Murphy Oil buys corn-based ethanol plant for $92M
Murphy Oil Corp. on Thursday said it bought a corn-based ethanol plant for $92 million, marking its first foray into biofuel manufacturing. Read More.
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U.S. ethanol from corn could double by 2030
U.S. farmers could grow enough corn to produce 25 billion gallons of ethanol in 2030, twice as much as this year's target of 12 billion gallons, said the leader of a U.S. corn group on Thursday. Read More.
Researchers Look For Cash In The Switchgrass
Watching grass grow is tedious, but researchers in the Oklahoma Panhandle say theyll stare at their switchgrass - all 1,000 acres of it - until they know whether theyve found a commercially viable source of biofuel. Read More.
Company plans to turn trash to ethanol in Northern Nevada
One of the first commercial plants to turn garbage into ethanol will be making its home in Northern Nevada. Read More.
Ethanol in diesel engines?
A group of Nebraskans hopes that its search for a new way of powering diesel engines will help save the environment, while also revving up the farm economy. Ethanol is a key part of their plan to retrofit diesel engines so they can run on a mixture of ethanol, water and diesel fuel. The goal is to reduce pollution and improve the efficiency of diesel-fueled vehicles. Read More.
Schneider confirmed as ethanol plant site
The president of Powers Energy of America confirmed Wednesday that the town of Schneider will be the host site for a $285 million garbage-to-ethanol plant. Read More.
Getting Renewed With RFA
As I posted earlier, RFA has a new logo. That prompted me to call on CEO Bob Dinneen, the Reverend of Renewable Fuels, to find out what the new look signifies for the organization. To start with, Bob says that RFA has doubled in staff size in the last 18 months with new staff in the area of communications, research and lobbying. He sees a bright future for ethanol and RFA even in spite of continuing challenges like the proposed RFS2 that EPA is working on. Read More.
Supplier denies excess ethanol hurt police cars
The mystery of the paralyzed police cars remains. Yes, I realize this undercuts my speculation that a world awash in ethanol is prompting people to spike the gas supply with excess corn likker. Contradicting statements by Baltimore officials, the supplier says gasoline blamed for crippling much of the city's police fleet last week did not contain excess amounts of ethanol. Read More.
An easy way to increase ethanol use and help America’s battle for energy independence
By the year 2022 America is required by law to be using 36 billion gallons of renewable fuels a year. That's enough to reduce foreign oil imports by 11.3 billion barrels a year, while saving the U.S. $817 billion that would otherwise go to foreign oil producers. It's enough to create more than one million new jobs, add $1.7 trillion to the Gross Domestic Product and increase federal tax receipts by $209 billion. Read More.
Minnesota Governor Talks Ethanol
Minnesota Governor Tim Pawlenty supports an increase in the amount of ethanol blended into gasoline to at least 15 percent and is hopeful about the future of next generation biofuels. Read More.
Ethanol fuel tank project is coming to Brookings
Gov. Mike Rounds is making a push for South Dakota's state vehicles to run on fuel with a higher concentration of ethanol. To do this, special fuel tanks are being added that will provide fuel with up to 85 percent ethanol. Read More.
Nelson joins other senators on biofuel legislation
U.S. Sen. Ben Nelson has joined several other Midwest senators in introducing federal legislation they say is aimed at protecting the region's biofuels industry. Read More.
South Georgia firefighters train for ethanol fires
Firefighters from across Middle and South Georgia came to Albany Monday to learn how to battle ethanol fires. Hundreds of thousands of gallons of the bio-fuel are shipped out of the ethanol plant in Mitchell County daily, and Firefighters need special training and equipment to extinguish ethanol if it catches fire. Read More.
Worthy Education on Energy Alternatives
The following is a Letter to the Editor in response to the Washington Post article, "Self-Serve, Please" There were two fundamental problems with the Sept. 14 editorial "Self-Serve, Please." First, The Post compared nuclear energy -- a power source, not a motor fuel source -- to renewable fuels that directly replace petroleum imports. Read More.
4-H students to make biofuels as part of project
To help celebrate National 4-H Week Oct. 4-10, Louisiana 4-H members will join millions of other 4-H'ers across the nation in participating in a science and technology project. They will make ethanol, one of the most common biofuels in the country. Read More.
