Ethanol Technology | Ethanol Fuels News for 08/13/2009



Ethanol Report on Blender Pump Initiative
Corn growers and the ethanol industry are teaming up to bring more choices to the consumer at the fuel pump...

ACE & RFA Launch National Mid-Level Blend Campaign
The 22nd Ethanol Conference & Trade Show in Milwaukee kicked off with an announcement of the largest ever consolidated effort to install 5,000 mid-level blend, or blender pumps, throughout the country: BYOethanol ...

Hydrogenated Nitrile Rubber Now as Robust as Fluoroelastomers
Leverkusen - 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...

Jason Hill: Ag, carbon dioxide and Collin Peterson
If you were asked to name the human causes of climate change, chances are fossil fuels such as oil and coal would immediately come to mind...

Alternative Fuels and Hybrid Technology
As petroleum reserves are being depleted worldwide and energy costs are increasing, the use of alternative fuels is being more widely considered as a solution to the impending energy crisis...

Tories to finally wheel out made-in-Canada environmental plan
If the summer of 2006 was courtesy of climate change, bring it on. Fewer hurricanes swirled across the Caribbean, decreased tornado activity hit the Midwest and idyllic temperatures rolled across a Canada with fewer smog alerts, acceptable amounts of rainfall except in toasted Tofino, B.C. and enough lawn-scorching sunshine to kept mowing to a ...

Bharatbook.com : Corn Farming in the US - AgricultureInformation.com
Ethanol fuels industry growth. This mature industry is a strong performer, with demand booming for ethanol producers. However, the domestic price of corn is the most significant factor to affect this industry, and with the possibility ...

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 on August 9 by the propane industry...

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 ...

Producers of ethanol push E85 use - Detroit Free Press
WASHINGTON -- There's trouble brewing between automakers and the ethanol industry, which has thrown some sharp elbows around Washington to bolster its struggling business. After an industry shakeout via dozens of bankruptcies, ethanol makers want a ...

Bharatbook.com : Corn Farming in the US
Ethanol fuels industry growth This mature industry is a strong performer, with demand booming for ethanol producers...

Low CO2 Canadian-Made Cellulosic Ethanol Fuels Premiers .
If you're new here, you may want to subscribe to our RSS feed or daily email newsletter. | Sourced From Marketwire.com |OTTAWA, ONTARIOEUR(Marketwire - Aug. 4, 2009) - Canadian-made cellulosic ethanol will fuel the official vehicle fleet ...

UPDATE 2-Ethanol industry wants U.S. cars alt-fuel ready - Reuters
LAS VEGAS, Aug 10 (Reuters) - The ethanol industry called for requirements that all vehicles sold in the United States accept high blends of the alternative motor fuel as part of a push to lower greenhouse gas emissions and provide jobs at home. A ...

Producers of ethanol push E85 use
WASHINGTON -- There's trouble brewing between automakers and the ethanol industry, which has thrown some sharp elbows around Washington to bolster its struggling business...

Underwriters Laboratories Announces New Certification Path for Ethanol . - PR Newswire
NORTHBROOK, Ill., Aug. 10 /PRNewswire/ -- Underwriters Laboratories (UL), a world leader in product safety testing services, announced today a new certification path for fuel dispensers for mid-level ethanol blends up to E25. With the new ...

More Corn in the Forecast
Despite a late planting season, farmers are still expected to harvest the second biggest corn crop on record and U.S. corn supplies are projected at a record 14.5 billion bushels...

Novozymes Backs Off on Ethanol Expansion as U.S. Customers Fail - Bloomberg
Aug. 13 (Bloomberg) -- Novozymes A/S, the worlds largest maker of industrial enzymes, is slowing its expansion in the ethanol market after falling demand drives U.S. customers out of business. Novozymes plans to cut back on efforts to double ...

Soybeans, corn set for record yield
Published online 8/12/2009 11:23 PM Soybeans, corn set for record yield Former looks to see 3.2B bushels, latter 12.8B, aided by temperatures...

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, ...

Low CO2 Canadian-Made Cellulosic Ethanol Fuels Premier's .
Sourced From Marketwire.com | OTTAWA, ONTARIO--(Marketwire - Aug. 4, 2009) - Canadian-made cellulosic ethanol will fuel the official vehicle fleet at the...

