Ethanol Technology | Ethanol Fuels News for 03/24/2009



Versa Power€„¢s High-Performance, Low-Cost Solid Oxide Fuel Cell . - PR Inside
Versa Power Systems Inc., a leading developer of environmentally friendly Solid Oxide Fuel Cells (SOFC), today announced that a pair of electricity-producing stacks built for the U.S. Department of Energy have passed 5000 hours of continuous ...

Aventine Renewable Losing Juice
For the first time ever, all Zacks.com members are invited to get in on Steve Reitmeister's prudent but sweeping plan to Make It All Back...

World Congress to Explore Timeline for Bringing Advanced Biofuels to Market (ThomasNet)
BIO's 2009 World Congress on Industrial Biotechnology and Bioprocessing will be held July 19-22, 2009, in Montreal, Canada. Sessions will include Synthetic Biology for Next Generation Biofuels, Progress Toward Commercialization of Lignocellulosic Ethanol Processes, and Algae for Fuels and Chemicals, with various speakers scheduled for each. Progress will also be reported on bringing cellulosic ...

Versa Power's High-Performance, Low-Cost Solid Oxide Fuel Cell Stacks .
Publication Date:24-March-2009 Source:Versa Power Versa Power Systems Inc., a leading developer of environmentally friendly Solid Oxide Fuel Cells , today announced that a pair of electricity-producing stacks built for the U.S. Department of Energy have passed 5000 hours of continuous operation, an important reference point along the road to ...

Danish firm doubles investment in Nebraska plant
OMAHA, Neb. - Novozymes will double its investment in a new enzyme plant in Nebraska up to $200 million, so the Danish company will be ready for the ethanol boom that company officials still expect...

Gulf Ethanol Evolves to Gulf Alternative Energy Corporation (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)
HOUSTON----Gulf Alternative Energy Corporation announced today that it has completed the process of changing its name from Gulf Ethanol Corp. The change is indicative of the Company's move to advance its biomass processing technology beyond the ethanol industry...

Gulf Ethanol Evolves to Gulf Alternative Energy Corporation - StreetInsider.com
HOUSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Gulf Alternative Energy Corporation (PinkSheets: GAEC ) announced today that it has completed the process of changing its name from Gulf Ethanol Corp. The change is indicative of the Company's move to advance its biomass ...

Cellulosic firms back higher ethanol blends (Queensland Country Life)
The effort in the United States to encourage an increase in the ethanol blend rate from 10pc to 15pc has received new support, but also a diverse group of opposition...

Rising population adds to water crisis
Anjali Sharma The new world report warns that growing global population, climate change, widespread mismanagement and increasing demand for energy have tightened the grip on the world's evaporating water supplies...

POET Explores Possible Ethanol Pipeline - Inside Indiana Business
The operator of three ethanol plants in Indiana is entering into a partnership to assess the feasibility of building an ethanol pipeline. POET LLC has signed a joint agreement with Magellan Midstream Partners L.P. to possibly develop a system to ...

Ethanol fuels - Cure or Curse?
Ethanol fuels - Cure or curse?The week the US Department of Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack has made a recommendation to the government to increase the percentage of ethanol that can be blended into our fuel in order to boost the ...

Danish firm doubles investment in Nebraska plant (San Francisco Chronicle)
Novozymes will double its investment in a new enzyme plant in Nebraska up to $200 million, so the Danish company will be ready for the ethanol boom that company officials still expect. At a groundbreaking on Tuesday, Novozymes officials will announce the...

Novozymes to Bet Up to $200 Million on Ethanol-Tied Plant (New York Times)
Novozymes will double its investment in a new enzyme plant in Nebraska up to $200 million, so the Danish company will be ready for the ethanol boom that company officials still expect, The Associated Press reported...

Ethanol fuels - Cure or Curse?
This week the US Department of Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack has made a recommendation to the government to increase the percentage of ethanol that can be blended into our fuel in order to boost the ailing biofuel industry. ...

Ethanol fuels said to violate Islamic law
A prominent Saudi scholar warned youths studying abroad of using ethanol or other fuel that contains alcohol in their cars since they could be committing a sin, local press reported Thursday. Sheikh Mohamed Al-Najimi, member of the ...

Third Group Adds Voice To Chorus Backing Ethanol
Supporters of a new ethanol advocacy group, Growth Energy, say it was created to help educate people on how ethanol and agriculture can provide both fuel and feed...

