Ethanol Technology | Ethanol Fuels News for 11/21/2008



Central bankers wary of deflation
Euro zone demand is plunging and price pressures vanishing, business surveys showed on Friday, while central bankers weighed the bleak prospect of deflation...

Angola: MPs Weigh Up Importance of Bio-Fuels (AllAfrica.com)
The production of bio-fuels in Angola represents a challenge to the Government that has as its strategic priority the fight against poverty that affects most of the population, as a result of the 30-year civil war that devastated the country...

RFA: IndyCar Needs to Rethink Brazilian Ethanol Decision - AgWeb

RFA: IndyCar Needs to Rethink Brazilian Ethanol Decision
AgWeb - 3 hours ago
At a minimum, you should use Americas homegrown renewable fuel to power the Indianapolis 500. As in Iowa, I am quite certain that the network of ethanol .
Indianapolis 500 is ethanols latest battleground St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Indy Chooses Brazilian Ethanol Domestic Fuel
Study quantifies return on IndyCar Series sponsorship Indianapolis Star
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RFA: IndyCar Needs to Rethink Brazilian Ethanol Decision (AgWeb.com)
Response to Indy's decision on Brazilian ethanol..

Economy puts ethanol's future in doubt
SAN PIERRE, Ind. - The air smells clean and sweet off the sprawling corn and spearmint fields, but for this unincorporated town of 156, it is the smell of failure - the failure to reap the rewards of the ...

Biofuels run into trouble - Reuters

Biofuels run into trouble
Reuters - 22 hours ago
Between 2000 and 2007, production of fuel ethanol quadrupled from 1.6 billion to 6.5 billion gallons, and the industry is on course to distill a record 9.3 .
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Brazil pleads for opening market for bio-fuels (People's Daily)
Brazilian Foreign Minister Celso Amorim pleaded Thursday for the opening of markets to commercial bio-fuels and the ending of protectionism against the new source of energy. "Brazil continues insisting on the potential of the bio-fuel as a tool of economic and social transformation in the poorest countries," Amorim said at the "International Conference on Bio-fuels" in Sao Paulo. Amorim said ...

New Analysis Shows Ethanol Co-Products Dramatically Extend Corn . - and weather

New Analysis Shows Ethanol Co-Products Dramatically Extend Corn .
and weather, IL - 22 hours ago
The analysis, prepared by Washington-based Renewable Fuels Association, examined the role ethanol production plays in supplying feed to livestock producers .
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Ethanol in your boat fuel?
Are marine engines compatible with ethanol fuels? The fuel-system components of most marine engines will withstand up to 10 percent ethanol in gasoline , the maximum level currently allowed in the US It is not legal in the US to market ...

Fed's Bullard: U.S. deflation an issue Fed must face
Deflation would be very damaging to the United States economy and with nominal interest rates already very low, quantitative easing may be needed to keep it at bay, a top Federal Reserve official said on ...

American Coalition for Ethanol : News
In addition, Duane Kristensen of Chief Ethanol Fuels and Lars Herseth, the board's at-large representative, will also serve on the ACE Executive Committee. "We are honored to have such diverse grassroots leadership and experience ...

The Verdict: "Fear and panic"
Citigroup Inc shares plunged anew on Friday, breaking through the key level of $4 a share and reversing early gains on the news that the bank was mulling a variety of options to restore the bank's health...

ASTM Developing New Test Method for Relative Corrosivity of .
Test results will indicate the degree to which corrosion of iron components can be expected from ethanol fuels. The test will rate the fuels anti-rust properties in preparation for the various stages through which the tested product ...

Top Ethanol Lobbyist Says Tough Times Ahead For Industry - All Headline News
Washington, DC (AHN) - More ethanol companies may soon declare bankruptcy, and the industry will likely experience increased consolidation, the head of an ethanol trade group told a Washington, D.C. audience this week. Bob Dineen, the president of ...

The danger of low prices
In the short to medium term, it is true that falling oil prices are good for the economy...

IndyCar Signs Ethanol Deal With Brazil Company - Inside Indiana Business
The Indianapolis-based Indy Car Series has announced a partnership with APEX-Brasil to become the North American open-wheel circuit's official ethanol supplier. The deal includes cooperation from the Brazilian Sugarcane Industry Association (UNICA ...

RFA: IndyCar Needs to Rethink Brazilian Ethanol Decision
Responding to news the U.S. based IndyCar Series soon will be powered with Brazilian sugar can ethanol, rather than American corn-based ethanol, the Renewable Fuels Association is urging the race league to ...

