The IndyCar Series’ switch to ethanol will be featured at the annual “PopSci Best of What’s New” event at Grand Central Station in New York, November 7-9. The theme this year is “The Future Now.” Sponsored by Popular Science magazine, the show features impressive new technologies developed during the previous year and one of them is Honda’s new engine, designed …
Ethanol Helps Fuel Nebraska Economy
A business conditions report for midwestern states indicates that economic growth has slowed overall, but ethanol is helping to fuel growth in at least one of the states. In a monthly survey of supply managers in nine states, Creighton University’s Economic Forecasting Group found that Nebraska’s leading economic indicator, the Business Conditions Index, increased slightly for October. According to Creighton …
Price is Right
Consumers can find out the latest prices for E85 all over the country with the click of a mouse at E85prices.com. According to the website, the price of E85 fell significantly last month and the spread between unleaded and E85 has now widened to about 40 cents per gallon in many areas. The price of E85 is below $2.00 a …
Panda Keeps Climbing
Texas-based Panda Energy has announced plans to build another 100 million gallon-per-year ethanol plant powered by manure. According to the company, the latest plant will be located near the city of Muleshoe in Bailey County, Texas. The Muleshoe facility will generate the steam used in the ethanol manufacturing process by gasifying more than 1 billion pounds of cattle manure a …
Jumpstarting E85 in California
The U.S. Department of Energy has provided a major grant to build 15 public E85 stations in California. According to a news release, the effort will include the collaboration of some major environmental and corporate partners, including CALSTART, General Motors, Pacific Ethanol, and CleanFUEL USA. Currently, there is currently only one public station that sells E85 ethanol in California, despite …
Cool Fuel
Illinois Central Ethanol, or ICE, has announced plans for the development of an ethanol production facility in Nokomis, Illinois. The Montgomery County plant is projected to produce 50 million gallons of ethanol annually. The dry mill plant will use an estimated 18 million bushels of corn annually, according to Don Frank, ICE board president, “which will provide a good local …
Mechanics Can Fill Up and Feel Good With On-Line Course
Learn more about how auto technicians and anyone else can benefit from taking the free on-line “Ethanol Fuel Performance Training” course from the Ethanol Promotion and Information Council. This simple, user-friendly computer course provides an understanding of ethanol fuel and how it affects engine performance and the environment. Different lesson levels provide information from the very basic to the very …
International Domestic Fuel
Here’s a couple of interesting international developments on ethanol. Domestic Fuel reader Erick Erickson of Nebraska sent a link to a post on a European blog called Biopact that tells about “an interesting but as yet unclear development” in Venezuela. Seems that Venezuela’s most recent Energy Strategy Meeting concluded with the announcement that the country will be investing massively in …
On Pace for 20 Percent Growth
U.S. ethanol production is expected to increase by 20 percent over last year, according to the latest numbers that reflect production through August. The Renewable Fuels Association released the newest data from the Energy Information Administration showing that U.S. ethanol producers were averaging 329,000 barrels per day of ethanol production in August. That is a record for daily production average …
On-Line Course Teaches Mechanics of Ethanol
A new on-line training course for ethanol provides an understanding of ethanol fuel and how it affects engine performance and the environment. The Ethanol Promotion and Information Council (EPIC) developed the Ethanol Fuel Performance Training module for anyone who wants to get to know the technical side of the fuel, according to Reece Nanfito, senior director of marketing. “It’s intended …