Record amount of corn to be used for ethanol production
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As President Bush nominated Samuel Bodman as the nation&#39;s next energy secretary Friday, the US Department of Agriculture reported more of the nation&#39;s corn crop will be used for ethanol production this year.
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KANSAS CITY, Mo., June 6, 2007 (PRIME NEWSWIRE) -- Kansas City-based Alternative Energy Sources Inc. (OTCBB:AENS) today announced that the Iowa Department of Natural Resources approved an operational air permit for AENS's proposed 110-million-gallon ethanol plant near Ogden.
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TORONTO - Ontario Premier Dalton McGuinty says gas sold in the province will have to contain at least five per cent ethanol within three years.
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University of Minnesota scientists recently reported research results  indicating that biofuels derived from grassland plants yield up to twice  as much energy, per unit of land, as corn-based ethanol does.
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Eager to ensure a supply of fuel for the fleet of flex-fuel ethanol-capable vehicles it is building, G.M. has invested in a start-up bio-fuel producer, Coskata, Inc.
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RADCLIFFE, Iowa -- Corn farmer Jim Handsaker has found a slew of ways to ride the heartland boom in biofuels that is reshaping the economy of rural Iowa.
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The widespread use of ethanol from corn could result in nearly twice the greenhouse gas emissions as the gasoline it would replace because of expected land-use changes, researchers concluded Thursday. The study challenges the rush to biofuels as a response to global warming.
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By Russ Keen, American News, Aberdeen, S.D.  Sep. 19--Groundbreaking for the Aberdeen Energy LLC ethanol plant is set for 1 p.m. Thursday.   The public is invited to the ceremony at the Edmunds County plant site on the south side of U.S.
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Karl Jacob has a car that goes to 220 mph on ethanol.
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Brazil aims to double its production of ethanol in 10 years as the high price of oil and growing concerns over climate change spark a demand for biofuels.
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Researchers at MIT say a genetically modified yeast can increase ethanol production by 50 percent. Technology may be the key to replacing fossil fuels, but let's not be blinded by science. In Autopia.
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Because of rising demand for ethanol, American farmers are growing more corn than at any time since World War II. And sea life in the Gulf of Mexico is paying the price.
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ORLANDO, Florida  - House Speaker Nancy Pelosi promised U.S. farmers billions of dollars in disaster aid, along with research money toward new forms of ethanol, the renewable fuel spurring an economic bonanza for rural America.
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The industry is experiencing a historic boom, yet ethanol remains a mystery to the motoring public, even in states that have pushed it hardest.
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The two top ethanol producers announce an international effort to draft biofuel-production standards and expand global markets. By the Associated Press.
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U.S. growers produce nearly $35 billion (18 billion pounds) worth of marijuana annually, making the illegal drug the country's largest cash crop, bigger than corn and wheat combined, an advocate of medical marijuana use said in a study released on Monday.
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Even in the Midwest where ethanol is most popular, its success as an alternative fuel is far from assured.