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Thorntons Adds E-85 to 36 Locations

(Convenience Store News)  Thorntons is now offering E-85 Flex Fuel in 36 store locations -- seven in Illinois, 11 in Indiana, 11 in Kentucky and seven in Tennessee, the company reported.  READ MORE

January 05, 2011 Read Full Article

Disarming the Food to Fuel Conflict Part 1: The Biofuel History

by Christopher Klug (Tiny Green Bubble)  In the United States, domestic ethanol production and motor fuel additives are becoming more and more common. However, a bevy of misinformation campaigns surround the use of resources for these clean energy initiatives. These

January 05, 2011 Read Full Article

National Algae Association End of Year Report

by Barry Cohen (National Algae Association)  ... Some of the accomplishments include:   -               Construction of commercial-scale demo PBR at Lone Star College  -               Delivery by NAA Engineering Consortium of plans and design for the 100-acre challenge  -               Delivery by NAA finance team of first financial

January 04, 2011 Read Full Article

China Automaker JAC Sends First Batch of Ethanol-Powered Cars to Brazil

(Green Car Congress/FavStocks)  Chinese carmaker Jianghuai Automobile Co.,Ltd. (JAC) shipped 500 ethanol-powered cars to Brazil at the end of December, the first batch resulting from a deal signed in August with Brazilian dealer SHC to export 620,000 units to Brazil over

January 04, 2011 Read Full Article

Vilsack Pushes to Turn Waste into Ethanol

by David DeWitte (Sioux City Journal)  USDA Secretary Tom Vilsack expects a forthcoming round of federal grants to help start non-corn-based advanced biofuel plants outside the nation's traditional ethanol heartland boosting support for ethanol. The government plans to announce measures in early

January 04, 2011 Read Full Article

The Impact Of A Renewable Electricity Standard & A Carbon Payment Program

By Don Hofstrand (Iowa State University Extension/JoplinStockyards.com)   U.S. energy policy has recently moved into the background due to concerns about the current economic downturn. However, the importance of the two major drivers of energy policy - the need to wean

December 30, 2010 Read Full Article

Ethanol from Sugar Beets: A Process and Economic Analysis

by Emily Bowen, Sean C. Kennedy, Kelsey Miranda  (Worcester Polytechnic Institute) The aim of this project was to design a process for producing bioethanol from sugar beets as a possible feedstock replacement for corn. Currently eighty-five percent of the energy used by the United

December 30, 2010 Read Full Article

2011 Miscanthus Acres to Mushroom

by Susanne Retka Schill  (Ethanol Producer Magazine)  Miscanthus will see a giant leap in acreage in 2011, thanks to Soperton, Ga.-based Repreve Renewables LLC. The company currently has 500 acres planted in five locations in the Southeast, which Craig Patterson,

December 30, 2010 Read Full Article

'Beauty' Project Developing Better Biofuel Engine

(Europa.eu)  An EU-funded collaboration between universities and industry is overcoming limitations in current technologies to develop new bioethanol engines. Driven by the need for more sustainable and less polluting sources of energy, the European Union is now more determined than ever to

December 27, 2010 Read Full Article

NASCAR Gives Ethanol Green Flag; Who Will Follow?

by Jessica Naudziunas  (NPR / KBIA / Harvest Public Media)  ...Starting next season, NASCAR will use a 15 percent ethanol-gas blend. It has a bit more ethanol than E10, which many gas stations today offer as regular fuel. This year,

December 23, 2010 Read Full Article

Refiners Balk at Selling New Ethanol Blend

by Ben Lefebvre (Wall Street Journal)  Several major U.S. oil refiners said Tuesday that they won't sell gasoline containing 15% ethanol despite recent government authorization for fuel makers to start distributing the fuel blend. Valero Energy Corp., Marathon Oil Corp. and Tesoro

December 22, 2010 Read Full Article

Ford, GM Join Legal Fight against E15

by Steve Gelsi and Jeffry Bartash (MarketWatch)   Blend of 15% ethanol may cause problems, group warns A trade group that includes automotive giants Ford Motor Co. and General Motors Co. has joined forces with other vehicle and engine makers to sound a

December 21, 2010 Read Full Article

U.S. Ethanol Industry Faces Subsidy Battle Next Year

by Charles Abbott and Timothy Gardner (Reuters)  U.S. ethanol makers face a battle over reforming subsidies next year after current incentives are rolled over in the tax package signed into law by President Barack Obama on Friday. The new law extends the

December 20, 2010 Read Full Article

E15 fears: More Ethanol in Gasoline is Bad News for Power Equipment, Critics Say

by Adrian Higgins (The Washington Post)  ...But a push to add another 50 percent to the ethanol content of some automobile fuel has opened a barrel of worms. Automakers say they don't know how it will affect their cars; power-equipment

December 20, 2010 Read Full Article

State Aid: Commission Approves Aid for Waste CO2 Pipeline in The Netherlands

(Europa)  The European Commission has authorised, under EU state aid rules, a €5 million investment aid for a pipeline infrastructure to transport waste CO2 from a bioethanol plant in Rotterdam to greenhouses in the “Zuidplaspolder”. The waste CO2 will be used

December 17, 2010 Read Full Article

USDA Joins Effort to Increase FFV Awareness

by Holly Jessen  (Ethanol Producer Magazine)   Surveys show that as many as 75 percent of flex-fuel vehicle (FFV) owners don’t know they can fill their vehicles with E85. Now, a new public awareness campaign will aim to change that. ...On Dec.

December 16, 2010 Read Full Article

Corn Growers Push for Tax Credits to Expand Ethanol Industry

by Amy West  (KHAS TV)   Want to see more ethanol blends at the pump? Well, the American Corn Growers Foundation has a plan and they're challenging Congress to help the industry by redirecting more than $15 billion in Foreign Tax

December 13, 2010 Read Full Article

Price of Ethanol and Price of Oil According to the New York Times

by Raymond J. Learsy (Huffington Post)  In a classic example and contender for the Alfred E. Neuman "I Don't Get It" prize of the year the New York Times' editorial page of December 9th outdid itself. First we had a dissertation on

December 13, 2010 Read Full Article

Specialty Pipelines for Renewable and Alternative Energy Substances

(SBI Energy)  The world is rushing to harness alternative and renewable energy sources, and global specialty pipeline infrastructure is jumping to keep up. SBI Energy estimates that the total global market for specialty pipelines will show year over year increases of

December 13, 2010 Read Full Article

December 1st Marks a Major Milestone in United States’ Transition to Ultra-Low Sulfur Diesel

