Ethanol Technology | Ethanol Fuels News for 04/11/2009



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. . - [03/26/2009 - ABC Online] ...

Debate over ethanol continues - Southern Illinoisan
WASHINGTON - At St. Charles Boat & Motor, owner and service manager Jerry Sims used to oversee the rebuilding of 30 carburetors in a year's time. Last year, Sims says, he stopped counting at 750. They were victims, he claims, of ethanol in gas. "It's ...

Ethanol benefits debated - Topeka Capital-Journal
Ethanol, despite controversy, is having an impact on the price of gasoline at the pump. Mike Woolverton, grain market economist at Kansas State University, said ethanol plants in the United States are producing nearly 10 billion gallons a year. That ...

Aventine, U.S. Ethanol Producer, Files for Bankruptcy (Update2) (Bloomberg)
April 8 (Bloomberg) -- Aventine Renewable Energy Holdings Inc. , a U.S. ethanol producer, sought bankruptcy protection from creditors after reporting a fourth-quarter net loss of $36.9 million on March 16...

Ethanol policies fuel food-price rise
Ethanol policies fuel food-price rise Federal ethanol-fuel policies forced consumers to pay an extra 0.5 percent to 0.8 percent in increased food prices in 2008, and the government itself could end up paying nearly $1 billion more this year for food stamps because of ethanol use, according to a new government report...

Ethanol Fuels Iowa Caucuses » Market to Market - Feature
Ethanol Fuels Iowa Caucuses. Last week, the state of Florida proposed new ethanol blending rules that would open the door to the nation's third-largest gasoline market. Despite the Sunshine State's dominant role in sugar production, ...

Global warming reports: poor prospects for corn ethanol
Global warming could scorch the corn economy to the tune of about $1.4 billion a year, according to a report that compiles data from academia and government...

Farm Bureau demands fairness for biofuels in carbon scoring
When rating fuels on the basis of their carbon content, biofuels should not be singled out and artificially degraded for so-called “indirect effects,” according to the American Farm Bureau Federation...

Terrabon gets first round of Valero funds
Terrabon LLC has received the first installment of an equity infusion from Valero Energy Corp...

Work likely to proceed on ethanol plant, despite bankruptcy | POLL (Evansville Courier & Press)
Work will progress on a ethanol plant in Mount Vernon, Ind., even though the company building it declared bankruptcy this week...

Ethanol producer files for bankruptcy (Lincoln Courier)
One of the areas largest ethanol producers has filed for reorganization bankruptcy. Pekin-based Aventine Renewable Energy Holdings Inc. said Wednesday it filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, the latest victim in an industry stung by volatile commodity prices and shrinking profit margins...

CBO: Ethanol policies pushed food prices higher
This wona t surprise anyone at Hot Air, where wea ve covered the starvation model that comes from converting food into fuel , but now we have confirmation from the Congressional Budget Office of the inflationary effect of federal ethanol policies...

Tax code: Too complicated, too costly, too unfair
Opinionline Archives Tax code: Too complicated, too costly, too unfair In the classic 1967 movie The Graduate , newly graduated Benjamin Braddock is pulled aside by a family friend offering some career advice...

Alternative fuels tied to pilot facility
With switchgrass, sweet sorghum and pine, South Carolina is quickly becoming a leading state in alternative bio-energy research...

The Candy Bar Diet
After becoming increasingly frustrated with insubstantial US network evening news shows, larded with equal helpings of "pessimism porn" and "feel good" stories, my wife and I recently switched back to BBC America...

The promise of ethanol - Tulsa World
Like the author of a recent letter to the editor ("Understanding energy issues," March 22), I am knowledgeable about cellulosic ethanol, but am optimistic our dependence on fossil fuels can at least be shifted from foreign to domestic sources ...

Sustainable Ethanol Industry Rapidly Forming in U.S. - Industry Week
Fuel made from crop waste and grasses will be as affordable as gasoline, says CEO of leading company President Obama's nomination of an alternative-fuels insider to a Department of Energy (DOE) post is the latest news that points to imminent large ...

