Ethanol Technology | Ethanol Fuels News for 04/03/2009



Forty firefighters completed live fire training this past weekend on ethanol motor fuels. (Southeast Missourian)
Firefighters from Jackson, Fruitland, East County, Perryville, Whitewater, Millersville, Black River, Cairo, and North County completed a special 12 hour program this past weekend on extinguishing...

Tucson gets ready for this year's Earth Day.
When: 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday. Details: Call Pamela J. Beilke, Chair, 975-9426 or online at: www.tucsonearthday.org The Reid Park Zoo is offering free admission in conjunction with the Earth Day Festival...

Brazil projected to increase ethanol output (UPI)
By CARMEN GENTILE UPI ENERGY CORRESPONDENT MIAMI, April 1 (UPI) -- Brazilian ethanol producers are reportedly gearing up to increase production of the alternative fuel in reaction to stronger sugar prices, energy experts said...

Forty firefighters completed live fire training this past weekend on ethanol motor fuels.
A Jackson firefighter team begins foam application on a compartment fire similar to a melted aluminum tank trailer...

VeraSun closes sale of 5 ethanol plants to Valero (Post-Bulletin)
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. -- VeraSun Energy Corp. says it has closed on the sale of five ethanol plants and one development site to traditional refiner Valero Energy Corp. VeraSun, which filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in October..

US firm eager to make Thailand an ethanol hub - Nation - Thailand
After meeting with the firm's executives, Deputy Commerce Minister Alongkorn Ponlaboot said yesterday Coskata wanted to see Thailand rich in fuel crops and an ethanol production base for E85 vehicles. "The firm is studying the possibility and ...

NSW ethanol mandate to rise to 6 per cnt (BigPond News)
Changes have been introduced into state parliament that mean NSW triples its ethanol mandate from two to six per cent ...

New study finds no significant fuel pump performance problems with E20
Increasing the amount of ethanol blended into gasoline from 10 percent to 20 percent causes no significant change in performance of automotive fuel systems according to research conducted by the Minnesota Center for Automotive Research at Minnesota State University, Mankato...

Tech Notebook: Market for 'netbooks' could grow 65 percent this year
Will "netbooks" turn out to be the PC industry's silver bullet, or is it just a slow news week? Either way, there have been some interesting developments concerning the downsized laptops that a number of PC makers began selling last year...

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...

Carbon Sciences Inc.: Carbon Sciences Mimics Mother Nature, Turns CO2 Into Fuel
Carbon Sciences Inc. , the developer of a breakthrough technology to transform carbon dioxide emissions into gasoline and other fuels, announced that CleanTech Brief featured an article on the company's breakthrough technology...

It's not the time to abandon biofuels
Two years ago the Oregon Legislature required the inclusion of ethanol and biodiesel into the state's fuel supply...

Feature: Future fuels: What will power tomorrow's cars? (cnet.com.au)
With air pollution getting worse and oil production declining, car manufacturers are looking to alternative fuels. But what will power tomorrow's cars?..

Robeson ethanol firm sues over construction - Fayetteville Observer
LUMBERTON EUR” A company planning to build an ethanol plant in northern Robeson County is suing several companies for $6 million for breach of contract involving construction of the plant. St. Pauls Bio-Tek filed a lawsuit in U.S. District Court on ...

Canadian Renewable Fuels Association (CRFA): IEA Confirms GHG Reductions With Corn Ethanol Use
Highlights of the recently released IEA report, 'Examination of the Potential for Improving Carbon/Energy Balance of Bioethanol,' include: - GHG reductions over gasoline will more than double by 2015 "The GHG emissions savings from ethanol and use have more than doubled between 1995 and the projected level in 2015." ...

What to Know About Ethanol Blends and Small Engines | Bio Fuel Lines
The studies also will provide information necessary to educate consumers about the use of mid-level ethanol fuels on existing and future products. To read OPEIs study of the DOE testing report, ...

VeraSun closes sale of 5 ethanol plants to Valero (AP via Yahoo! News)
VeraSun Energy Corp. says it has closed on the sale of five ethanol plants and one development site to traditional refiner Valero Energy Corp...

Senator Grassley Honored as BIO Legislator of the Year
The Biotechnology Industry Organization announced today its selection of Senator Chuck Grassley as a Legislator of the Year for 2008-2009. Senator Grassley received the award yesterday as part of BIO's Legislative Day Fly-In. "Senator Grassley's achievements on both the Finance and Agriculture Committees have been instrumental for the development ...

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. ...

Railroad Spurred Industrial Growth, Says NS
Norfolk Southern Railway said its train system and industrial development work helped spur more than $2.2 billion in new shipper facilities or expansions last year...

Arguments against ethanol are feeble
At House legislative hearings last week, there was much talk about bio-fuels and renewable sources of energy...

Nigeria: Bio-Fuel - NNPC Partners Potential Investors
An indication that the Federal Government's directive on alternative source of energy, known as bio-fuels, may be yielding positive result emerged yesterday...

Bill would reduce tariffs on imported ethanol
A bipartisan measure to reduce the tariffs on imported ethanol has been introduced in the U.S. Senate...