(Diesel Technology Forum)  Sulfur Content in Diesel Fuel Has Been Reduced By 97% Since 2006 This week marked a major milestone for the nation’s transition to ultra-low sulfur diesel (ULSD) fuel as all highway diesel fuel in the United States complies with the

December 10, 2010 Read Full Article

Biofuels Team Motors to the South Pole

(Business Green)  Researchers hope to prove biofuels could be a viable alternative to diesel in Antarctic temperatures An attempt to record the quickest ever crossing of Antarctica has reached the South Pole, powered entirely by biofuels. The 10 man team from the Moon

December 07, 2010 Read Full Article

Miscanthus Multiplication Made Easier

(Sprigger's Choice)  Sprigger’s Choice should be your choice establishing lifting, harvesting  and planting your Bio-Energy Crop such as Miscanthus with Rhizomes. Growers of the energy crop Miscanthus will shortly have available to them some additional equipment, specifically designed to assist in

December 06, 2010 Read Full Article

Summary of Cellulosic Biofuels Feedstock Supply Chain Forum

by Joanne Ivancic (Advanced Biofuels USA)  Animated discussion characterized the fourth day of the Infocast series on cellulosic biofuels.  Much is at stake.  The industry is so close to being able to find success.  If gasoline was $4.00/gallon, implementation would

December 01, 2010 Read Full Article

Africa Mulls Biofuels as Land Grab Fears Grow

(International Business Times)  Farmers in this iron-roof village in Sierra Leone say they didn't know what they were getting into when they leased their land for a biofuel crop they now fear threatens their food harvests. Addax Bioenergy, part of privately-owned Swiss

December 01, 2010 Read Full Article

Air & Space Smithsonian Interview: Richard Altman, Executive Director, Commercial Aviation Alternative Fuels Initiative

by Paul Hoversten  (Air & Space Smithsonian)  Richard Altman, who spent 39 years as a propulsion engineer at Pratt & Whitney, is executive director of the Commercial Aviation Alternative Fuels Initiative. The industry-government alliance was formed in 2006 to push development

November 30, 2010 Read Full Article

EPA Confirms Tiny Cellulosic Biofuels Mandate for 2011; Is Brazil the Big Winner?

by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest)  ...In July, the EPA indicating in a draft ruling that it would specify a range of 6-25 million gallons of cellulosic ethanol, and finalized its mandated volumes at 6.6 million gallons, way, way down from

November 30, 2010 Read Full Article

White House Names Top Mobile Apps

(Information Week Government)  ...In a White House blog post last week, the Obama administration listed 10 "must-have" mobile applications it's made available on its USA.gov mobile applications site. The site, launched in July as part of a redesign of USA.gov, supports

November 29, 2010 Read Full Article

Ceres Survey: Growers Ready to Put Marginal Lands to Better Use

(Ceres) Energy crop developer Ceres, Inc. reports that growers are ready and willing to produce biomass for biopower and advanced biofuels, and have the land to do so.   A company survey of U.S. growers showed that 71% of respondents were very

November 29, 2010 Read Full Article

EcoRoamer: High-tech, Zombie-Proof Survival RV

by Matt Hardigree (Jalopnik/MSNBC)  Family makes full-fledged home on wheels from recycled materials ...With 46-inch tires and a biodiesel engine also used by construction equipment, the EcoRoamer looks and sounds terrifying. Its size belies its sophistication — it also uses a NASA-designed

November 29, 2010 Read Full Article

Biomass-Harvesting Equipment for the Ethanol Market

by Lynn Grooms  (Farm Industry News)   The market for corncobs for cellulosic ethanol production is still new. So, too, is the market for other types of biomass. But new research and new collection equipment are paving the way for the

November 23, 2010 Read Full Article

Sweetwater Delivering Sugar to Jet Fuel Customer

(Sweetwater Energy)   Sweetwater has begun delivering concentrated sugar water from its expanded pilot system in Rochester, NY to sources developing bio-jet fuel. Production is ramping up over the next 3 months in preparation for major-scale deliveries beginning in 2011, utilizing Sweetwater's first commercial-scale processor.  READ MORE  

November 23, 2010 Read Full Article

Cellulosic Ethanol Logistics Prove Complex in Purdue Study

by James Cartledge  (BrighterEnergy.org)  New research from Purdue University highlights the need to improve efficiencies in the logistics of cellulosic biomass feedstocks for ethanol production. A study from the university’s agricultural and biological engineering researchers found that turning cellulosic feedstocks like corn

November 23, 2010 Read Full Article

Marine Corps to Open First Station for Ethanol Blended Fuel

(Star Advertiser)  The Marine Corps said it will host a ribbon cutting tomorrow for the first "E85" fueling station in Hawaii that utilizes a blend of 85 percent ethanol and 15 percent gasoline. "As always, we are excited to lead the way

November 22, 2010 Read Full Article

EPA Proposes Guidance for Underground Storage Tanks

(US Enviromental Protection Agency)  As part of its commitment to help ensure that biofuels, such as ethanol and biodiesel, are safely stored in underground storage tanks (USTs), the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released draft guidance for UST owners and

November 22, 2010 Read Full Article

EU-Wide Study Confirms Hydrogen Is a Key to Zero-Emission Road Transport

(MarketWatch/Linde)  ...Linde is currently researching various production options aimed at gradually increasing the share of "green" sources in the hydrogen landscape. One of these uses liquid biomass (glycerine), a by-product of biodiesel production, as the feedstock.  READ MORE From the report: The

November 22, 2010 Read Full Article

Governor Rendell Says Latest Investments in Alternative Fuels Make PA More Energy Independent, Spur Innovation

(Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection)  Announces Nearly $8 Million for 21 Projects Promoting Biofuels, Natural Gas- and Electric-Powered Vehicles Governor Edward G. Rendell said today that Pennsylvania is cutting its appetite for foreign oil by more than a half-million gallons as

November 22, 2010 Read Full Article

Survey: Interest in Electric Cars Is growing, but Practical Concerns Remain

by Eric Evarts   (Consumer Reports)   ...Overall, 63 percent expect to get a significant increase in fuel economy, regardless of the type of vehicle they buy. Only 67 percent said they are considering a traditional gasoline engine in their next new-car

November 22, 2010 Read Full Article

E-100-4 The Revolutionary Fuel - Just Add Water

by Aureon Kwolek  (E-100-4)  ...Today’s gasoline engines are not currently designed to exploit the attributes of ethanol and blends of ethanol-water, which already carry most of the oxygen required for combustion. Mainstream engine specifications (including spark plugs) are optimized for

