Alternative Transportation Fuels Today articles from December 2006

Alternative Transportation Fuels Today archives from December 2006

GTL Conference coming to Qatar.(International Report)
December 1, 2006... The sixth annual Gas-to-Liquids Technology and Commercialization Conference and Exhibition will take place Jan. 22 and 23 at Sheraton Doha Hotel & Resort in Doha, Qatar. The meeting is supported by Qatar Petroleum and the nation's Ministry...

Study reveals Canadian industry's investment in alternative fuels.(International Report)
December 1, 2006... A new study released last week from Statistics Canada shows that Canadian industries are setting aside an increasing portion of research and development funds in order to come up with cleaner, more renewable energy practices. Industrial...

Dynamotive turns human waste into bio-fuel.(Industry Report)
December 1, 2006... Canadian company Dynamotive is working on an alternative green fuel made from human sewage. Scientists at the company's biofuel lab said the oil produced from human waste can be used instead of fossil fuels to generate heat and power in...

Taiping expects novel ethanol plant.(International Report)
December 4, 2006... Taiping, Malaysia, is set to have its first ethanol plant that produces biofuel from mangrove palm. According to the Taiping Municipal Council, it has studied a local company's business proposal and granted permission for an ethanol...

Bioethanol plant expected for West Java.(International Report)
December 4, 2006... Bioethanol producer South Korea LBL Network Ltd has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Indonesia's West Java Province and the governments of Kuningan, Subang, Sumedang and Indramayu regencies to build a factory for processing yams to...

Alabama forms alternative fuels center.(Industry Report)
December 4, 2006... Alabama Agriculture and Industries Commissioner Ron Sparks announced Monday the formation of the state's Center for Alternative Fuels. "The center will be a kind of one-stop-shop for information on what it takes to get into the business,...

Royal Society launches biofuels study.(International Report)
December 5, 2006... The Royal Society, the UK's independent science academy, has launched a new study titled Biofuels: The Next Generation The study will explore the potential of the next generation of biofuels to provide more economic, low-carbon fuel for...

Des Moines ethanol plant moves closer to approval.(Industry Report)
December 5, 2006... A proposed ethanol plant in Des Moines will pump about $20 million into city budgets in the next five years, according to the terms of an agreement released Friday. Officials from Vision Fuels are also exploring construction of a $22...

New ethanol plant coming to Chickasaw County, Iowa.(Industry Report)
December 5, 2006... Homeland Energy Solutions has announced plans to build and operate a 100-million gallon per year ethanol plant in Mason City, Iowa. Homeland hopes to start construction in the summer of 2007. (EIN STAFF: 12/5)

Nebraska Cattlemen Group adopts ethanol policy.(Industry Report)
December 6, 2006... The impact of the rapidly growing ethanol industry on cattle production and prices was addressed recently by the Nebraska Cattlemen at its annual convention. "One challenge is that the dramatic growth of ethanol production has increased...

Lawmaker supports alternative ethanol program.(Industry Report)
December 6, 2006... The government should pay farmers to grow five million acres of switchgrass, a possible new feedstock for the booming ethanol industry, the incoming chairman of the House Agriculture Committee said Wednesday. For years, ethanol has been...

DoE offers outlook on energy.(Industry Report)(Department of Energy)(Brief article)
December 6, 2006... The US Department of Energy Tuesday offered its outlook for energy supply and prices. According to the DoE, consumption will likely rise in the next few decades, but prices will remain stable and, in some cases, even drop. In its Annual...

EERC receives DoD grant to create renewable fuel for jets.(Industry Report)
December 7, 2006... The Energy and Environmental Research Center at the University of North Dakota has received a $5 million award from the US Department of Defense's Defense-Advanced Research Projects Agency. The EERC will use the funds to create a domestic...

EIA energy outlook 2007 projects increased bio-fuel use.(Industry Report)(Energy Information Administration)(Brief article)
December 7, 2006... The Energy Information Administration's 2007 edition of Annual Energy Outlook projects more bio-fuels consumption. According to AEO2007, ethanol use will increase from 4 billion gallons in 2005 to 14.6 billion gallons or about 8% of...

Europe, Africa turn to Brazil for advice on ethanol production.(International Report)
December 7, 2006... European nations are showing increased interest in producing ethanol in Africa using Brazilian technology, according to Brazil's former Minister of Agriculture Roberto Rodrigues. The Netherlands and Britain want to learn from Brazil's...