Missing the Ethanol Boom (AG Weekly)
SAN PIERRE, Ind. - The air smells clean and sweet off the sprawling corn and spearmint fields, but for this unincorporated town of 156, it is the smell of failure: the failure to reap the rewards of the ethanol boom...

Brazil's once booming ethanol sector hits brakes (Lexington Herald-Leader)
Brazil's biofuel industry just months ago was being flooded with billions in new investments for vast new sugarcane plantations and gleaming distilleries that churn out the cheapest ethanol on earth. But the global financial crisis has put the brakes on that boom, drying up foreign investment and domestic credit, stalling new projects and prompting cash-strapped ethanol producers to ...

Report: Ethanol fuels state economy (Grand Island Independent)
Despite difficulties currently facing the nation's ethanol industry, a new report says it has been a boon to Nebraska's and the nation's economy over the last 30 years. According to the report released this week from the economic consulting firm LECG, LLC, since 1978 the U.S. ethanol industry has generated an estimated $33.4 billion in tax revenues for the federal government and nearly $17 ...

Mount Holyoke Alumnae Quarterly | Trouble in Your Tank?: Ethanol .
Ethanol Fuels More Problems Than It SolvesEUR by Thomas Millette, MHC associate professor of geography. He selected these sites. EUR˘ A January, 2008, article from U.S. News & World Report discusses EURœThe Pros and Cons of 8 Green Fuels.EUR ...

When agriculture and technology meet - Bureau County Republican
Visitors to the grand opening of the Patriot Renewable Fuels ethanol plant near Annawan last week had the opportunity to tour the Monsanto Mobile Technology Unit. In addition to a film and displays, the unit included a table-sized model of the entire ...

Brazil's once booming ethanol sector hits brakes (San Francisco Chronicle)
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Brazil's biofuel industry just months ago was being flooded with billions in new investments for vast new sugarcane plantations and gleaming distilleries that churn out the cheapest ethanol on earth. But the global financial crisis has put the brakes on that boom, drying up foreign investment and domestic credit, stalling new projects and prompting cash-strapped ethanol producers to ...

Report: Ethanol fuels state economy (Grand Island Independent)
Despite difficulties currently facing the nation's ethanol industry, a new report says it has been a boon to Nebraska's and the nation's economy over the last 30 years. According to the report released this week from the economic consulting firm LECG, LLC, since 1978 the U.S. ethanol industry has generated an estimated $33.4 billion in tax revenues for the federal government and nearly $17 ...

Mount Holyoke Alumnae Quarterly | Trouble in Your Tank?: Ethanol .
Ethanol Fuels More Problems Than It SolvesEUR by Thomas Millette, MHC associate professor of geography. He selected these sites. EUR˘ A January, 2008, article from U.S. News & World Report discusses EURœThe Pros and Cons of 8 Green Fuels.EUR ...

When agriculture and technology meet - Bureau County Republican
Visitors to the grand opening of the Patriot Renewable Fuels ethanol plant near Annawan last week had the opportunity to tour the Monsanto Mobile Technology Unit. In addition to a film and displays, the unit included a table-sized model of the entire ...

Brazil's once booming ethanol sector hits brakes (San Francisco Chronicle)
Brazil's biofuel industry just months ago was being flooded with billions in new investments for vast new sugarcane plantations and gleaming distilleries that churn out the cheapest ethanol on earth. But the global financial crisis has put the brakes on that...

Boom goes bust for Brazil's biofuels
Brazil's biofuel industry just months ago was being flooded with billions in new investments for vast new sugar cane plantations and gleaming distilleries that churn out the cheapest ethanol on earth...

Brazil pleads for opening market for bio-fuels (Eastday.com)
Brazilian Foreign Minister Celso Amorim pleaded day for the opening of markets to commercial bio-fuels and the ending of protectionism against the new source of energy...

Brazil's once booming ethanol sector hits brakes - The Associated Press

Brazil's once booming ethanol sector hits brakes
The Associated Press - 20 hours ago
But US-made corn ethanol is more expensive than Brazil's sugarcane-based fuel: Oil must top $50 a barrel for it to be cheaper than gasoline. .
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Pedestrians walk past a Citibank branch in Singapore, November 18, 2008. REUTERS/Vivek Prakash
Citigroup Inc lost more than one-quarter of its market value on growing worries over whether it has enough capital to withstand billions of dollars of potential losses and despite new support from its largest ...