Energy Secretary Serves Under a Microsco.
As a physicist, Steven Chu has seen atoms suspended in a powerful laser beam and DNA stretched out in a vacuum chamber...

newnet news - BlueFire Ethanol Fuels teams up with Applied Power .
BlueFire Ethanol Fuels teams up with Applied Power Concepts to develop biofuel technology...

Ethanol Fuels from Corn | Economics Blog
Readers Question: The federal gov. requires that all US cars use some form of ethanol fuels from cornEUR¦EUR¦EUR¦so what effect will that have on Beef? Price...

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Making big government work for us
Some folks worry that our government is getting too big. I worry that it won't get big enough...

George Monbiot: Biochar, the latest miracle mass fuel cure, does not stand up
The latest miracle mass fuel cure, biochar, does not stand up; yet many who should know better have been suckered into it Whenever you hear the word miracle, you know there's trouble just around the corner...

BlueFire Ethanol Fuels Inc. Partners With William Farone and .
Irvine, CAEUR”BlueFire Ethanol Fuels, Inc. (OTC BB:BFRE), a company changing the world's transportation fuel paradigm through the production of ethanol from non-food cellulosic wastes, announced March 10 a Technology Development Services ...

Energy relief in oil sands, not ethanol
The U.S. Department of Energy is predicting crude oil from Alberta's oil sands -- not alternative energy sources, such as biomass ethanol -- will help halve the U.S.'s dependence on overseas oil within two decades...

New enzymes for cheaper biofuel production engineered - Newstrack India
Washington, Mar 24 (ANI): Researchers at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) and world-leading gene-synthesis company DNA2.0 have created new enzymes for cheaper biofuel production. Biofuels are made by converting renewable materials-for ...

Scientists create new enzymes for biofuel production
Portions of three natural fungal cellulase enzymes that have been recombined to produce a synthetic, thermostable cellulase are denoted by blue, green and red coloring...

Scientists create new enzymes for biofuel production (PhysOrg)
Researchers at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) and world-leading gene-synthesis company DNA2.0 have taken an important step toward the development of a cost-efficient process to extract sugars from cellulose--the world's most abundant organic material and cheapest form of solar-energy storage. Plant sugars are easily converted into a variety of renewable fuels such as ethanol or ...

Ethanol Groups Endorse Higher Blends, OPEI Not So Sure .
The studies also will provide information necessary to educate consumers about the use of mid-level ethanol fuels on existing and future products. Printable Format |; E-mail this article ...

Food vs. fuel: Should farmland be used to grow biofuels?
Posted by Jon Davenport / Post-Standard contributing writer March 23, 2009 9:57PM Categories: Debate Ethanol at the pump Where to find ethanol in Central New York ...

Tom Purcell:
By Tom Purcell Some folks worry that our government is getting too big. I worry that it won't get big enough...

Boat owners fret over ethanol's effect on engines - Fort Lauderdale Sun-Sentinel
There's ated new enzymes for cheaper biofuel production. Biofuels are made by converting renewable materials-for ...

Scientists create new enzymes for biofuel production
Portions of three natural fungal cellulase enzymes that have been recombined to produce a synthetic, thermostable cellulase are denoted by blue, green and red coloring...

Scientists create new enzymes for biofuel production (PhysOrg)
Researchers at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) and world-leading gene-synthesis company DNA2.0 have taken an important step toward the development of a cost-efficient process to extract sugars from cellulose--the world's most abundant organic material and cheapest form of solar-energy storage. Plant sugars are easily converted into a variety of renewable fuels such as ethanol or ...

Ethanol Groups Endorse Higher Blends, OPEI Not So Sure .
The studies also will provide information necessary to educate consumers about the use of mid-level ethanol fuels on existing and future products. Printable Format |; E-mail this article ...

Food vs. fuel: Should farmland be used to grow biofuels?
Posted by Jon Davenport / Post-Standard contributing writer March 23, 2009 9:57PM Categories: Debate Ethanol at the pump Where to find ethanol in Central New York ...

Tom Purcell:
By Tom Purcell Some folks worry that our government is getting too big. I worry that it won't get big enough...

Boat owners fret over ethanol's effect on engines - Fort Lauderdale Sun-Sentinel
There's a new concern rippling through the maritime community: By simply gassing up, boaters could be pouring poison into their engines, especially if they have a fiberglass fuel tank. Ethanol added to gasoline in recent years will dissolve resin ...

Genius Investor Dumps BlueFire Ethanol Fuels | BNET Energy Blog | BNET
Yesterday mornings Clean Technology Insight contains a tidbit on BlueFire Ethanol Fuels, a publicly-traded ethanol startup. Quercus Trust, one of its investors, is dumping shares in the company at a loss, according to CTI. ...

