All Entries Tagged With: "E12"

RFA says studies show E12 is safe for cars, American Petroleum Institute disagrees

In Washington, the American Petroleum Institute said that the call for approval of E12 ethanol blends by the Renewable Fuel Association was premature. “RFA fails to note there is a large-scale cooperative government/industry research effort under way seeking to better understand the impacts of intermediate ethanol blends. The API study, which is incomplete, is one [...]

July 28, 2009 | Jim Lane | Comments 0

Sen. Webb of Virginia leads gang of 20 in call for more research of E12, E15 before EPA OK

In Washington, a group of 20 US Senators led by Jim Webb of Virginia wrote to EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson, DOE Secretary Chu, Agriculture Secretary Vilsack and White House energy policy chief Carol Browner, to request more research before approving an increase in the ratio of fuel that can be blended with gasoline.
The proposed E12 [...]

June 11, 2009 | Jim Lane | Comments 0

DOE Secretary Chu, former DOE Assistant Secretary Karsner support higher ethanol blends

In New York, US Secretary of Energy Steven Chu told the Reuters Global Energy Summit that the DOE is investigating E12 and E13 ethanol and said that “If it turns out the existing automobile fleet … could accept that, it would be good if we can go up to 12 or 13 percent.” The EPA [...]

June 02, 2009 | Jim Lane | Comments 0

USDA Secretary supports E12-E13 ethanol as “doable more quickly”.

In Washington, USDA Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack indicated that he would support a move towards 12 or 13 percent ethanol blending, following the submission of a formal request to the EPA to move to E15 submitted by trade group Growth Energy.
“We’d love to see 15 percent. Right now my focus is on 12, 13 [...]

March 10, 2009 | Jim Lane | Comments 0