November 21, 2010 Read Full Article

Ethanol Production Nears A Million Barrels Per Day

(New Energy and Fuel)  ...The U.S. is closing in on the million barrel per day milestone.  Cheers in some sections, groans in others, but for America, slashing off the equivalent of 750,000 b/d of imported oil is a good thing. Most

November 21, 2010 Read Full Article

Summary of Cellulosic Biofuels Summit Day 2: Taking Biofuels to the Next Level

by Joanne Ivancic (Advanced Biofuels USA)  Technologies proven at the bench scale and biofuel feedstocks developed or identified are worthless until they come together at a successful biorefinery.  Getting there involves a series of choices: new, "greenfield" construction "from scratch" or

November 21, 2010 Read Full Article

Benefits of GE Guidelines for the Algae Industry

(Algae Industry Magazine)  Algae are an agricultural product and algae producers should consider the Genetically Modified Organism (GMO) guidelines developed in Europe and Asia as well as the US guidelines for genetic engineering (GE) of agricultural products.  ...  While algaculture will

November 11, 2010 Read Full Article

World Biofuel Demand to Reach 121 Million Metric Tons in 2014

(TransWorldNews)  Growth in world biofuel demand will continue to expand at a rapid double-digit annual pace, reaching 121 million metric tons in 2014.  Bioethanol will experience the greatest gains, as continued steady growth in the large North American market will be

November 10, 2010 Read Full Article

POET Biorefining – Caro (Mich.) Helps Bring Two New Ethanol Blender Pumps to Area Drivers

(POET/Renewable Energy World)   Sebewaing, Elkton stations now offering blends of E30, E50, E85 and more POET Biorefining – Caro has helped two area businesses install new blender pumps, providing more alternative fuel options for drivers in Sebewaing and Elkton, Mich. The plant

November 10, 2010 Read Full Article

First European Ethanol Swap Traded Against Argus Price

The first Argus-based European ethanol swap was traded November 8, 2010. The December swap for 1,000m3 was sold by AOT to Total at $695/m3 and brokered by Prebon. International energy price reporting agency Argus produces daily price assessments for T1 and

November 10, 2010 Read Full Article

Sheetz Creating E-85 'Clean Fuel Corridor'

(PRNewswire)  Pennsylvania motorists wishing to use E-85, a cleaner fuel consisting of 85 percent Ethanol, will soon have a more consistent source of fuel as they travel between Pittsburgh and Harrisburg. Sheetz today unveiled its "East-West Clean Fuel Corridor" where E-85

November 08, 2010 Read Full Article

Guidance for Boat Owners: E10 and Winterization

(Renewable Fuels Association)  It's time to take your boat out of the water and store it for the winter months. To assure proper storage and preparation guidelines are followed, the Renewable Fuels Association has put together three bulletins providing watercraft

November 08, 2010 Read Full Article

Amyris “Renewable” Diesel Gets EPA OK for Blend Level to 35%

by Wendy Leavitt  (FleetOwner)  Amyris, Inc. has announced that the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has furthered its official registration of Amyris’s renewable diesel fuel, raising the registered blend level with ultra-low sulfur diesel from 20% to 35%.  According to the company,

November 08, 2010 Read Full Article

Tidewater Terminal Co. to Expand Umatilla Facility

by Cathy Kessinger (TriCity Herald)  A $1.3 million grant from Connect Oregon will help Tidewater Terminal Co. expand its facility in Umatilla, company officials said Monday. The company will install a new 1.26 million-gallon tank at Umatilla. This will allow Tidewater to

November 04, 2010 Read Full Article

EPA Drafts Guide To Address E15 Storage in USTs

(NACS Online) Inside EPA says the guidance would address similar concerns that came about from MTBE. According to Inside EPA, the EPA is crafting guidance addressing the compatibility of underground storage tanks with E15, “an effort that appears aimed at addressing

November 04, 2010 Read Full Article

Biofuels from the Bottom Up

by Joelle Dent (Biofuels Digest-Asia)  “Why wait for top-down solutions? Providing energy in a bottom-up way instead has a lot to recommend it. There is no need to wait for politicians or utilities to act. The technology is is rapidly falling

November 04, 2010 Read Full Article

First Look: 2012 Ford Ranger

by Benson Kong (Truck Trend)  You'd be forgiven for mistaking the present U.S. market Ford Ranger for one from the Ronald Reagan era -- which is exactly why the new global version has truck fans crying foul over Ford's decision

November 01, 2010 Read Full Article

Kia Unveils Soul for Brazil that Runs on 100% Ethanol

(USA Today)  Kia just introduced its first South Korean model that can run on 100% ethanol -- the Kia Soul Flex. It will never make it to the U.S., but cars capable of running entirely on ethanol are critical in Brazil, where

November 01, 2010 Read Full Article

Until Regulations Are Finalized, Retailers Should Limit E-15 to FFVs

(Renewable Fuels Association)  Today, PMAA and RFA joined forces to urge their members to limit E-15 sales to Flex Fuel Vehicles (FFVs) until regulations governing the fuel are finalized and implemented. The following is the PMAA/RFA joint memorandum: To: PMAA and

October 29, 2010 Read Full Article

Reality Check for 'Miracle' Biofuel Crop

by Miyuki Iiyama and James Onchieku (SciDev)  It sounds too good to be true: a biofuel crop that grows on semi-arid lands and degraded soils, replaces fossil fuels in developing countries and brings huge injections of cash to poor smallholders. That is what

October 28, 2010 Read Full Article

Audi A3 TDI® Performs Flawlessly in First-Ever Extended Drive on RenDiesel® Synthetic Fuel

(Rentech, Inc.)   ‘Eureka! Diesel Drives the Future’ drive raised awareness with California political leaders, consumers on 1,000-mile drive The journey was a crowning moment for the Audi A3 TDI as the ‘2010 Green Car of the Year®’ Two cars on the tour averaged

October 28, 2010 Read Full Article

U.S. Biofuels Exchange Announces Opening in Colorado

(US Biofuels Exchange)  The US Biofuels Exchange, “the US-BX”, has opened today for live Ethanol and Biodiesel trading and will offer free trading on all listings posted before January 1, 2011. The US-BX’s proprietary “two-sided” trading platform was designed with direct

October 28, 2010 Read Full Article

Feedstock Interface :Uniform Format Design and Deployable Process Demonstration Unit

by Dr. Christopher Wright (Research Engineer, Idaho National Laboratory)  Dr. Wright's presentation describes his current project on the creation of a mobile unit to preprocess bales of cellulosic feedstock into a form that can be utilized by a fuel production facility. He

October 27, 2010 Read Full Article

Feedstock Interface: Desirable Wood Properties for Biofuels Production

by Dr. Theodore Wegner (Assistant Director, Forest Products Laboratory, U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service)  Dr. Wegner begins with an interesting profile of the demand for advanced biofuels, and the different pathways to produce biofuels from cellulosic feedstocks. He shows the distribution

October 27, 2010 Read Full Article

Feedstock-Conversion Interface Projects – Connecting Feedstock Resources to Conversion Processes

by Dr. J. Richard Hess (Biomass Program Technology Manager, Idaho National Laboratory)  Dr. Hess details the biomass attributes that impact the nature of and cost of feedstock preparation, biochemical conversion, and thermochemcal conversion, along with general flow diagrams for each process.

