“Not only are corn farmers feeding the world’s people and livestock, they are producing enough corn for all-American fuel ethanol. While ethanol can be found in 10 percent blends in all of Louisville’s gasoline, KyCGA, Thorntons, and KCFC have partnered to increase awareness about E85, a blend of 85 percent ethanol and 15 percent gasoline,” said Executive Director of KyCGA, …
RFA Successfully Promotes Ethanol At Sturgis
There is nothing more American than motorcycles and Sturgis, South Dakota in the summer. There is also nothing more American than ethanol. This year, the Renewable Fuels Association (RFA) roared back into Sturgis for another round of ethanol promotion. Hundreds of thousands of people from all over America descend on Sturgis each summer for the largest motorcycle enthusiast event in …
Powers Energy of America Looks to Add Solar
Last year, Powers Energy of America announced that it would build a $254 million waste-to-energy ethanol plant in Schneider, Indiana. According to an article published in the Post-Tribune, the bioethanol plant has received full commitments for funding. In addition to funding this plant, the investors have also now committed to supporting a $75 million solar plant. The solar plant will …
Learn About the Texas Ethanol Fuel Revolution
Is Texas fully capitalizing on the ethanol fuel revolution? You can find out by attending the new conference, Shaping Texas’ Fuel Ethanol Policy Conference on September 10, 2010 from 8:00 am to 5:00 pm at the Omni Hotel downtown Austin, Texas. The Texas Renewable Energy Industries Association will be bringing decision makers and industry leaders together to help the state …
Yet Another E85 Pump for New York
A fifth E85 station for Long Island has opened this month, making it the 64th outlet for flex fuel vehicle (FFV) drivers in New York to fill up with 85 percent ethanol.
Corn Growers Stress Ethanol Efficiency Gains
Recent studies show the significant efficiencies spurred by growth and development in the ethanol industry, according to the National Corn Growers Association (NCGA). “As we see it, this is just the tip of the iceberg,” said NCGA First Vice President Bart Schott. “Ethanol has proven to be an advantageous green alternative to foreign and ecologically precarious sources of petroleum. These …
Iowa Flooding Will Not Significantly Affect Corn Harvest
Last week,USDA announced as part of their August numbers that they believe corn farmers will achieve a record crop again this year. The expectation for harvest is 13.37 billion bushels, a 2 percent increase from the final 2009 harvest numbers. However, the report, that reports a month behind, did not account for the widespread rain and flooding in the state …
Iowa Gov Chet Culver Celebrates 1st Biomass Harvest
“The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of dreams. And this has been a dream for many, many years,” began Iowa Governor Chet Culver during his presentation to kick off the largest global biomass harvesting pilot project in Emmetsburg, Iowa. Project Liberty, the dream of Jeff Broin, CEO of POET and his company, is less than two …
ACE Elects New Board Members
The American Coalition for Ethanol (ACE) has elected three new members to its Board of Directors, expanding grassroots and independent ethanol representation to the national advocacy association. The new members are: David Kolsrud of Mid-Missouri Energy in Malta Bend, Mo.; Dave Sovereign representing Golden Grain Energy in Mason City, Iowa; and John Skelley, General Manager of Pinal Energy in Maricopa, …
Range Fuels Makes Cellulosic Methanol
Colorado-based Range Fuels reports the successful production of cellulosic methanol using non-food biomass at a Georgia biofuels plant in the first phase of an operation to ultimately produce next generation ethanol. According to a Range Fuels’ press release, this first phase uses heat, pressure, and steam to convert woody biomass and grasses into a synthesis gas composed of hydrogen and …