Ethanol Technology | Ethanol Fuels News for 10/06/2009

GAO Report Concludes Industry and Government Face Significant.
A report recently published by the US Government Accountability Office concludes that the US biofuels industry and federal agencies will face significant challenges in meeting the more demanding requirements for volumes of advanced biofuels in RFS2 while minimizing any unintended adverse effects...

Ala. energy company plans overseas operations - Houma Courier
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. - Birmingham-based energy company Masada Resource Group says it plans to build ethanol plants in Asia and Europe. The company headed by lawyer-businessman Donald Watkins says it has hired Californian Robert H. J. Lee, who has served ...

Colo. company looks to salvage Neb. ethanol plants
Egrets, herons and other birds circle as a sugar harvester rolls slowly through a cane field, slicing the stalks at the base, loading them into transport trucks and then blowing the thrash back onto the ground...

Evolution Fuels Applies for DOE Grant to Install Blender Pumps (DTN / The Progressive Farmer)
Evolution Fuels, Inc. has applied for a grant from the U.S. Department of Energy to help establish retail fuel stations that carry varying blends of ethanol, according to Global Newswire...

Petrol choices evaporate (The Courier Mail)
QUEENSLAND motorists are being forced to fill up on ethanol-blended fuel or expensive premium unleaded petrol as servos turn off regular unleaded pumps...

a oeAdvanceda biofuels lag behind mandate
"Advanced" biofuels lag behind mandate EISA mandates the sale of 100 million gallons of advanced biofuel in 2009 and 200 million gallons in 2010 ...

Colo. company looks to salvage Neb. ethanol plants - San Francisco Chronicle
Gevo Inc. of Englewood, Colo., would retrofit the plants to make an alternative fuel called biobutanol. A number of ethanol plants in Nebraska have either been idled or abandoned mid-construction as the ethanol industry suffers under the weight of ...

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...

Controversial work at Port Everglades up for review (Sun-Sentinel)
Broward County is trying to turn former molasses tanks at its seaport into storage for ethanol and other fuels, but nearly a year after seeking offers, the project remains snagged because of protests by the company deemed runner-up...

Using algae to make fuels, he's thinking beyond pond scum (Los Angeles Times)
Sapphire Energy CEO Jason Pyle, who has had a hand in start-ups in medical engineering and biotechnology, now is developing algae-based fuels that have already propelled planes and a car. The gig : Chief executive of Sapphire Energy Inc., a San Diego biofuels company that develops algae-based fuel that has been used experimentally to power airplanes and, recently, a car that was driven across ...

Andrew McKillop: The challenging incongruity of cheap oil. - Vheadline
Andrew McKillop writes: Concerning the interrelated subjects of oil demand, oil production, oil prices and the economy, Fred Banks says, in his new book 'Energy, Environment and Economic Theory': ..as things stand at the present time, we will be ...

BioFuels Journal - News & Information for the Ethanol and .
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 ...

Florida County to Consider Port Everglades Ethanol Proposal (DTN / The Progressive Farmer)
Broward County, Fla. officials want to use former molasses tanks at a seaport for storage of ethanol and other fuels, the Fort Lauderdale Sun Sentinel, but the project remains snagged because of protests by a company decided to be the runner-up for completing the project...

Donald Watkins' Masada Group eyes Asia for ethanol plants
Birmingham's Masada Resource Group , the trash-to-fuel energy company led by Donald Watkins , said today it plans to build hundreds of ethanol plants worldwide...

Colorado Company Wants To Convert Abandoned Ethanol Plants - WOWT
A Colorado-based company could be in the market for abandoned ethanol plants in Nebraska. Gevo Inc. of Englewood, Colo., would retrofit the plants to make an alternative fuel called biobutanol. A number of ethanol plants in Nebraska have either gone ...

Colorado biobutanol manufacturer looking to salvage abandoned Nebraska . - Fort Lauderdale Sun-Sentinel
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) EUR” A Colorado-based company could be in the market for abandoned ethanol plants in Nebraska. Gevo Inc. of Englewood , Colo., would retrofit the plants to make an alternative fuel called biobutanol. A number of ethanol plants in ...

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...

Delphi Showcases Advanced Powertrain and Vehicle Electrification.
At the 18th Aachen Colloquium of Automobile and Engine Technology this week , Delphi is highlighting a range of its technologies including advanced gasoline and diesel engine management systems, fuel handling systems, powertrain cooling solutions and hybrid and electric vehicle products...

Cellulose from Wastewater Can Now be Turned into Fuel for Cars
Marlborough, MA October 6, 2009 -- Recyllose, a recycled solids-based material produced from municipal wastewater, can now be turned into fuel for cars, announced Applied Cleantech and Qteros, the advanced biofuels company whose breakthrough Q Microbe technology can turn biomass into cellulosic ethanol...

Fight Between Teppco, Decatur Heats Up Again - WAAY-TV
The Decatur City Council has taken steps to fight against a proposed plan to build a fuel storage depot along the Tennessee River. Teppco - a Texas based fuel storage company, wants to build the facility on the Wolverine Tube property. It would hold ...

Senate climate bill: ag unimpressed
Massachusetts Sen. John Kerry, chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee chairman, and California Sen...

Birmingham-based Masada Resource Group looks at global projects
Masada Resource Group , the Birmingham trash-to-fuel energy company led by Donald Watkins, said Monday it plans to build ethanol plants in Asia and Europe...

BIO to Congress: Dona t Put Biofuels in Double Jeopardy
The Biotechnology Industry Organization is trying to head off any possible efforts to subject biodiesel and ethanol to another set of greenhouse gas emission regulations that would effectively put the green fuels under a double jeopardy situation...