IndyCar Series Partners with APEX-Brasil as Official Ethanol Supplier - PR Inside
In an effort to communicate the many options in which ethanol can be produced and to enhance its position as a global commodity, the IndyCar Series -- which has been at the forefront of the greening of racing and embraced renewable fuels since 2006 ...

Brazil defends biofuels expansion, says not impacting food prices
The rapid expansion of biofuels production in Brazil, the world's largest ethanol exporter, does not contribute to global food price inflation, the country's energy minister said Friday, rebutting a common ...

Stepping on the ethanol may help reduce emissions - Times Union
Q: Several months ago, I noticed a difference in the smell of gasoline at a Mobil station in Clifton Park. I also noticed a new sticker on the pump, which said the gas contained 10 percent ethanol. A manager told me that a new state law mandated the ...

Gas/Ethanol Fuels: Tank Up!
Safe? Gas/Ethanol Fuels: Tank Up!..

Dave Franchino Presents Alternative Fuel Technology at . - MarketWatch

Dave Franchino Presents Alternative Fuel Technology at .
MarketWatch - Nov 19, 2008
Franchino and Sologear, LLC co-founders Chad Sorenson, Mark Schweiger and Tom Bush have developed a proprietary solidified ethanol fuel that is a .
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Dell profit tops Street view, shares rise
Dell Inc, the world's No. 2 PC maker, posted a better-than-expected quarterly profit on Thursday as cost cuts offset lower revenue, sending its shares up about 6 percent...

Tech looks to raise bets on healthcare
An aging population, spiraling medical costs and increasingly poor service are spurring more computer firms to bet on healthcare and what many of them see as a lucrative -- but relatively untapped -- market...

Ethanol slump blindsides US corn growers - guardian.co.uk

Ethanol slump blindsides US corn growers
guardian.co.uk, UK - 20 hours ago
Bob Dineen, head of the Renewable Fuels Association, said this week he expects industry consolidation in 2009 as ethanol profit margins tighten and demand .
VeraSun Iowa plant not receiving corn, group says Reuters
Higher Revenues Failed to Keep VeraSun in the Black Farm Futures
Bankrupt VeraSun posts third-quarter loss Reuters
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Aegon's bid for U.S. rescue cash doomed
A Dutch insurer's experimental bid to tap the U.S. government for bailout cash looks doomed to failure, closing off an avenue for other insurers...

Butanol Could be a Much Better Gas Replacement Than Ethanol : Gas 2.0
Also, from a performance point of view, the ethanol fuels have higher octane than gasoline, so significantly smaller engines can be made to run high turbo boost, delivering the sort of performance fat Americans (guilty! ...

Ethanol future remains strong in Iowa (KWWL Iowa)
DYERSVILLE (KWWL) -- One of the state's largest ethanol producers filed for bankruptcy last month...

Drill Later, Somewhere Else
The Democrats are securing their power over the government, and over our daily lives...

Alternative Fuels: Retooled Approach May Make Bio-based Butanol More . - Science Daily
ScienceDaily (Nov. 15, 2008) EUR” A modified method of producing biobutanol could make the fuel more competitive with ethanol as a clean-burning alternative to gasoline. According to Agricultural Research Service (ARS) chemical engineer Nasib Qureshi ...

Oil and grain costs way down, but consumer food prices still up
The release of the Consumer Price Index for October proves what too many Americans already have learned the hard way: input costs for food processors are way down but the prices they charge grocery shoppers ...

Editorial: Natural gas would lessen US oil dependency - U-Wire.com
In the last few years, skyrocketing gasoline prices have given a large push for alternative fuels. Ethanol, wind and solar-powered turbines, natural gas, along with many other ideas, have gushed out of the scientific world. But with the recent ...

Syntec Biofuel Launching Research Program to Produce Bio-butanol and Bio-propanol from Biomass
Syntec Biofuel Inc is launching a research program to develop catalysts and processes to optimize its production of bio-butanol and bio-propanol from biomass...

Brazil pleads for opening market for bio-fuels
Brazilian Foreign Minister Celso Amorim pleaded Thursday for the opening of markets to commercial bio-fuels and the ending of protectionism against the new source of energy...

Leading by example on climate change, says P.E.I.
With little new money to spend on renewable energy and climate change, P.E.I. Environment Minister George Webster said Wednesday the province intends to lead by example...