October 27, 2010 Read Full Article

Advanced Energy Crops: Industry Perspectives --Purpose Grown Trees as an Economical and Sustainable Biomass Feedstock

by Dr. Barbara Wells (President and Chief Executive Officer, Arborgen)  Arborgen is an industry leader in tree production and  improvement, and is well situated in the market to meet the heightened demand for woody biomass to be turned into advanced biofuels

October 27, 2010 Read Full Article

Advanced Energy Crops: Industry Perspectives -- Ceres, the Energy Crop Company

Anna Rath (Vice President of Commercial Development, Ceres, Inc.)  Ceres is a seed company that uses advanced biotechnology to develop and distribute energy crop seeds. Rath discusses reasons for their commercial development being slower than planned, but Ceres still anticipates several

October 27, 2010 Read Full Article

Advanced Energy Crops: Industry Perspectives --Miscanthus Commercial Varieties and their Production

by Dr. Neal Gutterson (President and Chief Executive Officer, Mendel Biotechnologies, Inc.)  Dr. Gutterson details the activities of Mendel Biotechnologies relevant to the advanced biofuels business space. Mendel developed Miscanthus x giganteus, a custom, sterile, weed-resistant variation of miscanthus. Currently, Mendel is

October 27, 2010 Read Full Article

Feedstock Logistics: Business Modeling/Planning for Commercial Algae Production

by Dr. Miles Palmer (Founder, Palmer Labs)  Dr. Palmer analyzes the capital and operating expenses for commercial algae production, with a variety of considerations. His analysis shows facilities larger than 400 acres can be profitable, with high internal rate of return for

October 27, 2010 Read Full Article

Feedstock Logistics: Development of a Harvesting System for Short Rotation Willow and Hybrid Poplar Biomass Crops

by Dr. Timothy Volk (Research Associate, SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry)   Dr. Volk proposes a cycle for growing and harvesting willow trees for use in advanced biofuel production. The amount of usable biomass per acre is very high in woody

October 27, 2010 Read Full Article

Feedstock Logistics: Myths, Mysteries, and Misconceptions

by Bob Matousek (Manager of Plant and Harvesting Research and Development, Agco Corporation)  Mr. Matousek's presentation discusses techniques for collecting corn crop residues into solid bales that can be transported to fuel production facilities. He details research performed on equipment

October 27, 2010 Read Full Article

Woodland Park Firm Hosts renewable Energy Summit

by Andrew Wineke  (Colorado Springs Gazette)  There’s not a lot of corn in Teller County, but that isn’t stopping Sturman Industries from bringing together the top minds in the ethanol industry for a two-day technology summit ending Wednesday at its Woodland

October 27, 2010 Read Full Article

Material Handling for the Biomass Energy Industry

by John Lukas (Harris Group)   The Achilles heel of many of the new biomass conversion projects, be they for fuel energy or chemicals, will be the material handling portion of these facilities. The projects will utilize a wide range of feedstocks

October 26, 2010 Read Full Article

REVIVAL! Hawai’i Bi-O Style: Elite Squad of Scientists Aim to Boost Hawaii via Bioenergy

by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest)  ...Hawaii is a code word meaning “paradise” not only to sun-starved tourists, but to bioenergy developers. It has all the hallmarks of the “perfect market”. 1. A state that generates no energy from fossil fuels and

October 26, 2010 Read Full Article

Nagoya 2010: Weighing up the Risks and Benefits of Biofuels Development

(United Nations Environment Programme) Water, land use change and invasive species are key factors that must be addressed alongside greenhouse gas cuts Water could determine the degree to which bioenergy can contribute to combating climate change by reducing the world's reliance on

October 26, 2010 Read Full Article

BIO Joins 50+ Ag Groups in Abandoning Leonardo “Sustainability” Talks

(BIO)  Mainstream Agriculture Was Given a “Decidedly Minor Voice”  Representatives from national and regional agriculture, food and feed organizations withdrew en masse this week from the Leonardo Academy’s sustainable agriculture standard setting initiative citing “fatal, systemic limitations and chronic biases”

October 25, 2010 Read Full Article

Assumptions in the European Union Biofuels Policy: Frictions with Experiences in Germany, Brazil and Mozambique

by David Fig, Jennifer Franco, Lucia Goldfarb. Les Levidow, Mireille Hönicke, Maria Luisa Mendonça  (Transnational Insitute)   The biofuel project is an agro-industrial development and politically contested policy process where governments increasingly become global actors. European Union (EU) biofuels policy rests upon

October 25, 2010 Read Full Article

How and Why Did Energy-Producing States Skirt the US Recession?

by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest)  A new Biofuels Digest report found that states that produced enough energy to meet their internal demand for gasoline maintained growth rates 2.5 times above the national average, and either completely avoided the 2007-09 recession

October 25, 2010 Read Full Article

Study Finds Fumigation Ethanol Operation with Diesel Reduces PM and NOx, While Oxidation Catalyst Reduces Resulting Increased CO and HC

(Green Car Congress) A study by researchers at The Hong Kong Polytechnic University and Tianjin University has found that the use of fumigation ethanol in a 4-cylinder diesel decreases NOx, smoke and particulate mass and number concentrations. An accompanying significant increase

October 22, 2010 Read Full Article

Remarks by Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack on Biofuels as Prepared for Delivery at the National Press Club, Washington, D.C.

