Tag: E15
Maine approves ethanol blend ban
Tweet In Maine, the state legislature has approved a bill that would ban ethanol blends in Maine, as long as two other nearby states do the same. Concerns about fuel prices if Maine is required to make a custom blend for their state only have been raised, thus the requirement that two other New England [...]
Biofuels Quick Takes: Solazyme, KiOR, E15, Farm Bill
Tweet Solazyme Q1 results. Cowen & Co’s Rob Stone writes: “We expect in-line Q1:13 results…stock performance likely hinges on status of construction at Lestrem and Moema, ramp timing at Clinton, and possibly new oils and new customers. We model positive cash EPS in 2014, and see 70% upside relative to the market in a year. [...]
Alliance of Automobile Manufacturers wants Supreme Court opinion on E15
Tweet In Washington, the Alliance of Automobile Manufacturers on Monday filed a petition with the Supreme Court asking it to overturn the DC Circuit Court of Appeal’s decision that it nor the parties in the case ruled last in August had the right to legally challenge E15. Fuels America says the legal wrangle over E15 [...]
RFA says E15 could provide up to 7 billion gallons in additional demand
Tweet In Nebraska, Renewable Fuels Association president Bob Dineen says that boosting to an E15 mandate rather than E10 would provide an additional 6 or 7 billion gallons of ethanol demand, well beyond the 2 billion gallons that are currently idled while leaving plenty of room for advanced biofuels. The NEDAK ethanol plant in Atkinson [...]
Big Oil’s Big Smear?
Tweet By Brad Krohn Big Oil’s best kept secret from the American consumer is Brazil’s fuel ethanol mandate, which started during the 1970s as a result of the OPEC oil embargoes. In Brazil, where ethanol is made from sugar cane, all gasoline contains 20 percent to 25 percent ethanol (E20-E25). At retail stations, consumers can [...]
House Science Committee examines E15 blend increase
Tweet In Washington D.C., the House Science Committee is discussing whether to increase the amount of ethanol used in U.S. vehicles. The committee oversees environmental issues and will hear from various witnesses, including the head of the American Automobile Association, AAA, which is against E15 due to possible engine damage as well as a perceived [...]
“The 4 things you should know about #E15.”
Tweet Today on Twitter: StockJockey: @DividendMaster dunno but the EPA mandate for refiners to purchase billions of gallons of biofuels is a mess imo PopMech: The 4 things you should know about #E15 PressOfficeEU: Press Alert: Transporter engineering for improved tolerance against alkane biofuels in Saccharomyces … jamespeshaw: Good on them for seeking to be [...]
That Cotton-pickin’ Varmint Ethanol vs that Bush Whackin’ Cherry-pickin’ API
Tweet Who’s right, in the fight of their lives over E15 ethanol blending? Whose data’s from Toontown, whose from the real-world? Yesterday the American Petroleum Institute held a press conference in DC to highlight a new report from the Coordinating Research Council on E15 ethanol blends. The report is here. The API: Blast your scuppers, [...]
“Biofuels Producers Waiting for Pentagon to Show Them the Money.”
Tweet Today on Twitter: ConsumersUnion: On #biofuels & the Department of Defense: “the national security need to reduce exposure to oil is clear…” ModFarm: Why drought and biofuels will mean fewer chicken wings are eaten this Super Bowl Sunday benlubbon: #Biofuels Producers Waiting for Pentagon to Show Them the Money Politicolnews: Warning: New E-15 Ethanol [...]
If you have the stones: the Ethanol blend wall, revisited
Tweet Impossible to cross? Or merely inconvenient to incumbents? In today’s Digest, we look at what the oil industry has termed the “ethanol blend wall” to find the stones with which it is constructed and the windows that might provide access to wonders on the other side. It was the last speech that John F. [...]
