http://www.ethanolinfo.com ethanol info, ethanol information, ethanol production, making ethanol, ethanol fuel biofuels info latest breaking ethanol news and articles on ethanol information and biofuels Tue, 08 Jul 2008 23:46:34 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Latest Ethanol News Solazyme may be the bio-engineering company with a head-start Solazyme may be the bio-engineering company with a head-start. It announced that its algal-based biodiesel passed the American Society for Testing and Materials D-975 specification, a significant breakthrough for biofuels. "This means we are the first company in the ... http://www.ethanolinfo.com/latest-ethanol-news/ Algae Farms could produce Ethanol It is becoming obvious that fuel from corn or soybeans will not solve the energy crisis. As the prices of crude oil products and food crops have jumped recently, entrepreneurs and researchers believe that algae could be burned to generate energy and be used to ... http://www.ethanolinfo.com/algae-farms-could-produce-ethanol/ WILL ALGAE REPLACE PETROLEUM? With record oil price increases accelerating, competing demands among foods and fuel sources and the looming world food crisis, there is rapidly-growing interest in algaculture (farming of algae) for making vegetable oil, biodiesel, bioethanol, biogasoline, biomethanol, biobutanol and other biofuels. Successful results from small-scale production experiments ... http://www.ethanolinfo.com/will-algae-replace-petroleum/ ETHANOL FROM KUDZU Kudzu (Pueraria lobata) is a climbing, semi-woody, perennial vine in the pea family. It is native to southern Japan and southeast China. The name comes from the Japanese word for this plant, kuzu. The other species of Pueraria occur in southeast Asia. Kudzu plants grow rapidly, spreading as much ... http://www.ethanolinfo.com/ethanol-from-kudzu/ Ethanol from Rice Waste Biofuel from plants could be a remedy to expensive petroleum products, but making it out of food crops poses problems emphasized by the current food crisis. Food prices hit record levels this year. A third of the increase, estimates the International Food Policy Research Institute in ... http://www.ethanolinfo.com/ethanol-from-rice-waste/ TRUE INFORMATION ABOUT ETHANOL Want to really promote efficient ethanol? Let the public know about hemp. If farmers worldwide got good information and learned to grow hemp instead of corn, we wouldn't be in this mess of rising crop and meat prices. If the public ever found out that ... http://www.ethanolinfo.com/true-info-about-ethanol/ HEMP MAKES ETHANOL AND BIODIESEL TOO Hemp is the term commonly employed for the industrial (non-drug) usage of the cannabis plant, otherwise known as marijuana. The stalk of the cannabis or marijuana plant has no THC content whatsoever, that is, it has no mind-altering properties. The use of cannabis for hemp ... http://www.ethanolinfo.com/hemp-makes-ethanol-and-biodiesel-too/ BIOGASOLINE – A NEW CONTENDER Virent Energy Systems (Madison, Wisconsin, USA) announced a new collaboration with Royal Dutch Shell to work on developing a biogasoline that could be used in regular cars and take advantage of existing gasoline infrastructure. This joint research and development project aims to convert plant sugars ... http://www.ethanolinfo.com/biogasoline-%e2%80%93-a-new-contender/ Thailand importing palm oil due to shortage scare of bio-fuel Thailand will import 30,000 metric tons of palm oil over the next month to ease fears of a shortage due to its growing use in biofuels Worries over a possible shortage had led to calls for Thailand to ban exports of palm ... http://www.ethanolinfo.com/thailand-importing-palm-oil-due-to-shortage-scare-of-bio-fuel/ Biofuels Biodiesel Ethanol Portland has utilized a wide array of tools and incentives to foster the development of a robust local biofuels market, Including Ethanol. City leaders believe that biofuels offer promising benefits for Portland, and Oregon as whole, including: local and regional economic development opportunities improved air quality reduced greenhouse ... http://www.ethanolinfo.com/biofuelsbiodieselethanol/