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

New Scientist: Almost all commercially produced liquid biofuels come from either sugary crops like sugar beet or cane, or starchy ones like potatoes or corn. But every acre used to cultivate those crops uses one that could grow food – potentially causing food shortages and pushing up prices. Using... More

The MicroFueler – A Washing Machine That Makes DIY Ethanol Wired News: People were making ethanol at home long before there were cars. They called it moonshine. With gas prices going through the roof and everyone worried about global warming, a California company is betting people will jump at... More

WALB-TV: Georgia forests produce millions of tons of biomass every year. It’s regarded as useless, but one South Georgia student thinks the waste could be the key to more alternative fuels in the state. So when Governor Sonny Perdue issued a challenge, Lowndes High Senior Nicholas Worley stepped... More

Ethanol Producer Magazine: A decade ago, Colorado businessman William Orr pioneered an ethanol fuel blend he said was the solution to U.S. dependence on foreign oil. However, the government that gave him millions of dollars to fund his research now has him on trial in a federal courtroom, charged with... More

StarPhoenix: A Saskatoon inventor is thinking small to make millions for the booze and biofuel industries – and it’s been dirty work. University of Saskatchewan microbiology Prof. Dennis Bayrock has invented a chemical that could increase by a few percentage points the amount of ethanol and... More

Agri News: Three Nebraska farmer-inventors have developed equipment to harvest corn cobs and other biomass that will be sought for cellulosic ethanol production. The inventions were described at last week’s Biobased Industry Outlook Conference at Iowa State University in Ames. “Just a handful... More

Worcester Telegram: The ethanol boom of recent years – which spurred a frenzy of distillery construction, record corn prices, rising food prices and hopes of a new future for rural America – may be fading. Only last year, farmers here spoke of a biofuel gold rush, and they rejoiced as prices... More

Ethanol Producer Magazine: If you thought licensing certain basic processing technology in order to build and operate an ethanol plant would be your only brush with intellectual property (IP), think again. There is likely a patentable gizmo being developed or already in use in every operating ethanol... More

Chicago Tribune: If you are smart enough to invent a bright, highly energy-efficient, solid-state “light package” to replace the 60-watt bulb, you might qualify for a $10 million federal prize. A similar invention to replace halogen bulbs could carry a $5 million award. These “Bright... More

The Ithaca Journal: For the past 10 years, harvesting corn and selling the cobs has been a humble little business for Ty and Jay Stukenholtz, 34-year-old twin brothers. By trial and error, computer designing, tinkering and banging away, the Stukenholtz brothers, who farm their 350-acre family farm near... More