October 8th: Florida's 1st FFV Rally and Launch of the Flexible Fuel..
October 8th: Florida's 1st FFV Rally and Launch of the Flexible Fuel. Event -- October 8th: Florida's 1st FFV Rally and Launch of the Flexible Fu Event -- October 8th: Florida's 1st FFV Rally and Launch of the Flexible Fuel. MIAMI, Oct...

GAO: 'Ethanol tax Credit Overkill' (DTN / The Progressive Farmer)
The U.S. Government Accountability Office said Friday that the 45-cent blenders tax credit designed to spur ethanol usage and production should be removed, a Wall Street Journal blog said...

Cellulosic Sugar to Cellulosic Ethanol has been made much easier .
This sustainability company has announced a new sugar technology to digest a wide range of cellulosic biomass and convert it into ethanol fuels. This cellulosic ethanol technology employs cellulosic ethanol feedstock such as wood chips, ...

Petrol choices evaporate (The Courier Mail)
MOTORISTS are being forced to fill up on ethanol-blended fuel or expensive premium unleaded petrol as servos turn off regular unleaded pumps...

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 ...

Ottawa's eco-vehicles running on dirty fuel
Even though most of the shiny black cars shuttling around federal VIPs bear environmentally friendly logos boasting they run on ethanol fuels, you're more than likely to find unleaded gasoline in the tank. ...

New tech fund has environmental bent
Ottawa's Venture Coaches is set to launch an innovative new venture fund -- one targeted towards investment in firms dedicated to producing clean technologies that help protect the environment...

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 ...

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...

Colo. company looks to salvage Neb. ethanol plants - Charleston Daily Mail
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) - A Colorado-based company could be in the market for abandoned ethanol plants in Nebraska. Gevo Inc. of Englewood, Colo., would retrofit the plants to make an alternative fuel called biobutanol. A number of ethanol plants in ...

Farm Bureau Doesn't Like Boxer-Kerry Bill
The American Farm Bureau Federation will strongly oppose the Boxer-Kerry climate change bill introduced in the Senate last Wednesday...

Toward Greener Biofuels and Greener Cars
Is corn ethanol a poor fit for future U.S. liquid fuel needs? Biofuels have received a tremendous amount of publicity lately as an alternative to gasoline and diesel...

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...

Verenium Prices Public Offering of Common Stock and Warrants - Biloxi Sun Herald
CAMBRIDGE, Mass., Oct. 6 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Verenium Corporation (Nasdaq: VRNMD), a pioneer in the development of next-generation cellulosic ethanol and high-performance specialty enzymes, today announced that it has priced an underwritten ...

India Port Conditions: Kandla Liquid - Reuters India
04 Waiting Vessels 02 Expected Vessels 22 Total Vessels 28 Vessels berthing today 02 Working Vessels ----- S.NO Vessels name Agent Cargo Arrival Berth Sail Load Unload I/E Balance -----Dates----- Tonnes/Units TEU Tonnes..

Ethanol Issues Addressed at South Dakota Forum
Rep. Stephanie Herseth Sandlin hosted U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack Monday for a Rural Issues Forum in Bath, South Dakota which was attended by an estimated 300 people who were able to ask questions about issues impacting the rural economy...

Study Finds Ethanol Enhances Vehicle Efficiency
A new University of Nebraska study finds that higher ethanol blends increase engine efficiency...

Evolution Fuels Applies for DOE Retail Fuel Ethanol Infrastructure Grant (GlobeNewswire via Yahoo! Finance)
DALLAS -- Evolution Fuels, Inc. today announced that as part of its efforts to establish retail fuel stations that carry varying blends of ethanol, it has submitted an application for a U.S...

Petrol choices evaporate
QUEENSLAND motorists are being forced to fill up on ethanol-blended fuel or expensive premium unleaded petrol as service stations across the state turn off regular unleaded pumps...

Green Car Congress: GAO Report Concludes Industry and Government .
Resources. Biofuels: Potential Effects and Challenges of Required Increases in Production and Use (GAO-09-446). October 5, 2009 in Biomass, Ethanol, Fuels, Policy | Permalink | Comments (2) | TrackBack (0) ...

How Taxes Pervert our Energy Choices
The US tax code is a marvelous and impressive intellectual structure. As an engineer I took a business class in taxation for corporations while getting my MBA...

Cellulosic Ethanol Falling Short
Ed. note: This item originally ran in Robert Rapier's R-Squared Energy Blog . The reason I spend time debunking wild claims is that I think they damage the entire bioenergy sector in the long run...

Rustad working on silviculture portfolio
John Rustad has been a busy man. Currently the MLA for Nechako Lakes is in the Legislature in Victoria...

Canadian Government Invests CAD $109 Million For Ethanol Production in . - eGov Monitor
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. Today, Pat Davidson, Member of Parliament for SarniaEURLambton, on ...

MicroFueler converts unused beer, wine to ethanol (Fort Wayne Journal Gazette)
It sounds too good to be true: A residential system that allows people to make fuel from old beer, leftover wine and other waste products and use it to run their vehicles. Photo caption: Tom Quinn, left, invented E-Fuel MicroFuelers. Chris Ursitti heads GreenHouse, which distributes the fuel-conversion systems. Photo by Los Angeles Times..

Automakers: More Ethanol In Gas Might Lead To More Problems - The .
There also remain plenty of questions yet to be answered about compatibility, and if lower-ethanol fuels would be available for a number of years as the new regulation is phased in. Look to GreenCarReports.com for more discussion of the ...

RFA Responds to GAO Biofuel Report
Washington Today, the Government Accountability Office released a compilation of critiques of America's ethanol industry...

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