(EIN News/USDA)   ...USDA announced assistance under the Recovery Act for 334 broadband expansions designed to reach more than 6 million people and 250,000 businesses in rural and remote areas. ...By launching the USDA led effort "Know Your Farmer, Know Your Food"

October 22, 2010 Read Full Article

Biofuels Done Right: Land Efficient Animal Feeds Enable Large Environmental and Energy Benefits

by Bruce E. Dale, Bryan D. Bals, Seungdo Kim and Pragnya Eranki (Biomass Conversion Research Laboratory, Department of Chemical Engineering and Material Science, and Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Center, Michigan State University)    There is an intense ongoing debate regarding the

October 21, 2010 Read Full Article

Notice of Proposed Rulemaking to Reduce the Potential for Misfueling

(EPA)  EPA is concurrently proposing a regulatory program to promote the successful introduction of E15 into commerce by ensuring that E15 is used in approved motor vehicles and reducing the potential for the misfueling of E15 into vehicles and engines for

October 20, 2010 Read Full Article

New Math: Will E15 Rules, Biomass Supply Barriers Frustrate Biofuels’ Best Intentions

by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest)  ...In the long term, major oil companies like Shell and ExxonMobil see global transition in the 30-40 percent range by 2050. That may sound like small potatoes. Voters, project developers, and politicians would like to see

October 20, 2010 Read Full Article

Syracuse University Partners with Arden-Fox to Support the Advancement of Department of Defense's Net Zero Energy Initiative

(PR Newswire)  Syracuse partnership substitutes petroleum diesel with biodiesel Syracuse University today announced a partnership to advance the use of biofuels by the U.S. armed forces as an alternative energy source.  The effort involves entrepreneurs John Fox '92 and Wayne Arden,

October 18, 2010 Read Full Article

Pennsylvania Bill Would Establish New Biodiesel Fee

by Erin Voegele  (BioDiesel Magazine)  Legislation currently pending in Pennsylvania could negatively impact the state’s biodiesel industry. On Oct. 6, the Pennsylvania House of Representatives adopted an amendment, SB 901, which seeks to impose a new fuel tax on businesses

October 18, 2010 Read Full Article

Danville Center Aims to Grow Biofuel Industry

(GoDanRiver.com)  ...On Friday, state and local leaders celebrated the groundbreaking of SEnTeC — a research and development facility that would commercialize bio-energy projects for the region through contract research, developing licensed technologies or creating spin-off businesses. Construction should be completed by

October 18, 2010 Read Full Article

Gas Oil Users Warned to Check for Biodiesel Presence

by Dennis Flower (H&V News)  Users of gas oil should prepare for the inclusion of biodiesel following changes in line with new European Directives for Renewable Energy and Fuel Quality, ICOM Energy Association has warned.  The new fuel will be available later

October 18, 2010 Read Full Article

Griffith Trash Pact 60 Percent Higher than Ethanol Plant Fee

by Diane Krieger Spivak  (Post-Tribune)  If the town approves any of three recently opened trash hauling bids, residents here would likely pay 60 percent more to have their trash taken to a landfill than to a proposed garbage-to-ethanol plant. Town officials, who

October 18, 2010 Read Full Article

National Algae Association Looking to Fast-Track Commercialization

(Algae Industry Magazine)  The National Algae Association’s (NAA) collective of producers, researchers, technologists, engineering and equipment manufacturers have developed preliminary designs for a 100-acre commercial-scale algae production system and have identified the majority of the CAPEX and OPEX issues, according to

October 16, 2010 Read Full Article

Brazil Set to Assist Tanzania Survey Biofuel Farming Areas

by Beatrice Philamon (IPP Media)  Tanzanian and Brazilian experts are expected to carry out a countrywide survey to identify and propose strategic areas that would be allocated for biofuel farming. “Our intention is to have special areas or land that will be

October 15, 2010 Read Full Article

Will the Proposed Pipeline Hurt Nebraska’s Ethanol Industry?

by Robert  (Aglines)  The battle is raging over the public airwaves about the proposed oil tar sand pipeline from Canada that will cross Nebraska. As, the proponents rightly state, there are plenty of oil and gas pipelines crossing Nebraska and some of

October 13, 2010 Read Full Article

EPA Grants E15 Waiver for Newer Vehicles/A New Label for E15 Is Being Proposed to Help Ensure Consumers Use the Correct Fuel

(US Environmental Protection Agency)  The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) today waived a limitation on selling fuel that is more than 10 percent ethanol for model year 2007 and newer cars and light trucks. The waiver applies to fuel that

October 13, 2010 Read Full Article

Breakthroughs in Fixing Ethanol in Fuel Problems; Bell Performance MIX-I-GO and Marine MXO

(BYMNews) ...With the government's proposed mandate that all gasolines use up to 15% ethanol, are you ready for the switch? Using a highly advanced formula developed first for car engines, Bell Performance's MIX-I-GO and Marine MXO are the first products on

October 12, 2010 Read Full Article

The Health Benefits of Ethanol

(Ethanol Across America)  C. Boyden Gray, one of the architects of the historic 1990 Clean Air Act Amendments that established the nation's reformulated gasoline program, called for increased regulation of air toxics by the Environmental Protection Agency and in so

October 06, 2010 Read Full Article

Journal of Peasant Studies Publishes Perspectives on New Agrarian Relations Related to Biofuels

(Journal of Peasant Studies)   In this collection we ask a number of questions emerging out of the new agrarian political economy created by the ‘biofuel complex’. Together the papers offer perspectives from political economy, political sociology and political ecology, and

September 28, 2010 Read Full Article

Ohio to Offer $8M in Subsidies for Ethanol, Biodiesel

(Dayton Business Journal)  Ohio is preparing to dole out $8 million to boost manufacturers by subsidizing ethanol and biodiesel refining equipment purchases. ...Under the Advancing Biofuels Beyond the Basics program, companies can snag $500,000 to $1 million for buying equipment that

September 27, 2010 Read Full Article

United States Joins Alliance to Promote Clean Cooking in Developing Countries

By Arpita Bhattacharyya, Andrew Light (Center for American Progress)  Secretary of State Hillary Clinton announced Tuesday an impressive collaboration at the Clinton Global Initiative that brings together U.S. agencies and the United Nations Foundation to form the Global Alliance for

September 27, 2010 Read Full Article

Cellulosic Ethanol Production Shows Promise

By Kerri Ebert (Midwest Producer)  ...Kansas State University agricultural economist David Lambert has been developing economic models focusing on how development of the cellulosic ethanol industry could help meet EISA targets of 16 billion gallons of cellulosic ethanol production by

September 23, 2010 Read Full Article

Leillani Returns to Racing:New Partnership Brings Together Racing, Veterans for Clean Energy

(Operation Free)  Stock car racing fans at Kansas Speedway on September 30 will receive an unusual message from one of the cars speeding around the track: America needs to compete in the "Race to Energy Independence."   Operation Free, a group of

