Ethanol
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Wednesday, October 1st, 2008
Greentech Media:
Brazil is getting a big boost from new investments aimed at bringing its ethanol to Japan, even as the ongoing worldwide economic slowdown and deepening credit crisis threatens to delay biofuel projects.
Itochu, Mitsui, Sumitomo and Toyota are planning to invest about $485 million in Brazilian ethanol plants in the third quarter of this […]
Improvements In Ethanol Efficiency
Wednesday, October 1st, 2008Biofuel Blog War:
A recent report clearly illustrates the energy improvements being made at ethanol biorefineries across country.
According to the report by John Christianson, CPA of the independent accounting firm Christianson & Associates, the average amount of energy as measured by British Thermal Units (BTUs) required to produce ethanol and a livestock feed co-product across all […]
Ethanol Subject Of Consumer Curiosity
Monday, September 29th, 2008The Reporter:
Each week, Jay Stoflet gets an e-mail from a motorist wondering when his company is going to build an E85 station in the Fond du Lac.
“With higher gas prices and the availability of more and more flex fuel vehicles on the market, there’s been a lot of consumer interest,” said Stoflet, director of retail […]
Ethanol Gets Mention During Debate And Divide Rural Opinions
Monday, September 29th, 2008Domestic Fuel:
Just about half an hour into the presidential debate and ethanol has received its first mention, as Republican Sen. John McCain has declared that he would end current ethanol subsidies, if he’s elected president.
Not exactly what the folks who produce and use the green fuel would like to hear. I was a bit surprised […]
Ethanol Fuel Is Gaining Ground And Saving Marylanders Money
Monday, September 29th, 2008Baltimore Sun:
Maryland motorists could hardly believe their eyes the other day when a few gas stations around the state advertised fuel at $1.85 a gallon.
Prices haven’t been at that level since January of 2005, according to AAA Mid-Atlantic.
But the fuel selling at $1.85 a gallon at five stations was different from that offered by […]
US Company To Use Technology From Nipawin Biomass Ethanol Co-Op
Wednesday, September 24th, 2008Nipawin Journal:
A California company will probably be the first user of the catalytic technology that was developed for a future ethanol plant at Nipawin.
Fulcrum BioEnergy recently announced plans to build a commercial-scale plant that will use municipal solid waste to produce ethanol. Construction of the plant, to be located just outside Reno in Storey County, […]
Ethanol Stock Can Be Profitable
Wednesday, September 24th, 2008News Bureau:
It was reported in June that ethanol stock was rising due to oil becoming more and more expensive, it was also reported that by mixing ethanol with gas made it cheaper. In fact, in the corn growing areas of the US filling stations are reporting that ethanol and gas blended fuel is selling at […]
Ethanol Helping To Reduce Our Reliance On Foreign Oil
Wednesday, September 24th, 2008Gas2.0:
The Ethanol Promotion Information Council (EPIC) is working to get the word out that ethanol is actually helping to keep gas prices lower. The following is from an interview with Toni Nuernberg, executive director of EPIC.
If you’ve been exposed to the media lately you’ve probably heard the phrase “renewable fuels.” What exactly are renewable fuels?
According […]
Ethanol Venture Nears Reality
Monday, September 22nd, 2008Albany Times Union:
The developer of a massive ethanol production plant proposed for 18 acres of mostly vacant land at the Port of Albany is expected to sign a lease and make the first month’s payment over the weekend, Albany port officials said Friday.
Albany Renewable Energy LLC was selected to develop the land, for which it […]
Sugar Into Gasoline Is Cheaper And Easier
Monday, September 22nd, 2008Talk Delaware Online:
Two research teams are announcing this month that they have successfully converted sugar-potentially derived from agricultural waste and non-food plants-into gasoline, diesel, jet fuel and a range of other valuable chemicals.
