Ethanol Technology | Ethanol Fuels News for 08/17/2009

Algae-Based Fuel Could Provide Viable Energy Alternative - MobileMag
If youve been paying attention to Al Gore, then youll know that our planet is hurting and we should all be doing something to clean things up. Part of this has to do with our reliance on fossil fuels and all the pollutants that result from ...

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, ...

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"...

U.S. corn for ethanol 4.2 bln bu in 2009/10-USDA - Reuters UK
WASHINGTON, Aug 12 (Reuters) - Ethanol makers will use 4.2 billion bushels of corn to make the renewable motor fuel during 2009/10, up from 3.65 billion bushels this marketing year, the U.S. Agriculture Department estimated on Wednesday. USDA raised ...

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 ...

Detroit 2008: GM and Coskata announce worldwide cellulosic ethanol .
GM has developed market-specific engines and vehicles that allow consumers to benefit from the use of earth-friendly ethanol fuels produced and available in their country. Brazil is the best example of the market potential for ...

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 ...

Push made for more ethanol blender pumps (Grand Island Independent)
With prospects good that the Obama administration will approve the sale of a higher blend of ethanol, the Nebraska Corn Board is part of a national movement promoting having 5,000 ethanol blender pumps installed nationwide over the next three years...

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 ...

Brazil ethanol prices seen low despite sugar spike - Reuters
SAO PAULO (Reuters) - The recent surge in sugar prices to their highest level in 28 years and growing demand for ethanol in Brazil are insufficient to support prices of the biofuel, which remain below production costs. Ethanol and sugar prices are ...

Green Plains CEO: 'Some Ethanol Plants may not Reopen' (DTN / The Progressive Farmer)
Some closed U.S. ethanol plants likely won't return to production, the Chicago Daily Herald, which could cut supplies and ensure better margins for those companies still producing, Green Plains Renewable Energy Inc.'s chief executive officer said...

Biofuel production 'is harming the poor' new
The production of biofuels is fuelling poverty, human rights abuses and damage to the environment, Christian Aid warned today...

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. This is on account of the soaring transport costs among others, and in spite of the substantial decline ...

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...

Is EPA showing 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...

Developed Countries' Demand for Biofuels Has Been 'Disastrous' (CommonDreams.org)
The production of biofuels is fuelling poverty, human rights abuses and damage to the environment, Christian Aid warned today. The charity said huge subsidies and targets in developed countries for boosting the production of fuels from plants such as maize and palm oil are exacerbating environmental and social problems in poor nations. And rather than being a "silver bullet" to tackle climate ...

Exxon polluted SE Queens water, lawsuit alleges (YourNabe.com)
The city has taken one of the worlds largest oil companies to court and is seeking hundreds of millions of dollars in damages for contaminating the drinking water under southeast Queens...

Naval Air Systems Command Fuels Team Plans F/A-18 Super Hornet Biofuels Flight Test (Defence Professionals)
Patuxent River, Md. | The Naval Air Systems Command fuels team is gearing up for biofuels flight tests in an F/A-18 Super Hornet at Patuxent River, Md., by next spring or summer, according to...

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'BYOE'
Consumers can enjoy more choices at the pump, gas station owners can experience product flexibility and the nation can achieve its renewable fuels targetsa 'all thanks to the blender pump and the wider distribution of E85 and midrange ethanol blends, according to a new campaign underway from leading corn-producing states, the American Coalition for ...

Adkins heading to 2 energy meetings
House Majority Leader Rocky Adkins, D-Sandy Hook, will head to two national meetings at annual conferences, both concentrating on energy issues and legislation...

Crops 'fuelling poverty and environmental damage' in poor nations
Production of crops such as maize and palm oil fuelling poverty and environmental damage in poor countries, says Christian Aid Press Association guardian.co.uk , Monday 17 August 2009 11.29 BST A worker harvests oil-palm fruit in Malaysia...

NCGA Joins National Campaign To Expand Renewable Fuel Infrastructure - CattleNetwork.com
Consumers can enjoy more choices at the pump, gas station owners can experience product flexibility, and the nation can achieve its renewable fuels targets EUR all thanks to the blender pump and the wider distribution of E85 and mid-range ethanol ...

The dirt on washer fluid
While snow can certainly clean a windshield, it's better to keep your washer fluid reservoir full...

A New Test for Business and Biofuel - Blueridgenow.com
IGNACIO, Colo. EUR” An unusual experiment featuring equal parts science, environmental optimism and Native American capitalist ambition is unfolding here on the Southern Ute Indian Reservation in southwest Colorado. With the twin goals of making 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...

Ethanol industry wants U.S. cars alt-fuel ready - Reuters UK
LAS VEGAS (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 low-carbon ...

Tariff madness
Farm-state influence often trumps common sense when the subject is ethanol. There is no better explanation for the Obama administration's quashing even a hint that it might seek repeal of tariffs on ethanol imports...

La. listed vulnerable to fuel hikes
Louisiana drivers are the nation's fifth most "vulnerable" to gasoline price hikes, mostly because of their lower than average incomes, a study by a clean energy group states...

The dirt on washer fluid
While snow can certainly clean a windshield, it's better to keep your washer fluid reservoir full...

"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 ...

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...

New Movie Seeks to Refute Gorea s a Inconvenient Trutha
Washington A new documentary on climate change is highly critical of the claims made by former Vice President Al Gore in his film, "An Inconvenient Truth," and seeks to refute the main points Gore made...

Greening your gas: inside next-gen biofuels (Ars Technica)
Although the US and other nations currently produce ethanol from the sugars and starches of crops like sugar cane and corn, ethanol isn't a good match for our existing fuel infrastructureEUR”and this form of production runs the risk of putting energy in competition with food production for resources like land and water. As a result, attention has shifted to figuring out how to produce a new ...

Bahamas To Introduce Biofuels In Energy Policy
The Bahamas government plans to introduce biofuels as part of a national energy policy, the country's environment minister stated this week...

Low CO2 Canadian-Made Cellulosic Ethanol Fuels Premiers .
OTTAWA, ONTARIOEUR(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, ...

Algae-Based Fuel Could Provide Viable Energy Alternative | Mobile Magazine (MobileMag)
If youve been paying attention to Al Gore, then youll know that our planet is hurting and we should all be doing something to clean things up. Part of this has to do with our reliance on fossil fuels and all the pollutants that result from their consumption...

Siemens announces its 100th alternative fuels plant installation
Siemens Energy and Automation Inc. announced its 100th alternative fuels plant installation in the United States...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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, ...

Johnson: Climate Change Bill Could Bring Jobs, Prosperity And Clean Air (Yankton Press & Dakotan)
How many times have you heard experts cite the fact that South Dakota is the fourth windiest state, but only ranks 20th in actual installed wind energy generation? Soon the Senate will consider climate change legislation that could finally help South Dakota to live up to its wind generating potential and capture the benefits of a cash crop that is just blowing across our landscape...

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