St. Petersburg, Florida was the site of the greenest racing event in history April 5-6 when ethanol was featured in both the IndyCar Series Honda Grand Prix and the American Le Mans Series Acura Sports Car Challenge. The edition of “Fill up, Feel Good” features comments from Doug Robinson of the International Motor Sports Association; GM Racing program manager Doug …
Flying High on Ethanol
An ethanol-powered aerobatic plane caught the eye of the media over the weekend. Among the news reports was one from NBC News Channel, featuring video of the high-performance stunt place sponsored by ethanol plant builder Fagen, Inc. When aerobatic pilot Greg Poe thinks about going green he thinks about his red MX2 aircraft. It’s a high performance airplane fueled by …
E85 Goes Redneck
This just in from the National Ethanol Vehicle Coalition: E85 has gone Redneck. According to NEVC, Thom Shepherd, co-writer of the hit country song, Redneck Yacht Club, is one of the newest supporters of the domestically grown fuel. “I support anything our country can do to reduce our dependency on the Middle East,” noted Shepherd. He stands by his word …
E85 on a Roll in Missouri and Colorado
A BreakTime gas station in Fulton, Missouri sold E85 for 85 cents below unleaded during a grand opening event on Friday. Officials say E85 will sell for 20% below regular unleaded as a normal pricing. Representatives from the National Ethanol Vehicle Coalition (NEVC), the Missouri Corn Growers Association and the Missouri Department of Natural Resources attended the grand opening event. …
POET to Use Methane for Ethanol Plant
Under an agreement with the City of Sioux Falls, POET Biorefining – Chancellor will use methane generated from the Sioux Falls Regional Sanitary Landfill to provide energy for ethanol production. According to POET, the methane will initially displace 10 percent of the ethanol plant’s natural gas usage, increasing to 30 percent in 2025 as additional methane is generated. The methane, …
Company Offers Wood for Cellulosic Ethanol
A New York-based lumber company is offering supply contracts to any American company anywhere in the United States requiring woodchips for cellulosic ethanol production. Green Energy Resources says it is “ready to meet the demand and supply of the US Government-mandated 15 billion gallons of wood cellulostic ethanol authorized under the US Energy Bill passed in 2007.” The company uses …
Building E85 Infrastructure
A recent article by Red Herring reporter Justin Moresco called the need for ethanol distribution and retail infrastructure “Ethanol’s Unsexy Dilemma.” Moresco quotes Karl Doenges of CleanFuel USA, Michelle Kautz with the National Ethanol Vehicle Coalition (NEVC), Robert White of the Ethanol Promotion and Information Council (EPIC) and Matt Hartwig with the Renewable Fuels Association (RFA), among others, about the …
Cellulosic Arkansas
Arkansas is hoping to become a leader in cellulosic ethanol production. According to a story in the Advance Monticellonian, Congressman Mike Ross (D-AR) recently assembled a panel of biofuels experts at the University of Arkansas at Monticello to discuss how Southeast Arkansas can play a part in it in the future of cellulosic ethanol. Ross said, and Southeast Arkansas is …
How to Get to $1 a Gallon Ethanol
The CEO of Coskata claims they will be able to make ethanol for $1 a gallon or less in the near future. The Green Tech Blog reports on a meeting with Coskata’s William Roe where he explained how this will happen. Roe explains that Coskata combines both biological and thermochemical processing and can use a wide variety of feedstocks, from …
Flex Fuel Vehicle Sales Up
A record number of alternative fuel vehicles were sold in the U.S. last year, according to the latest figures from automotive research firm R.L. Polk. Sales of alternative fuel vehicles in the United States, including flex-fuel and hybrid electric, reached 1.8 million last year, about 250,000 more than in 2006. Dave McCurdy, president and CEO Alliance of Automobile Manufacturers, says …