Ethanol Technology | Ethanol Fuels News for 04/19/2009

How a Bad Bush Administration Energy Policy Begets More Bad Policy .
It also has less energy density per gallon than gasoline, which means that ethanol fuels provide fewer miles per gallon when you use a fuel with it, adding increased driving cost to the insult of taxpayer subsidies. ...

Lula says Brazil ready to share sugarcane biofuel technology
Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva spoke on Saturday in favor of the use of sugarcane-based ethanol as an alternative to fossil-based fuel offering to share its know-how in the world's fight against global warming...

Climate is right to fight warming
At last, Washington is engaged in a serious effort to curb global warming. In the House, Reps...

Singapore scientists say can turn CO2 into biofuel - Zee News
Singapore City, April 19: Scientists in Singapore say they have found a way to turn planet-warming carbon dioxide into clean-burning methanol using a process that uses less energy than previous attempts. The scientists at the state-backed Institute ...

Legislative auditor: Minnesota lawmakers should look at ending ethanol subsidies (Canadian Business)
A report by the legislative auditor says lawmakers should consider ending state ethanol subsidies in favor of promoting programs designed to..

The future, this afternoon: Alternative fuels expo at Disney (Orlando Sentinel)
On May 11, 2008, the average price of a gallon of regular gasoline was about $3.72 a gallon. That was the date the four-day 2008 Alternatives Fuels and Vehicles National Conference and Expo opened in Las Vegas...

Sugarcane Ethanol Already Meets California Low Carbon Fuel Standard, Says Brazilian Sugarcane Industry Association (ITNews)
WASHINGTON, April 17 /PRNewswire/ -- - Industry comments submitted to California Air Resources Board underscore sugarcane ethanol's recognized carbon reduction levels Sugarcane ethanol's carbon intensity is even lower than initially calculated by the California Air Resources Board (CARB), according to comments submitted today by the Brazilian Sugarcane Industry Association (UNICA). CARB is ...

EPA opening discussion on more ethanol in gas
The federal government agreed Thursday to begin taking public comment on a proposal that could boost the amount of ethanol in gasoline by 50 percent - a small, early victory for suppliers seeking to expand sales of ethanol, usually made from corn...

Audit recommends ending ethanol subsidies (Winona Daily News)
ST. PAUL (AP) EUR” A report by the legislative auditor says lawmakers should consider ending state ethanol subsidies in favor of promoting programs designed to reduce fossil fuel consumption and greenhouse gas emissions...

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

Business » Local - Waterloo Cedar-Falls Courier
CHARLES CITY --- The new owner of a Northeast Iowa ethanol plant won't say if lucrative contracts between corn suppliers and its bankrupt predecessor will be honored. Valero Energy Corp., based in San Antonio, recently purchased the former VeraSun ...

The future, this afternoon: Alternative fuels expo at Disney
On May 11, 2008, the average price of a gallon of regular gasoline was about $3.72 a gallon...

Sugarcane Ethanol Already Meets California Low Carbon Fuel Standard, Says Brazilian Sugarcane Industry Association (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance)
Sugarcane ethanol's carbon intensity is even lower than initially calculated by the California Air Resources Board , according to comments submitted today by the Brazilian Sugarcane Industry Association ...

Hoover will use ethanol from wood scraps converted at Livingston . - Birmingham News
A Livingston plant has converted wood scraps trucked from Hoover into ethanol that will be used for the first time Thursday to fuel some of the city's police vehicles. Hoover Mayor Tony Petelos and Gulf Coast Energy CEO and President Mark Warner hail ...

Audit recommends ending ethanol subsidies
A report by the legislative auditor says lawmakers should consider ending state ethanol subsidies in favor of promoting programs designed to reduce fossil fuel consumption and greenhouse gas emissions...

Two kinds of green
First lady Michelle Obama did it at the White House; California's first lady Maria Shriver plans to plant a vegetable garden in Capitol Park in Sacramento...

