Global Ethanol Tops 85 Billion Liters as OPEC Complains
Mar 30, 2010
By Bliss Baker Special Report from TheCuttingEdgeNews.com Global ethanol production will top 85 billion liters this year. The 2010 forecast predicts a 16 percent increase in global production over 2009 actual production despite a very challenging year for the industry particularly in the United States where the industr ... Continue reading
Mar 26, 2010
WASHINGTON--Consistent, sustained and diverse federal support is the key to rapid growth of a sustainable advanced biofuel industry. The Biotechnology Industry Organization (BIO) today thanked Reps. Earl Pomeroy (D-N.D.) and John Shimkus (R-Ill.) for introducing a bill to extend by three years the Cellulosic Ethanol Pr ... Continue reading
Aussies Turning Household Rubbish and Trash Into Ethanol A High Tech Fuel For Tomorrow's Cars
Mar 25, 2010
The consortium - which also includes Holden, Caltex, Veolia, Mitsui and Coskata - will investigate the viability of establishing Australiaâs first ethanol plant capable of turning materials such as household rubbish and building waste into more than 200 million litres of ethanol a year. This ethanol will be blende ... Continue reading
Gasoline Use and Prices Rise in U.S. (Again, Still, WTF)
Mar 24, 2010
NEW YORK, March 23, 2010; U.S. retail gasoline demand rose 1.4 percent in the week to March 19, according to a MasterCard SpendingPulse report released on Tuesday. Gasoline demand averaged 9.656 million barrels per day last week, up from 9.523 million the previous week, the weekly survey showed. Year-on-year, gasoline ... Continue reading
Consumers Want Green Vehicles to Offer More Than Fuel Savings, Accenture Finds
Mar 9, 2010
NEW YORK--While interest in alternative vehicles may be growing, consumers do not see âgreenâ as the only purchasing factor and are demanding more from automakers, according to an Accenture study released today. âBoth OEMs and suppliers need to start building strategic partnerships that will lead to dist ... Continue reading
Everything About Gasoline Just Sucks - Yeah, this is an Editorial
Mar 3, 2010
By Marc J. Rauch Exec. Vice President/Co-Publisher I'm sitting here at my computers editing and posting videos from the 2010 Geneva Motor Show. Just happy in a blissful lack-of-sleep trance. I happened to look back at a Porsche video I posted almost 24-hours; the #2 Porsche 918 Spyder Concept video. It shook me out of ... Continue reading
Bridging the Gap to Using Renewable Fuels - Converting from Gasoline to Ethanol
Feb 22, 2010
By Tom Torbjornsen Tom Torbjornsen is a long time friend and frequent contributor to The Auto Channel. Tom hosts a national weekly radio show on Sirius/XM and is the automotive guy for Buffalo TV station WIVB-4. Prior to the Wall Street meltdown, the number one topic of conversation among the possible presidential cand ... Continue reading
Feb 18, 2010
FREMONT, Calif.--Oorja Protonics, the leader in ultra-powerful liquid methanol fuel cell technology, adds OorjaPacTM Model 1 to its product line. This addition to the OorjaPac family is 50 times more powerful than other direct methanol fuel cell (DMFC) products available in the market. With a 4.5kW power output, Model ... Continue reading
New Bentley Continental Supersports Convertible is Flex-Fuel E-85 Capable - VIDEO ENHANCED
Feb 17, 2010
FlexFuel technology now standard across Continental model range The Continental Supersports Convertible is the fastest, most potent drop-top Bentley ever built â 0-60mph in just 3.9 seconds (0-100km/h in 4.2 seconds) and a top speed of 202mph (325km/h). It is also the fastest four-seat convertible in the world. Th ... Continue reading
Ethanol Continues to Provide Unmatched Future Economic Opportunities For U.S.
Feb 17, 2010
Washington February 15, 2010; While not unscathed by the tumultuous economic climate that gripped the U.S. and the world in 2009, American ethanol producers continued to press forward contributing generously to the economy of the U.S. In the annual analysis, âThe Economic Contribution of the Ethanol Industry to th ... Continue reading
Ethanol Feed Replaces Need for Millions of Corn, Soybean Acres
Feb 17, 2010
Washington February 15, 2010; The U.S. ethanol industry exported 5.64 million metric tons (mmt) of distillers grains worth nearly $1 billion in 2009, shattering the previous record set in 2008, according to data released last week by the Foreign Agriculture Service. Exports in 2009 were 24 percent above 2008 levels and ... Continue reading
Michigan Tech Partner In Three Major Biofuel Projects
Feb 5, 2010
Biofuels hold promise for cutting civilizationâs carbon footprint while reducing dependence on petroleum. But how plant-based biofuels really work, including the extent to which they sop up atmospheric carbon dioxide during their growth cycle, is still poorly understood. Michigan Technological university has sever ... Continue reading
BIOFUEL: EPA Renewable Fuel Standard Program
Feb 4, 2010
SEE ALSO: Complete EPA BIOFUEL Details Washington DC February 3, 2010; EPA, under the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 (EISA), is responsible for revising and implementing regulations to ensure that transportation fuel sold in the United States contains a minimum volume of renewable fuel. The Renewable Fuel ... Continue reading
BIOFUEL: The White House Blog Speaks
Feb 4, 2010
Posted by Heather Zichal on February 03, 2010 at 07:05 PM EST In his State of the Union Address last month, the President promised that this Administration would move aggressively to catalyze American innovation and economic growth, especially in a competitive global environment -- and he pointed out that, "no area is ... Continue reading
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