Chemical engineer Randy Cortright and his colleagues at Virent Energy Systems of Madison, Wisc., and researchers led by NSF-supported chemical engineer James Dumesic […]
Should Your Car Run On Ethanol Fuel?
Monday, September 22nd, 2008Huimalamainakupuna:
There are many alternatives to gasoline out there now. You have electric, bio-diesel and even hydrogen engines that are being researched. But one of the leading contenders to gasoline’s crown as king is ethanol fuel. You could argue that it’s leading the pack. But should we put all of our eggs in one basket?
In the […]
Ethanol Industry Feeling Pressure Of Corn Cost
Friday, September 19th, 2008RedOrbit:
Uncertain corn prices and a slowing market caused shares of US ethanol makers to plummet in afternoon trading on Wednesday.
Aventine Renewable Energy Holdings Inc said on Wednesday it could seek to issue new debt and shares or delay construction of some plants to shore up its cash position.
That came a day after industry leader VeraSun […]
UK Firm Eyes Ethanol Plant In Tanzania
Friday, September 19th, 2008guardian.co.uk:
British-based energy firm CAMS Group plans to produce 240 million litres of ethanol a year from sweet sorghum in Tanzania at a cost of up to $600 million, its chief executive said.
CAMS Group, which was set up in the United States in 1972, has worked in sectors including telecoms, transport and oil field services. The […]
Ethanol Surpasses Gasoline In Brazil
Friday, September 19th, 2008Wall Street Journal Blogs:
If ethanol is losing its lure in the U.S., it’s only increasing its celebrity status in Brazil as the fuel of choice for millions of car owners.
According to a report released last week by Brazil’s Agriculture Ministry, gasoline is fast becoming the country’s alternative fuel. Ethanol consumption is way up, thanks in […]
Any Gas Pump Will Do
Wednesday, September 17th, 2008BusinessWeek:
Watching a program on Brazil’s ethanol-fueled cars one evening in his Streeterville home, Mitch Sremac wondered: What would it take for people in the U.S. to start running their cars on alcohol, too?
For today’s fleet, his answer was a fuel-conversion kit. After 18 months of tinkering and $1 million from friends and family, Sremac, […]
Dealers Embracing New Technology In Autos
Monday, September 15th, 2008Natchez Democrat:
In a time when the United States economy is uncertain at best, most households are taking steps to save money any way they can.
With gas prices over $3.60 in many places, reducing fuel usage is one way families are trying to reduce expenses.
Purchasing smaller, more economical cars is fast becoming a trend and new […]
Chinese Ethanol Experts Bound For Fiji
Monday, September 15th, 2008RedOrbit:
Four Chinese experts in ethanol production will be in Fiji this month to carry out studies on the requirements of setting up a plant and identify potential factory sites. The experts from the Guangxi State Farm will visit Fiji from 17 September to as long as it will take to complete the study.
The delegation […]
Ethanol Policy Wanted
Monday, September 15th, 2008Economic Times:
The broad contours of the national policy on biofuels — which has got the green signal from the Cabinet — seem unexceptionable. What is mandated, for instance, is welcome 20% ethanol-blending with petrol pan-India, by 2017. But what’s sorely lacking is a comprehensive ethanol policy and the needed proactivity on bio-diesel. From the policy […]
Is Ethanol Out Of Gas?
Tuesday, September 9th, 2008Fort Wayne Journal Gazette:
Two companies have plowed more than $300 million into producing ethanol in northeast Indiana.
But as the region’s first ethanol plants prepare to open, the alternative-fuel industry looks less secure than it did when the projects were on the drawing board two years ago. Some ethanol plants have struggled to operate profitably as […]
Right-Wing Nonsense
Tuesday, September 9th, 2008Black Hills Pioneer:
Ethanol. All the best experts who aren’t connected with the corn industry agree that ethanol does not save energy, does not help the environment, does not lower gas prices, and causes starvation overseas due to inflated corn prices.
Just about the only group that benefits from ethanol is corn farmers. Well, in Missouri, the […]
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