]> http://www.greenedia.com/latest Ethanol Sector - Latest Blog Articles at http://www.greenedia.com en http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/ecogeek/189559?rsstype=latest&cid=42 A new study from NASA's Goddard Institute for Space Studies has identified on-road transportation as the most significant overall source contributing to global warming. Power generation, while having the greatest total impact, also includes a large ... Sun, 07 Mar 2010 19:56:00 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/ecogeek/189559?rsstype=latest&cid=42 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/domestic-fuel/189403?rsstype=latest&cid=42 Ethanol issues were in the spotlight when National Corn Growers Association president Darrin Ihnen of South Dakota took the stage at the Commodity Classic general session on Friday.Ihnen talked about the importance of using higher blends of ethanol i... Sat, 06 Mar 2010 15:01:35 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/domestic-fuel/189403?rsstype=latest&cid=42 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/autobloggreen/189574?rsstype=latest&cid=42 Filed under: Diesel, Ethanol, EV/Plug-in, Flex-Fuel, Hydrogen, Green DailyJust because it's difficult to predict the future doesn't mean people won't try. See, for example, the CEO of Shell, who said last week that he expects plug-in vehicles to make... Sat, 06 Mar 2010 09:34:00 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/autobloggreen/189574?rsstype=latest&cid=42 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/green-car-congress/189281?rsstype=latest&cid=42 Perspective by Brian J. Donovan, CEO of Renergie, Inc. PDF versionINTRODUCTIONAn offset is a measurable reduction, avoidance, or sequestration of GHG emissions from a source not covered by an emission reduction program. If a cap-and-trade program ... Sat, 06 Mar 2010 08:30:00 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/green-car-congress/189281?rsstype=latest&cid=42 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/green-car-congress/189282?rsstype=latest&cid=42 Brazil's 10-millionth flex-fuel vehicle was built on 4 March, according to the country's National Association of Vehicle Manufacturers (Anfavea). The Brazilian Sugarcane Industry Association (UNICA) commented that this milestone should encourage auto... Sat, 06 Mar 2010 08:01:00 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/green-car-congress/189282?rsstype=latest&cid=42 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/eere-investing/189593?rsstype=latest&cid=42 This article was written before the HB10-1001 passed the Senate on March 5, and so focuses on the arguments for and against. Read on, and you'll see why I think the passage was a good idea. I'm publishing now without updating what follows because it ... Fri, 05 Mar 2010 22:25:39 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/eere-investing/189593?rsstype=latest&cid=42 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/energy-stock-blog/189245?rsstype=latest&cid=42 Less than a month ago I told my newsletter readers about what amounted to a rule change at the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). The Obama administration adjusted an output timetable for the production of cellulosic ethanol, an advanced biofuel.... Fri, 05 Mar 2010 17:49:47 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/energy-stock-blog/189245?rsstype=latest&cid=42 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/domestic-fuel/189406?rsstype=latest&cid=42 I'm not troubled by getting it right as long as we get it right. And I think we're headed in the right direction. I'm anticipating we'll see some increase in the blend rate, said Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack during a press conference at... Fri, 05 Mar 2010 17:37:52 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/domestic-fuel/189406?rsstype=latest&cid=42 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/switchboard/189540?rsstype=latest&cid=42 Despite some recent U.S. press reports to the contrary, China is not sitting still when it comes to addressing climate change. A number of high-level statements and reports released in China over the last week have sent this message loud and clear.To... Fri, 05 Mar 2010 16:21:37 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/switchboard/189540?rsstype=latest&cid=42 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/cleantech-investing/189152?rsstype=latest&cid=42 Joule Biotechnologies claims that it can produce hydrocarbons without using biomass.... Fri, 05 Mar 2010 15:45:50 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/cleantech-investing/189152?rsstype=latest&cid=42 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/domestic-fuel/189408?rsstype=latest&cid=42 The advanced biofuels industry is putting a bug in Congress' ear, calling for lawmakers to allow for an investment tax credit that will help advanced biofuels makers get money to get their projects up to commercial scale and become eligible for anoth... Fri, 05 Mar 2010 14:41:45 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/domestic-fuel/189408?rsstype=latest&cid=42 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/green-car-congress/189284?rsstype=latest&cid=42 Range Fuels, Inc. has received a loan note guarantee from the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) and closed its related $80 million bond issuance. (Earlier post.) The proceeds from the $80 million bond will be used to partially finance the first two... Fri, 05 Mar 2010 14:00:09 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/green-car-congress/189284?rsstype=latest&cid=42 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/autobloggreen/189583?rsstype=latest&cid=42 Filed under: Ethanol, EV/Plug-in, HydrogenForty years is a long, long time from now, so making predictions about the state of the world in 2050 is a pretty easy thing to do. Who's going to remember to fact check you? Nobody, that's who. Still, it's w... Fri, 05 Mar 2010 11:55:00 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/autobloggreen/189583?rsstype=latest&cid=42 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/switchboard/189541?rsstype=latest&cid=42 This little article focuses on my friend John Sheehan and his take on biofuels and land-use. He proposed reframing the issue in an interesting way: We need to not look at land use as a biofuels problem, we need to look at biofuels as (being part of)... Fri, 05 Mar 2010 11:24:07 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/switchboard/189541?rsstype=latest&cid=42 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/green-car-congress/189286?rsstype=latest&cid=42 The Biotechnology Industry Organization (BIO) has called for sustained, consistent and diverse federal support to encourage commercial development of a full range of innovative bio-based technologies. Public policy should extend support to all bioref... Fri, 05 Mar 2010 10:33:48 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/green-car-congress/189286?rsstype=latest&cid=42 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/green-car-congress/189288?rsstype=latest&cid=42 S4 Energy Solutions LLC, a joint venture by Waste Management, Inc. and InEnTec LLC, plans to develop a plasma gasification facility at Waste Management's Columbia Ridge Landfill in Arlington, Oregon. The planned facility will convert municipal solid ... Fri, 05 Mar 2010 07:00:00 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/green-car-congress/189288?rsstype=latest&cid=42 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/dtn-ethanol-center/189399?rsstype=latest&cid=42 Green Plains Renewable Energy, Inc., an Omaha-based ethanol producer, announced Friday that it plans to raise $68.8 million though sales of shares to the public.... Fri, 05 Mar 2010 06:19:38 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/dtn-ethanol-center/189399?rsstype=latest&cid=42 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/environmental-economics/189254?rsstype=latest&cid=42 Harry de Gorter and David R. Just Abstract The efficacy of alternative biofuel policies in achieving energy, environmental and agricultural policy goals is assessed ... Thu, 04 Mar 2010 17:06:02 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/environmental-economics/189254?rsstype=latest&cid=42 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/switchboard/189546?rsstype=latest&cid=42 Gaze out across a New York dairy farm, a Kansas wheat spread or a field of tomatoes in California's Salinas Valley, and you might think of the folks who grow America's food as natural born environmentalists.Who has more at stake, after all, in clean ... Thu, 04 Mar 2010 16:18:12 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/switchboard/189546?rsstype=latest&cid=42 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/energy-outlook/189228?rsstype=latest&cid=42 An article in today's Financial Times (registration required) raises a worrying possibility concerning the plans of the US and other oil-consuming countries to rely on biofuels for an increasing fraction of future fuel needs. What if oil-producing co... 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