Ethanol Technology | Ethanol Fuels News for 08/14/2009

Producers of ethanol push E85 use
WASHINGTON -- There's trouble brewing between automakers and the ethanol industry, which has thrown some sharp elbows around Washington to bolster its struggling business...

EPA bias against ethanol?
Is the Environmental Protection Agency deliberately trying to 'stack the deck' against ethanol and other biofuels? That's the question being raised after the agency released the peer review it had said it would conduct on the computer models used to calculate the impact of indirect land use change in its Renewable Fuel Standard-2 proposed rule...

Uganda: Ethanol Production Will Reduce Transport Costs (AllAfrica.com)
A review of the major economic developments for the second quarter of 2009 reveals that the cost of doing business in Uganda is rising steadily...

(AFX UK Focus) 2009-08-10 07:15 Ethanol industry wants U.S. cars alt-fuel ready (Interactive Investor)
SAN FRANCISCO, Aug 9 (Reuters) - The ethanol industry called for requirements that all vehicles sold in the United States accept the renewable gasoline substitute as part of a push to slow global warming and provide jobs at home. A low-carbon fuel standard, which would spur use of alternative fuels, more ethanol pumping stations and construction of biofuel pipelines would also help wean the ...

Future Technology - BlueFire Ethanol Fuels, Inc. | Jump Into Tomorrow
It's a company that takes garbage you'd find in a landfill, and through its patented process, converts it into usable ethanol. And now, their technology may have larger applications...

Farmers predict record bean crops
U.S. farmers weathered soggy summer conditions to produce what is expected to be the second-largest corn crop on record and the biggest soybean crop in history, the U.S. Department of Agriculture announced Wednesday...

Reality of cellulosic ethanol drawing closer (AG Weekly)
GRAND FORKS, N.D. - It's become a standard phrase over the past few years that whenever the subject of cellulosic ethanol has been brought up, the comment has been - "but it's about five years away from becoming economically possible"...

Underwriters Laboratories Announces New Certification Path for Ethanol . - PR Newswire
NORTHBROOK, Ill., Aug. 10 /PRNewswire/ -- Underwriters Laboratories (UL), a world leader in product safety testing services, announced today a new certification path for fuel dispensers for mid-level ethanol blends up to E25. With the new ...

Ethanol producers push E85 (Detroit Free Press)
Automakers are resising the push for adding more ethanol to gasoline, saying higher levels could damage older vehicles...

$10M fuel facility set for Knox - Knoxville News Sentinel
Pilot Corp. and Food City announced Thursday plans to build a new $10 million fuel terminal in Knoxville. The planned facility will procure and distribute fuel to Food City GasnGo Fuel Centers in Tennessee, Kentucky and Virginia, and to Pilot ...

Down But Never Out
I spent the last few days with old friends and making new acquaintances here in Milwaukee during the 22nd Ethanol Conference & Trade Show hosted by the American Coalition for Ethanol ...

Higher Blends Require Higher Quality Ethanol (DTN / The Progressive Farmer)
Ethanol producers need to be aware that higher blends of ethanol require higher product quality requirements, according to Ethanol Producer. While increasing the amount of ethanol permitted to be blended into gasoline will benefit the ethanol industry, it changes the limits of contaminants that can be accepted in the ethanol...

Soybeans, corn set for record yield
Published online 8/12/2009 11:23 PM Soybeans, corn set for record yield Former looks to see 3.2B bushels, latter 12.8B, aided by temperatures...

Ethanol Industry Seeks End To US Gasoline Dependency - Redorbit.com
As part of a push to slow global warming and provide jobs in the United States, the ethanol industry called for requirements that all vehicles sold in the U.S. accept the renewable gasoline substitute, Reuters reported. The ethanol industry trade ...

Ethanol Producers Hopeful for Rebound in E85 Sales (DTN / The Progressive Farmer)
Ethanol producers who have struggled through the recent winter and spring low prices, as well as high corn costs, are hoping that lower prices for the 85 percent ethanol blend will increase sales, the Des Moines Register reported...

Driver beware: Ethanol fuels confuse some motorists EUR High Point .
Driver beware: Ethanol fuels confuse some motorists High Point Enterprise (subscription) Many gas pumps across the country and in the Triad contain stickers alerting a customer if they are pumping an ethanol blend of fuel, ...

