Ethanol Technology | Ethanol Fuels News for 11/22/2008



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...

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 ...

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Falling fuel prices and the worst auto market in recent history haven't stopped the world's carmakers from driving toward a cleaner, greener future...

Steamboat Springs man aims to wean the world off petroleum
Published November 22, 2008 at 9:32 a.m. Updated November 22, 2008 at 9:32 a.m. STEAMBOAT SPRINGS - In Fred Robinson's auto repair shop near Stagecoach, items that can run on alternative fuels abound...

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 ...

Food or fuel?Move afoot to avoid using edible crops as alternative energy sources
In future years we may look back at the Great Mexican Tortilla Crisis of 2006 as the time when ethanol lost its vroom...

Food or fuel? Move afoot to avoid using edible crops as . - Casa Grande Valley Newspapers

Food or fuel? Move afoot to avoid using edible crops as .
Casa Grande Valley Newspapers, AZ - 4 hours ago
Last year, 139 US ethanol plants produced fuel equal to 5 percent of US gasoline consumption. As of July, however, just 33 cellulosic ethanol plants were in .
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Tasks for Obama's ag sec: School food, subsidy cap
President-elect Barack Obama's nominee for U.S. agriculture secretary will face daunting tasks ranging from tightening farm subsidy rules to improving school meals, lawmakers and farm groups said on Friday...

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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M2M discusses 'grassoline,' biofuels
Looking to continue the push to develop alternative fuels was the focus of the Mind2Marketplace's quarterly meeting held recently at the Farm Bureau Federation in Columbia...

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 U.S. ...

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 ...

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 ...

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...

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 ...

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 ...

U.S. Raises Ethanol Fuel Standard For 2009 - Post Chronicle
The federal government said Monday it is increasing the target for the amount of ethanol used in the U.S. gasoline supply to 11.1 billion gallons. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency said in a written statement that its 2009 Renewable Fuels ...

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 ...

Problems Plague Flex-Fuel Fleet - Washington Post

Problems Plague Flex-Fuel Fleet
Washington Post, United States - 1 hour ago
But the costly effort to put more workers into vehicles powered by ethanol and other fuel alternatives has been fraught with problems, many of them caused .
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Coalition Blames Ethanol for Higher Food Prices
The names read like a "Who's Who" list of American food production. But the "Food before Fuel Coalition" also counts representatives of the Environmental Community, Anti-Hunger Advocates and Government ...

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! ...

Coleman, Klobuchar talk agriculture
" Any new economic stimulus must include rural America, both of Minnesota's U.S. senators told a farm group in Brooklyn Park on Friday night...

Gas/Ethanol Fuels: Tank Up!
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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 ...

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, ...

Pit Stop: Ethanol Battles Roar Into the Indy 500 - Wall Street Journal Blogs

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Pit Stop: Ethanol Battles Roar Into the Indy 500
Wall Street Journal Blogs, NY - Nov 21, 2008
Next May, the iconic Indy 500 will be fueled by Brazilian ethanol, which has sparked a heated response from US Renewable Fuels Association boss Bob Dinneen: .
RFA: IndyCar Needs to Rethink Brazilian Ethanol Decision AgWeb
Indianapolis 500 is ethanols latest battleground St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Brazilian ethanol to sponsor Indy races DesMoinesRegister.com
Domestic Fuel - AgWeb
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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 (KWWL Iowa)
DYERSVILLE (KWWL) -- One of the state's largest ethanol producers filed for bankruptcy last month...

Obama Under Pressure Over Role of Ethanol in Energy Policy (US News & World Report)
Environmental groups are unhappy with his support of corn-based ethanol during the campaign...

RFA: IndyCar Needs to Rethink Brazilian Ethanol Decision (AgWeb.com)
Response to Indy's decision on Brazilian ethanol..

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

Ethanol slump blindsides US corn growers
guardian.co.uk, UK - Nov 20, 2008
Bob Dineen, head of the Renewable Fuels Association, said this week he expects industry consolidation in 2009 as ethanol profit margins tighten and demand .
UPDATE 1-VeraSun says it stops processing at ethanol plants Reuters
Higher Revenues Failed to Keep VeraSun in the Black Farm Futures
VeraSun Iowa plant not receiving corn, group says Reuters
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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 ...

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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Brazilian ethanol promoter, Indy racing group sign pact
The Indy Racing League has taken a Brazilian ethanol promoter as its major fuel sponsor, but the IRL says Brazilian sugar cane ethanol won't be in the tanks of race cars at the Indianapolis 500 or Iowa Corn 250 ...