Seaoil to build ethanol distillery, increases fuel prices - Energy Business Review
Philippines-based refiner and fuel retailer Seaoil is planning to build an ethanol distillery in Negros to sustain its biofuel activities. The company is also increasing the prices of its fuel products. Seaoil, which had started to blend ethanol to ...

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's African Land Grab | Mother Jones
Mozambique has survived colonialism and civil war. But can it survive the ethanol industry?..

Silobreaker: Organic Fuels of the Today and Future
SA farmers want ethanol mandate. The South Australian Farmers Federation Grains Industry Committee is calling on the state and federal governments to mandate the use of grain-based ethanol fuels. . - [18 hours ago - ABC Online] ...

Is The Government Hopeless When It Comes To Energy?
Chris Hayes has a terrific story in The Nation about one horrific and unintended side-effect of the alternative-fuels tax credit passed by Congress in 2005...

Dead Zones: Do More Biofuels Mean More Dead Fish? - Wall Street Journal
Put down that Quarter Pounder or the fish get it. Maybe a veggie burger next time? (AP) Thats a conclusion of a new scientific paper that looks at what it would take to produce the amount of ethanol required by the federal government in coming ...

Cattlemens Capitol Concerns: Ethanol Blend, Feed Ban Rule, Beef Safety (CattleNetwork.com)
On Tuesday, the National Cattlemen's Beef Association (NCBA) sent a letter to members of President Obama's Cabinet opposing an increase in the ethanol blend percentage for gasoline...

Peak Oil News - Ethanol fuels said to violate Islamic law
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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 ...

More Corn Ethanol Could Boost Cellulosic Ethanol - Wired
The ethanol industry is taking a beating from the bad economy, with big producers like VeraSun and Valero shuttering factories and filing for bankruptcy. Those left standing are pleading with the feds to increase the amount of ethanol that can be ...

Thomas Kostigen's Ethics Monitor: How green-energy efforts are wasting energy
Some of the smartest minds in the world gathered last week at the Aspen Institute in Colorado to discuss the environment...

VeraSun sells 5 ethanol plants (The Bismarck Tribune)
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) - VeraSun Energy Corp. said Wednesday it has closed on the sale of five ethanol plants and one development site to traditional refiner Valero Energy Corp...

US senators offer biofuels pipeline loan guarantee bill
Three Midwest US senators have introduced a bill that would create an Energy Department loan guarantee program for the construction of renewable fuel pipelines...

Aviation and the environment
I've been in Geneva this week for a conference on aviation and the environment; more specifically, on what the air transport industry are doing about the impact of aircraft emissions on global warming...

EU will need African ethanol to meet targets - study - Engineering News
Imports of ethanol from Africa could become essential for the European Union (EU) to meet its 10 percent renewable energy target in gasoline for road transport by 2020, a study showed on Thursday. Massimo Marletto , consultant for African biofuels ...

VeraSun sells 5 ethanol plants - Bismarck Tribune
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) - VeraSun Energy Corp. said Wednesday it has closed on the sale of five ethanol plants and one development site to traditional refiner Valero Energy Corp. VeraSun, which filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in October ...

More testing needed before higher ethanol blends approved (Queensland Country Life)
A United States Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works, which is reviewing the country's Renewable Fuels Standard, has been told to decide whether or not to increase the acceptable level of ethanol blends in petrol based on science not politics...

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

EPA delaying biofuels rule, experts say
More than a year ago, Congress passed a law requiring massive increases in the production of ethanol and other biofuels, but with the economy tanking, concerns about the mandate are popping up in every corner...

VeraSun closes sale of 5 ethanol plants to Valero (San Francisco Chronicle)
VeraSun Energy Corp. says it has closed on the sale of five ethanol plants and one development site to traditional refiner Valero Energy Corp. VeraSun, which filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in October, auctioned off its assets and Valero submitted...

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 ...

Arguments against ethanol are feeble - Statesman Journal
At House legislative hearings last week, there was much talk about bio-fuels and renewable sources of energy. And as talk turned to helping some of these fledgling technologies, there also was renewed debate about the 2007 ethanol mandate that ...

Pacific Ethanol could run out of cash by April 30 - Sacramento Bee
Pacific Ethanol Inc. is running out of gas. The troubled Sacramento ethanol producer said Tuesday that its cash could run out in a month. Once among the fastest-growing ethanol producers, the company said in a Securities and Exchange Commission ...

Ford and Tesla Are Big Winners In Alt-Fuel Rally - Wired
With the exception of some special editions of Gran Turismo , the Monte Carlo Rally for Alternative Energy Vehicles might be your only chance to see a Ford Fiesta race a Tesla Roadster. Luckily for Ford, the cars compete in different categories. The ...

VeraSun Energy closes on sale of assets with Valero
Sioux Falls VeraSun Energy Corp. on Wednesday announced that it closed on the sale of assets to Valero Renewable Fuels that included five ethanol production facilities and a development site...

Chicken feed add-ins
Chicken nutritionist studies algae meal, distiller's grains and glycerin. In recent years, poultry farmers and the U.S. ethanol industry have been in an economic fight over corn, which is used to feed flocks and make biofuel...

Improved Fuel Standards May Not Reduce Warming
A low-carbon fuels standard is likely to do little to reduce global warming emissions and can even be counterproductive, according to a paper published in American Economic Journal: Economic Policy ...



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