September 23, 2010 Read Full Article

The Biorefinery Project of the Future: A 10-Part Series

by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest)  ...We have spoken to farmers, local business owners, environmentalists, community development officials, engine developers, scientists, policy makers, producers, investors, lenders, blenders, wholesalers, retailers, and end users. We have visited development projects on four continents. We have

September 22, 2010 Read Full Article

Central America Working towards Standardised Biofuel Evaluation Criteria

(Eco Periodicals)  During a recent meeting in San Salvador, member countries of the Central American Integration System (SICA) weighed up the possibility of standardising criteria for assessing the quality of biofuels and their potential impact in each country. SICA comprises Belize, Costa

September 22, 2010 Read Full Article

More Choices
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by Marc Katz  (Dayton Daily News)  ...“Ethanol is not the (total) answer,” said John DiMartini, Ethanol Marketing Manager of The Andersons, which has a plant in Greenville. “But together (with other alternative fuels) we can put a severe dent in

September 21, 2010 Read Full Article

Convergence of Agriculture and Energy: IV. Infrastructure Considerations for Biomass Harvest, Transportation, and Storage

 by Jerry Fruin (Chair), Mark D. Stowers, Kelly Tiller  (Council for Agricultural Science and Technology)  The sustainable collection of biomass feedstocks is an important consideration for cellulosic ethanol production. The sustainable amount of biomass that can be removed from the

September 21, 2010 Read Full Article

Researchers: Develop Biofuels and Advanced Engines

by John Davis (DomesticFuel)   The next generation of biofuels must be developed in conjunction with advanced combustion engines, if there is to be long-term success of those biofuels. That word comes from researchers at the Sandia National Laboratories. The recommendations were made following

September 16, 2010 Read Full Article

Ethanol Mandates Cast Cloud Over Gasoline Retailing

by Barbara Grondin Francella  (Convenience Store News)  ...The EPA is considering a request to authorize the use of E15, while ethanol advocates are calling for the immediate approval of E12 and longer-term, even higher ethanol blends (E25, etc.) However, the

September 13, 2010 Read Full Article

C-17 Using Combination of Bio- and Synthetic Fuels in Flight Tests

(Green Car Congress)  A C-17 Globemaster III based at Edwards Air Force Base is conducting flight tests to see how it performs with different combinations of biofuels. The aircraft was powered by 50% JP-8, 25% hydro-treated renewable jet fuel (HRJ) and

September 02, 2010 Read Full Article

New Holden to Run on Bio-Ethanol

By Tim Dornin (AAP/AuNews)  Carmaker Holden has unveiled its latest Commodore range, the car that could eventually be powered by household waste. Both V6 and V8 models in the VE Series II Commodore line-up have been designed as the first Australian-made vehicles

August 31, 2010 Read Full Article

Level the Playing Field and Ethanol Will Compete On Its Own

by Stephanie Dreyer  (Growth Energy/RenewableEnergyWorld.com)  Ethanol has been the Oil Industry’s favorite target for years. Big Oil has argued that the ethanol industry can't compete with gasoline without taxpayer support. Ironically, a recent study by the American Petroleum Institute concluded

August 25, 2010 Read Full Article

Finland Moves to Build the World's First 'Green' Highway

(Jamaica Observer)  Finland wants to build the world's first "green highway", with service stations offering charging points for electric cars and pumps filled with local biofuels, the project manager said Thursday. "The aim is to create the model for an ecological highway

August 24, 2010 Read Full Article

African Case Study: Palm Oil and Economic Development in Nigeria and Ghana; Recommendations for the World Bank's 2010 Palm Oil Strategy

by Thompson Ayodele (Initiative for Public Policy Analysis)  Forward by  Dr. Matthew O. Eshalomi:  Growth and prosperity of an economy are central to the longterm reduction in poverty for both economic and environmental sustainability. Palm oil and palm oil manufacturing represents

August 24, 2010 Read Full Article

Blender Pump Opens in ND

by Michelle Kautz (DomesticFuel)  Grand Forks, North Dakota is now offering flexible fuel vehicle (FFV) owners the choice at the pump. The Valley Dairy station at 2401 S. Columbia Road is offering the ethanol blends of E20, E30, and E85. ...Currently,

August 23, 2010 Read Full Article

Some Question E85's Staying Power

by Norman Cox  (The Indy Channel)  Five years ago, it was being promoted as a partial solution to the imported oil problem and a great opportunity for Indiana farmers, but E85 fuel hasn't taken off as its supporters had hoped. ...Thornton's

August 20, 2010 Read Full Article

POET, Farmers Kick Off Commercial Biomass Harvest for Project LIBERTY Cellulosic Ethanol

(POET) Construction underway on storage area for biomass bales in Emmetsburg, Iowa  Farmers and POET today celebrated the upcoming collection and delivery of 56,000 tons of baled corn cobs and light stover in the first commercial harvest for Project LIBERTY. POET CEO Jeff

August 20, 2010 Read Full Article

METRO Applauds Mayor Bloomberg for Signing NYC Biodiesel Heating Oil Legislation into Law

(PRNewsWire)  METRO Terminals, which is currently building one of the country's largest biodiesel processing facilities adjacent to its biofuels and petroleum terminal in Brooklyn, expressed great excitement after Mayor Michael Bloomberg signed Intro 194-A into law on August 16th.  The law

August 20, 2010 Read Full Article

Challenges in Scaling Up Biofuels Infrastructure

by Tom Richard (Pennsylvania State University/Science)  Rapid growth in demand for lignocellulosic bioenergy will require major changes in supply chain infrastructure. Even with densification and preprocessing, transport volumes by mid-century are likely to exceed the combined capacity of current agricultural

August 16, 2010 Read Full Article

Nine Challenges of Alternative Energy

by David Fridley (Post Carbon Institute) excerpt:  Unlike conventional fossil fuels, where nature provided energy over millions of years to convert biomass into energy-dense solids, liquids, and gases--requiring only extraction and transportation technolgy for us to mobilize them--alternative energy depends

August 16, 2010 Read Full Article

Opportunities and Barriers for International Bioenergy Trade

by Martin Junginger, Jinke van Dam, Simonetta Zarrilli, Fatin Ali Mohamed, Didier Marchal, and Andre Faaij  (IEA Bioenergy)  Task 40 under the IEA Bioenergy Agreement entitled: ‘Sustainable International Bioenergy trade; securing supply and demand’, started in 2004 and currently has fourteen country members

August 13, 2010 Read Full Article

Sugar Stakeholders Seek Palace Assistance

by James Konstantin Galvez  (The Manila Times)   Some 100 sugarcane industry stakeholders asked the support of the Department of Agriculture during a recent dialogue in providing the necessary equipment in the mechanization of sugarcane production for both sugar and ethanol.

