Ethanol Technology | Ethanol Fuels News for 10/09/2009



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...

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 ...

Diatoms Have Their Day
October 7, 2009 Posted By Craig Miller Filed Under Agriculture , Energy , Technology Everybody's got a summit nowadays...

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, reported 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...

Corn Plus awarded for energy efficiency - Sentinel
WINNEBAGO - Corn Plus is striving for energy efficiency and its progress has been noted by Alliant Energy. The Winnebago ethanol plant recently received an award for its efforts. Keith Kor, general manager of Corn Plus, said there are three major ...

Researchers using nanotechnology in biofuel process to save money, environment
Dr. James Palmer, associate professor of chemical engineering at Louisiana Tech University, is collaborating with fellow professors Dr...

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...

Bottled up
Cooper Pfanenstiel and Christopher Wisneski were hunched over, eye-level with an old pop bottle watching the bubbles inside race up and down...

China's electric car revolution
SPEAKING FREELY China's electric car revolution By Ryan Rutkowski Speaking Freely is an Asia Times Online feature that allows guest writers to have their say...

Long-Term Ethanol Outlook Hopeful (Forbes)
Despite high sugar prices, ethanol is still a good prospect in Brazil...

Global Biofuels Growth to Double by 2015
Despite a number of key issues such as land use and competition for feedstocks supplies for traditional food and feed uses, global use of biofuels is excepted to more than double from 2009 to 2015, according to a new global analysis released by Hart's Global Biofuels Center ...

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. ...

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 ...

Genome sequence published for important biofuels yeast
A strain of yeast that thrives on turning sugar cane into ethanol for biofuel has had its genome completely sequenced by researchers at Duke University Medical Center...

Long-Term Ethanol Outlook Hopeful (Forbes)
Despite demand being dented by high sugar prices, ethanol is still a good prospect in Brazil...

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, ...

Pakistan is world's largest CNG user
The natural gas replaced not only gasoline but also diesel since a large number of vans and mini-buses had also converted to natural gas, he added...

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, ...

Company plans to turn trash to ethanol in Northern Nevada
One of the first commercial plants to turn garbage into ethanol will be making its home in Northern Nevada...

Municipal waste to fuel your car! - Commodity Online
MASSACHUSSETS, USA (Commodity Online): Soon, your municipal waste will fuel your four-wheeler. If the breakthrough research and experiments in Israel and US and indication, municipal wastewater can now be turned into fuel for cars. Applied Cleantech ...

Will These 4 Biofuels Be Bonanzas or Busts?
Companies and governments all over the world are racing to find cleaner, greener fuels to end our society's addiction to oil and cut down on the greenhouse gas emissions that cause global warming...

How To Fight Back Against High Gas Prices
Today, all ethanol cars manufacturers approve the use of ethanol fuels and even recommend the use of ethanol for its positive impact on the environment. The use of ethanol will increase the performance of ethanol cars in general. ...

Our opinion: County right to bet on biofuels
We still believe in the future of biofuels. Fortunately, Buchanan County leaders do, too...

Researchers using nanotechnology in biofuel process to save money . - PhysOrg
Dr. James Palmer, associate professor of chemical engineering at Louisiana Tech University, is collaborating with fellow professors Dr. Yuri Lvov, Dr. Dale Snow, and Dr. Hisham Hegab to capitalize on the environmental and financial benefits of ...

Murphy Oil Acquires Ethanol Plant (Zacks.com via Yahoo! Finance)
Murphy Oil has announced the acquisition of a corn-based ethanol plant in Hankinson, North Dakota. The purchase price was $92 million...

Governors adopt energy road map for Midwest
Oct. 7, 2009 1:54 p.m. Midwestern governors ratified agreements designed to move the region to embrace energy efficiency and renewable energy, with the aim of creating and retaining jobs in the Midwest at a time of aggressive investment around the world in the clean-tech sector...

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 ...

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...

Africa: Land-Grabbing in Africa - the Why and the How
Two years ago singer-songwriter and activist Bob Geldof was so excited about biofuels he even became the special advisor to biomass company Helius...

Local gas stations now dispense 10 percent ethanol mixture (Temple Daily Telegram)
Now appearing at a gas station or convenience store near you - ethanol...

US Ethanol Profits from Bumper Corn Crop (DTN / The Progressive Farmer)
The U.S. ethanol industry is seeing some of its best profit margins in months, Reuters said, as a bumper corn crop this year, relatively high energy prices and the possibility of exports bolstering the industry have improved ethanol's outlook...