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President Barack Obama greets President Lula da Silva of Brazil on March 14, 2009 in the Oval Office...

Nation's refining industry puts focus on a survivabilitya
The U.S. refining industry is facing unprecedented challenges as the recession saps demand for gasoline and weakens profits, credit concerns stifle growth and lawmakers mull greenhouse-gas-curbing policies that could add costs...

Third group adds voice to chorus backing ethanol (The Argus Leader)
In a week during which a Wall Street Journal opinion piece claimed that "everybody hates ethanol," the chief executive officer of a new ethanol advocacy group figures his key challenge is to take back the megaphone for the renewable fuels industry. "All of agriculture is struggling to define ourselves in that positive light," said Tom Buis of Growth Energy. "We can't let vested interests and ...

Obama commits $1.2. billion in energy R&D
Seeking to boost the U.S. clean-energy industry, President Obama on Monday announced $1.2 billion for science research at national labs and an extended business tax credit for investments in research and development...

6 Cars That Signal the Future of Driving
Biodiesel. Natural gas. Propane. Methane. Americans have grown up on cars that run on one thing - fuel derived from oil - but a century after the automobile began to transform American life, a new revolution is underway...

Scientists Create New Enzymes For Biofuel Production
Researchers at the California Institute of Technology and world-leading gene-synthesis company DNA2.0 have taken an important step toward the development of a cost-efficient process to extract sugars from cellulose--the world's most abundant organic material and cheapest form of solar-energy storage...

More On The Ethanol Fuel Hoax (Wizbang Blue)
Further ethanol is expensive to produce that fossil fuels, and not ethanol fuels are used to power the production of corn into this fuel. The process involves just 8% usable material for fuel that must be separated from 92% water, ...

Forent Energy Ltd. Renews Exploration Agreement for the Alton Block.
Forent Energy Ltd. is pleased to announce that the Minister of Energy for the province of Nova Scotia, the Hon...

Green Inc.: Preventing a - Second Oil-Price Shock'
This could again be looming on the horizon, the McKinsey Global Institute warned...

Minn. ag commissioner backs higher ethanol cap - Minneapolis Star Tribune
It's not the environmentalists that are pushing ethanol. Corn-based ethanol is a horrible choice for fuel. It takes about as much energy to EUR¦ read more produce corn-based ethanol as it gives out and corn uses a tremendous amount of water to grow ...

Minnesota Ag Commissioner Backs Higher Ethanol Cap - KAAL-TV
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) - Agriculture Commissioner Gene Hugoson says raising the national cap on the amount of ethanol that can be mixed with gasoline would create thousands of jobs in Minnesota and help the state reach its own goals for ethanol use ...

Caltech Scientists Create New Enzymes for Biofuel Production (Caltech Today)
Researchers at Caltech and world-leading gene-synthesis company DNA2.0 have taken an important step toward the development of a cost-efficient process to extract sugars from cellulosethe world's most abundant organic material and cheapest form of solar-energy storage. Plant sugars are easily converted into a variety of renewable fuels such as ethanol or butanol. In a paper published this week in ...

Novozymes will invest up to $200M in enzyme plant to prepare for ethanol boom (Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune)
OMAHA, Neb. - Novozymes will double its investment in a new enzyme plant in Nebraska up to $200 million, so the Danish company will be ready for the ethanol boom that company officials still expect...

What we'll be driving in 2029
It's 6 a.m. when Sebastian Myers slips into the garage, unplugs his car and tosses his golf clubs in the trunk...

Our opinion: Let market decide future of ethanol - Times Reporter
It appears to us that ethanol just hasnt lived up to its hype. A couple of years ago, the corn-based fuel was being touted as the solution to Americas over-dependence on foreign oil, while also providing farmers with good prices for their corn ...

Versa Powers High-Performance, Low-Cost Solid Oxide Fuel Cell . - Earthtimes
LITTLETON, Colo. - (Business Wire) Versa Power Systems Inc., a leading developer of environmentally friendly Solid Oxide Fuel Cells (SOFC), today announced that a pair of electricity-producing stacks built for the U.S. Department of Energy have ...

Aventine Renewable Losing Power (Zacks.com via Yahoo! Finance)
Like its ethanol peers, AVR has been losing ground due to a combination of falling oil prices and rising industry capacity...

Renewable Energy - Chicago Tribune
Renewable energy is energy derived from natural processes that do not involve the consumption of exhaustible resources such as fossil fuels and uranium. It produces few or no hazardous emissions or pollutants, and has minimal impact on fragile ...



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