Minnesota: Flex Fuel Reaching Main Street - Nearly 1500 Cities .
As long as ethanol production and usage increases the demand for oil will decrease keeping gasoline as well as ethanol fuels competitively priced for the consumer. About E85Prices. E85Prices is the first and only site dedicated to ...

Auditor's report urges ethanol cuts (The Fairmont Sentinel)
FAIRMONT - The office of the legislative auditor released a report Friday urging the Legislature to end producer payment programs for corn-based ethanol. It further recommends ending use of the Job Opportunity Building Zones program for assisting with the construction of new corn-based ethanol plant...

Ethanol standard debate (Chart)
It will be a few weeks before corn plants break through the soil and fill fields across the state, but Terry Hilgedick is worried. A farmer in Boone County, he sells his corn to ethanol plants in Missouri, where it eventually ends up in gas tanks across the state thanks to the Missouri Renewable Fuel Standard...

EPA to accept comments on raising limit of ethanol
The Environmental Protection Agency will seek public comment for 30 days on a petition by the ethanol industry to raise the limit on ethanol in gasoline to 15 percent...

ENERGY: Africa Will Have to Feed EU's Artificial Biofuels Demand
Earlier in the decade, biofuels were hailed as the energy panacea, the silver bullet to solve oil shortages and abide by environmental concerns...

Auditor's report urges ethanol cuts
The office of the legislative auditor released a report Friday urging the Legislature to end producer payment programs for corn-based ethanol...

Diesels, more ethanol content, VW and Toyota - Detroit Free Press
EUR¢ At the New York Auto Show, Mercedes-Benz debuted its GL350 BlueTEC, a seven-seat SUV with a diesel engine that improves fuel economy by 20% to 30%. EUR¢ Also in New York, Audi showed off its Q7 diesel SUV, which is set to reach U.S. showrooms in ...

Biofuel imports - a costly trade in bunkum
Forget electric cars, you won't be driving one for decades, perhaps you never will...

Audit urges end to state ethanol subsidies (Pioneer Press)
Ethanol: boon or bane? That debate has long raged in Minnesota, and on Friday the legislative auditor gave an official verdict: It's a bit of both...

Ethanol Fuels from Corn
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 increase first, or Price decreased first, or demand increase first, or Supply increase ...

This Just In: Smaller, Eco-Friendly Cars Fare Worse in Auto Accidents
Some things my high school teachers told me are forever embedded in my memory. I remember once in my junior year, during physics class, Mr...

Singapore scientists say can turn CO2 into biofuel
Scientists in Singapore say they have found a way to turn planet-warming carbon dioxide into clean-burning methanol using a process that uses less energy than previous attempts...

Naperville ready to lead the way in green fuels
Alternative energy looks to be the wave of the future, and Naperville just might help lead the way...

EPA considers higher ethanol mix
Earlier this year Toyota Motor Sales USA Inc. recalled 214500 Lexus vehicles sold in the U.S. that were vulnerable to corrosion problems in their fuel-delivery pipes when some ethanol fuels were used. Pushing against the auto industry's ...

The biofuel bubble
BlueFire Ethanol Fuels (BFRE) hopes soon to break ground on a facility in Lancaster, Calif., that will use paper trash and other municipal waste. CEO Arnold R. Klann figures he'll make ethanol for $1 per gallon by getting the waste he ...

Ethanol Industry Burning Through Equity - Herald & Review
Another ethanol refiner hoisted a white flag this past week. Aventine Renewable Energy at Pekin filed for chapter 11 federal bankruptcy protection, and while it is not the first, nor the biggest, its financial challenges point to continued stress for ...

Congressional estimate: Ethanol could cost government $900 million on . - WNEP-TV 16
WASHINGTON (AP) EUR” 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 ...

Peak Oil News - Ethanol fuels said to violate Islamic law
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Pond scum produces diesel April 18, 2009
A Minnesota biofuels company that has attracted visits from financiers, scientists, customers and the federal government has produced a clean diesel fuel from algae harvested from a pond next door to its plant...