UL Announces New Certification Path for Ethanol Dispensers
There are now three certification paths for pre-blended ethanol fuels: 1) UL 87 for gasoline and ethanol fuel blends up to E10 2) The established requirements of Subject 87A-E85, which address gasoline and ethanol fuel blends up to E85 ...

Farmers chip in money to spur interest in ethanol - WTHR
Indianapolis - A corn marketing group funded by Indiana's corn farmers is chipping in to help boost demand for corn-based ethanol. The Indiana Corn Marketing Council plans to transfer $500,000 each year to the state's E85 ethanol sales tax deduction ...

Survey: Most SD Consumers Like Ethanol
"South Dakota consumers get it," says David Fremark, St. Lawrence, SD, president of the South Dakota Corn Utilization Council ...

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...

Ethanol Industry Seeks End To US Gasoline Dependency - Redorbit.com
As part of a push to slow global warming and provide jobs in the United States, the ethanol industry called for requirements that all vehicles sold in the U.S. accept the renewable gasoline substitute, Reuters reported. The ethanol industry trade ...

2nd-largest corn, record soybean crop predicted
U.S. farmers weathered soggy summer conditions to produce what is expected to be the second-largest corn crop on record and the biggest soybean crop in history, the U.S. Department of Agriculture announced Wednesday...

Ethanol Welcomed at Sturgis Motorcycle Rally
Ethanol was welcomed with open arms at last week's 69th annual Sturgis Motorcycle Rally in South Dakota where the Renewable Fuels Association partnered with the popular Buffalo Chip Campground and the Buffalo Chip Gazette to promote the use of ethanol blended fuels as a way to fight dependence on foreign oil...

Cellulosic ethanol pioneer TMO Renewables closes $18 million .
Bluefire Ethanol closes $15 million financing to support Southern California cellulosic ethanol project; In California, BlueFire Ethanol Fuels closed a $15 million financing round to provide working capital and project funds for its 17 ...

Evolution Fuels to Apply for DOE Cost-Sharing Program
Evolution Fuels Inc. today announced that as part of its efforts to establish retail fuel stations that carry varying blends of ethanol, it intends to apply for the U.S. Department of Energy's recently announced cost-sharing program for projects that will expand the infrastructure of fueling locations up to 85% ethanol...

Fuel hike effect studied
BATON ROUGE -Louisiana drivers are the nation's fifth most "vulnerable" to gasoline price hikes, mostly because of their lower than average incomes, says a study by a clean energy group...

Evolution Fuels to Apply for DOE Cost-Sharing Program for the . - StreetInsider.com
DALLAS, Aug. 10, 2009 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Evolution Fuels, Inc. (Pink Sheets: EVFL ) (the "Company") today announced that as part of its efforts to establish retail fuel stations that carry varying blends of ethanol, it intends to apply for the U.S ...

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, ...

The Climate-Industrial Complex
An emailed link I received the other day led to a fascinating article featuring a truly eyebrow-raising statistic...

Future Technology - BlueFire Ethanol Fuels, Inc. | Jump Into Tomorrow
It's a company that takes garbage you'd find in a landfill, and through its patented process, converts it into usable ethanol. And now, their technology may have larger applications...

Ethanol industry wants U.S. cars alternative-fuel ready - Reuters
SAN FRANCISCO (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 standard ...

Executive Read by Will Roach
Reading T. Boone Pickens' latest book was like walking and talking with an 80-year-old man who still has a lot on his plate...

U.S. Virgin Islands tap Alpine to build first alt-energy plants
Colorado developer plans to spend $440 million to build 49 MW of waste-to-energy capacity on St...

Ethanol Glut Looms on the Horizon
Ethanol producers will soon far outrun the demand for ethanol fuels, as production continues to gear up. Tariffs against Brazilian ethanol currently protect American ethanol producers from competition, but once cellulosic ethanol hits ...

Hundreds gather for SE Bio energy conference
Corn is a great source of energy, and as we look around for alternative energy sources, biomass is becoming a popular choice...

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 ...



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