Sentences with phrase «ethanol as a source of energy»

This particular type of black fungus is common near distilleries because it uses ethanol as a source of energy for growth.

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Part of the $ 150 billion, 10 - year expenditure — the centerpiece of his energy plan — is to develop these resources as well as shift ethanol production from corn to cellulose - based sources that do not affect the food supply.

Future technologies that need R&D: high - efficiency photovoltaics (say, 50 % conversion)(as well as lowering the cost of PV), energy storage systems for intermittent sources like solar and wind (hydrogen storage, other methods), advances in biofuel technology (for example, hydrogen production from algae, cellulosic ethanol, etc..)

The study also found that both BTL - RC - CCS (biomass - to - liquids, with recycling of unconverted syngas to maximize FTL output and CCS) and cellulosic ethanol with CCS (EtOH - CCS) have negative GHGI emission values that can be exploited to offset GHG missions from difficult to decarbonize energy sources such as transportation fuels derived from crude oil.

But some ethanol supporters correctly point out that we have lots of coal, and we could use that as our primary energy source for ethanol production.

although it wasn't until 2006 that ethanol blend E85 was classified by the US Department of Energy as an alternative fuel source.

If Oregon, and the Northwest, truly wants a domestic - as in local - and renewable fuel source, we should be looking to build a cellulosic ethanol industry using waste from the large Northwest forestry and agriculture sectors to produce our liquid fuels (and a bit of electricity) as well as additional electricity from the Northwest's diverse and abundant renewable energy sources to power the electric component of a plug - in hybrid flex fuel fleet.

Though solar energy remains expensive, reducing a ton of emissions by generating electricity from essentially carbon - free sources such as nuclear or wind energy is cheaper than reducing a ton of emissions through low - carbon transportation fuels such as ethanol.

Researchers at the University of Northern Iowa's Tallgrass Prairie Center (TPC) are looking at ways to use the state's mixed prairie plantings as a source of renewable energy — as biomass to produce ethanol or to burn for electricity.

Bush was given a white handkerchief that had been held on an exhaust pipe of a revved - up 18 - wheeler, and deemed it clean enough to hold up to his nose... President Bush touted biodiesel as an option to help reduce dependence on foreign oil, saying»... we must develop promising new sources of energy, such as hydrogen, ethanol or biodiesel.»

Certain alternative energy «sources» may actually have EROEI ratios of less than one, such as many methods of industrially producing biodiesel and ethanol, or extracting oil from shale.

Tom also reminds readers that the equation only considers corn as the source of ethanol; use more energy efficient fuels like sugar can, and it's a whole new ballgame.

With the debate over the viability of ethanol and other biofuels raging on (and on), some are betting — not on solar, not on wind power — but on geothermal power as the next best possible source of renewable energy (more information on geothermal here,