Ethanol Fuel News

A federal mandate to produce 100 million gallons of ethanol next year from celluose cellulose is unlikely to be met, because credit and legal troubles have hurt the fledgling industry.

There are only two locations in Niagara County where motorists can fill their gas tanks with E85 ethanol fuel.

If California's water leaders followed Robert Glennon's advice, the state would find a replacement for flush toilets, get off the ethanol fuel bandwagon and find a way for people to realize that water is not as plentiful as air.

If California's water leaders followed Robert Glennon's advice, the state would find a replacement for flush toilets, get off the ethanol fuel bandwagon and find a way for people to realize that water is not as plentiful as air.

Independent council experts have been called in to investigate how Reading borough was "grossly misled" over the source of fuel for its eco-buses. Councillors and members of the board for Reading Transport, which runs Reading Buses, announced on Thursday, October 15, they had been "deceived" over the fuel the fleet of 14 bio-ethanol buses was ...

Last year, traders for several of the big funds helped push crude oil prices up as high as $147 a barrel before the global recession brought them crashing down to around $30. While some funds are moving back into oil, others are betting on the possibility of an international shortage of the world's favourite natural sweetener - sugar.

In the international debate over climate change, the crucial sticking point for nations both rich and poor is the economic challenge of switching from cheap fossil fuels that emit heat-trapping gases to cleaner but presumably more expensive forms of energy.

Now: Biofuels include everything from bio-diesel, a fuel popular in Europe that's made from fats and oils extracted from biological materials, to ethanol, a clear, odorless alcohol made from distilling sugars and starches from crops.

Ubiquitous and easy to grow, algae has long been a promising biomass-to-fuel candidate in the eyes of researchers.

The United Nations Environment Program has suggested that biofuel development as a green energy option should only go ahead when countries adopt a sophisticated approach to the technology.

"Grossly misled" and "deceived" are words being used to describe the green bus fuel scandal that has left council bosses with red faces.

A Reading bus firm is to stop using a petrol substitute to run its vehicles because of spiralling costs.

A year ago, the bottom dropped out for America's ethanol industry when corn prices surged, lending for new plants nearly disappeared, and prices for gasoline fell sharply - negating ethanol's cost-advantage for consumers.

Joel Hebert, farm manager at the Louisiana State University Ag Center's Sugar Research Station in St.

BTU per hp hr at 65 mph for the four ethanol blends. Source: Hanna et al. 2009. Click to enlarge.

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The Virginia Department of Environmental Quality has issued a new air permit for MXI, the Exit 22 industry blamed for emissions that might have sickened employees at a neighboring industrial site.

The Piet indoor fireplace could be the start of a whole new genre of home furnishings, the chimney-free indoor stove.

Despite demand being dented by high sugar prices, ethanol is still a good prospect in Brazil.

The price of sugar on global commodity markets has doubled since the beginning of the year and is close to a 28-year high as hedge funds and speculators jostle to bet on the possibility of an international shortage of the world's favourite natural sweetener.