Administration Announces RFS2 Regulations

Growing America's Fuel - An Innovation Approach to Achieving the President's Biofuels Target Vision

 ethanoltoday.com

The law sign by President Bush requiring greater energy efficiency, more ethanol

Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007

(Printer friendly version)

tm

Groundbreaking Study Finds that Certain Ethanol Blends can Provide Better Fuel Economy than Gasoline

Researchers from the University of North Dakota Energy & Environmental Research Center (EERC) and the Minnesota Center for Automotive Research (MnCAR) conducted the testing on four automobiles using the Highway Fuel Economy Test (HWFET), a test developed by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to determine fuel economy...click here to learn more about the study's results and the surprising fuel economy gained by certain blends of ethanol-to-gasoline (E20 & E30 blends being the best fuel economy mix)!

Ethanol Blender Pumps - with the results of the Optimal Ethanol blend-level investigation pointing to higher mileage results for non-flex-fuel (and flex-fuel) vehicles, there will be a push hopefully in the near future to have more service stations upgraded to include ethanol blender pumps. Ethanol blender pumps are already showing up in towns around the U.S. Britton, South Dakota has a service station with an ethanol blender pump that dispenses mid-range ethanol blends - from E-10 to E-85, including E-20, E-30 and E-40 blends.

During the test noted above, it was found that the non-flex-fuel vehicles (97% of the millions of U.S. vehicles on the road today) had no engine faults or other problems until the higher blends were reached. E-40 appears to be the peak of optimum fuel efficiency. For more details on the report be sure to click on the links above...

Ethanol blender pumps allow station owners to install the blender pumps along with an ethanol E-85 tank and their normal gasoline tank, and via the blender pump provide their customers with the desired blend of E-10, E-20, E-30, E-40, and the already popular E-85 blend (for use in flex-fuel vehicles). Congress needs to help with the effort by passing legislation that removes the E-10 barrier and opening up the ethanol choices to consumers for use in their vehicles they own, TODAY!

[download the full report]

 

Ethanol Fact Book

(2007 version; opens as a .pdf)

The Ethanol Fact Book is available on Ethanol.org and it is distributed through the Ethanol Across America campaign...

...As note in the October issue of EthanolToday, "the Ethanol Fact Book addresses issues regarding the ethanol tax incentive, energy security and oil import reductions, economic impacts and benefits to the U.S. Treasury, greenhouse gas reduction and environmental benefits, and advancements in cellulose conversion technologies." The article went on to quote Doug Durante, Executive Director of the Clean Fuels Development Coalition (CFDC), "Ethanol is a complex and multi-faceted issue that needs to be viewed in its entirety. Its value is truly the sum of its parts, and this fact book clearly defines the energy security, economic, environmental, and national benefits derived from our ethanol industry."

Be sure to download your free copy of the Ethanol Fact Book today!

Ethanol Biorefinery Locations

Map (pdf) of U.S. Biorefinery Locations

Question (still a current topic): Is the focus of corn use in ethanol production heavily impacting food prices? Here are two web sites that express their view on the situation. You decide...

Balanced Food and Fuel: http://www.balancedfoodandfuel.org

Finding The Truth Among The Myths About Corn, Ethanol & Water

National Ethanol Vehicle Coalition

(NEVC)

(E85 Refueling Location Search - USA)

 (a new window will open)

(Be sure to check out NEVC's numerous resources, low cost membership to help support their organization, products, and more!)

News of interest for the National Ethanol Vehicle Coalition (NEVC): Senator Joseph Lieberman was a cosigner of a letter focused on helping secure "...$8 million of additional Clean Cities program funding that can be directed to the National Ethanol Vehicle Coalition to expand E85 fueling capacity across the country in the fiscal year 2007 Energy and Water Appropriations bill."

List of ethanol-related companies & their web sites

http://www.fueleconomy.gov

Alternative Fuel Vehicles

Ethanol-Gasoline Vehicles

How Fuel Cells Work

Click here for quick news access via Google Search below...

(click here for a pdf version of the full text)

Biofuels Security Act of 2007

Congressional Record - Senate: Biofuels Security Act of 2007

"Lawmakers Make Renewable Fuels Availability, Energy Efficiency a First Priority for New Congress"

Click here for quick news access via Google Search below...

Governors' Coalition Pushing Four Ethanol Recommendations

Visit the Governors' Coalition web site...

Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007

(Printer friendly version)

Cellulosic Ethanol News

U.S. Department of Energy (DOE)

DOE Publishes Roadmap for Developing Cleaner Fuels

Research Aimed at Making Cellulosic Ethanol a Practical Alternative to Gasoline

http://www.doegenomestolife.org/biofuels/

A Research Roadmap Resulting from the Biomass to Biofuels Workshop

Fact Sheet PDF

Download full document

Click here for quick news access via Google Search below...

Oil + Water Project

US Oil Addicts Deny Need To Change Energy Policy

Somebody wants to ensure you consume lots of it

Solar, Coal Get Funding; Ethanol Gets Slapped

Cellulosic Ethanol: One Molecule Could Cure Our Addiction to Oil

US, Brazil plan ethanol partnership

Energy Efficiency Key to New Weapons

Curing the World's Oil Addiction

New Era of bioenergy has begun

Commentary: `Truly conservative' response to oil crisis needed

Taking Oil Out Of The Equation

Current Account Figures reflect oil dependency (New Zealand)

America Is Not "Addicted to Oil"

Fact Sheet: President Bush's Four-Part Plan to Confront High Gasoline Prices

A Continuing Addiction

ALTERNATIVE ENERGY BLOG

Click here for quick news access via Google Search below...

Discover alternative fuels info at DiscoverAlternatives.org - Auto Alliance's Web site provides information on alternative fuels and alternative fuel vehicles as part of their service...

Alternative Energy News Source (Altenews)

Report of the National Energy Policy Development Group

.pdf version (2.5MB)

Energy Sources (U.S. Department of Energy)

Bioenergy

Renewable Energy Biomass Program

Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy

The DOE Office of the Biomass Program fosters biomass technologies with a balanced portfolio of research and development.

Click here for a .pdf (6.7MB) version of the Multi-Year Program Plan (2007 - 2012)

U.S. Department of Energy

Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy

The Green Power Network

National Renewable Energy Laboratory

Learn about renewable energy & energy efficiency

Renewable Energy Basics
Learn about renewable energy technologies including biomass power, geothermal power, hydropower, ocean power, solar power, and wind energy.

Energy Efficiency Basics
Learn the basics about energy efficiency plus efficiency technologies specific to the buildings, electrical, industrial, and transportation sectors.

Energy Delivery & Storage Basics
Learn about distributed energy, energy storage, and hydrogen technologies. Here you'll learn about how energy is moves from point A to point B and how it can be stored.

Using Renewable Energy
Learn how electricity providers, farmers and ranchers, homeowners, and small business owners can use renewable energy technologies to provide energy options.

Student Resources
If you are a student, be sure to visit our student resources section...
 

National Energy Policy

Biofuels Primer

Interesting post: Biodiesel Jet Takes Off

Biodiesel hot on ethanol's trail

BIODIESEL

The official Site of the National Biodiesel Board

Willie Nelson's Biodiesel Home of Farm Fresh Biodiesel

The Committee Print of the Energy Policy Act of 2005

Energy Policy Act of 2005 Highlights

The Committee on Energy and Commerce
Joe Barton, Chairman
U.S. House of Representatives

Renewable Energy Increase Proposal