August 12, 2010 Read Full Article

Denton, TX to Have E85 and Biodiesel

by Michelle Kautz  (DomesticFuels)   ... City of Denton Fleet Services Division in Denton, Texas has been awarded a $599,860 grant to install E85 and Biodiesel. The award is part of American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) funds by the North Texas

August 12, 2010 Read Full Article

The Benefits of Ethanol

byGen. Wesley K. Clark (Ret.)  (New York Times) Letter to Editor:  ...The consequences include not only huge environmental risks, but a $300 billion-a-year drain from our economy to pay for imported petroleum. Growth Energy’s Fueling Freedom plan would redirect the ethanol

August 12, 2010 Read Full Article

Lab Test: ICCC Lab Becomes National Leader in Biodiesel Testing

(PR Newswire)  Community college is first to earn BQ-9000 designation, driving business to the state. Don Heck has heard a lot of talk about making Iowa the "renewable energy capital of the world," and he thinks he's found a way to

August 10, 2010 Read Full Article

Miscanthus Planters From New Energy Farms

(New Energy Farms)  Growers of the energy crop Miscanthus now have two planters available from New Energy Farms, the leading Miscanthus development company in North America and the EU. Miscanthus is a perennial grass which is harvested each year for the

August 09, 2010 Read Full Article

The Engines of Biofuels Adoption

by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest)  ...Larry Nitz, GM’s executive director of hybrid and electric powertrain engineering, described ethanol as the the best short-term solution. GM has sold 5.5 million flex-fuel vehicles to date. “If the fuel was available at a competitive

August 09, 2010 Read Full Article

New E85 Pumps near Pittsburgh, PA; Phoenix, AZ; Fremont, CA

by Joanne Ivancic (Advanced Biofuels USA)  Ninety degrees on a Sunday afternoon in August, waiting 20 minutes on the Pennsylvania Turnpike in line for fuel near Pittsburgh left time to get out of the car to take a look at

August 09, 2010 Read Full Article

ACE Update on Ethanol Blender Pumps

by Cindy Zimmerman (DomesticFuel)  ...ACE Vice President for Market Development Ron Lamberty gave a little update to the membership on that effort and the importance of getting blender pumps out there. ..."(B)lender pumps could become very important for marketers, if EPA

August 09, 2010 Read Full Article

Garuda Indonesia Planning to Switch to Biofuel

by Fidelis E. Satriastanti  (Jakarta Globe) National airline Garuda Indonesia is finalizing preparations to use biofuel in an attempt to reduce carbon dioxide emissions, a senior official said on Monday. “We are in the process of changing from avtur [aviation fuel] to

August 02, 2010 Read Full Article

Canadian Programme Formed to Undertake Camelina-Sourced Biofuel Test Flight of a Bombardier Turboprop

(GreenAirOnline)  A six-partner consortium led by crop biotechnology company Targeted Growth Canada (TGC) is to undertake a test programme using biofuel sourced from camelina oil that will culminate in a demonstration flight of a Porter Airlines Bombardier Q400 twin-turboprop aircraft planned

August 02, 2010 Read Full Article

Holden Plans Commodore Able to Run on 85% Ethanol as Standard

by Barry Park (Sidney Morning Herald)  ...The carmaker is expected to unveil a version of the Commodore that can run on anything from 100 per cent petrol to E85, a combination of 15 per cent petrol and 85 per cent

August 02, 2010 Read Full Article

Largest FFV Fleet in United States Now Has E85

(Renewable Fuel Association)  The Renewable Fuels Association (RFA) and Protec Fuel are proud to announce the Grand Opening of the Naval Station Norfolk E85 Station in Norfolk, Virginia. This station will be publically accessible as well as provide fuel to the

August 02, 2010 Read Full Article

Some Biofuels Are Better than Others: Thinking Strategically about Biofuels

(New Zealand Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment)  The purpose of this report is to take a fresh look at biofuels – to think strategically about how they might lessen our dependence on fossil fuels and thus reduce our greenhouse gas emissions.

July 30, 2010 Read Full Article

New York Times Misses the Mark on America’s Fuel

(Growth Energy)  The New York Times’ July 29th Editorial “Energy Subsidies – Good and Bad,” mischaracterizes Growth Energy’s proposal to open the American transportation fuels market and fails to acknowledge the technological advancements that have made ethanol production cleaner and more

July 30, 2010 Read Full Article

It's a Critical Time for Ethanol

by Joe Ruff (Omaha World Herald)  It's time for the federal government to move beyond offering tax credits to companies that combine ethanol with gasoline, said the CEO of the fourth-largest ethanol producer in the country. Instead, he said, government incentives are

July 30, 2010 Read Full Article

Hard Work Has Made Biodiesel a ‘Drop-In’ Fuel

(Biodiesel Magazine)  ... He (Steve Howell, technical director for the National Biodiesel Board and president of the Marc-IV consulting firm) mentioned the disadvantage from this model, however, is that the fuel properties of biodiesel made from these products are based

July 30, 2010 Read Full Article

Rothsay Biodiesel's Own Fleet Shows Fuel's Reliability

(Automotive Fleet)   Rothsay Biodiesel, a division of Maple Leaf Foods Inc., said that its program to fuel its own fleets with biodiesel blends reduced carbon output by approximately 700 metric tons in 2009 -- the equivalent to removing approximately 130

July 30, 2010 Read Full Article

Oil Spill Boosts Local Ethanol Sales

by Dennis Sherer  (Times Daily)  The Gulf of Mexico oil spill is changing the driving habits of some north Alabama motorists. Since the Deepwater Horizon oil rig exploded in April and dumped millions of gallons of oil into the Gulf, more

July 29, 2010 Read Full Article

New Chemical May Pave Way for Ethanol Pipelines

by Joanna Schroeder  (DomesticFuel)  A new technology may aid in the development of pipeline infrastructure to move ethanol. MidContinental Chemical Company, Inc. has announced a new fuel ethanol additive designed to combat stress corrosion cracking (SCC) a problem that is

July 27, 2010 Read Full Article

Constructing a Stage for Ethanol Creation

by Larisa Brass (KnoxvilleBiz.com)  As its biorefinery demonstration plant churns toward one day generating automobile fuel from grass, Genera Energy is beginning construction of what will effectively be the staging grounds for that process. This week the company, spun out from the

