Sentences with phrase «federal ethanol blending»

Though Valero has opposed Federal ethanol blending mandates in the past, now that it appears that government mandates are here to stay for the foreseeable future, and it can snap up some of Verasun's assets at sale prices, the purchase makes sense for the San Antonio - based firm.

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For cellulosic to make its way onto the market, federal policy will need to do more to encourage distribution of higher blends of ethanol, the ethanol industry says.

The U.S. is about to hit the «blending wall,» the saturation point for ethanol use, because it does not have the infrastructure to meet the federal mandate for renewable - fuels use with ethanol.

A research team from Empa (Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology) and the University of Applied Sciences Bern, Laboratory for Exhaust Emission Control, reports that ethanol blending appeared to reduce genotoxic emissions from a flex - fuel Euro - 5 gasoline direct injection (GDI) vehicle (a Volvo V60 with a 1.6 L...

By federal and state regulation, nearly all gasoline sold by retailers in the US has up to 10 % ethanol blended into it to comply with the US Renewable Fuel Standards as part of the Energy Independence and Security Act.

Federal appeals court judges recently heard a challenge to the Obama EPA's approval of E15, a blend of 85 percent gasoline and 15 percent ethanol, to be -LSB-...]

NASCAR racing team owner Richard Childress has an op - ed in the Charlotte Observer this week in which he renders a full - throttle endorsement of E15 gasoline and the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS), the federal program that requires more and more ethanol be blended into the nation's fuel supply.

To make sure demand for ethanol will grow substantially, the association wants a federal mandate that all carmakers receiving federal aid would make only cars that can run on a blend of up to 85 percent ethanol, starting with the 2010 models.

The reason is ethanol, which the federal government insists be blended into every gallon of motor fuel refined and sold in the United States.