B.G., Brush Prairie students learn about ethanol by producing it - Columbian
Sara Emrick watcnol/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 ...

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...

Africa: Land-Grabbing in Africa - the Why and the How
Two years ago singer-songwriter and activist Bob Geldof was so excited about biofuels he even became the special advisor to biomass company Helius...

Local gas stations now dispense 10 percent ethanol mixture (Temple Daily Telegram)
Now appearing at a gas station or convenience store near you - ethanol...

US Ethanol Profits from Bumper Corn Crop (DTN / The Progressive Farmer)
The U.S. ethanol industry is seeing some of its best profit margins in months, Reuters said, as a bumper corn crop this year, relatively high energy prices and the possibility of exports bolstering the industry have improved ethanol's outlook...

B.G., Brush Prairie students learn about ethanol by producing it - Columbian
Sara Emrick watches a balloon expand with carbon dioxide generated by a bottle filled with water, yeast and corn syrup during a lesson on biofuel Wednesday at the Center for Agricultural, Scientific and Environmental Education in Brush Prairie ...

Suncor to Expand Ethanol Plant (Zacks.com via Yahoo! Finance)
Suncor recently resumed the expansion of its St. Clair ethanol plant near Sarnia...

BioEnergy Africa to Direct Efforts Towards the Mining Exploration and . - Transworld News
BioEnergy Africa Ltd. (LON: BAL) plans to suspend their investment in the Mozambique ethanol project. The company is chaired by former England cricketer Philippe Edmonds. The company plans to direct their energies towards mining exploration and ...

Murphy Oil buys ethanol plant (The Wahpeton Daily News)
The VeraSun Energy ethanol plant located in Hankinson was sold last week to Murphy Oil Corporation. The sale of the plant gives 49 workers job security, producers another market for their corn and is promising to Hankinsons future...

Murphy Oil: Exploring Ethanol - Seekingalpha.com
The acquired plant had started production in July 2008 and has remained idle since October 2008. The annual capacity of the plant is 110 million gallons. The acquisition marks Murphys first venture into the manufacture of bio-fuels and is expected ...

Florida to Hold FFV Rally
A flexible fuel vehicle rally is being held tomorrow, October 8 beginning at 10:30 a.m. The driver education campaign will begin with a press conference at the Midway U-Gas location at 210 NW 79th Avenue in Miami, Florida...

Report: Rural Indiana could be 'center of a new energy economy for America'
Report: Rural Indiana could be 'center of a new energy economy for America' Oct...

Governors adopt energy road map for Midwest - Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Midwestern governors ratified agreements designed to move the region to embrace energy efficiency and renewable energy, with the aim of creating and retaining jobs in the Midwest at a time of aggressive investment around the world in the clean-tech ...

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...

Global Biofuels Growth to Double by 2015 - Street.Com
"Be it cellulosic ethanol, renewable diesel, biomass-to-liquids (BTL) or Fischer Tropsch liquids, made from feedstocks such as agricultural or municipal solid wastes, grasses, woods, waste paper and algae, next-generation biofuels are still largely ...

She dreams of a cleaner, greener planet
T wenty-five-year-old Saumita Banerjee recently returned from a week-long trip to Germany [ Images ] where she visited German universities, research institutes and companies and learned about various stand-out projects from different fields of technology...

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...

Louisiana Tech researchers using nanotechnology in biofuel process to save money, environment
Dr. James Palmer, associate professor of chemical engineering at Louisiana Tech University, is collaborating with fellow professors Dr...

County puts plug-in Prius to the test
It's a rolling experiment: Snohomish County's solid-waste supervisors have been putting two souped-up Toyota Prius hybrids to the test for almost a year...

Biofuel Blast
Fossil fuels are so yesterday for a local group of children. Kids in Berthold, Wednesday, learned all about alternative energy...

Alternative Energy News - WWJ Newsradio 950
The Michigan Alternative Energy Directory has been compiled by the staff of WWJ Newsradio 950 to demonstrate the extensive resources and capabilities of Michigans alternative energy industry. Information in the description of each company was ...

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...

Ingall wants top driver combos scrapped - ninemsn
Veteran V8 Supercar driver Russell Ingall says top driver combinations at endurance races should be scrapped following the introduction of ethanol fuel. It is common practice at endurance races such as the Phillip Island 500 and Sunday's Bathurst ...

Netherlands-Based Biofuel Producer BioMCN Selects Summit Energy for Energy Management Services
The use of natural gas is an important pillar in BioMCN's production process as fuel gas...



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