Ethanol Technology | Ethanol Fuels News for 10/21/2009



Study: 'Fossil Fuels' Hidden Cost Billions, Ethanol Worse' (DTN / The Progressive Farmer)
Burning fossil fuels costs the U.S. about $120 billion a year in health costs, a report from the National Academy of Sciences said, according to the New York Times, mostly because of thousands of premature deaths from air pollution...

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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 ...

Climate concerns turn Colorado city's smell into cash cow - Vail Daily News
GREELEY, Colorado EUR” The smell of manure hangs over Greeley as it has for half a century. These days it's more than just a potent reminder of the region's agricultural roots and the hundreds of thousands of cattle raised on the city's outskirts. The ...

Report Focused on Hidden Energy Costs
A new report from the National Research Council looked at "hidden" costs of energy production and use...

Fossil Fuels Hidden Cost Is in Billions, Study Says (New York Times)
Burning coal and oil adds up to about $120 billion a year for the United States in health costs, including those tied to thousands of premature deaths from air pollution, researchers say...

VIDEO: Argonne National Lab developing Omnivorous Engine
Which to choose? Here's a better question: What if you didn't have to choose just one fuel? That's the goal of the so-called omnivorous engine...

Oklahoma State University experts discuss potential of sweet sorghum . - KFOR
CHICKASHA, Okla. (AP) EUR” Researchers at Oklahoma State University say sweet sorghum grown in the state could someday be a cash crop for agriculture producers. Division scientists and engineers from OSU's Division of Agricultural Sciences and Natural ...

Ethanol outlook: Where is the industry headed? (Le Mars Daily Sentinel)
Editor's note: This story is part two of a pair of stories looking deeper at the ethanol industry and Plymouth Energy's recent quest to raise $10 million for the ethanol plant...

Israeli spies busy in the US EUR journalist - RT
The U.S. air force and Department of Energy are being targeted by the Israeli intelligence service, according to investigative journalist Wayne Madsen. He says the Mossad is busy at work in Nevada. On Monday, a leading US scientist, Stewart Nozette ...

Alternative Fuels Company Receives Certification from Ethanol Trade Research Group
Cleveland, OH, October 21, 2009 -- -- Arisdyne Systems, Inc., a leading biofuels technology and equipment company headquartered in Cleveland, recently received verification of the effectiveness of their ethanol production process improvements from the National Corn to Ethanol Research Center in Edwardsville, Illinois...

Department of Energy Grants BlueFire Approval for Site Change
BlueFire Ethanol Fuels, Inc. was established to deploy a commercially ready, patented and proven Concentrated Acid Hydrolysis Technology Process for the profitable conversion of cellulosic waste materials (EURGreen WasteEUR) to ethanol, ...

Finnish government orders report on fuel ethanol production
The Finnish economic affairs ministry said in a statement Wednesday it had asked Esa Harmala, a former head of the Finnish farm lobby, to draw up a report on the feasibility of launching grain-based fuel ethanol production in the country...

Plymouth Energy seeks $10 million to position for future
Editor's note: This story is part one of a pair of stories looking deeper at the ethanol industry and Plymouth Energy's recent quest to raise $10 million for the ethanol plant...

Palm Oil Biodiesel, Now With 2000% the Emissions of Fossil Fuels
Oil palm concession in Indonesia, photo: Hayden via flickr. Can we just all put palm oil biodiesel produced on deforested peatlands to rest already: A new report from the United Nations Environment Programme shows that biodiesel production under these conditions can result in greenhouse gas emissions 2000% higher than fossil fuels...

Cow manure as clean energy: Greeley aims to turn methane gas into power
GREELEY - The smell of manure hangs over Greeley as it has for half a century. These days it's more than just a potent reminder of the region's agricultural roots and the hundreds of thousands of cattle raised on the city's outskirts...

Comments (pop-up) (185) - RealClimate
EURœThere would almost certainly be EUR˜unknown unknowns EUR things we dont yet know that we dont know. A great example of that was the creation of the Antarctic polar ozone hole as a function of the increased amount of CFCs which was not ...

What is the Real Cost of Power Production?
POLLUTION COSTS: The hidden costs of power production include the health effects of air pollution and alternative fuels are no panacea...

