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E85 to be sold in more Valero stations
Posted by admin2 on 03 Sep 2010 | Tagged as: Biofuel, Ethanol
Valero Energy Corporation announced that its new Corner Store filling stations will offer E85 ethanol blends along with other gasoline blends.
“There are already millions of Flex Fuel vehicles on the road, and there’s a growing market for E-85,” said Gary Arthur, President of Valero’s Retail Division. “As Valero builds new Corner Stores, we will continue to introduce E-85 sales to satisfy this growing demand.”
Daihatsu and Toyota develop new green mini-car
Posted by admin2 on 31 Aug 2010 | Tagged as: Biofuel, Ethanol
Daihatsu and Toyota have joined forces to develop a mini-car that runs on gasoline and water-containing ethanol.
In bioethanol production, water is removed from the so-called ethanol broth that results from the fermentation of sugars in plants and other biomass. But even with the water, this broth holds promise as a fuel because it cuts down on the carbon dioxide emissions associated with bioethanol production.
Minnesota ethanol industry generated income and jobs
Posted by admin2 on 28 Jul 2010 | Tagged as: Ethanol, Jobs & Careers
The ethanol industry in Minnesota pumped $2.5 billion into the state’s economy and supported more than 6800 jobs.
The annual report from the Minnesota Department of Agriculture says ethanol production in the state increased to 862 million gallons in 2009 from 550 million gallons five years ago.
It estimates production will increase to 1.1 billion gallons this year with an economic impact of $3.1 billion and around 1,500 additional jobs.
DoE says ethanol pipeline possible
Posted by admin2 on 23 Jul 2010 | Tagged as: Ethanol
If ethanol consumption goes significantly beyond its use as a 10% additive in gasoline, a dedicated ethanol pipeline may be feasible, according to a Department of Energy study.
Sioux Falls-based Poet and Magellan Midstream Partners LP are studying the feasibility of a $3.5 billion, 1,800-mile pipeline that would send ethanol from plants in Iowa, South Dakota, Minnesota, Illinois, Indiana and Ohio to distribution terminals in the northeastern United States.
The companies’ analysis of their project concludes that it is economically viable with transportation rates about 15 percent lower than rail rates. The venture becomes more viable if flexible fuel vehicles that run on E85 become more popular and the Environmental Protection Agency allows higher concentrations of ethanol in gasoline.
Ethanol-fueled race cars keep up with conventional models
Posted by admin2 on 13 Jul 2010 | Tagged as: Ethanol
Automotive researchers from the Argonne (IL) National Laboratory have concluded that a fuel-injected race car running on E85 can outperform a car running on an engine using a carburetor and conventional fuel.
Specifically, the group, dubbed Project Green, demonstrated during benchmark testing a seven percent improvement in the torque and speed of a General Motors’ CT525 LS3 fuel-injected engine with a catalytic convertor attached to the exhaust system and renewable E-85 in the fuel tank, said Forrest Jehlik, principal mechanical engineer at Argonne’s Center for Transportation Technology. The General Motors engine is a popular choice among circle track racers.
Used coffee cups become cellulosic ethanol
Posted by admin2 on 11 Jul 2010 | Tagged as: Ethanol
University of Manitoba researchers have developed a way to convert used coffee cups into cellulosic ethanol.
According to a story from Canada’s CBC News, the researchers are using one particular kind of disposable coffee cups, from the Tim Hortons coffee chain, founded in 1964 in Hamilton, Ontario and very popular in Canada. Microbiologists Richard Sparling and David Levin started the project last year when they noticed all the discarded coffee cups from Tim Hortons outlets on the University of Manitoba campus and came up with the idea that they might make good food for bacteria they were testing to make biofuels. So far, they’ve found that 100 Tim Hortons cups can make 1.3 litres of ethanol, or about a third of a gallon.
UL certifies E85 pumps
Posted by admin2 on 30 Jun 2010 | Tagged as: Biofuel, Ethanol
Two manufacturers of E85 pumps have received certification by Underwriters Laboratory.
The ethanol industry hopes that the certification of the two 85 percent blend pumps will hasten the day for approval of the so-called “blender pumps” that can blend ethanol with unleaded gasoline at retail sites
Steel mill emissions become ethanol
Posted by admin2 on 22 Jun 2010 | Tagged as: Biofuel, Ethanol
New Zealand’s LanzaTech, in partnership with one of China’s largest iron and steel maker, Baosteel, will trap waste emissions from steel mills and convert them into ethanol.
Spotting the opportunity, it launched a successful pilot plant at a steel mill in Auckland in 2008 (pictured above). Its process traps the gases emitted by steel manufacturing — particularly carbon monoxide — and then ferments them with specially engineered microbes to produce ethanol. The pilot plant ran for 2,500 hours, churning out 1,000 liters of fuel at a time, while simultaneously diverting harmful emissions that would have otherwise been released into the atmosphere.
High school students win gold in eco contest
Posted by admin2 on 02 Apr 2010 | Tagged as: Ethanol
A group of students from Durand High School in Wisconsin won the gold in the Shell Eco-Marathon in Texas for building the most fuel efficient car, which got 345 miles per gallon of ethanol.
“There’s a track we have to do 10 laps on and that’s a total of 6 miles. They measured the fuel before the event and after,” student Ted Wayne said.
The team was hoping to get 600 to 700 miles per gallon on ethanol, but after another team hit them at the competition the brakes and alignment on their car were thrown off. Still they were able to get first place.
Daryl Hannah promotes ethanol use
Posted by admin2 on 25 Mar 2010 | Tagged as: Biofuel, Ethanol
At the wheel the 1979 Trans Am she drove in the movie “Kill Bill”, actress Daryl Hannah promoted ethanol use in downtown Santa Cruz, California.
Last year, she had the sports car converted to run off 85 percent ethanol, or E85, a move she says refutes concerns from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency about using higher blends of ethanol.
