For the estimated 38.4 million Americans set to embark on holiday travel, one of their greatest nightmares is running out of gas with no fueling station in sight. For owners of flex-fuel vehicles (FFVs), that nightmare need not occur. … Read More.
Have a cute kid? Want a year’s worth of free ethanol fuel? Then the E85 Flex-Fuel Challenge Cutest Kid Photo Contest is for you. … Read More.
New places to fill up alternative-fuel vehicles are headed to Monroe County, and it’s possible the public will have access to them. The availability of “green fueling stations” is a major barrier to the purchase of alternative-fuel vehicles by governments and the public, experts say. … Read More.
A survey in September of 1,000 registered voters nationwide sponsored by the National Corn Growers Association found 65 percent of those polled support ethanol. … Read More.
Want to know where you can buy E85? There’s an app for that now. The Renewable Fuels Association (RFA) today launched a new application for Garmin GPS units that that maps out the location of E85 (85% ethanol/15% gasoline) for users with flex-fuel vehicles (FFVs). … Read More.
The township can add another line to its green resume. Officials announced yesterday that Hamilton has begun fueling 20 township vehicles with E85 fuel, a mix of 85 percent ethanol and 15 percent gasoline that proponents say is both cleaner-burning and less expensive than more traditional fuels. … Read More.
It's an industry that employs 1,000 Nebraskans. But the economic impact reaches much further. The state's first ethanol plant got its start in Hastings 25 years ago; Monday, Chief Ethanol Fuels celebrated their anniversary. … Read More.
A Pekin distillery that closed in February will reopen sometime in 2010. Atchison, Kan.-based MGP Ingredients Inc., the previous owner, has entered into a joint venture agreement with Seacor Energy Inc. of Houston, Texas, to form Illinois Corn Processing LLC, which will own and operate the Pekin facility. … Read More.
For the estimated 38.4 million Americans set to embark on holiday travel, one of their greatest nightmares is running out of gas with no fueling station in sight. For owners of flex-fuel vehicles (FFVs), that nightmare need not occur. … Read More.
Fuel Flex International designs and sells systems that enable vehicles to burn standard gasoline or a blend of up to 85 percent ethanol (E85) – a great business last year, when gas cost $4 a gallon… Read More.
An Upton cellulosic ethanol plant owned and operated by Rapid City, S.D.-based KL Energy Corp. has been approved by the U.S. Department of Agriculture as a biomass production facility under the Biomass Crop Assistance Program.… Read More.
Having an appreciation for Al Gore's commitment to science and advocacy of responsible policies on energy, the environment, and the economy, I was disappointed by his treatment of ethanol and other biofuels in his new book, Our Choice: A Plan to Solve the Climate Crisis. … Read More.
Going green just got a great deal easier with the assistance of your Garmin GPS device. Consumers will now have the ability to locate E85 ethanol stations as easy as they locate a local fast food restaurant.… Read More.
Two years after landing $25 million in federal and $70 million in state funding, researchers at Oak Ridge National Laboratory and the University of Tennessee are steadily marching toward the goal of turning plants into fuel - or "grass to gas," as cheerfully touted by the partners' Bioenergy Science Center Web site.… Read More.
Representatives of the Renewable Fuels Association (RFA) were in Kansas City last week for the National Association of Farm Broadcasting annual Trade Talk event, which meant they did dozens of interviews about the importance of ethanol to agriculture and the rural economy. … Read More.
