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Lallemand Ethanol Technology and Mascoma Announce TransFerm Brand Name

Lallemand Ethanol Technology and Mascoma Announce TransFerm Brand Name

Lallemand Ethanol Technology, a global provider of fermentation ingredients to the fuel ethanol industry, and Mascoma Corporation, a renewable fuels company, today announced that the Mascoma Grain Technology, or MGT, yeast product will be marketed under the commercial name TransFerm for use by the fuel ethanol industry ... Continue reading

What Us Worry About Obama's "All-of-the-above" Alt-fuel Energy Policy

What Us Worry About Obama's "All-of-the-above" Alt-fuel Energy Policy

Auto Central, Louisville KY February 27, 2012; Big Oil and It's Sycophants, Screw America's Economy, Free Will, By The People FOR The People, Foreign Policy, Military Options and Reduces Freedom, While Oil Bought and Paid For Politicians Fiddle-faddle While Americans Burn...ENOUGH ALREADY! SEE ALSO: Survey Finds Majori ... Continue reading

Propel Fuels Receives $10.1 Million Grant Award From California Energy Commission to Expand Consumer Access to Alternative Fuels

Propel Fuels Receives $10.1 Million Grant Award From California Energy Commission to Expand Consumer Access to Alternative Fuels

Fueling Infrastructure to Provide New Choices to California's Nearly One Million Flex Fuel Drivers REDWOOD CITY, CA, Jun 01, 2012; Propel Fuels, a leading retailer of renewable fuels and clean mobility solutions, has been awarded a $10.1 million grant from the California Energy Commission (CEC) to build more than 100 F ... Continue reading

Americans Embrace Ethanol

Americans Embrace Ethanol

Millions take advantage of ethanol savings at the pump With temperatures rising, millions of Americans will hit the highway for road trips and family fun. As the summer driving season kicks into high gear, Americans are embracing higher blends of ethanol in gasoline as a proven cost-effective solution to save dollars a ... Continue reading

Big Oil's Anti-E15 Campaign Filled with Gross Exaggerations and Misinformation +VIDEO

Big Oil's Anti-E15 Campaign Filled with Gross Exaggerations and Misinformation +VIDEO

The people who rammed lead down our throats for nearly a century, and denied it was harmful, have a new story to peddle By Marc J. Rauch Exec. Vice President/Co-Publisher THE AUTO CHANNEL AUTO CENTRAL - May 16, 2012: A bit more than 18-months ago, the EPA issued a study finding and held a teleconference to announce tha ... Continue reading

American Coalition for Ethanol Responds to Big Oil Claims on E15

American Coalition for Ethanol Responds to Big Oil Claims on E15

SIOUX FALLS, SD — May 16, 2012: The Senior Vice President for the American Coalition for Ethanol, Ron Lamberty responded May 16 to recent testing results on E15 blends from the American Petroleum Institute. “The real problem here is that people may read about this project and think that it actually has some c ... Continue reading

New University Study: Ethanol Reduced Gas Prices by More than $1 per Gallon in 2011

New University Study: Ethanol Reduced Gas Prices by More than $1 per Gallon in 2011

WASHINGTON, May 15, 2012; America's growing use of domestically-produced ethanol reduced wholesale gasoline prices by an average of $1.09 per gallon in 2011, according to updated research conducted by economics professors at the University of Wisconsin and Iowa State University. The 2011 results, which show a $0.20 per ... Continue reading

Want to Go Green? AAA Recommends Ways to Make a Difference Behind the Wheel

Want to Go Green? AAA Recommends Ways to Make a Difference Behind the Wheel

AAA provides tips for those looking to be more eco-friendly with their driving habits and next vehicle purchase Hoping to decrease your carbon footprint and live a greener life? What and how you drive is a large part of your daily carbon footprint. Electric engines, several hybrid options and even traditional internal ... Continue reading

Los Angeles to Host the 26th International Electric Vehicle Symposium -- May 6-9, 2012

Los Angeles to Host the 26th International Electric Vehicle Symposium -- May 6-9, 2012

The Electric Drive Transportation Association (EDTA), under the auspices of the World Electric Vehicle Association (WEVA), will host the 26th International Electric Vehicle Symposium (EVS26) in Los Angeles May 6-9, resulting in an economic impact of more than $2.5 million citywide and a total of 2,900 room nights at th ... Continue reading

GM Australia Discovers Ethanol as GM America Ignores It +VIDEO

GM Australia Discovers Ethanol as GM America Ignores It +VIDEO

Ironic Twist in General Motors' Strategy Could Eventually Help Enlighten American Acceptance of Ethanol By Marc J. Rauch There's an interesting development taking place at General Motor's Australian subsidiary, Holden. The Australian division is trumpeting ethanol as a viable fuel that can help Australia's economy whil ... Continue reading

Ethanol Is The Right Choice for Conservationists by Richard Childress

Ethanol Is The Right Choice for Conservationists by Richard Childress

Some may question how the owner of a NASCAR racing team can promote air quality with a straight face. After all, for years, my business has been burning rubber and racing fuel in front of massive crowds that leave a lot of litter behind. But times are changing. And the sport of NASCAR, including my team, Richard Childr ... Continue reading

TMO Renewables Expands Production of 2G Ethanol with Cassava Stalk

TMO Renewables Expands Production of 2G Ethanol with Cassava Stalk

TMO Renewables (“TMO Group"), a leading technology provider for cellulosic biofuels production, today announced the company has advanced to demonstration scale on cassava stalk feedstock with major Chinese fuel and food producers. TMO is now processing an initial shipment of cassava stalk delivered from China, an inex ... Continue reading

NACS: Alternative Fuel Stations Could Hit 10,000

NACS: Alternative Fuel Stations Could Hit 10,000

Gasoline still remains the dominant transportation fuel by far, although E85, hydrogen, natural gas, electricity and propane are building a small following. WASHINGTON May 2, 2012; NACS Daily reported that a new report from the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) suggests that although gasoline remains by far ... Continue reading

Consumers Can Use Any Fuel They Want ... As Long As It's Gasoline

Consumers Can Use Any Fuel They Want ... As Long As It's Gasoline

Automotive “technology expertsâ€� take a page out of Henry Ford’s playbook By Marc J. Rauch Exec. Vice President/Co-Publisher THE AUTO CHANNEL When Ford designed the Model T it was said that you can get the car in any color you want, as long as it’s black. The public has that same limited choice ... Continue reading

Convenience Store Chains In Position To Benefit From The Replacement of Gasoline

Convenience Store Chains In Position To Benefit From The Replacement of Gasoline

Convenience Stores to earn exponentially enhanced profits by selling privately branded competitively sourced alcohol based fuels as an alternative and alongside traditional petroleum based gasoline. As the largest retailers of mobility fuels, Convenience Store chains have the opportunity to make more profit, help the e ... Continue reading

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