Alternative Transportation Fuels Today articles from November 2006

Alternative Transportation Fuels Today archives from November 2006

US ethanol prices rise.(Industry Report)
November 13, 2006... US ethanol prices have risen to their highest point in almost two months as corn costs have surged and demand for ethanol has increased. Corn prices have climbed almost 50% since the start of September after hot, dry weather in July damaged...

Minnesota and South Dakota ethanol plants merge.(Industry Report)
November 13, 2006... Two ethanol plants in South Dakota are merging with a Minnesota company. The deal involves Advanced BioEnergy of Minneapolis and Dakota Fuels Inc., the managing partner of the Heartland Grain Fuels plants in Aberdeen and Huron. Under...

India's sugar industry to double ethanol sales.(International Report)
November 13, 2006... India's biggest sugar maker Bajaj Hindusthan Ltd. and other mills plan to more than double sales of ethanol to meet government alternative fuel targets, helping boost earnings as sugar prices drop. The mills will get an extra $263 million...

Maize AgriProducts and VogelBusch collaborate on Indiana ethanol plant.(Industry Report)
November 14, 2006... Maize AgriProducts has announced that it has reached an agreement in principal with Vogelbusch USA, one of America's leading suppliers of ethanol energy, to provide design and engineering services for its proposed 88 million gallon dry mill...

Proposed Illinois ethanol plant causes concern.(Industry Report)
November 14, 2006... A proposed ethanol plant in northwest Champaign, Illinois, will take up roughly 10% of the remaining local capacity of the Mahomet Aquifer, and Champaign County officials need to start thinking now about future water use, the chief of the...

Broin to build new ethanol plant in Indiana.(Industry Report)
November 14, 2006... South Dakota-based Broin Cos. has announced plans to build an ethanol plant in Wells County and to put that 60 million-gallon plant on the same side of the city as another planned ethanol project underway by Indiana Bio-Energy LLC, a group of...

Chicago converts school buses to run on ethanol-diesel blend.(Industry Report)
November 15, 2006... Chicago Public Schools, the nation's third-largest school district, is converting 27 school buses to run on O-Two Diesel, an ethanol-diesel blend, instead of diesel fuel. Officials said the additional cost per bus is $500 to $600. The...

US ethanol production expected to increase by 50% in 5 years.(Industry Report)
November 15, 2006... US ethanol production will probably increase by at least 50% within the next five years to 7.5 billion gallons, a senior international analyst said Tuesday. John Cropley, senior economist with UK-based LMC International Ltd., told Dow...

NYSSA to host Alternative Energy Conference.(Industry Report)
November 15, 2006... The New York Society of Security Analysts will present the 4th Annual Alternative Energy Conference Nov. 30 at its New York headquarters. In a recent survey, US venture capitalists rated energy and the environment as the fastest growing...

Shell and Codexis to collaborate on biofuels project.(Industry Report)
November 17, 2006... Shell Oil Products US and Codexis Inc., a privately held biotechnology company, announced this week they will collaborate to explore further methods of converting biomass to biofuels. "Shell is committed to leading the development of...

VeraSun to produce biodiesel.(Industry Report)
November 17, 2006... South Dakota-based VeraSun Energy Corp. recently announced it will use one feedstock to produce alternative fuels. The biodiesel will use oil extracted from distillers grains, a co-product of ethanol production. Crown Iron Works Co. of...

Pennsylvania School District buses fueled by Biodiesel.(Editorials, Asides & Reviews)
November 17, 2006... The Great Valley School District in Malvern, Pennsylvania has become the first district in the state to take advantage of free money offered to convert school buses to lower-emission alternative fuels. The state funded the district's switch...

Conferences.(Calendar)
November 17, 2006... Weekly Update ANNUAL EUROPEAN NGV CONFERENCE, June 19-21, 2007, Strasbourg, France (EIN STAFF: 11/16)

CBE to build three ethanol plants in Nebraska.(Industry Report)
November 20, 2006... Central Bio-Energy, a Nebraska-based firm, plans to invest more than $500 million to build three 100-million-gallon-per-year corn ethanol plants in Seward, Howard and Chase counties in Nebraska. This investment will make CBE one of the...

US energy to build alternative fuel plant in Alabama.(Industry Report)
November 20, 2006... The Tuscaloosa County Industrial Development Authority in Alabama last week approved tax abatements for an $87 million alternative fuels plant to be built by US Energy Inc. US Energy president and chief executive Mark Warner said the plant...

Report: EU won't meet biofuel production target.(Industry Report)
November 20, 2006... A report just published by the European Union Select Committee of the House of Lords assesses the varied progress of EU member states in promoting the use of biofuels and concludes that without implementing a range of additional measures, the...

Baard and Ohio Clean Fuels plan CTL plant.(Industry Report)(Baard Energy of Vancouver)(Brief article)
November 20, 2006... Baard Energy of Vancouver, Wash., and Ohio Clean Fuels are planning to build a coal to liquid fuel plant in Wellsville, Ohio, and last week the companies said they're 99% sure the plant will be built. The projection is that 35,000 barrels...

SIRE breaks ground on Iowa ethanol plant.(Industry Report)
November 20, 2006... A groundbreaking ceremony for Southwest Iowa Renewable Energy's new ethanol plant was held in Council Bluffs, Iowa, last Friday. The US Department of Agriculture presented a $300,000 grant check for the plant to SIRE. SIRE is one of...

