Sector Snap: Ethanol Producers Jump (AP via Yahoo! Finance)
Shares of ethanol producers jumped Monday on expectations that President Bush will reaffirm his focus on the renewable fuel in a speech this week, shaking off a downgrade to Aventine Renewable Energy Holdings Inc.
Goldman Sachs: Negative ethanol margins need to reverse (Agriculture Online)
(Dow Jones) -- US ethanol negative margins "are not sustainable" and "will have to reverse" in coming weeks, Goldman Sachs says. Adds rise in natural gas prices combined with a sharp rise in corn prices and the decline in oil prices put "enormous pressure" on ethanol margins last week.
Cow Manure Helps Power Ethanol Plants (AP via Yahoo! Finance)
Ranchers have long been fond of saying cattle manure smells like money. Now, folks in the business of making ethanol are smelling dollars too -- in the methane gas emitted by manure at large cattle feedlots and dairies.
US survey shows lack of consumer awareness of biofuels - Biofuel Review
| US survey shows lack of consumer awareness of biofuels Biofuel Review, UK - However, at the time of this release, a non-scientific sampling of fuel stations across the US found E85, a blend of 85 percent ethanol and 15 percent ... New Survey Shows Drivers Uneducated on Biofuels |
GM comes to campus to demonstrate fuel efficient vehicles - News from Washington University in St. Louis
| GM comes to campus to demonstrate fuel efficient vehicles News from Washington University in St. Louis, WA - GM brand E85 FlexFuel vehicles can run on any combination of gasoline and/or E85, a fuel blend of 85 percent ethanol and 15 percent gasoline. ... |
Biofuel research to slash costs - News - What Car?
| Biofuel research to slash costs News - What Car?, UK - It is more efficient than bioethanol fuels, such as E85, so it would return more miles to the gallon. Bioethanol is an alcohol derived from crops. ... Green biologics awarded £560000 to boost 'green' fuel development UK company gets £560000 funding to boost 'green' fuel development UK company gets £560000 funding to boost 'green' fuel development |
Sweden: Statoil E85 fuel registers massive sales growth - Automotive World (subscription)
| Sweden: Statoil E85 fuel registers massive sales growth Automotive World (subscription), UK - Statoil has said that sales in Sweden of its E85 biofuel, which will be available at 260 service stations in the country by the end of 2007, ... |
Winnebago farmers offer lessons in green - Pioneer Press
| Winnebago farmers offer lessons in green Pioneer Press, MN - But over the years, the Corn Plus plant here has produced more than ethanol. It also helped transform attitudes about renewable energy. ... Ethanol puts golden gloss on corn Greener than thou |
Three died at Lubombo Central - The Swazi Observer
| Three died at Lubombo Central The Swazi Observer, Swaziland - ... viewing it as a white elephant as no teachers had been secured thus over E85 000 was paid in fees towards computer education by parents last year. ... |
Biomass could fuel ethanol (Rapid City Journal)
BROOKINGS — The ethanol industry’s growing demand for corn is prompting many farmers to look beyond the ear in their quest to find an alternative source for the alternative fuel.