Study shows corn ethanol less harmful for health (North Queensland Register)
A recently-released study by the United States-based National Academy of Sciences examining the hidden health costs of energy has concluded that corn ethanol produced fewer health threats than electric cars dependent on fossil fuel-fired power plants...

GreenShift awarded second patent on corn oil extraction
GreenShift awarded second patent on corn oil extraction Oct. 21, 2009 NEW YORK -- GreenShift Corp...

Join the API Renewable Fuels Policy Impacts Workshop (American Petroleum Institute)
The Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 dramatically changed the renewable fuels landscape.  - More - ..

Evolution Fuels Announces Branding Campaign and Fuel Station Rollout Strategy (GlobeNewswire via Yahoo! Finance)
DALLAS -- Evolution Fuels, Inc. today announced its strategy for a rollout of "Evolution Fuels"-branded renewable fuel stations...

Climate concerns turn Colorado city's smell into cash cow
GREELEY, Colorado - The smell of manure hangs over Greeley as it has for half a century...

Energy firms are unable to find unity over climate bill
As the Senate eyes global warming, the nation's energy producers are splintering into competing camps battling over policy decisions worth hundreds of billions of dollars in coming decades...

Ethanol outlook: Where is the industry headed?
Editor's note: This story is part two of a pair of stories looking deeper at the ethanol industry and Plymouth Energy's recent quest to raise $10 million for the ethanol plant...

ATC: Lines to import wind power could expand $2.5 billion plan - Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
But studies to build new high-voltage power lines to import renewable power generated in the Dakotas or other windy states could boost the companys investment, the company said. EURœWhile the cost estimate in our 2009 Assessment is slightly less ...

Companies To Watch: Private Companies
Company: Tesla Motors teslamotors.com Year founded: 2003 Funding Raised: $278 million Daimler, Valor Equity Partners, Technology Partners, Draper Fisher Jurvetson, DBL, Westly Group, Compass Venture Partners This startup beat the major players to the punch by bringing the first highway-ready all-electric car to market, but the car remains a luxury ...

More Ethanol Back Online (AgWeb.com)
The U.S. ethanol industry shows signs of a rebound...

Rep. J. Ott: The Global Warming Task Force - WisPolitics.com
The Task Force wants a EURœstrict enforcementEUR of the 65 mph speed limit. They estimate the average highway speed in Wisconsin is 69.4 mph. The Task Force also recommends studying future speed limit reductions. In fact, they estimate a strict ...

Shorewood apartment/retail project will include Alterra - Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
The $7.5 million project will also include 11,000 square feet of first floor retail space, including an 1,800-square-foot Alterra cafe. The apartments will be a mix of one-, two- and three-bedroom apartments, that hopes to attract empty nesters ...

Top 5 Pimped-Out Eco Rides
Are you based in NYC? If so, you might be interested in the Inhabitat NYC newsletter: your up-to-date list of the coolest green events and exhibitions taking place in the New York metro area...

Mississippi Coast Chamber of Commerce » Blog Archive » MEDC .
BlueFire Ethanol Fuels, Inc., a company focused on changing the world's transportation fuel paradigm through the production of ethanol from non-food cellulosic wastes, has announced the strategic relocation of its second planned ...

Greenfudge.org » Switchgrass EUR America's own biofuel. But is it .
As a source of bioenergy, switchgrass can be used to make ethanol fuels, biogas and as a direct source of thermal energy. It is considered to be a moderate to high yield energy crop. Switchgrass also requires less energy input and has a ...

DOE Grants BlueFire Ethanol Fuels Inc. Approval for Site Change .
Irvine, CAEUR”BlueFire Ethanol Fuels, Inc. (OTC Bulletin Board: BFRE), a company focused on changing the world's transportation fuel paradigm through the production of ethanol from non-food cellulosic wastes, has announced the strategic ...

Hearing on fuel-economy standards today - Jackson Clarion-Ledger
DETROIT EUR” Public hearings on new, higher federal fuel-economy standards are set to start here today, and the Alliance of Automobile Manufacturers says it will support the aggressive rule changes. But it also plans to press the Environmental ...