Liquidyne moves ahead on planned Iowa ethanol plant.(Industry Report)
November 20, 2006... Liquidyne Fuels, a subsidiary of Nuclear Solutions Inc., announced last week that plans to construct, own, and operate a fuel-grade ethanol facility in Iowa are moving ahead. The company has reached an agreement in principle with Delta-T...

ITER aims to harness sun's energy.(Industry Report)
November 21, 2006... Nations representing half the world's population signed a $12.8 billion pact Tuesday for a nuclear fusion reactor that could "revolutionize global energy use for future generations." The International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor...

Tennessee to increase Biofuel production.(Industry Report)
November 21, 2006... Tennessee plans to increase biofuel production and use and will establish grants to create at least 70 new alternative fuel retail outlets in the state, according to a recent announcement from Governor Phil Bredesen. The initiative is part...

Natural gas delivers forum scheduled for Long Beach.(Editorials, Asides & Reviews)
November 21, 2006... The Alternative Fuel Vehicle Institute and Clean Energy Fuels will host a forum for truck fleets Jan. 24, 2007, in Long Beach, Calif. The Natural Gas Delivers forum aims to provide a straightforward explanation of natural gas and the vehicles...

Broin ready to open newest Ethanol Plant.(Industry Report)
November 22, 2006... Broin Companies' Prairie Ethanol Plant opens this week near Loomis, South Dakota. The 60 million gallon plant will use 21 million bushels of locally-grown corn annually and will also produce 178,000 tons of distillers grain products, according...

Report: Australia to surpass biodiesel targets.(Industry Report)
November 22, 2006... Australia's capacity to produce ethanol and biodiesel should easily help it reach the government's target of 350 million liters by 2010, according to an independent, non-partisan study of the Australian biofuels industry. The 200-page...

Study reviews ethanol production costs.(Industry Report)
November 22, 2006... Ethanol production costs are highest in the European Union and lowest in Brazil, according to a report released last week by the University of Hohenheim in Germany. EU net ethanol production using wheat and sugar beets is the highest due...

Global Renewable plans new Wisconsin ethanol plant.(Industry Report)
November 27, 2006... Global Renewable, LLC plans to build a $195 million ethanol plant in Sharon, Wisconsin. According to Global Renewable, the plant will produce between 105 million and 120 million gallons of ethanol per year. The plant would be built on a...

Illinois sees increase in ethanol plant applications.(Industry Report)
November 27, 2006... The Illinois Environmental Protection Agency has reported an increase in air permit applications from ethanol plant projects, with 13 in September. "We average meeting with over one ethanol project group per week," Don Sutton, permit...

NFAL opens biodiesel production facility in Australia.(International Report)
November 27, 2006... Australia is now home to one of the world's first biodiesel production facilities. The $48 million plant opened last week in the Northern Territory. The plant is a project by renewable energy company Natural Fuels Australia Limited,...

Butler County NE chooses ethanol plant site.(Industry Report)
November 29, 2006... Butler County NE Ethanol has announced it has a one-year option to buy 120 acres of land north of David City, Nebraska, to build a 50 million gallon ethanol plant. Construction could begin in 2008 if the site clears regulatory and...

Dial may add biodiesel plant to plan.(Industry Report)
November 29, 2006... The Dial Energy Corporation recently announced it may add a biodiesel plant to its proposed ethanol plant on 300 acres north of Abingdon, Illinois. If that happens, it will be the first facility of its kind in the state. Sal Garza of the...

Petrobras to study ethanol production in Brazil.(International Report)
November 29, 2006... Brazil's state-run oil company Petrobras said Friday it will study the production of cane-based ethanol in Brazil's northeast region. The study will look at the viability of producing cane-based ethanol, vegetable oil-based biodiesel and...

Penford breaks ground on Iowa ethanol plant.(Industry Report)
November 29, 2006... Penford Corp., maker of specialty starches for food, paper and textiles, said Tuesday it broke ground on a new, $42 million ethanol production plant. The Cedar Rapids, Iowa, plant will help Penford enter the growing biofuels market, the...

Maryland awaits first ethanol plant.(Industry Report)
November 29, 2006... Eight companies are vying to build Maryland's first ethanol plant. The rush to build corn ethanol plants in Maryland is a microcosm of a national trend; about 50 ethanol plants are under construction and 107 more are operating. Chris...

India's Simbhaoli to increase ethanol, sugar, electricity output.(International Report)
November 29, 2006... Simbhaoli Sugar Mills, one of India's top sugar producers, has announced plans to invest $95.6 million to increase ethanol, sugar, and electricity output. The company will increase ethanol production from 90,000 tonnes to 210,000 tonnes...

India's Praj to aid Biowanze on Belgium bio-ethanol plant.(International Report)(Praj Industries)(Brief article)
November 30, 2006... India's Praj Industries, provider of technology and equipment solutions for alcohol and fuel ethanol, said Wednesday it will provide technology for a proposed bio-ethanol plant in Belgium. Biowanze's bio-ethanol complex in Wanze, Belgium,...

China National Petroleum Corporation and Sichuan to collaborate on bio-fuel.(International Report)
November 30, 2006... China National Petroleum Corporation, China's largest oil producer, recently signed an agreement with the Sichuan provincial government to develop bio-fuel in the southwestern basin. They plan to produce 600,000 tons of automotive-grade...

Mascoma plans ethanol plants in northeast.(Industry Report)
November 30, 2006... Mascoma, a Massachusetts-based start-up ethanol developer, Wednesday announced a partnership with Tamarack Energy to develop ethanol plants in the northeast US. The company plans to build initial production plants in New York and...