ETHANOL BUSINESS

Thisiskent.co.uk: Hamburgers and rotten apples could be the answer to the fuel crisis, according to a Sevenoaks inventor. Philip Hall, who lives in Dunton Green and runs his business from Westerham, spent every pound he owned trying to make a car run on litter. After three years, his efforts have finally... More

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Examiner.com: Finding ethanol free gasoline is simple process, but it does take time. Use the following step by step to locate ethanol free gasoline in your area. 1. Look up gas stations in the phone book, or in Google Maps “Local business results” by searching the term “Gas stations”. 2.... More

PR Urgent: Ethanol, as in beer and wine, is an alcohol modified to utilize it as a fuel and making it undrinkable. Ethanol is produced by fermentation through a method similar to beer brewing of any biomass containing carbohydrates. At the present time, ethanol is derived from starches and sugars however... More

Wired News: 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 blended with gasoline, arguing it will boost... More

ABC Online: There have been no complaints from drivers in the V8 supercar series, after the first weekend of using E85 fuel, a blend of ethanol and unleaded petrol. The 2009 V8 Supercar series started with the Adelaide 500. Ian Glasson from CSR Sugar says the fuel cut carbon dioxide emissions from the... More

istockAnalyst.com: The fruits, so far, of a $497,000 grant to Minnesota State University to study ethanol: A 20 percent blend appears to be no harder on vehicles than regular gasoline. The study, led by Bruce Jones and Jim Rife in MSU’s automotive engineering technology department, has tested... More

Huffington Post: How gracious of OPEC to invite Brazil to join its ranks as was reported earlier this month by “Veja”, Brazil’s weekly newsmagazine. A cautionary note. Please Brazil beware! Probably no existing organization casting worldwide influence has achieved the level of opprobrium... More

Delta Farm Press: Cellulosic ethanol is being hailed as the biofuel that will cut greenhouse gas emissions by 90 percent, reduce U.S. dependence of foreign oil and won’t take prime ag land away from food production. Yet the biofuel, made from grass, wood or other non-edible plant material, is probably... More

Purchasing.com: While suppliers in a variety of markets struggle, ethanol producers have perhaps been harder hit than most—hit by volatile corn prices wreaking havoc on balance sheets, hit by declining ethanol and gasoline prices, hit by a massive slide in demand, all happening amid record-tight credit... More

Ethanol Producer Magazine: Illinois-based UOP LLC, a Honeywell company, has formed an agreement with advanced gas separation systems developer Vaperma Inc. to jointly offer energy efficiency and emissions reduction technology for ethanol dehydration. According to the agreement, Honeywell will offer... More

Quad City Times: President Barack Obama has weighed in on the request to raise the cap on the amount of ethanol that can be blended with gasoline. Ethanol groups have asked that it be raised from 10 percent to 15 percent. Earlier, U.S. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack said he liked the idea of an increase,... More