July 27, 2010 Read Full Article

New Alternative Fueling Station Opens in Ventura

by Shane Cohn (Ventura County Reporter)  For a nation seeking less dependence on foreign oil, Silvas Oil Company has a solution for commuters and truckers passing through Ventura. The Oxnard-based company has officially opened the only commercial fueling station in the

July 27, 2010 Read Full Article

Dresser Wayne E85 Dispensers Receive UL Approval

(Dresser Wayne)  Dresser Wayne, a global innovator of fuel dispensers and technologies, announced today that its Reliance® E-Series fuel dispensers for retail and fleet applications received Underwriters Laboratories (UL) certification for dispensing ethanol up to E85.  The Reliance E-Series dispenser's UL

July 24, 2010 Read Full Article

Local Supercar Races toward Multi-Million-Dollar Prize

by Brian McNeill (The Daily Progress)   All eyes will be on the “Very Light Car” — designed by the Charlottesville-based team Edison2 — at the finals of the multimillion-dollar X Prize competition to build a vehicle able to achieve 100 miles

July 23, 2010 Read Full Article

A Choice of Blends

by James R. Johnson (Grand Forks Herald)  Officials dedicate GF’s first blender pumps. The first blender pumps in Grand Forks were formally dedicated Tuesday afternoon before more than a dozen supporters at the Valley Dairy store at 24th Avenue South and South

July 23, 2010 Read Full Article

US Automakers on Track for More Ethanol Vehicles

by Dee-Ann Durbin  (Bloomberg Businessweek)  U.S. automakers say they're on track to increase the number of vehicles that can run on fuel-saving ethanol, even as the ethanol industry falters and other technologies like electric vehicles capture the public's attention. ...General Motors Co.,

July 23, 2010 Read Full Article

Department of Energy Launches Alternative Fuel Locator

by Colin Bird (Cars.com)   Last week, we pointed out a new mobile phone application that tracks recently recalled autos or tires, and this week we’ve found another useful tool. The Department of Energy’s new alternative-fuel locator app allows users to find

July 21, 2010 Read Full Article

DOE Finds Ethanol Pipeline Feasible

by Cindy Zimmerman (DomesticFuel)  A pipeline for ethanol from the Midwest to the East Coast is a viable project, if certain conditions are met, according to a report by the Department of Energy (DOE). In the report titled “Dedicated Ethanol Pipeline

July 21, 2010 Read Full Article

Twin Oil Opens Two E85 Stations in South Florida

(Renewable Fuels Association)  The Renewable Fuels Association (RFA) and Protec Fuel are proud to announce the expanded availability of E85 in South Florida at two Twin Oil Sunoco retail stations. The Twin Oil fueling stations, each branded as Sunoco, are offering E85

July 21, 2010 Read Full Article

The Mad Scramble over the Ethanol Tax Credit

by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest)  Growth Energy, the Renewable Fuels Association, the Environmental Working Group, the Grocery Manufacturers Association, the Natural Resources Defense Council, the American Meat Institute, and several members of congress are among the main players in a

July 20, 2010 Read Full Article

Pennsylvania Dept. of Environmental Protection Makes $6 Million Available for Alternative Fuel Transportation Projects

(PR-USA.net)  Environmental Protection Secretary John Hanger announced today that the department is now accepting applications through the state's $6 million Alternative Fuel Incentive Grant program, or AFIG, for homegrown fuel projects throughout Pennsylvania. "The AFIG program helps improve our environment and economy

July 20, 2010 Read Full Article

America’s Number One Smartphone Locates America’s Number One Alternative Fuel

(Renewable Fuels Association)  E85 fuel? There’s an app for that. The Renewable Fuels Association (RFA) is proud to announce the new iPhone application used to help flex-fuel vehicle (FFV) drivers access the latest, most accurately geo-coded E85 stations throughout the

July 19, 2010 Read Full Article

2011 Chevy Caprice to be FFV

by Michelle Kautz   (DomesticFuel)   Chevrolet has released the technical manual for the Holden-based 2011 Chevrolet Caprice PPV (Police Patrol Vehicle) and it includes an E85 compatible platform. ...General Motors (GM) says its 0-100km/h time of less than 6.0 seconds will

July 15, 2010 Read Full Article

INL, Conrad & Bischoff Bring E85 Fuel to Eastern Idaho Public

(KIDK.com)  Idaho National Laboratory has worked with local motor fuel supplier Conrad & Bischoff to make E85, an alternative fuel that is 85 percent ethanol and just 15 percent gasoline, commercially available to the public for the first time in

July 14, 2010 Read Full Article

International Fuel Technology Announces U.K.-Based East Midlands Trains Will Continue Using DiesoLiFT™ 10 For Fuel Economy Improvement and Emissions Reduction

(International Fuel Technology)  International Fuel Technology, Inc. announced that East Midlands Trains will continue using DiesoLiFTTM 10 in its light rail, diesel multiple unit (DMU) operations. East Midlands Trains recently completed one of the largest in-service field demonstrations ever run utilizing

July 13, 2010 Read Full Article

Jet-A Alternatives

by David Esler  (Aviation Week)   This December, if the planets align properly and the members of the ASTM International concur, it will become legal to operate a business jet on a blend of conventional Jet-A and low-emissions biofuels refined from weeds,

July 12, 2010 Read Full Article

Transportation and Aviation Leaders Launch Sustainable Biofuels Initiative

(PR NewsWire)  Regional assessment to outline biomass sources for creating renewable jet fuel. Alaska Airlines, Boeing, Portland International Airport, Seattle-Tacoma International Airport, Spokane International Airport and Washington State University today announced a strategic initiative to promote aviation biofuel development in the

July 12, 2010 Read Full Article

Ethanol-Free Gas on the Way Out

by Matt Sutkoski(Burlington Free Press)  ...Most gasoline sold nationwide is 10 percent ethanol, a byproduct of corn or other crops. Acting under a 2007 federal law, the Environmental Protection Agency has mandated increasing levels of ethanol in gasoline, saying it

July 09, 2010 Read Full Article

Tax Truth: We Need to Raise the Levy on Gasoline

(Washington Post)  Editorial    ...What better time to revisit the enduring, maddening, illogical contrast between how little Americans actually pay to drive -- and how fiercely they resist even modest gasoline tax increases that would go a long way in addressing

July 08, 2010 Read Full Article

The Future of Biorefineries

by Doris de Guzman (ICIS Green Chemicals)  ...One big news from the (BIO  World) conference is the release of a new report from the World Economic Forum about the importance of industrial biorefineries not only in reducing carbon emissions but

July 07, 2010 Read Full Article
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