Congressional Republicans have thrown a wrench into the Navy's plans to get half its energy needs from alternative fuel sources by 2020, Wired magazine reported, voting to effectively ban the military from purchasing biofuels.
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2012-05-15 00:47:38
We will continue the funding for both the biodiesel and the ethanol incentive programs; however, the state subsidy for ethanol will end in FY 2013. Additionally, there is budgeted $39 million to aid private landowners for local soil and water ...
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2012-05-15 00:02:21
Back in the pre-ethanol days, when ethanol plants were being proposed, King said, "I remember they said, 'we can add a nickel to the price of your corn.' We were thrilled about that nickel. "(Ethanol's) been very, very successful, and if you look at ...
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2012-05-14 23:31:42
In unrelated action, Bloomington's aldermen also voted to extend McLean County's enterprise zone to reach a Gibson City ethanol plant. The One Earth Energy plant, which buys almost 10 million bushels of McLean County corn every year, says it's at a ...
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2012-05-14 22:10:24
It's a standard that may be almost impossible to meet, energy experts believe; there's almost no way the tiny, experimental biofuel industry can hope to compete on price with the massive, century-old fossil fuels business.
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2012-05-14 21:01:51
And he says it's time to end subsidies for ethanol, both grain and cellulosic ethanol, which has created a considerable demand for corn and fueled crop and land prices. Brown says there is virtually no limit on the amount of federal subsidies a farm ...
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2012-05-14 20:19:13
In Cedar Rapids, a few miles from here, Cargill makes corn syrup and soybean oil; ADM produces ethanol; Quaker Oats makes cereal. Iowa's unemployment rate is now 5.2 percent, compared with 8.1 percent nationally. “In the last 30 or 40 years, ...
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2012-05-14 20:03:23
Scientists are interested in the perennial grass switchgrass as a prospective biofuels feedstock, but the plant genome is complex. Researchers have sequenced plant genomes of related candidate bioenergy crops such as sorghum and the model grass Brachypodium but they last shared a common ancestor with switchgrass more than 20 million years ago
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2012-05-14 16:15:04
Robinson Construction, a Missouri-based general contractor, has filed a permit in Jefferson County for a $8.5 million project to build a new ethanol train terminal. The terminal, as was reported in November 2011, will be on the BNSF Railway in ...
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2012-05-14 15:08:07
14 May 2012 Zimbabwe Tells Green Fuel to Export Millions of Stuck Ethanol Gibbs Dube | Washington A cabinet minister says Green Fuel (Pvt) Limited, stuck with 10 million liters of ethanol, should consider exporting its product as Zimbabwe is not yet ...
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2012-05-14 15:06:39
Traders expect ethanol exports to drain excess U.S. supply, but higher production from Brazil combined with a weaker Real, the Brazilian currency, could derail those plans.
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2012-05-14 14:17:39
The oil and corn price correlation stems in part from the fact that every time you fill up your tank, a percentage of what you are pumping into your vehicle — ethanol blended with the gasoline — is actually made from corn. The growth and transport of ...
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2012-05-14 14:08:58
More Unless you drive a car powered by electricity or some form of home-brew biofuel, the chances are... Read More Unless you drive a car powered by electricity or some form of home-brew biofuel, the chances are you visit a gas-station with some form ...
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2012-05-14 14:00:46
Deputy Prime Minister Soraya Saenz de Santamaria commented on a biodiesel plan and many expculated it could be a measure giving preference to European Union-produced biofuel in meeting compulsory motor fuel blending requirements.
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2012-05-14 13:05:11
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