Ethanol Technology | Ethanol Fuels News for 10/03/2009



Ethanol May Not Need U.S. Tax Credit to Stimulate Production, GAO Finds
Congress should consider revising or ending the 45 cent-a-gallon tax credit for blending corn ethanol with gasoline, the Government Accountability Office said...

Cap & Tax: America's No-Energy & In-Security Act Of 2009
The methanol/ethanol fuels are highly corrosive and hygroscopic- meaning they draw moisture from the humidity in the surrounding air. This extremely troublesome on the fuel systems of cars and trucks. I know this from firsthand ...

A guide to understanding alternative fuels
Chevrolet unveiled two unique 2008 Corvette Indy 500 Pace Cars last year that served as the official vehicles for the annual race...

Energy stocks up from lows but still in the red
Energy stocks recovered from bigger losses on Friday, but remained mostly in the red on the heels of a worse-than-expected U.S. jobs report that included the highest unemployment rate since 1983...

Suncor Energy Proceeds With Plans to Double Production Capacity of Ontario Ethanol Plant (Marketwire)
SARNIA, ONTARIO--(Marketwire - Oct. 2, 2009) - Suncor Energy today announced it is resuming the expansion of its St. Clair Ethanol Plant near Sarnia, Ontario. The $120 million construction project, expected to be completed in late 2010 or early 2011, will double the plant's current ethanol production capacity from 200 to 400 million litres per year. "This is great news for Suncor, for Southern ...

Technology offers cash for cobs - High Plains Journal
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP)--Two new technologies offer the promise that corn growers could turn their cobs into cash. Cobs, the refuse left behind after harvest, are now plowed back into fields. But companies from California and South Dakota plan to start ...

Stick That in Your Fuel Tank and Burn It - The Money Times
(NYSE: VLO ) make several moves in the renewable fuels space. There was the refiner's investment in Solix Biofuels, which aims to craft an algae-derived biofuel, as well as the funding of Terrabon, a waste-to-gasoline start-up. And let's not forget ...

Stick That in Your Fuel Tank and Burn It
Over the past year or so, we've seen Valero Energy make several moves in the renewable fuels space...

Standards Deficient for Current Biofuels
Biofuels offer a unique opportunity for the developing world. Almost 80 percent of the remaining land that has cultivation potential resides in South America and Africa, according to research supported by the United Nations...

Albion ethanol plant profitable for new owners (Grand Island Independent)
ALBION -- Less than a year after ethanol producer VeraSun Energy Corp. filed for bankruptcy, seven of the company's plants have become the few profitable areas for oil refining giant Valero Energy Corp...

Rio and the 2016 Summer Olympics: Reflections on Brazil and the . - Huffingtonpost.com
Today, Brazilians partied on Copacabana beach like it was 2016. The cariocas (natives of Rio de Janeiro) samba-ed on the sand, Brazilians across the nation celebrated deliriously, and President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva (Lula) was overcome with ...

Farm Bureau strongly opposes Boxer-Kerry climate change bill
The Boxer-Kerry climate change bill introduced in the Senate on Wednesday includes few provisions that are friendly to agriculture and will be strongly opposed by the American Farm Bureau Federation...

Suncor Energy Proceeds With Plans to Double Production Capacity of Ontario Ethanol Plant
Suncor Energy today announced it is resuming the expansion of its St. Clair Ethanol Plant near Sarnia, Ontario...

Green energy needn't be grim - MSNBC Cosmiclog
"techno-optimist" on energy issues. If someone told you America's long-term energy needs could be met without oil or nuclear power, would you think he was crazy? The craziest thing about Amory Lovins is that he says the financial numbers prove it ...

The real scoop on sugar - Honolulu Advertiser
When the American Heart Association announced its guidelines for sugar consumption last month, it sent shock waves through Hawai'i. Sugar shock, that is, as Islanders counted up the calories they have been consuming from all the sources of sugar in ...

Murphy Oil Announces Acquisition of Ethanol Plant (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)
EL DORADO, Ark.----Murphy Oil Corporation announced that through a subsidiary, it has purchased a corn-based ethanol plant located in Hankinson, North Dakota...

Sorghum newsletter
NSP announced today that Gerald Simonsen will assume leadership of the NSP Board of Directors to serve as chairman for the coming year...