Large Illinois Ethanol Maker Scraps One Plant, Delays Construction Of . - All Headline News
Aurora, NE (AHN) - A major U.S. ethanol producer has halted construction of a new bio-fuels refinery in Nebraska and slowed the construction of another facility in Indiana. Aventine Renewable Energy's Indiana plant had been scheduled to open early ...

Food Before Fuel coalition: Repeal ethanol subsidies - Ethanol Producer Magazine

Food Before Fuel coalition: Repeal ethanol subsidies
Ethanol Producer Magazine, ND - 21 hours ago
By Kris Bevill Members of the Food Before Fuel coalition held a mock 30th birthday party, complete with cake, for the ethanol industry Nov. .
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Flexible-fuel vehicles developing fast - China Economic Net

Flexible-fuel vehicles developing fast
China Economic Net, China - Nov 19, 2008
GM hopes to launch the non-grain ethanol vehicles in China as soon as possible. At present, the technology of ethanol fuel has been mature and has got .
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Government urged not to cave in over biofuels
A NEW multi-million pound industry vital to the rebirth of the region is threatened if the Government caves in to the "biofuels scare", ministers were told yesterday...

BlueFire Ethanol to Present at the Cellulosic Ethanol Summit
IRVINE, Calif., Nov 13, 2008 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- BlueFire Ethanol Fuels, Inc. (OTC BB:BFRE.OB), a company changing the world's transportation fuel paradigm through the production of ethanol from non-food cellulosic wastes, ...

Ethanol future remains strong in Iowa
One of the state's largest ethanol producers filed for bankruptcy last month. Now, South Dakota based VeraSun Energy reportedly sent an e-mail to producers and grain elevators saying it's closing its Dyersville ...

US raises ethanol fuel standard for 2009 - United Press International

US raises ethanol fuel standard for 2009
United Press International - Nov 17, 2008
The US Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 set a target of 36 billion gallons of ethanol to be used annually in transportation fuels by 2022. .
Ethanol Cos Want US Auto Bailout Tied to More Flex-Fuel Cars CNNMoney.com
US ethanol makers to consolidate in 2009-lobby Reuters
Top Ethanol Lobbyist Says Tough Times Ahead For Industry AHN
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BlueFire Ethanol to Present at the Cellulosic Ethanol Summit - MarketWatch

BlueFire Ethanol to Present at the Cellulosic Ethanol Summit
MarketWatch - Nov 13, 2008
BlueFire Ethanol Fuels, Inc. was established to deploy a commercially ready, patented, and proven Concentrated Acid Hydrolysis Technology Process for the .
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BioFuels Journal - News & Information for the Ethanol and .
. Archer Daniels Midland Co, Aventine Renewable Energy Inc, Cargill Inc, Chief Ethanol Fuels Inc, Copersucar, Cosan S/A Ind e ComĂrcio, Delta-T, Glacial Lakes Energy LLC, Greenfield Ethanol Inc, Green Star Products Inc, ICrystal Inc, ...

Brazil's once booming ethanol sector hits brakes (AP via Yahoo! News)
Brazil's biofuel industry just months ago was being flooded with billions in new investments for vast new sugarcane plantations and gleaming distilleries that churn out the cheapest ethanol on earth...

Indianapolis 500 is ethanols latest battleground - St. Louis Post-Dispatch
The ethanol industry tends to issue a press release after any perceived slight, and the targets usually are Big Oil or the food industry.   This week, its taking on the hallowed ground of auto racing, the Indianapolis 500. The IndyCar Series ...

Brazil's once booming ethanol sector hits brakes - Associated Press
SAO PAULO, Brazil (AP) -- Brazil's biofuel industry just months ago was being flooded with billions in new investments for vast new sugarcane plantations and gleaming distilleries that churn out the cheapest ethanol on earth. But the global financial ...

Salad Days May Be Waning For Valley Beef Farmers
Cattle are auctioned off at the Shenandoah Valley Livestock Auction Saturday. The poor economy has those in the state's beef industry concerned about how producers will fare financially...

Ethanol Fuels Debate in Nebraska
Candidates for an open US Senate seat in Nebraska faced off at the state fair in Lincoln this weekend and ethanol was a topic of debate. Republican Mike Johanns, Democrat Scott Kleeb and Green Party candidate Steve Larrick all discussed ...

A Primer On E85 Ethanol | AvtoRentaCar
Environmentalists are generally in favor of ethanol fuels because air pollution would be reduced. Emissions of hydrocarbons and benzene are less than gasoline. Carbon dioxide is released to the atmosphere but is reabsorbed by the plants ...



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