Naperville ready to lead the way in green fuels (The Naperville Sun)
Alternative energy looks to be the wave of the future, and Naperville just might help lead the way. City Council members spoke at the Naperville Area Homeowners Confederation monthly meeting Saturday and outlined plans to outfit Naperville with a green fuels depot...

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, ...

Legislative report: End ethanol funds
ST. PAUL - A report by the legislative auditor says lawmakers should consider ending state ethanol subsidies in favor of promoting programs designed to reduce fossil fuel consumption and greenhouse gas emissions...

Biofuel Watch: biofuelwatch - Water for corn ethanol way .
Pimentel, D. Ethanol fuels: Energy balance, economics, and environmental impacts are negative Nat. Resour. Res. 2003, 12 (2) 127-134[CrossRef] . 20. Pimentel, D.; Patzek, T. W. Ethanol production using corn, switchgrass, and wood; ...

Canadian government funds eight carbon-capture technology projects
The federal government has put up $140 million for eight projects aimed at refining and proving carbon capture and storage technology...

Here we go again. - Herald & Review
Please raise your hand. How many of you read/saw/heard the news item in the past week that ethanol was responsible for rising food prices and another report that indicated ethanol had caused USDA to spend more money on food stamps and public feeding ...

Worst Environmental Problem? Overpopulation, Experts Say
Just in time for Earth Day the faculty at the college, at which environmental issues are the sole focus, was asked to help prioritize the planet's most pressing environmental problems...

Water worries cloud future for US biofuel
KANSAS CITY: It's corn planting time in the US Plains, and that means Kansas corn farmer Merl 'Buck' Rexford is worrying about the weather - and hoping there is enough water...

Waste-to-fuel Industry Will Create 6 Million Jobs and RMB 32 Billion Income for China
According to a new roadmap for development of cellulosic ethanol in China, which will be presented tomorrow at the Boao Forum for Asia, China can create millions of jobs, reduce consumption of imported oil, and reduce CO2 emissions by introducing cellulosic ethanol, ethanol made from agricultural waste products...

The ethanol facts - Williamsport Sun-Gazette
Your editorial March 28 entitled "The Model For Private Sector Freedoms" disclosed Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack has suggested the EPA permit an increase in the amount of ethanol in gasoline to 15 percent. This sent me back to the manual that ...

» EURœPNTOFVWEUR (May 2009) » Chemical Education Digital Library
Corn crops and ethanol fuels are big topics of conversation in IndianaEUR”corn is a major crop and ethanol plants have sprung up (1). Students want to know if using ethanol as a fuel will really make a difference in terms of air pollution ...

Iowa approves $2 million for algae fuel project - Fort Wayne Journal Gazette
DES MOINES, Iowa EUR” Iowa energy officials have approved more than $2 million for ah Day the faculty at the college, at which environmental issues are the sole focus, was asked to help prioritize the planet's most pressing environmental problems...

Iowa approves $2 million for algae fuel project - Fort Wayne Journal Gazette
DES MOINES, Iowa EUR” Iowa energy officials have approved more than $2 million for an effort to grow algae at a southwest Iowa ethanol plant and use the material to make fuel. The 18-member Iowa Power Fund Board approved the $2,085,000 grant to assist ...

A Black Tells Garafalo, Don't Speak for Him.
Ms Garafalo, HOW DARE YOU! Calling hard working, decent American taxpayers 'racist tea bagging rednecks' simply because they protest outrageous government spending is evil...

Ethanol plant gets millions (Chatham Daily News)
BY BOB BOUGHNER The Daily News GreenField Ethanols Chatham facility on Bloomfield Road will receive up to $72.8 million from Ottawa. Chatham-Kent-Essex MP Dave Van Kesteren made the announcement Friday.[.]..

Valero bets on ethanol production - Financial Times
Valero , the USs biggest refiner, is making a big bet on ethanol production in spite a sharp drop in demand that has left 21 per cent of US ethanol capacity idle and a rash of bankruptcies in the sector. The company recently snapped up ethanol ...

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