Ottawa gas station to be first to use eco-friendly ethanol
A vile of cellulosic material is shown at a research facility for cellulosic ethanol in Guelph, in a 2008 file photo...

Environmental impact of ethanol fuel overstated, government warned (Canada.com)
Ottawa's push to use high-level ethanol fuel in cars is doing little or nothing to cut Canada's greenhouse gas emissions nor will it, says a government briefing note prepared for Natural Resources Minister Lisa Raitt and obtained by Canwest News Service...

Ethanol May Not Need Its U.S. Tax Credit, GAO Finds (Update1) (Bloomberg)
Oct. 2 (Bloomberg) -- Congress should consider revising or ending the 45 cent-a-gallon tax credit for blending corn ethanol with gasoline, the Government Accountability Office said...

Murphy Oil Company Purchases Ethanol Plant
Murphy Oil Corporation , an international oil and gas company that conducts business through various operating subsidiaries, has purchased an idled ethanol plant in Hankinson, North Dakota...

Sarnia site upgrade announced - The London Free Press
SARNIA -- Suncor Energy Inc. (TSX:SU) will spend about $120 million during the next year to double the production capacity of its St. Clair ethanol plant near Sarnia to 400 million litres a year, the company announced yesterday. "This is great news ...

Natural Resources Canada: Natural Resources Canada: Government of Canada Invests in Ontario Biofuels
Thanks to an investment by the Government of Canada, up to $109.97 million will support the production of ethanol in Ontario, sustain job creation and help stimulate the economy...

Ottawa's eco-vehicles running on dirty fuel
EXCLUSIVE: Tories keep buying alternate fuel cars, but there's only 4 places in Canada to fill them up Oct 02, 2009 04:30 AM Comments on this story Allan Woods Ottawa Bureau OTTAWAa 'They're all the rage among the image-conscious Tory cabinet, but attempts to cut emissions from the massive fleet of government vehicles are stuck in neutral more ...

GAO Report Gets Mixed Reviews from Ethanol Groups
Ethanol organizations received a Government Accounting Office report on biofuels this week with mixed reviews...

Gas prices continue downward trend - St. Petersburg Times
Gas prices typically fall in the fall. Just not this fast, this soon. Nationally, gas prices are down 32 percent from a year ago, nearly 40 percent from the peak of over $4 a gallon 14 months ago. Among Florida drivers, no one has enjoyed the great ...

International newsmaker Q&A: Johnson
Stuart Johnson, manager of Volkswagen's engineering and environmental division, is responsible for numerous environmental issues and regulatory affairs such as energy policy, fuel economy, fuel quality, alternative fuels, vehicle and engine emission testing, vehicle and engine emission regulations, advanced drive technology, air toxics, health ...

GAO report poses tough questions for ethanol - Minneapolis Star Tribune
Featured comment Common Sense It is remarkable that ethanol was ever taken seriously as an alternate fuel anyway. Wehn you start taking about using energy to make EUR¦ read more energy you have problems. (True.yes, I know.it takes energy to use ...

Pro-Biofuels Group ACE Launches New Ethanol Magazine
Submitted by DTN Ethanol Blog The American Coalition for Ethanol has launched a new magazine, Blending Fuels, designed specifically to address station owners' questions about ethanol fuels and blender pumps, a news release from the ...

Honda and RITE develop new cellolosic ethanol technology .
While Honda is not known as a big proponent of ethanol fuels, the company says it will pursue research for mass production of ethanol. I wonder what they've got up their sleeve . [Source: Honda]. Filed under: Emerging Technologies, ...

Environmental impact of ethanol fuel overstated, government warned
Chevrolet's two unique 2008 Corvette Indy 500 Pace Cars on Dec. 27, 2007. The Corvette Z06, E85 concept runs on E85 ethanol fuel...

Media Advisory/REMINDER-Natural Resources Canada: M.P. Pat Davidson to Make Renewable Fuels Funding Announcement (Marketwire)
MOORETOWN, ONTARIO--(Marketwire - Oct. 2, 2009) - /T/ On Friday, October 2, 2009, Patricia Davidson, Member of Parliament for Sarnia-Lambton, on behalf of the Honourable Lisa Raitt, Canada's Minister of Natural Resources, will make an announcement at Suncor Energy's St. Clair ethanol facility. Media are invited to join Ms. Davidson as she tours the facility after the announcement. A photo ...