AENS to use Delta-T Corp. ethanol technology.(Industry Report)
December 8, 2006... Alternative Energy Sources Inc. announced Friday that Delta-T Corp. will provide ethanol process technology for its ethanol plants planned in Central Iowa and Kankakee, Ill. Delta-T will provide proprietary technology licenses, plant...

SE inks deal with Agri for ethanol plant.(Industry Report)
December 8, 2006... Southridge Ethanol Inc. has signed a contract with Agri Systems that will see Agri construct an ethanol plant at SE's Quitman County, Mississippi, industrial facility. The $15 million plant will be capable of producing 10,000,000 gallons...

Study sees ethanol plant construction increasing rapidly.(Editorials, Asides & Reviews)
December 8, 2006... According to the World Ethanol and Biofuels reports, published biweekly by FO Licht, construction began on 54 new ethanol distilleries in the US between Oct. 25, 2005, and October 24, 2006. Almost all of these will be producing by the end of...

Study: wild flowers better choice for bio-fuel.(Industry Report)(Brief article)
December 11, 2006... Wild flowers could provide environmentally friendly biofuel, according to scientists from Minnesota University. A mix of plants on the American prairie provide more than twice as much energy as the corn or soybean crops that have previously...

Frybrid converts RV to run on vegetable oil.(Industry Report)
December 11, 2006... Frybrid has converted a 40-foot Bluebird motor home to use straight or waste vegetable oil in its turbodiesel engine. The Frybrid system switches from traditional fuels to vegetable oil, simultaneously activating a pump that circulates...

Scientists improve yeast for ethanol production.(Industry Report)
December 11, 2006... Whitehead Institute and MIT researchers have engineered yeast that can improve the speed and efficiency of ethanol production, a key component to making biofuels The scientists manipulated the yeast genome to engineer a new strain of yeast...

Congress extends imported ethanol tariff.(Legislative)
December 12, 2006... Included in legislation passed last week by the US House of Representatives and US Senate was an extension of the 54-cent-per-gallon tariff on imported ethanol. The tax was set to expire in Oct. 2007 but will continue to be imposed until...

Corn prices high.(Industry Report)
December 12, 2006... Farmers are getting the best price for corn in more than a decade amid strong demand for ethanol and feed, the US Agriculture Department said Monday. Average corn prices for the year were forecast at $2.90 per bushel to $3.30 per bushel,...

CSU and Solix aim to produce bio-diesel from algae.(Industry Report)
December 12, 2006... Colorado State University has partnered with Solix Biofuels Inc. on a project aimed at using photo-bioreactors to produce bio-diesel from algae. Through photosynthesis, the microscopic algae use sunlight, water, carbon dioxide and other...

Minnesota ethanol plant to add wind turbines.(Industry Report)
December 13, 2006... The Corn Plus ethanol plant in Winnebago, Minnesota will add wind turbines to its facility during the next three to four months, moving closer to the goal of using no outside energy in the processing plant. The wind turbines will provide...

Hawaiian power plant to operate on ethanol and other renewable fuels.(Industry Report)
December 13, 2006... Hawaiian Electric Co. plans to rely exclusively on ethanol and other renewable fuels to run a proposed new power plant on West Oahu. The company submitted a written statement about its intentions to the Public Utilities Commission Monday as...

Ontario to have new ethanol plant.(International Report)
December 13, 2006... GreenField Ethanol has started construction of a $150-million ethanol plant near the Port of Prescott in Ontario, Canada. The 53 million gallon facility will be the area's largest when it becomes operational by mid-2008. Contact:...

Audi aims to win race with bio-fuel.(International Report)(Brief article)
December 14, 2006... Audi Sport wants to be the first auto manufacturer to win the Le Mans 24 Hours using bio-fuel in 2008. The company was the first to win the sports car endurance race with a diesel engine car in 2006. "We want... to go a step beyond oil and...

Xethanol and Renewable Spirits to collaborate on ethanol plant.(Industry Report)
December 14, 2006... Renewable energy company Xethanol Corporation has formed a venture with investor group Renewable Spirits to make ethanol from waste citrus peels at a Florida pilot production facility. The companies hope the pilot plant in Bartow, Florida,...

