With the 45 cent per gallon ethanol subsidy and the tariffs on imported ethanol both set to expire at the end of December, ethanol proponents and ethanol opponents have ramped up the rhetoric. The purpose of this essay is not ...

Third, the EPA is due to rule by early to mid January on whether to allow E15 in vehicles with model years of 2001-06. The EPA has already approved E15 for model years 2007 and newer, which should provide a ...

Considering a proposal from the staff of the state Air Resources Board, California regulators have announced that they could change their view on the environmental impact of ethanol, a decision that might keep the corn-based fuel competitive with other bio ...

U.S. ethanol exports in January through September 2010 totaled 251 million gallons, according to the DOE, which was more than twice the 2009 level. The European ethanol industry protests that (1) the U.S. excise tax subsidy amounts to ...

Brightening Brazil's prospects to solidify its position as world biofuel powerhouse are billions of dollars of new foreign investment and the possible fall of a long-standing trade barrier in the United States, a huge potential market.. In the United ...

Following the Republican Party's capture of the House of Representatives in the midterm elections, U.S. policy on the use of biofuels for transportation could be about to change. After U.S. ethanol production and demand hit record levels ...

Former Sen. Alan Simpson and Erskine Bowles's deficit reduction proposal has drawn mixed reactions from both sides of the aisle for recommending sweeping cuts to federal programs. Regardless of where you stand on the report's recommendations, one of ...

If we're serious about cutting wasteful spending and reining in government, the abolition of subsidies for ethanol production and the ending of mandates for its use would be a good place to start.. ethanol subsidies to Big Agriculture coupled ...

The United States has been an insatiable consumer of oil, particularly over the last 50 years, as its economy has steadily expanded. And in recent years emerging economies with large populations such as India and China have been making vast ...

There has been a lot of hand-wringing over future Corporate Average Fuel Economy standards being the death of Detroit. But, in fact, the highly respected University of Michigan Transportation Research Institute has studied implications of an "attribute-based" CAFE, and it ...

As oil and energy prices rise once again toward the $100 a barrel mark, alternatives are back in the spotlight. Funds such as the Market Vectors Global Alternative Energy ETF (NYSE: Ethanol refineries in Iowa are making an average of ...

Verenium Corporation (VRNM) Q3 2010 Earnings Call Transcript November 09, 2010 5:00 pm ET. And with me today are Carlos Riva, our Chief Executive Officer; Janet Roemer, our Chief Operating Office; and Jamie Levine, our Chief Financial Officer.. I ...

The article reports on the start up production of Pacific Ethanol Inc. at its Stockton Facility in California. "The addition of Goldman, Sachs & Co. and De La Rosa & Co. is based on their respective experience in airport financings in California ...

Ethanol is alternative gasoline fuel source of energy and alcohol based, produced by fermenting and distilling starch crops or agricultural products such as corn. In Brazil, most new cars (three-quarters) use either ethanol or gasoline, which ever is cheaper to ...

Ethylene is a relatively common compound. The dilute sugar water and yeast are then placed in a fermentation vat which will allow CO2 to escape, but will not allow outside air to come in contact with the brew. The fermentation ...

With the Republicans taking control of the House in January, it becomes more critical than ever that the ethanol tax measures that expire at the end of this year are extended in the lame duck session of Congress that will ...

Is ethanol a viable long-term source of renewable energy? In his 2006 State of the Union Address, President George W. Bush warned Americans that we are "addicted to oil. Mr. Bush's answer to the oil problem was to increase ...

It has been clear for decades that at some point, society would no longer be able to rely on fossil fuels to meet its energy needs. The vast majority of the ethanol used in the world today is produced from ...

Ethanol fuel is manufactured from the conversion of carbon based feed stocks such as barley, switch grass, sugar cane, sugar beets and corn. Three main groups are working to make ethanol more widely available in the United States. The website ...

The whole experiment with ethanol has finally reached a sufficiently big scale, and enough people (like Valero (VLO)) that know what they are doing have been involved in it, that we can finally put a few numbers together to understand ...

"Why do you make sorghum syrup? It would take somebody two days to go to Gainesville [Georgia] and get supplies-you know flour, grain, coffee, teas, sugar. The old timers figured out they could grow sorghum and pound it into dry ...

Ethanol is billed as the answer to a clean environment with fewer carbon emissions with burning fuel, but it's more expensive to manufacture and government subsidies are necessary to keep the industry afloat. Food shortages and government subsidies are ...

If you've ever driven behind a car or truck that has " On December 19, 2007, President George W. Bush signed into law the Energy Independence and Security Act which, among other initiatives, sets forth an eightfold increase in biofuel ...

What Is It, Where Do We Get It, and Is It Worth It? Ethanol has been getting a lot of attention as an alternative fuel in lieu of petroleum products from fossil fuels. Recent reports argue that the process of ...

In the past few months, there had been a tremendous increase in the prices of oil products since the cost per barrel in the international market had risen to an all-time high. Ethanol fuel had been used as an alternative ...

In the future, the high cost of Ethanol as an alternative energy source, may be the greatest threat to our economy that we have ever seen . Demand, plus Wall Street speculation, always brings higher prices. Once Ethanol is in full ...

Few of us would encounter a problem with the process of ethanol production if we had proper equipment to assure ethanol purity. Other areas of the U.S., such as logging states, use wood chips, sawdust and other available materials ...

