The president of the National Corn Growers Association says the interest in renewable energy across the nation is really a renewed interest in agriculture. Ken McCauley, a corn grower from White Cloud, Kansas, says “it elevates agriculture to a whole new level” and he notes that ethanol and biodiesel are giving young people a new future in agriculture and helping …
Renewable Energy Conference Crowd
There’s a huge crowd at the America’s Center in St. Louis for the Advancing Renewable Energy Conference. First main speaker up was Pat Woertz, CEO for ADM, who gave an impressive address on how we can and must meet the energy and food needs of the world. Coming up shortly will be the US Secretaries of Energy and Agriculture. More …
It’s Confirmed
President Bush is now confirmed to be the grand finale for the Renewable Energy Conference this week in St. Louis. He will make the final address on Thursday to attendees at the event, who will be hearing from other top administration officials on Wednesday, including Secretary of Energy Sam Bodman and Secretary of Agriculture Mike Johanns. Just about everybody who …
Are You Ready For Some Ethanol?
The ethanol industry has kicked off a new promotion with tailgate parties and pump promotions centered around pro football games this fall. According to Reece Nanfito, Ethanol Promotion and Information Council’s senior director of marketing, promotions for the fuel are planned to take place prior to professional football match-ups around the country. “At the tailgating parties, we have tents and …
Testing Ethanol in the Engines at Indy
Here’s a screen shot from the home page of the Indianapolis Motor Speedway heralding the ethanol fuel test drive Monday on the track. According to an Indy release, drivers Jeff Simmons of Rahal Letterman Racing and Tony Kanaan of Andretti Green Racing drove Dallara/Honda/Firestone cars powered by ethanol and the 3.5-liter engine, the first time that package was tested at …
IRL Prepares to Fill Up, Feel Good
Learn more about the excitement at the Indy Racing League as they prepare to go 100 percent ethanol in 2007 in the latest “Fill Up, Feel Good” podcast from the Ethanol Promotion and Information Council. The podcast features comments from IRL President Tony George, VP John Lewis and Senior Technical Director Les McTaggert, drivers Jeff Simmons and Dario Franchitti, as …
Indy Starts With an “E”
A new era was unleashed Tuesday for IndyCar racing. The new Honda 3.5-liter V-8 racing engine made a successful debut on the 2.73-mile road course at Daytona International Speedway with two cars making a “trouble free” testing session, according to a release from the Ethanol Promotion and Information Council. It marked the first time in open-wheel competition that IndyCar engines …
O2 Diesel Helping the Environment
For every student that rides an 02 Diesel bus in Spearfish, SD, the Arbor Day Foundation will plant one tree in Custer State Park which was devastated by a forest fire. At a celebration this week marking the start of the Spearfish school system using buses powered by the O2 Diesel blend of ethanol and biodiesel (see previous post), Kevin …
Imus on Ethanol in the Morning
Nationally-syndicated radio show host Don Imus will soon be extolling the virtues of ethanol on “Imus in the Morning,” according to officials with the Ethanol Promotion and Information Council (EPIC). Imus was named one of Time Magazine’s 25 Most Influential in America in 1997 and his morning radio program remains one of the nation’s mostly popular, especially on the East …
Riding the O2 Diesel School Bus
Students in Spearfish, SD will be breathing easier this school year now that Spearfish Public Schools in South Dakota and Dakota Trailways have announced that all district school buses will now be running on O2 Diesel™, a new, cleaner-burning fuel blend of ethanol-diesel. The first of these newly converted buses was unveiled at a news conference at West Elementary School …