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Americans Embrace Ethanol
With temperatures rising, millions of Americans will hit the highway for road trips and family fun. As the summer driving season kicks into high gear, Americans are embracing higher blends of ethanol in gasoline as a proven cost-effective solution to save dollars at the pump. According to the Department of Energy, more than nine million Flex Fuel vehicles (FFV) were on the road in 2011, with an ...
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Shades of green at the North American international auto show
Clean and green is the buzz at this year's North American International Auto Show at Cobo Hall with major automakers showing their latest greener concept cars, comparisons of fuel economy for flex-fuel cars, and the announcement that the American Le Mans Series is going an extra green mile on the racing circuit. But not everyone is sold. 'The green theme at this year's North American ...
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Growth Energy Working with Pump Equipment Manufacturers to Bring Higher Ethanol Blends to Consumers
With increasing consumer demand for higher blends of ethanol, following the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) approval of E15 for commercial sale, several fuel dispensing equipment manufacturers have introduced new products for retailers to modify existing fuel dispensers to accommodate higher ethanol blends. Increased availability of higher ethanol blends will provide Americans with a ...
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The EI Group's Corporate Fleet Goes "Green" with New Alternative Fuel Vehicles
August 19, 2010 Research Triangle Park, NC - The EI Group, Inc. (EI) is pleased to announce a revamping of its corporate fleet with 4 new Chevrolet HHR panel vehicles. These 2010 Chevy HHRs get 32 MPG and are capable of running on E85 Flex Fuel, a blend of 85% ethanol and 15% gasoline. The vehicles will be replacing older, less fuel-efficient models with two stationed at Corporate ...
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Illinois Must Buy Flex Fuel Vehicles for State Fleet
SPRINGFIELD, Illinois (ENS) - Building on his efforts to support Illinois farmers and expand the use of clean and renewable energy, Governor Rod Blagojevich Friday signed legislation requiring state agencies to purchase flexible fuel vehicles. These gasoline powered vehicles can run on E-85, an 85 percent blend of ethanol and gasoline. Diesel powered vehicles can run on B-5, a blend of five ...
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NASCAR driver Austin Dillon visits POET Biorefining - Portland
NASCAR driver Austin Dillon visited POET-Biorefining - Portland (Ind.) today as part of his American Ethanol Heartland Tour. Dillon toured the biorefinery, signed autographs and took part in a Q&A with POET team members and farmers. Dillon’s Midwest tour takes him from Chicagoland Speedway in Joliet, Ill. to Eldora Speedway in Rossburg, Ohio. Along the way, he is making a number of ...
By Poet, LLC
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Mid-Level Ethanol Fuel Blends
A new ASTM International specification is the first standard to identify the protocols necessary to blend mid-level ethanol fuels at the terminal and retail level that equal the fuel quality and performance expected from fuels meeting other ASTM fuel specifications. The new standard, D7794, Practice for Blending Mid-Level Ethanol Fuel Blends for Flexible-Fuel Vehicles with Automotive ...
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Benefits of the bailout bill for green consumers
So say what you like about the bailout bill that was passed last week in the House, but it includes some pretty excellent benefits for those of us Americans looking to embrace energy-saving and renewable energy. The bill makes it cheaper for us to go solar or to get a plug-in hybrid. Here’s a summary of the incentives included in the bill, courtesy of Green Wombat, The New York Times, and ...
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Carbon efficiency of new cars is increasing
Preliminary data published today by the European Environment Agency (EEA) show that new passenger cars registered in the European Union (EU) in 2010 are emitting 3.7 % less CO2 per kilometre travelled than new cars from 2009. A new data viewer with confirmed data will be available in October allowing consumers to compare the carbon efficiency of cars from different manufacturers. The transport ...
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Electric, Hydrogen, Hybrid Cars Star at Detroit Auto Show
DETROIT, Michigan (ENS) - At the 2007 North American International Auto Show Sunday, General Motors' head Rick Wagoner unveiled the Chevrolet Volt concept sedan and announced that production work has begun on a new generation of electric vehicles that could eliminate gas stations for Americans who live close to their workplaces. Built on a platform that GM calls the E-flex System, the Volt is a ...
