Ethanol Technology | Ethanol Fuels News for 09/25/2009

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...

Media Advisory/Natural Resources Canada: Minister Ritz to Make Renewable Fuels Funding Announcement
On September 25, 2009, the Honourable Gerry Ritz, Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food, on behalf of the Honourable Lisa Raitt, Minister of Natural Resources, will make an announcement at Husky Energy's Lloydminster ethanol facility...

Government Subsidies Favor Fossil Fuels Over Renewables
New research shows that, from 2002 to 2008, the federal govenment gave more than two times the financial support it gave to renewable energy initiatives to fossil fuel production...

Support Sought for Key Energy Amendments
The National Farmers Union has called on the U.S. Senate to support two amendments to the fiscal year 2010 Interior, Environment and Related Agencies appropriations bill that will further encourage the production of renewable fuels from the farm...

BBC Caribbean News in Brief - Stabroek News
The Trinidad and Tobago government plans to introduce legislation to allow for the tapping of telephone conversations. National Security Minister Martin Joseph hinted at what is to be done in his budget presentation to the Senate. The wire-tapping ...

Senate Ethanol Bill Introduced to Protect Boaters - Best of Boating
The study would also include a comprehensive analysis of available independent scientific evidence on the compatibility of midEURlevel ethanol fuels with the emission requirements of the CAA and the operability of engines, ...

Getting Cash From Grass - KELOLAND TV
South Dakota farmers are best known for producing corn and soybeans, but one South Dakota State University professor is hoping grass will soon be added to that list. He's growing native prairie grass as a crop. "Farmers like to see things, and if ...

what to konw about ethanol industry ? and the result of this .
according to the international energy agency, cellulosic ethanol could allow ethanol fuels to play a much bigger role in the future than previously thought.[8] cellulosic ethanol can be made from plant matter composed primarily of ...

Ribbon Cut On Welcome Ethanol Plant (12 FOX Mankato)
It's been a long road to get the ethanol plant up and running in Welco read more..

Ribbon Cut On Welcome Ethanol Plant
It's been a long road to get the ethanol plant up and running in Welcome.And now that Valero has it in production, things are going well.Hundreds showed up at the plant today for the ribbon cutting ceremony.Valero started working with renewable fuels last year.After a mandate required the company to buy ethanol for blending, they figured why not ...

Llewellyn King: The benefits of natural gas
NATURAL gas is nifty stuff. It burns twice as clean as other fossil fuels, leaves no ash to be disposed of and is critical to many industrial processes...

Evolution Fuels Announces Board Authorization of Stock Purchase Program (GlobeNewswire via Yahoo! Finance)
DALLAS -- Evolution Fuels, Inc. today announced that its Board of Directors authorized a stock repurchase program under which up to ten billion shares of its outstanding common stock may be acquired in the open market over the next six months at the discretion of management...

The Pain in Spain -- By: Stephen Spruiell
Spain is willing to do anything to address the problem of joblessness - except, of course, cut taxes or weaken organized labor's stranglehold on the economy...

Evolution Fuels Announces Board Authorization of Stock Purchase Program
Evolution Fuels, Inc. today announced that its Board of Directors authorized a stock repurchase program under which up to ten billion shares of its outstanding common stock may be acquired in the open market over the next six months at the discretion of management...

Ford unveils 2011 F-Series Super Duty - Louisville Courier-Journal
Ford Motor Co. unveiled its new F-Series Super Duty truck on Thursday, saying the latest edition of the Louisville-built fleet and commercial trucks offers improved power and fuel economy. The 2011 F-Series Super Duty features either a 6.7-liter ...

Ethanol Group Pushing For Country-Of-Origin Labels - KAKE TV
Ethanol producers are pushing for a mandate requiring country-of-origin labeling on gasoline pumps so consumers know from where their fuel comes. But the nation's refiners say the plan is unworkable. The effort was launched this month by Growth ...