Reality of cellulosic ethanol drawing closer - AG Weekly
GRAND FORKS, N.D. - It's become a standard phrase over the past few years that whenever the subject of cellulosic ethanol has been brought up, the comment has been - "but it's about five years away from becoming economically possible". Well, that ...

Ethanol's Future In Doubt - Nuwireinvestor.com
Once touted as a key solution to America's energy problems, ethanol's future is very much in doubt. Pending regulation could make it more difficult to profit from ethanol fuel production which already faces many other challenges. To learn more see ...

Gas Price 'Vulnerability'
Rising gasoline prices, combined with the economic downturn are making people more vulnerable to changes in oil prices, according to an annual index compiled by the Natural Resources Defense Council ...

Low CO2 Canadian-Made Cellulosic Ethanol Fuels Premiers .
If you're new here, you may want to subscribe to our RSS feed or daily email newsletter. | Sourced From Marketwire.com |OTTAWA, ONTARIOEUR(Marketwire - Aug. 4, 2009) - Canadian-made cellulosic ethanol will fuel the official vehicle fleet ...

Recruitment under way for Fulton ethanol plant (Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal)
FULTON - Quiet groundwork for a possible ethanol plant has become public with property options and concerns from one Fulton couple...

Greenlings: Why is there ethanol in gasoline?
You've probably noticed that many vehicles are labeled with a Flex Fuel badge from the manufacturer, indicating that the car or truck is capable of running safely on E85 a blend of 85-percent ethanol and 15-percent gasoline...

Ethanol industry wants U.S. cars alternative-fuel ready - Reuters
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - The ethanol industry called for requirements that all vehicles sold in the United States accept the renewable gasoline substitute as part of a push to slow global warming and provide jobs at home. A low-carbon fuel standard ...

Renewable fuels and climate change
Editor's note: Charlie Stenholm and Barry Flinchbaugh don't always agree on issues political and economic...

Executive Read by Will Roach
Reading T. Boone Pickens' latest book was like walking and talking with an 80-year-old man who still has a lot on his plate...

Eric Ehrmann: How Sweet It Is. Brazil's Sugar Ethanol Fuels .
Ethanol trade has helped make China Brazil's top trade partner, replacing Uncle Sam, who had been top dog ever since Herbert Hoover was in the White House...

Low CO2 Canadian-Made Cellulosic Ethanol Fuels Premier's .
Sourced From Marketwire.com | OTTAWA, ONTARIO--(Marketwire - Aug. 4, 2009) - Canadian-made cellulosic ethanol will fuel the official vehicle fleet at the...

NASA Glenn Garners Ohio Green Fleets Award
PRESS RELEASE Date Released: Thursday, August 13, 2009 Source: Glenn Research Center - Comments CLEVELAND -- NASA's Glenn Research Center was selected to receive the 2009 Ohio Green Fleets Award and achieved three-star certification for extensively reducing the emission and fuel use in its government vehicles...

Producers of ethanol push E85 use (WZZM 13 Grand Rapids)
Automakers: Higher levels may hurt cars..

Joule Biotechnologies Introduces Process For Producing Renewable Transportation Fuels
Joule Biotechnologies unveiled its Helioculture technologya 'a process that harnesses sunlight to directly convert cas political and economic...

Executive Read by Will Roach
Reading T. Boone Pickens' latest book was like walking and talking with an 80-year-old man who still has a lot on his plate...

Producers of ethanol push E85 use (WZZM 13 Grand Rapids)
Automakers: Higher levels may hurt cars..

Green Plains Ethanol Biz Rallies, Algae Project Close At Hand
By Kirsten Korosec Aug 13, 2009 Green Plains Renewable Energy provided some green shoots fodder A for the ethanol industry to nibble onA this week.A TheA No...

A new test for burning cleaner and more efficient fuel
The James River Power Plant is test burning what is hoped will be a cleaner and more efficient fuel for generating electricity...

Bharatbook.com : Corn Farming in the US - AgricultureInformation.com
Ethanol fuels industry growth. This mature industry is a strong performer, with demand booming for ethanol producers. However, the domestic price of corn is the most significant factor to affect this industry, and with the possibility ...