Bio Fuels
Ethanol fuels can cause major problems and failures with engines if the vehicle is not Ethanol compliant. Powerboat owners are potentially worse off as the are infrequent users of their craft. Ethanol is Hydroscopic, that is absorbs ...

Gas prices decline for 5 weeks - Dubuque Telegraph Herald
Gasoline prices have fallen for the past several weeks in the wake of a growing supply market -- a price slide one local analyst believes will stick in coming months. Last week's statewide average of 10 percent ethanol blended mid-grade gasoline was ...

ACE, RFA, and BYOethanol Coalition Launches New Blending Fuels .
Blending Fuels, a new magazine designed specifically to address station owners' questions about ethanol fuels and blender pumps, was received this week by petroleum marketers across the country. Blending Fuels is an effort of the EURœBlend ...

GAO report poses tough questions for ethanol (Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune)
Study questions need for tax incentives and urges broader look at environmental impact...

Gevo Announces First Retrofit Of Ethanol Demonstration Plant To Biobutanol For The Oil And Chemical Industries (ChemicalOnline)
Gevo, Inc. today announced the start up of the first biobutanol demonstration plant in the world designed from retrofitting an existing demonstration scale ethanol plant to produce biobutanol..

Edmonton struggles to cut greenhouse gas emissions
The city is considering an $82.2-million plan to cut greenhouse gas emissions from its vehicles by 20 per cent over the next decade after falling far short of previous targets...

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, ...

Maize of Deception: How Corn-Based Ethanol Can Lead To Starvation .
Ethanol Fuels Are Not Necessarily The Universal Cure As the Bush administration continues to push its alternative fuels agenda, it has become increasingly evident that corn-based ethanol could be as much the global villain as a boon to ...

Special letter: Stop subsidizing costly alternative fuel
The Sept. 29 article 'Carmakers fight hike in ethanol at pump' should be titled instead 'Corn states looking for more federal funds to back inefficient costly fuels.' It has long been proven that ethanol is a horrible additive, or replacement, for gasoline: Ethanol causes all sorts of corrosion in the fuel systems, even when they're designed for ...

Gevo Launches Development Company To Retrofit Ethanol Plants To Make Biobutanol (ChemicalOnline)
Gevo today announced the formation of Gevo Development, LLC to develop a fleet of biorefineries based on retrofitting existing ethanol plants with Gevo's proprietary technology to produce biobutanol..

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...

Renewable Energy - Chicago Tribune
Renewable energy is energy derived from natural processes that do not involve the consumption of exhaustible resources such as fossil fuels and uranium. It produces few or no hazardous emissions or pollutants, and has minimal impact on fragile ...

Hoeven: Murphy Oil Corp. Acquires Verasun Ethanol
Oct 1 2009 12:00AM http://governor.state.nd.us/ Bismarck , N.D. - Gov. John Hoeven today extended a welcome and congratulations to the management and employees of Murphy oil Corp., which earlier today acquired the former VeraSun ethanol facility in Hankinson , North Dakota ...

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...

Livestock and ethanol producers want exactly the same thing (Owen Sound Sun Times)
Well, someone inside Canadian agriculture has finally gone and said it: Subsidies for grain-based ethanol do threaten the North American supply of human food, after all. George Morris Centre researchers have published a stinging analysis of current business prospects for Canadian hog producers.[.]..

Ottawa's eco-vehicles running on dirty fuel, says report
Ottawaa s eco-vehicles running on dirty fuel, says report The Cape Breton Post THE CANADIAN PRESS OTTAWA - A federal report suggests the government's efforts to convert its vehicle fleet to alternative, cleaner fuels is not working as well as hoped...

Garbage = BioFuel
. single-organism cultures from being contaminated, which brings down the cost of equipment. More at TR. Related Posts: Beyond Ethanol. Ethanol Fuels IndyCar Race. Hydrogen From Grass Munching Bacteria. Food Based Ethanol Not the Answer...

GAO report poses tough questions for ethanol
In a report that raises significant questions for the corn ethanol industry, the U.S. Government Accountability Office on Friday questioned the need for tax credits supporting the industry while urging Congress to consider broad effects on air, water and wildlife before expanding biofuel production...



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