Anaheim to host alternative fuel and Vehicle Conference.(Industry Report)
December 14, 2006... The National Alternative Fuels and Vehicles Conference and Expo will run April 1-4, 2007 at Expo Hall in Anaheim, California. Organizers expect upwards of 1500 attendees for the "only international conference inclusive of all advanced...

Diversified ethanol begins testing of pilot plant.(Industry Report)
December 18, 2006... Diversified Ethanol has announced initial testing of sections of its pilot plant in Iowa. The Iowa Department of Natural Resources inspected the plant last week and found no waste water, no waste solids, and no venting of bad waste gases,...

Colorado to consider renewable energy bills.(Editorials, Asides & Reviews)
December 18, 2006... Democratic lawmakers in Colorado will introduce more than a dozen bills in the 2007 General Assembly to increase renewable energy in the state. Legislation to double the state's renewable energy standard by 2015, mandate the use of ethanol...

China clean energy to build new biodiesel plant.(International Report)
December 18, 2006... China Clean Energy Inc. plans to build a new bio-diesel plant near Fuzhou and expand its production capacity by an additional 100,000 tonnes per year. In 2005, bio-diesel production in China totaled between 100,000 and 200,000 tonnes,...

EPA to review E85 proposed ethanol plant.(Industry Report)
December 18, 2006... E85 Inc. has filed an application with the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency for approval to build an ethanol production plant in Newark. The plant would produce the ethanol-gasoline blend E85. The EPA will take up to six months to...

US ethanol imports continue decline in October.(Industry Report)
December 18, 2006... Ethanol imports to the US fell in October for a second consecutive month, the federal Energy Information Administration said last week. Imports in Oct. of ethanol were 1.505 million barrels, down from 2.194 million barrels in Sept. ...

Map Muse offers alternative fuels options.(Industry Report)
December 18, 2006... Mapping website Map Muse recently added alternative fueling stations to their list of interests under the category of Going Green. The site now provides users with information for a variety of alternative fuels including E85, bio-diesel and...

South Dakota ethanol output increases.(Industry Report)
December 19, 2006... South Dakota continues to lead the nation in ethanol production. "We lead the nation in producer-owned ethanol plants," said Jason Glodt, a senior policy advisor to Gov. Mike Rounds. Glodt said there are 14,000 families who have...

Grant supports alternative fuel pumps in North Carolina.(Industry Report)
December 19, 2006... A federal grant worth $590,000 will help pay for new ethanol and bio-diesel pumps in the Charlotte, North Carolina, region. With the help of the grant, fuel station owners in the state will pay roughly half the cost of pumps, storage tanks...

Air Force runs bomber on synthetic diesel fuel.(Editorials, Asides & Reviews)
December 19, 2006... A B-52 bomber out of Edward's Air Force in California Base last week made a test flight using only a synthetic diesel fuel. The flight is the latest in a series that aims to validate synthetic fuels can be used safely in military aircraft....

Lemna to build $50 million ethanol plant in Taraba.(International Report)
December 19, 2006... US-based Lemna International this week announced plans to establish a $50 million ethanol production plant in Taraba state, Nigeria within the next four months. The plant will use sugarcane produced by local farmers as raw material for...

China suspends approval of new corn-based ethanol projects.(International Report)
December 19, 2006... The Chinese government has suspended the approval of new ethanol projects that use corn as a feedstock to limit the industrial consumption of corn, according to the China Daily. The move comes as domestic Chinese corn prices have risen 15...

Florida governor unveils Inter-American Ethanol Commission.(Editorials, Asides & Reviews)
December 19, 2006... Florida governor Jeb Bush announced Monday the creation of the Inter-American Ethanol Commission, aimed at promoting alternative fuel use in the Americas. Bush said increased ethanol consumption will reduce US dependence on foreign oil,...

Texas readies bio-diesel-fueled electric generator.(Industry Report)
December 22, 2006... Oak Ridge North, Texas, is preparing to launch the first bio-diesel-fueled electric generator in the US. The five megawatt generator is scheduled for launch by the beginning of 2007. The facility will run on roughly 400,000 gallons per...

Kansas County approves ethanol plant.(Industry Report)
December 22, 2006... Kansas' Ford County Commission this week approved a conditional permit for a $185 million ethanol plant for Wright, Kansas. Developers Boot Hill Biofuels hope to start construction on the 110 million gallons per year plant in July 2007 and...