Police, local and state briefs
A man allegedly made off with 10-12 bottles of prescription Oxycontin pills from a north-central pharmacy Monday...

Beautiful, Safe, Affordable--And It Gets 100 Mpg: X Prize Picks Next Round of Automotive Contestants
X FACTOR: The X PRIZE field is down to 53 vehicles, including ZAP!'s three-wheeled electric-powered Alias pictured here with a high school-aged driver, all racing to achieve 100 miles-per-gallon of fuel equivalent...

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...

Cellulosic Ethanol Plant Planned for Mississippi (Automotive Fleet)
IRVINE, CA --- BlueFire Ethanol Fuels Inc., which produces ethanol from non-food cellulosic wastes, has decided to relocate its second planned biorefinery to Fulton, Miss...

KMP Third Quarter Distribution $1.05 Per Unit - StreetInsider.com
HOUSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Kinder Morgan Energy Partners, L.P. (NYSE: KMP ) today declared a cash distribution per common unit of $1.05 ($4.20 annualized) payable on Nov. 13, 2009, to unitholders of record as of Oct. 30, 2009. The distribution ...

Evolution Fuels Initiates Awareness Program to Support Branding Strategy (GlobeNewswire via Yahoo! Finance)
DALLAS -- Evolution Fuels, Inc. today announced its plans for bringing increased public awareness to the advantages of the use of renewable fuels within the retail transportation fuels market as part of its branding strategy...

OSU experts discuss sweet sorghum use in ethanol - Journal Record
The interest in such crops stems in part from the nations renewable-fuel standard, which ensures demand for ethanol. In 2007, the Energy and Independence Security Act passed by Congress called for 11.1 billion gallons of renewable fuel to be ...

Green Flight From California?
In California, cellulosic ethanol pioneer BlueFire Ethanol Fuels announced strategic relocation of its second planned biorefinery to Fulton, Mississippi. BlueFire will utilize green and wood wastes available in the region as feedstock ...

Alternative Fuels Industry Looks to Second Generation Biofuels, a "Navigating the Currents of Change" Webcast on . (Marketwire via Yahoo! Finance)
SUGAR LAND, TX--(Marketwire - 10/21/09) - Researched by Industrial Info Resources (Sugar Land, Texas) -- Not a single ethanol or biodiesel plant has received funding to start construction in 2009 due to a stingy credit market and lenders that keep funds closed up in their vaults. Considering that more than 1.4 billion gallons of ethanol production capacity and 590 million gallons of biodiesel ...

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...

VP Solves The Problem Of Making Sure Your Pit Generator Will Start Up .
From a press release issued by VP: VP INTRODUCES NEW SMALL ENGINE FUEL ; SOLVES HARD START AND STORAGE PROBLEMS SAN ANTONIO, TX VP Racing Fuels, recognized around the world for innovation in fuel technology and top quality products, today announced the introduction of SEF94TM Small Engine Fuel ...

Cellulosic Ethanol Plant Planned for Mississippi - News .
IRVINE, CA --- BlueFire Ethanol Fuels Inc., which produces ethanol from non-food cellulosic wastes, has decided to relocate its second planned biorefinery to Fulton, Miss...

Ethanol Refinery Turns Wood Chips Into Fuel
In other cellulosic news, BlueFire Ethanol Fuels says it is scrapping plans to open a second refinery in California, and will instead build it in Mississippi. The company had received a $40 million Department of Energy grant to help ...

Climate concerns turn city's smell into cash cow
The smell of manure hangs over Greeley as it has for half a century. This Aug. 29, 2009 photo shows a front-end loader piling up manure as a pen is cleaned out at the JBS feed lot west of Greeley in Kersey, Colo...

Evolution Fuels Initiates Awareness Program to Support Branding Strategy
Evolution Fuels, Inc. today announced its plans for bringing increased public awareness to the advantages of the use of renewable fuels within the retail transportation fuels market as part of its branding strategy...

Liveblogging: OnDC panel, Entrepreneurs March on Washington
Panelists: Henrik Fisker, CEO Fisker Automotive; Jonathan Wolfson, CEO of Solazyme; Wes Bolsen, CMO of Coskata; Andrew Perlman, GreatPoint Energy...



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