International effort seeks to make non-food cellulosic ethanol with hay (Aftermarket Business)
Separating the chaff from the wheat, Royal Dutch Shell, Volkswagen and Canada?s Iogen Energy Corp. are partnering to reap a commercially viable cellulosic ethanol motor fuel created from post-harvest stalks that up until now have had little use except as Halloween decorations...

How Many American Made Cars Are Able To Run On Ethanol Fuels?
All cars are able to run on ethanol fuel after changing out the valve seals, but without that being done they can still handle up to 20% ethanol mix without harming the engine...

Renewable Transportation Fuels from Algae (The Auto Channel)
From 1978 to 1996, the U.S. Department of Energys Office of Fuels Development funded a program to develop renewable transportation fuels from algae...

KLEM: News
THE PURSUIT FOLLOWED INFORMATION TO THE PLYMOUTH COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT THAT A MAN WANTED IN O'BRIEN COUNTY FOR BURGLARY, 35-YEAR-OLD MICHAEL LINDGREN, WAS IN THE LE MARS AREA...

Valero Energy
THE OFFICIAL GRAND OPENING AND RIBBON CUTTING TOOK PLACE AT THE VALERO RENEWABLES ETHANOL PLANT IN WELCOME ON THURSDAY...

Boaters floating federal law to sink E15 ethanol (Aftermarket Business)
If your parts and service customer base includes recreational boaters, they could be setting a course toward an expensive repair bill if an ethanol blend exceeding 10 percent is pumped into an outboard motor?s fuel system...

EPA's indirect land use rules challenged
Three Midwest senators have introduced legislation that would prevent EPA from penalizing U.S. corn and soybean growers for land use changes or potential land clearing for increased biofuel production in other countries...

California sees rising oil imports
While the rest of the US tries to limit oil imports from afar, California appears to have no choice but to increase them...

09-21-09 Read the NAFB's National Ag News as heard inside the .
The proposed bill only would allow the EPA to issue such a waiver if its Science Advisory Board studies the compatibility of mid-level ethanol fuels with the emission requirements of the Clean Air Act and the operability of current ...

Gingrich praises ethanola s benefits
Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich toured the trading offices and headquarters of an Omaha-based ethanol company Thursday, touting the corn-based fuel additive as a key part of U.S. efforts to reduce dependence on foreign oil and create environmentally friendly, renewable fuels...

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...

Ethanol Group Finalizing Comments to EPA
The Renewable Fuels Association today released comments to be filed with the Environmental Protection Agency regarding proposed regulations to implement the expanded renewable fuel standard program enacted by Congress in the Energy Independence and Security Act in 2007...

Do 10% Ethanol Fuels Equal More Power Compared To High Octane .
Theyve recently introduced 10% Ethanol premium unleaded fuels here in the Philippines (known as Petron E10) and was wondering if 10% Ethanol fuels can improve engine performance when compared to 96 RON premium-grade petrol. ...

The real scoop on sugar - Honolulu Advertiser
When the American Heart Association announced its guidelines for sugar consumption last month, it sent shock waves through Hawai'i. Sugar shock, that is, as Islanders counted up the calories they have beeience Advisory Board studies the compatibility of mid-level ethanol fuels with the emission requirements of the Clean Air Act and the operability of current ...

Valero celebrates operations in Welcome - Sentinel
WELCOME - A day more than six years in the making came to pass Thursday with a ribbon-cutting ceremony for the Valero ethanol plant in Welcome. Local and regional leaders looked back to 2003 when planning for the plant began, and they recalled the ...

Media Advisory/REMINDER/Natural Resources Canada: Minister Ritz to Make Renewable Fuels Funding Announcement (Marketwire)
LLOYDMINSTER, SASKATCHEWAN--(Marketwire - Sept. 25, 2009) - /T/ On September 25, 2009, the Honourable Gerry Ritz, Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food, on behalf of the Honourable Lisa Raitt, Minister of Natural Resources, will make an announcement at Husky Energy's Lloydminster ethanol facility. Media are invited to join Minister Ritz as he tours the facility after the announcement. A photo ...