Evolution Fuels to Apply for DOE Cost-Sharing Program for the . - StreetInsider.com
DALLAS, Aug. 10, 2009 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Evolution Fuels, Inc. (Pink Sheets: EVFL ) (the "Company") today announced that as part of its efforts to establish retail fuel stations that carry varying blends of ethanol, it intends to apply for the U.S ...

UPDATE 2-Ethanol industry wants U.S. cars alt-fuel ready - Reuters
LAS VEGAS, Aug 10 (Reuters) - The ethanol industry called for requirements that all vehicles sold in the United States accept high blends of the alternative motor fuel as part of a push to lower greenhouse gas emissions and provide jobs at home. A ...

Farm storage loan approval process
USDA's Farm Service Agency will begin accepting and approving applications for farm storage loans on Monday, Aug...

Corn crop on pace for 2nd largest
The U.S. Department of Agriculture predicted that American farmers would produce the second largest corn crop in U.S. history, falling just short of 13 billion bushels...

Purdue honors outstanding women for dedication to agriculture
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - The Purdue University Cooperative Extension Service honored two Indiana women for their outstanding dedication and contributions to the state's agriculture industry by choosing them to receive the 2009 Women in Agriculture awards...

2010 Ford Fusion Hybrid - Newsoxy.com
The 2010 Ford Fusion Hybrid MPG rating helps the Fusion to become the most fuel-efficient midsize automobile on the market. The Fusion is a wider, sportier look which offers improved aerodynamics. Recent studies show that its aerodynamic enhancements ...

Speed Racing Goes Green with Ethanol (DTN / The Progressive Farmer)
The American Le Mans series began using E10 in 2007, similar to what you can find at a service station, according to the Washington Times...

Ethanol Now Fuels over Half of Brazilian Vechiles | Localcooling
If all vehicles currently equipped to operate on ethanol were to make a total switch to ethanol fuels, there are questions as to how long our food supplies would last. If large amounts of food crops were diverted to fuel production, ...

Bioenergy Conference
No single renewable energy source, such as biofuel, solar or wind, will break the countrya s massive dependence on foreign oil...

Monsanto exec: Ethanol still important energy source - TradingMarkets.com
"We were living in a pretty sweet spot a couple years ago," Martha Schlicher told about 70 people attending an "Agri-Energy" conference at Parkland College on Tuesday. At the time, favorable margins and free-flowing capital spurred rapid development ...

Cellulosic ethanol pioneer TMO Renewables closes $18 million .
Bluefire Ethanol closes $15 million financing to support Southern California cellulosic ethanol project; In California, BlueFire Ethanol Fuels closed a $15 million financing round to provide working capital and project funds for its 17 ...

State corn harvest projected down slightly
Farmers in Wisconsin are projected to harvest 384.7 million bushels of corn this fall, down about 10 million bushels from a year ago, while nationally the corn crop is expected to be the second largest on record -- behind only 2007...

UL Announces New Certification Path for Ethanol Dispensers .
There are now three certification paths for pre-blended ethanol fuels: 1) UL 87 for gasoline and ethanol fuel blends up to E10 2) The established requirements of Subject 87A-E85, which address gasoline and ethanol fuel blends up to E85 ...

Rain, rain, rain, plus resort temps
For a month when the TV weather gurus usually have little to do but offer humdrum day-after-day forecasts of 'widely scattered showers' for the Mid-South - and farmers who get one of those showers count themselves fortunate indeed - the July just ended has been totally weird...

Ethanol Glut Looms on the Horizon
Ethanol producers will soon far outrun the demand for ethanol fuels, as production continues to gear up. Tariffs against Brazilian ethanol currently protect American ethanol producers from competition, but once cellulosic ethanol hits ...

Ethanol Industry Wants U.S. Cars Alternative-Fuel Ready (DTN / The Progressive Farmer)
In order to slow global warming and provide domestic jobs, the U.S. ethanol industry wants all vehicles sold in the U.S. to accept the renewable substitute for gasoline, Reuters reported. Ethanol industry trade group Growth Energy said that a low-carbon fuel standard would not only spur use of alternative fuels, but also more U.S...

UL Announces Midlevel Certification for Ethanol Fuel Dispensers
NORTHBROOK, Ill. -- Product safety testing services firm Underwriters Laboratories has announced today a new certification path for fuel dispensers for mid-level ethanol blends up to E25...

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