New York supports cellulosic ethanol plant.(Industry Report)
December 22, 2006... New York State will award Mascoma Corp. a $14.8 million grant to help build a plant in the state that would demonstrate the potential of cellulosic ethanol. The $29 million plant will produce 500,000 gallons of cellulosic ethanol per year....

Iowa produces record ethanol amount in 2006.(Industry Report)
December 22, 2006... Iowa ethanol refineries will produce a record 1.5 billion gallons in 2006, according to the Iowa Renewable Fuels Association. The refineries produced 1.1 billion gallons in 2005. In 2006, Iowa's ethanol refineries processed over 550 million...

Broin announces plans for new ethanol plant.(Industry Report)
December 22, 2006... South Dakota-based Broin Companies last week announced plans to develop and construct an ethanol plant near Glenville, Minn. The $115 million Glenville Ethanol plant will use 21 million bushels of locally-grown corn to produce 60 million...

Canada adopts renewable fuels standard.(International Report)
December 22, 2006... The Canadian federal government last week announced plans requiring use of ethanol and bio-diesel in Canada's energy supply. Environment Minister Rona Ambrose and Agriculture Minister Chuck Strahl said the renewable fuels standard would...

SunOpta and GreenField plan ethanol plants for Canada.(International Report)
December 22, 2006... Canada's SunOpta Inc. and GreenField Ethanol Inc. have announced plans for a joint venture to produce cellulosic ethanol from wood chips. Each company will own 50% of the venture. The first plant will produce 40 million liters of cellulosic...

Star Energy plans new ethanol plant for Indiana.(Industry Report)
December 22, 2006... Indiana's Vermillion County Economic Development Council announced last week that Morning Star Energy will build a $180 million ethanol plant near Clinton, Indiana. Morning Star is expected to begin construction in early 2007. The plant...

Number of Illinois ethanol plants growing.(Industry Report)
December 22, 2006... While six ethanol plants are in production in Illinois, applications for nearly 40 more ethanol plant permits have been submitted to the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency this year. The state Environmental Protection Agency regularly...

Report: corn demand to rise in 2007.(Industry Report)
December 27, 2006... Ethanol-related demand for corn should rise 11% in 2007, according to a report released last week from Goldman Sachs. In its Commodity Watch report for 2007, the company said higher feed-based demand for corn will lead to a substantial...

Air products begins hydrogen distribution from Texas plant.(Industry Report)
December 27, 2006... Air Products announced last week it has begun supplying customers with hydrogen fuel from its newest hydrogen production facility in Port Arthur, Texas. The plant is designed to produce cleaner transport fuels, and is one of six production...

Renew Energy looks to build Tanzanian sugarcane plantation.(International Report)(Brief article)
December 27, 2006... Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, recently played host to consulting firm Renew Energy. The firm conducted a feasibility study that could lead to establishment of a sugarcane plantation in Tanzania. Renew Energy specializes in the production of...

Scientists look at peat as alternative fuel.(Industry Report)
December 28, 2006... Researchers at University of Detroit Mercy and Wayne State University of Metro Detroit are investigating peat as an alternative fuel. The scientists are developing "pethanol" to run small, fuel-cell-powered vehicles such as golf carts and...

Schwarzenegger proposal includes alternative fuel research.(Industry Report)
December 28, 2006... California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger last week announced a $95 million proposal for medical, environmental and technological research, including alternative fuel research. Schwarzenegger said $40 million would help build an Energy...

Arkansas speaker-elect to support alternative fuel growth.(Industry Report)
December 28, 2006... Speaker-elect of the Arkansas House of Representatives Benny Petrus has said alternative fuel policies will be one of his higher-profile projects for the legislative session that begins in Jan. Petrus wants to earmark $20 million to develop...

Malaysia merges palm oil plantations.(International Report)
December 28, 2006... Malaysia's government plans to combine three of the country's biggest palm oil plantations into one. The new entity will produce roughly 6% of the world's supply of palm oil, a key ingredient used in the bio-diesel industry. Through the...

Albemarle creates alternative fuel technologies division.(International Report)
December 28, 2006... Chemical maker Albemarle Corporation has created a new division focused on alternative fuel technologies. The new division will develop the market for Albemarle's catalysts in Canadian oil sands, coal-to-liquids, gas-to-liquids and...