Cellulosic Ethanol and the Future of America
Ethanol is emerging as a viable alternative fuel to reduce the dependence we have on foreign oil imports...

Ford Debuts B20 Biodiesel, E85 Compatible Trucks
Back at the end of August , I told you about how Ford was getting ready to debut a new engine that would be compatible with more blends of fuels, including B20 biodiesel...

Texas Press Association State Capital Highlights
Texas' seasonally adjusted unemployment rate inched one tenth of a point higher to 8.0 percent in August, which translates to 62,200 more people out of work...

Gingrich praises ethanols benefits - Omaha World-Herald
Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich toured the trading offices and headquarters of an Omaha-based ethanol company Thursday, touting the corn-based fuel additive as a key part of U.S. efforts to reduce dependence on foreign oil and create ...

Getting Cash From Grass
South Dakota farmers are best known for producing corn and soybeans, but one South Dakota State University professor is hoping grass will soon be added to that list...

Economical Advantages and Disadvantages of Ethanol Fuel
For example, the United States auto industry has already started to develop cars and emission kits to run with the use of ethanol fuels. The auto industry is failing miserably right now, but possibly with the transfer from regular ...

No injuries, evacuations from refinery fire in LA - Miami Herald
Venezuela says one of its main oil refineries has halted operations because of a failure in the refinery's electrical system. The state oil company Petroleos de Venezuela SA says the Cardon refinery was idled by a failure in one of the turbines that ...

Gingrich praises ethanols benefits (Omaha World-Herald)
The ex-House speaker tours Omaha-based firms trading offices and headquarters...

APS Cholla Power Plant Gets Green Light For Energy Study
By Tammy Gray-Searles A $70.5 million Department of Energy grant awarded to Arizona Public Service Co...

Evolution Fuels Blogs On Climate Change Talks in New York (GlobeNewswire via Yahoo! Finance)
DALLAS -- Evolution Fuels, Inc. , in collaboration with Informa Economics, today announced new blog postings on its website related to the UN talks occurring in New York City involving climate change...

Volvo Cars Environmental Vision: "Drive Towards Zero"
September 25, 2009: Volvo Cars' vision is to develop cars that are entirely free from harmful exhaust emissions and environment-impacting carbon dioxide...

ARS Scientist Helps Craft National Academies Report on Alternative Fuels (Agricultural Research Magazine)
An Agricultural Research Service (ARS) scientist was a key contributor to a National Research Council report on the technical feasibility, costs, and environmental impacts of producing alternative transportation fuels...

Group urges country-of-origin labels on gas - Wichita Eagle
HUTCHINSON EUR” Ethanol producers are pushing a proposal to mandate country-of-origin labeling on gasoline pumps so consumers know exactly where their fuel comes from. But the nation's refiners say the plan is unworkable. Growth Energy, an industry ...

Llewellyn King: The benefits of natural gas - Pasadena Star-News
NATURAL gas is nifty stuff. It burns twice as clean as other fossil fuels, leaves no ash to be disposed of and is critical to many industrial processes. It is used for everything from drying grain to distilling liquor. It also can fairly easily ...

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...

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, ...

Ethanol Regulations Would Bring Higher Costs (DTN / The Progressive Farmer)
A National Corn Growers Association study said upfront costs for the ethanol industry to comply with an expanded Renewable Fuels Standard could reach about $30 million, with annual recurring compliance costs up to $420 million, according to Feedstuffs...

EPA Admits Uncertainty in Indirect Land Use
A group of Midwest senators led by Senator Tom Harkin dropped an amendment to appropriations legislation that would have prohibited the EPA from spending funds to include international indirect land use change emissions in the implementation of the Renewable Fuels Standard ...

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