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 ...

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 ...

Valero shows confidence in ethanol
Some doomsayers saw the VeraSun bankruptcy as powerful evidence that the ethanol boom had run its course and the industry's future was far from bright...

Aventine, U.S. Ethanol Producer, Files for Bankruptcy (Update3) (Bloomberg)
April 8 (Bloomberg) -- Aventine Renewable Energy Holdings Inc. , a U.S. ethanol producer whose biggest investor is a unit of Citigroup Inc., sought bankruptcy protection from creditors after reporting a fourth-quarter net loss of $36.9 million on March 16...

OPEI Concerned About E15 Fuel- Appliance.Net - home and kitchen .
The DOE report, in fact, indicates that mid-level ethanol fuels could damage millions of forestry, lawn and garden, and other small engine products currently housed in consumers garages, boat slips, warehouses or being used by small ...

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. ...

Report: Ethanol Behind Boost In Food Prices - KCTV 5
WASHINGTON -- Food stamps and child nutrition programs are expected to cost up to $900 million more this year because of increased ethanol use. Higher use of the corn-based fuel additive accounted for about 10 percent to 15 percent of the rise in ...

Oil Refiner Valero Plows More Money into Renewables with Terrabon Investment
The ink has barely dried on Valero Energy's A $477 million check for seven ethanol plants and a development site from bankrupt VeraSun and it's already investing more money into another renewable project...

Ivy Tech looks at driving without gas - Lafayette Journal and Courier
More than 150 High School automotive students from Tippecanoe and surrounding counties converged on Ivy Tech Community College Friday to learn about bio-diesel, ethanol, hybrid vehicles and other forms of alternative fuel during the college's fourth ...

Neil Young hits 'Fork' in road
Ethanol has a cadre of lobbyists, farmers and bandwagon-riding Congressmen ready to do battle in the fields of Iowa...

Pacific Ethanol fires its CFO in cost-cut move (The Sacramento Bee)
Sacramento-based Pacific Ethanol Inc. fired its chief financial officer on Friday, according to a fi..

Biofuel threatens water supplies
Washington, April 11 : A new study has suggested that the production of bioethanol may use up to three times as much water as previously thought, thus threatening water supplies...

CBO: Ethanol production hiked food prices (The Hill)
Increased use of ethanol was responsible for about 10 to 15 percent of the rise in food prices from 2007 to...

Peugeot adds flex-fuel 308 to its range
Supporting biofuels in its lineup is nothing new to Peugeot. All of the diesel-powered cars sold by Peugeot and Citron already support the use of B30 biodiesel blends...

Report: Ethanol raises cost of nutrition programs - Bismarck Tribune
WASHINGTON - The increased use of ethanol could cost the government uparget="new">Ivy Tech looks at driving without gas - Lafayette Journal and Courier
More than 150 High School automotive students from Tippecanoe and surrounding counties converged on Ivy Tech Community College Friday to learn about bio-diesel, ethanol, hybrid vehicles and other forms of alternative fuel during the college's fourth ...

Neil Young hits 'Fork' in road
Ethanol has a cadre of lobbyists, farmers and bandwagon-riding Congressmen ready to do battle in the fields of Iowa...

Pacific Ethanol fires its CFO in cost-cut move (The Sacramento Bee)
Sacramento-based Pacific Ethanol Inc. fired its chief financial officer on Friday, according to a fi..

Biofuel threatens water supplies
Washington, April 11 : A new study has suggested that the production of bioethanol may use up to three times as much water as previously thought, thus threatening water supplies...

CBO: Ethanol production hiked food prices (The Hill)
Increased use of ethanol was responsible for about 10 to 15 percent of the rise in food prices from 2007 to...

