Ethanol Technology | Ethanol Fuels News for 08/15/2009

Producers of ethanol push E85 use (WZZM 13 Grand Rapids)
Automakers: Higher levels may hurt cars..

LOW CO2 CANADIAN-MADE CELLULOSIC ETHANOL FUELS PREMIERS .
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Turning a Green Business into Gold
The timing couldn't be better for those contemplating a leap into green business...

Speed racing goes green with ethanol
Racing fans probably have not noticed it from the grandstands, but Indy cars are turning green...

Ethanol Producers Hopeful for Rebound in E85 Sales (DTN / The Progressive Farmer)
Ethanol producers who have struggled through the recent winter and spring low prices, as well as high corn costs, are hoping that lower prices for the 85 percent ethanol blend will increase sales, the Des Moines Register reported...

Give forestry a future
On June 2, about 4,000 forest industry workers many from Atlantic Canada marched to the office of the prime minister on Parliament Hill to call for federal action against unfair U.S. subsidies...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Brewery tanks help turn pine chips into 200-proof fuel ethanol - Gillette News Record
Tucked just outside Upton, there is not much to set the industrial building apart from any others in the area. The large metal building stands next to several white tanks and a smoke stack sends a plume of white exhaust lofting into the expansive ...

Reality of cellulosic ethanol drawing closer (AG Weekly)
GRAND FORKS, N.D. - It's become a standard phrase over the past few years that whenever the subject of cellulosic ethanol has been brought up, the comment has been - "but it's about five years away from becoming economically possible"...

Farm storage loan approval process
USDA's Farm Service Agency will begin accepting and approving applications for farm storage loans on Monday, Aug...

Corn Board wants OK to blend more ethanol into gas - NebraskaTV
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) - The Nebraska Corn Board says nearly 5,000 farmers sent postcards urging the Environmental Protection Agency to approve blending more ethanol with gasoline. The Corn Board's Randy Klein says the response shows that ethanol enjoys ...

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, ...

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 ...

EPA bias against ethanol?
Is the Environmental Protection Agency deliberately trying to 'stack the deck' against ethanol and other biofuels? That's the question being raised after the agency released the peer review it had said it would conduct on the computer models used to calculate the impact of indirect land use change in its Renewable Fuel Standard-2 proposed rule...

Speed Racing Goes Green with Ethanol (DTN / The Progressive Farmer)
The American Le Mans series began using E10 in 2007, similar to what you can find at a service station, according to the Washington Times...

Rain, rain, rain, plus resort temps
For a month when the TV weather gurus usually have little to do but offer humdrum day-after-day forecasts of 'widely scattered showers' for the Mid-South - and farmers who get one of those showers count themselves fortunate indeed - the July just ended has been totally weird...

Renewable fuels and climate change
Editor's note: Charlie Stenholm and Barry Flinchbaugh don't always agree on issues political and economic...

Hybrid electric Chevy Volt gets 100 km/litre of gas in city driving.
Hybrid electric Chevy Volt gets 100 km/litre of gas in city driving. LOCAL environmental groups are hoping Winnipeg drivers will soon be turning the ignition of a new car that's a "perfect fit" to help usher in a new era of sustainable transportation in the city...

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, ...

(AFX UK Focus) 2009-08-10 07:15 Ethanol industry wants U.S. cars alt-fuel ready (Interactive Investor)
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 standard, which would spur use of alternative fuels, more ethanol pumping stations and construction of biofuel pipelines would also help wean the ...

NASA Glenn Garners Ohio Green Fleets Award
PRESS RELEASE Date Released: Thursday, August 13, 2009 Source: Glenn Research Center - Comments CLEVELAND -- NASA's Glenn Research Center was selected to receive the 2009 Ohio Green Fleets Award and achieved three-star certification for extensively reducing the emission and fuel use in its government vehicles...

Waste not, want not
A light bulb went off for Eben Otuteye two years ago when researching potential growth sectors...

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 ...

Ethanol Industry Wants U.S. Cars Alternative-Fuel Ready (DTN / The Progressive Farmer)
In order to slow global warming and provide domestic jobs, the U.S. ethanol industry wants all vehicles sold in the U.S. to accept the renewable substitute for gasoline, Reuters reported. Ethanol industry trade group Growth Energy said that a low-carbon fuel standard would not only spur use of alternative fuels, but also more U.S...