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Maps of alternative fuel stations in the US
Today at the ESRI Federal User Group Conference, they announced HIFLD Open, which is a subset of the HIFLD (formerly known as HSIP) data that is open, and with no release restrictions. So we went looking for data we could use for our environmental and energy analytics work. Here’s are some quick maps of alternative fueling stations across the country. Each shows the distribution of seven ...
By Azimuth1
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Brazil – Investing Liberally in Ethanol Production
Brazilian media have reported that by 2012, investment in the ethanol production in Brazil will touch nearly 36 Billion reais, (US$ 18.80 Billion) as new plants will be constructed in the country together with the expansion of existing ones, as published by Macauhub. Presently, Brazil has over 300 ethanol and sugar plants and to construct new facilities, the demand for sugarcane plantation area ...
By RNCOS
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Report maps future of alternative fuel vehicles
Original story at MIT News Cars that run on alternative fuels like biofuels and liquefied natural gas can cost less, cut emissions, and reduce dependence on foreign fuels, according to a report by the MIT Energy Initiative (MITEI). The report looked at the future of natural gas, biofuels and gasoline as fuels for light-duty vehicles over the next two to three decades. Specifically, it studied ...
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Presidential race puts focus on environment
The US presidential candidates have set out their climate change stalls as the race for the White House heats up. Democrat nominee Barack Obama and Republican candidate John McCain pledged to improve the US record on the environment as they accepted their official nominations. Accepting the Democratic nomination for president in front of thousands of supporters, Senator Obama said climate change ...
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David Blume Keynotes San Mateo County BioEd/Science Teachers Talk, Gualala Arts Council Lecture Series, BonFire Heights Festival and ACORE’s Renewable Energy Finance Forum
The International Institute for Ecological Agriculture (IIEA): WHAT: The International Institute for Ecological Agriculture (IIEA) announced today that its Executive Director and Founder David Blume will keynote a series of presentations in California this September. Blume is a globally renowned regenerative agriculture and biofuels expert and is author of Alcohol Can Be A ...
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Excessive Production of Biofuels May Cost Numerous Lives, Warns Special Rapporteur of UN
Starvation, resulting from the diversion of maize and sugar for the production of biofuels, could cost numerous lives across the world, warned the food envoy of United Nations on June 14, 2007. Special rapporteur of the UN on the ‘right-to-food’, Jean Ziegler, accused the EU (European Union), US, and Japan of “complete two-facedness” for encouraging biofuels to reduce their own reliance on ...
By RNCOS
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Consumers Continue to Demand Environmentally Friendly Cars and Automakers Respond with Electric, Plug-in Hybrids and Flex-Fuel ‘Green’ Vehicles
RenewableEnergyStocks.com – Issues of Global Warming, Fuel Prices and Energy Independence Drive Demand for Cleantech Vehicles POINT ROBERTS, WA and DELTA, BC – December 7, 2006, www.RenewableEnergyStocks.com, a leading investor and industry portal for the renewable energy sector, reviews the momentum surrounding the green car industry as global warming, costly fuel prices and the need for ...
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Total Cost of Ownership of Alternative Fuel Vehicles for Fleet Operators
Reportlinker.com announces that a new market research report is available in its catalogue: Total Cost of Ownership of Alternative Fuel Vehicles for Fleet Operators http://www.reportlinker.com/p0843541/Total-Cost-of-Ownership-of-Alternative-Fuel-Vehicles-for-Fleet-Operators.html#utm_source=prnewswire&utm_medium=pr&utm_campaign=Renewable_energy Many fleet managers are experiencing ...
By ReportLinker
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EPA proposes 2014 renewable fuel standards
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) today proposed for public comment the levels of renewable fuels to be blended into gasoline and diesel as required by Congress under the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007. Developed with input from the U.S. Department of Energy and U.S. Department of Agriculture, the proposal seeks public input on annual volume requirements for renewable ...
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Wind power comes out top in review of alternative energy sources
A new study ranks alternative energy sources in terms of their overall impact on the environment and human health. The report offers guidance for policy makers making decisions on which emerging technologies to support. Substantial investment in development of alternative energy sources is needed in order to meet greenhouse gas emissions targets. But policymakers must make tough choices when ...
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