corn and into a next wave of innovation... |
Ethanol industry wants U.S. cars alt-fuel ready - Forbes SAN FRANCISCO, Aug 9 (Reuters) - The ethanol industry called for requirements that all vehicles sold in the United States accept the renewable gasoline substitute as part of a push to slow global warming and provide jobs at home. A low-carbon fuel ... |
New Bentley Luxury Auto Fueled by Bioethanol Watching a plummeting fuel gauge on a Bentley is a study in the observer changing the experiment's results - " ShrA dinger's car, if you will... |
Is Corn Ethanol Cleaner than Crude Oil? - Wall Street Journal Its anything but an academic questionEUR”it could determine, in part, how America fuels its cars in the future. The Environmental Protection Agency dealt a big blow to the ethanol industry earlier this year when it decreed that the corn-based 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, ... |
Low CO2 Canadian-Made Cellulosic Ethanol Fuels Premier's Conference in . - Market Wire OTTAWA, ONTARIO--(Marketwire - Aug. 4, 2009) - Canadian-made cellulosic ethanol will fuel the official vehicle fleet at the 2009 meeting of the Council of the Federation in Regina, August 5 to 7. A blend of low CO2 cellulosic ethanol, produced from ... |
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 ... |
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