This is an interesting enough topic to spend a little time on, and was brought to our attention the other day because of the recent legislation that will increase the amount of ethanol in our gasoline supply..... A year or ...

Ethanol plants intend to help reduce the United States' dependency on foreign oil by providing a renewable fuel source made from crops that can be grown in the US. According to the American Coalition for Ethanol, there are about 180 ...

Despite growing critics ethanol has slowly but surely emerged as the next real alternative fuel of choice in the US. The US government has approved a 50 percent boost in the amount of ethanol in gasoline for newer cars made ...

Over the past few months, most asset classes have risen on hopes that the global economy would be able to avoid a return to recession thanks to increased growth from emerging markets. This pessimism, along with continued speculation over the ...

While Brazil consumes much of its ethanol production, it exports nearly 10% to developed nations including the United States. Just as investors have plenty of choice for investment in the American corn ethanol sector like Archer Daniels Midland (NYSE: ADM ...

In the most recent Manhattan Institute policy brief, anti-ethanol author Robert Bryce incorrectly suggests that production of ethanol has failed to effectively reduce oil imports because ethanol only replaces part of a barrel of crude oil. Thus, unless we can ...

As Director of Public Relations for a developer of cellulosic ethanol, I track news from the emerging industry pretty closely. Abengoa Bioenergy announced it has secured 60% of the feedstock contracts needed for its hybrid ethanol facility being developed in ...

Genes copied from a common fungus could simplify the production of ethanol from abundant materials such as grass and wood chips, a development that could one day help ethanol compete with gasoline. "It's just a more efficient process," says ...

Answering the question of how much net energy gain is realized from corn ethanol can be somewhat convoluted. The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) states that corn ethanol produces 34 percent more energy than is used to create it ...

The advantages to sugarcane ethanol are very apparent, especially when compared to corn-based ethanol. The sugar crop, in the part of the world where it is converted to ethanol, remains relatively stable year after year in contrast to crops grown ...

Corn ethanol , a biofuel produced by fermenting and processing corn, has often been touted as an alternative to petroleum-based fuels. This is not the case with corn; taking into account all of the steps involved in the process, corn ethanol ...

Switchgrass ethanol is an ethanol biofuel created from crops of switchgrass. This distinctive plant also captures solar energy which can be useful in converting the grass to ethanol.The U.S. Department of Agriculture, and other government departments throughout the ...

Shares of Pacific Ethanol Inc. are moving today, trading up $.10 to the tune of about 11.5%, at $.99 per share. Earlier, shares traded as high as $1.01 ...

Cellulosic ethanol has been in the news for a while, and I'll be surprised if you have not heard about it. Essentially, cellulosic ethanol refers to the ethanol derived ...

AdvanceBio LLC has developed a next generation, sugar-based ethanol process, which is capable of using sugars from sugar cane, sweet sorghum, sugar beet and other like-crops as feedstock for producing ...

Ethanol is a fuel additive also known as an alternative fuel that is made from plant life such as corn, willow, hemp, switchgrass and sugar cane. Ethanol is added to ...

The Brazilian sugar and ethanol sectors are pushing forward with major consolidation investments, with a new JV between Petrobas, the Brazilian state run oil giant, and Sao Martinho SA, a ...

Pacific Ethanol could be emerging from bankruptcy in June 2010, contingent on a plan that has been approved by the board of directors and to be filed with the SEC ...

Biobutanol fuel is gaining a lot of attention lately as an alternative fuel source that may be employed in petrol engines at once. It is a specialized form of butanol ...

The US government, have for some time now being giving a subsidy to corn and ethanol production. The reasoning behind helping in the production of corn and ethanol is that ...

Just how much animal feed does the American ethanol industry produce each year? According to a new analysis by the Renewable Fuels Association, America’s ethanol producers delivered 23 million ...

Dave Vander Griend, CEO of ethanol producer ICM (based in Colwich, KS), has a fantastic op-ed published in the Kansas City Star today. Vander Griend begins with talking about the ...

Although daily moves on the ethanol futures market were anything but impressive, the weekly total of the solid run amounted to a gain of 6.5 cents...

Tweet Energy Minister Arak Chonlatanon is being urged to speed the use of ethanol to replace petrol, as capacity utilisation remains low.....

The Environmental Protection Agency will publish data Friday showing that biofuels made from palm oil won't count towards the nation's renewable...

Brazil is happening. Once a country badly governed with an economy that was prone to inflation, Brazil has turned itself around in a manner...

Getting lots of mail accusing me of RINOism. Why is it that people who support Newt believe they are backing the more conservative candidate? Where...

Construction is finally underway on the Hairy Hill ethanol plant, a second phase to the existing biogas facility which currently produces one...

Ethanol supplies across the country continue to build at the end of last week, according to the latest EIA report. Total ethanol inventory levels...

Asia, with its rapidly growing number of car owners and large pollution problems, could very well be the biggest market for biofuels and green...

Filed under: Ethanol Sugar beets are a more efficient source for ethanol production than corn for a lot of reasons: they use less land, less water...

Green Plains Renewable Energy (NASDAQ: GPRE) was upgraded by Zacks Investment Research from an "underperform" rating to a "neutral" rating in a...