Peugeot adds flex-fuel 308 to its range
Supporting biofuels in its lineup is nothing new to Peugeot. All of the diesel-powered cars sold by Peugeot and Citron already support the use of B30 biodiesel blends...

Report: Ethanol raises cost of nutrition programs - Bismarck Tribune
WASHINGTON - The increased use of ethanol could cost the government up to $900 million for food stamps and child nutrition programs, a congressional report says. Higher use of the corn-based fuel additive between April 2007 and April 2008 accounted ...

Ethanol Fuels from Corn
Readers Question: The federal gov. requires that all US cars use some form of ethanol fuels from cornEURŠEURŠEURŠso what effect will that have on Beef? Price increase first, or Price decreased first, or demand increase first, or Supply increase ...

Pouring Biofuel on the Fire
Hunger. Corruption. Bankruptcy. Other than that, the green-fuel boom has been a smashing success...

Alternative fuels tied to pilot facility (The Post and Courier)
With switchgrass, sweet sorghum and pine, South Carolina is quickly becoming a leading state in alternative bio-energy research...

Longtime grudge
There are a few outdoors columnists around the country who don't hold pro bass fishing in a very high regard, and Mike Jackson of the Daily Herald is one of them...

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. ...

Algae-Based Biofuels Part II: Algenol, the Ethanol Innovator - HispanicBusiness.com
In part one of our series on algae-based biofuels, we posited that algae has the potential to make petroleum a thing of the past. In part two, we look at traditional ethanol -- and why a blue-green algae version might fulfill ethanol's promise. Corn ...

Study: Biofuel threatens water supplies
The production of bioethanol may use up to three times as much water as previously thought, a new study finds, becoming the latest work that could burst the biofuel bubble...

Ethanol policies fuel food-price rise - The Washington Times
Federal ethanol-fuel policies forced consumers to pay an extra 0.5 percent to 0.8 percent in increased food prices in 2008, and the government itself could end up paying nearly $1 billion more this year for food stamps because of ethanol use ...

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The recurring lesson emerging from the corn ethanol scam is this: too many mandates and subsidies are probably worse than none at all...

CBO: Ethanol production pushed food prices up (The Hill)
Wider use of ethanol caused a 10 to 15 percent increase in food prices from 2007 to 2008, according to a...

Ethanol policies fuel food-price rise (The Washington Times)
Federal ethanol-fuel policies forced consumers to pay an extra 0.5 percent to 0.8 percent in increased food prices in 2008, and the government itself could end up paying nearly $1 billion more this year for food stamps because of ethanol use, according to a new government report. The report by the Congressional Budget Office helps answer questions raised by Congress last year as food prices shot ...

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

Congressional Report Says Ethanol Boosted Food Prices, Increased Costs Of Nutrition Programs
Defenders of highly subsidized corn-based ethanol are comparing really bad to far worse in rebutting proff that ethanol use caused a 10 to 15 percent increase in food prices from 2007 to 2008...

Valero invests in bio-refining company
Valero Energy Corp. has become the lead investor in Terrabon LLC , a company that is in the development stages of a new technology that can convert biomass into a renewable gasoline...

Aventine, U.S. Ethanol Producer, Files for Bankruptcy (Update4) (Bloomberg)
April 8 (Bloomberg) -- Aventine Renewable Energy Holdings Inc. , a U.S. ethanol producer that counts a unit of Citigroup Inc. among its biggest investors, sought bankruptcy protection from creditors after reporting a fourth-quarter net loss of $36.9 million on March 16...

NEWS BRIEFS - Columbus Dispatch
Credit ratings agency Standard & Poor's yesterday cut several ratings on automakers General Motors Corp. and Chrysler, citing their prospects for bankruptcy and the tough auto market. S&P downgraded its issue-level rating on GM's $4.5 billion senior ...

Peak Oil News - Ethanol fuels said to violate Islamic law
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Report: Ethanol raises cost of nutrition programs
Food stamps and child nutrition programs are expected to cost up to $900 million more this year because of increased ethanol use...



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