Higher Blends Require Higher Quality Ethanol (DTN / The Progressive Farmer)
Ethanol producers need to be aware that higher blends of ethanol require higher product quality requirements, according to Ethanol Producer. While increasing the amount of ethanol permitted to be blended into gasoline will benefit the ethanol industry, it changes the limits of contaminants that can be accepted in the ethanol...

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...

Low CO2 Canadian-Made Cellulosic Ethanol Fuels Premier's .
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UL Announces New Certification Path for Ethanol Dispensers .
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In order to slow global warming and provide domestic jobs, the U.S. ethanol industry wants all vehicles sold in the U.S. to accept the renewable substitute for gasoline, Reuters reported. Ethanol industry trade group Growth Energy said that a low-carbon fuel standard would not only spur use of alternative fuels, but also more U.S...

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 ...

Environmental impacts of biofuel production and use
MILLER, C. A. Environmental impacts of biofuel production and use. In Proceedings, 238th ACS National Meeting & Exposition, Washington, DC, August 16 - 20, 2009...

Green Plains Ethanol Biz Rallies, Algae Project Close At Hand
By Kirsten Korosec Aug 13, 2009 Green Plains Renewable Energy provided some green shoots fodder A for the ethanol industry to nibble onA this week.A TheA No...

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 ...

Biofuels' Technology and Performance Issues Could Slow Acceptance
Their potential advantages are undeniable: reduction of greenhouse gas emissions, lessening of our dependency on imported oil, support of domestic agriculture...

State corn harvest projected down slightly
Farmers in Wisconsin are projected to harvest 384.7 million bushels of corn this fall, down about 10 million bushels from a year ago, while nationally the corn crop is expected to be the second largest on record -- behind only 2007...

Bioenergy Conference
No single renewable energy source, such as biofuel, solar or wind, will break the countrya s massive dependence on foreign oil...

Recruitment under way for Fulton ethanol plant (Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal)
FULTON - Quiet groundwork for a possible ethanol plant has become public with property options and concerns from one Fulton couple...

Theres Oil In Them Thar Garbage
EURœOur technologies are a great fit for each other,EUR stated Arnold Klann, CEO of BlueFire Ethanol Fuels, Inc. EURœOur patented acid hydrolysis process allows BlueFire Ethanol to utilize a variety of non-food feedstocks to produce sugars that ...

Down But Never Out
I spent the last few days with old friends and making new acquaintances here in Milwaukee during the 22nd Ethanol Conference & Trade Show hosted by the American Coalition for Ethanol ...

Greenlings: Why is there ethanol in gasoline?
You've probably noticed that many vehicles are labeled with a Flex Fuel badge from the manufacturer, indicating that the car or truck is capable of running safely on E85 a blend of 85-percent ethanol and 15-percent gasoline...

Low CO2 Canadian-Made Cellulosic Ethanol Fuels Premiers .
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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 ...

Farmers Chip In Cash To Fuel Ethanol Demand - 6 News WRTV
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 ...

A new test for burning cleaner and more efficient fuel
The James River Power Plant is test burning what is hoped will be a cleaner and more efficient fuel for generating electricity...

Oregon Increasing Reliance On Locally Made Biodiesel
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...

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 ...

Ethanol producers push E85 (Detroit Free Press)
Automakers are resising the push for adding more ethanol to gasoline, saying higher levels could damage older vehicles...

Uganda: Ethanol Production Will Reduce Transport Costs (AllAfrica.com)
A review of the major economic developments for the second quarter of 2009 reveals that the cost of doing business in Uganda is rising steadily...

City Wants Tank Cars Removed from Airport - Polk County Democrat
Several weeks ago, Bartow city commissioners denied a request from Florida Midland Railroad to unload ethanol at Bartow Municipal Airport. Now commissioners want Florida Midland to quit parking ethanol tank cars on airport property. Theyve asked ...

Purdue honors outstanding women for dedication to agriculture
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - The Purdue University Cooperative Extension Service honored two Indiana women for their outstanding dedication and contributions to the state's agriculture industry by choosing them to receive the 2009 Women in Agriculture awards...

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