Gas prices continue to fall
Gasoline prices continued to sink, falling for the 66th day in a row, according to a national survey of gas station credit card swipes released Saturday...

Better days ahead?
Like almost everybody else, I've been enjoying the recently falling gas prices. I had gotten used to looking at the signs at filling stations and wincing, seeing $3 and $4 gas prices that made me gulp and ...

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 ...

Klobuchar, Coleman: Investment in ag vital
Any new economic stimulus must include rural America, both of Minnesota's U.S. senators told a farm group here Friday night...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Burn it, chip it, gas it, melt it, shred - process it
The consultant at the helm of the Atlantica Bioenergy Task Force, Thor Olesen, says his group's mandate is to address how the region's forestry sector can make money by sustainably exploiting trees to make ...

Angola: MPs Weigh Up Importance of Bio-Fuels
This was said Wednesday in So Paulo, Brazil, by Angolan MP and deputy secretary of the National Assembly , Emlia Carlota Celestino Dias, during a parliamentary round table that focused on "Parliaments and ...

2008 la Auto Show: Ford Fusion for 2010 Delivers Fuel Efficiency and Performance - Complete Video
Addition of six-speed transmissions along with other refinements help increase fuel economy versus current model segment leaders...

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

Brazil's once booming ethanol sector hits brakes
The Associated Press - Nov 20, 2008
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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Missouri RFA elects new president (High Plains Journal)
Members of the Missouri Renewable Fuels Association, an organization comprised of Missouri's six farmer-owned ethanol plants and the Missouri Corn Growers Association, have selected Gene Millard of St. Joseph, Mo., as the organization's 2008-2009 president...

Brazilian ethanol to sponsor Indy races (The Des Moines Register)
The Indy Racing League has taken on a Brazilian ethanol producer as its major fuel sponsor, but the IRL says that doesnt mean that Brazilian sugar cane ethanol will be in the tanks of Indy cars at the Indianapolis 500 or Iowa Corn 250 races next season...

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 ...

Part three in a three-part series - Ethanol vs. Environment: How's the balance? (Denison Bulletin Review)
Critics of the ethanol industry question its environmental effect, especially regarding land and energy usage. Of concern to some conservationists is the effect of the ethanol industry on the number of acres of cropland put into or taken out of the Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) set-aside...

Policy paper on bio-fuels in progress
By Ijaz Kakakhel ISLAMABAD: The first ever policy paper for local production of Bio-fuel and Bio-diesel would be completed at the end of this month and will be presented to The President, Asif Ali Zardari, a ...

Coalition calls for end to ethanol subsidies (North Queensland Register)
A large coalition made up of environmental groups, food industry organisations and hunger advocacy groups held a press conference in Washington DC calling for the government to end all ethanol subsidies...

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Senators say any new economic plan must include rural America
Any new economic stimulus must include rural America, both of Minnesota's U.S. senators told a farm group here Friday night...

Qteros claims 15-fold improvements in cellulosic ethanol yield
The company formerly known as SunEthanol announces $25 million in funding and plans for commercialization in 2011...

Eric Draper: Clean cars make sense for Florida
While Washington debates a bailout for Detroit automakers, Tallahassee is considering giving Florida drivers a chance to own cleaner cars and trucks...

Obama Under Pressure Over Role of Ethanol in Energy Policy - U.S. News & World Report

Obama Under Pressure Over Role of Ethanol in Energy Policy
U.S. News & World Report, DC - 23 hours ago
According to the Energy Information Administration, ethanol receives more than three quarters of all federal subsidies for renewable fuels, a category that .
Tasks for Obama's ag sec: School food, subsidy cap Reuters
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Don't forget American automakers' history of goodwill - DetNews.com

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Don't forget American automakers' history of goodwill
DetNews.com, MI - 14 hours ago
. as well as those making efficient use of fuels such as cellulosic ethanol and hydrogen, as well as compressed natural gas and liquefied propane. .
GAFFNEY: Automakers' perfect storm Washington Times
Can capitalism be saved? Journal Express
EDITORIAL: When billions become trillions Washington Times
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Electrical Engineering Leader Casts Doubt on Biofueled Future
Georgia Tech's Deepak Divan finds that Earth's land and water cannot sustainably support the most ambitious visions for ethanol or biofuels...

Bruce E. Dale: Thinking Clearly about Oil and Alternative Fuels
E85 corn ethanol fuels my American made car. What a concept, we can make our own fuel today. Reply Favorite Flag as abusive Posted 08:28 PM on 11/19/2008. - + NoWMDs See Profile I'm a Fan of NoWMDs I'm a fan of this user permalink ...

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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