Rainforest Rescue's recent and still active U.S. agrofuel alert with Ecological Internet has already led to partial success, as the decision on whether to increase the corn
ethanol blend from 10 % to 15 % has been delayed for a year.
Not exact matches
Blending ethanol brewed
from corn into gasoline stocks is not bringing down fuel prices, an M.I.T. study finds
It has promised the industry that petrol prices will go up next year, and that the
blend of
ethanol will rise
from 20 % to 25 %, the maximum allowed by law.
As for
ethanol blends, it all comes down to where the
ethanol comes
from.
This is an unfortunate scenario where
ethanol in your gasoline
blend absorbs too much water
from the atmosphere and separates into two layers.
A recent report
from the U.S. Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratories states that high - octane mid-level
ethanol blends deliver optimal performance, often at a price below regular unleaded.
Using higher volume
blends of
ethanol to leverage the alcohol's inherent high octane rating to produce
ethanol - gasoline
blends with higher octane numbers could yield «substantial societal benefits», according to a team of researchers
from Ford Motor Company.
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...
Flex Fuel (also known as E85) is a gasoline -
ethanol blend containing anywhere
from 51 to 83 %
ethanol, and can only be used in Flexible Fuel Vehicles (FFVs).
The EPA allows small oil refineries to apply for hardship exemptions
from the RFS
ethanol blending requirements, with «small» meaning capacity 10,000 tons of biomass per day, producing at least 20,000 barrels of fuel per day.
Market - based principles should guide policymakers away
from top - down, government - mandated ventures such as the flawed Renewable Fuel Standard — which could force higher
ethanol blend fuels into the national supply, potentially damaging vehicle engines and saddling consumers with repair costs.
The mixed oxide that consists of a
blend of two known catalysts, zinc oxide and zirconium oxide, was actually developed to produce hydrogen fuel
from ethanol.
Last week the EPA dismissed a petition by the American Petroleum Institute seeking relief
from the cellulosic
ethanol mandate, which requires that oil refiners
blend 8.65 million gallons of
ethanol into the fuel supply by the end of 2012:
In a report released last month, the GAO underscored the evaporative problems posed by
ethanol, saying that compensating for
ethanol forces refiners to remove certain liquids
from their gasoline: «Removing these components and reprocessing them or diverting them to other products increases the cost of making
ethanol -
blended gasoline.»
E85 can only be used in flex fuel vehicles (FFVs) which are specifically designed to run on this fuel or any gasoline or
ethanol blend ranging
from E0 to E85.
They dropped their own
blend of
ethanol in gasoline
from 25 % to 20 %.
Many people are familiar with the biofuel
ethanol, which is produced
from corn and is
blended with the gasoline we pump into our tanks.
The Trump decision to permit year - round 15 - per - cent
blends may be a shell game of another kind, since it's expected to be coupled with a transfer of
ethanol subsidies
from U.S. domestic consumption to exports, a move that could decimate
ethanol use in the U.S..
Study finds
ethanol blending appears to reduce significantly genotoxic emissions
from gasoline direct injection vehicles
Ethanol as fuel is
blended with gasoline in concentrations ranging
from 5 % to 10 %.
If CAFE drops gasoline demand
from 140 billion gallons per year to 100 billion gallons, and the RFS requires 36 billion gallons of
ethanol by 2022, the current
blend of E10 (gasoline with 10 percent
ethanol) will need to be increased to E40 nationwide.
Requires the Administrator, upon notification
from a state Governor that the statutory Reid vapor pressure limitation (RVPL) will increase emissions that contribute to air pollution in the state, to apply a substitute RVPL to fuel
blends containing gasoline and 10 % denatured anhydrous
ethanol that are introduced into commerce during the high ozone season.
Almost all of these projects differ
from the
ethanol being
blended into the US gasoline supply in that they are made
from inedible feedstocks, which sidesteps one of the critiques often leveled at biofuels: that they compete in with crops raised for people or livestock, driving up food prices.
Rather, the agency set
ethanol requirements higher and higher with no apparent regard for falling U.S. gasoline consumption, allowing the RFS to drive the country headlong toward the «
ethanol blend wall» — and potential harms
from forcing more
ethanol into the fuel supply than it can safely absorb.
At a minimum, Pruitt should consider applications
from independent refiners and small retailers to rationalize the RFS by changing the «point of obligation» to comply with the RFS
from about 200 refiners and importers to an equally small number of «rack sellers» who supply
blended ethanol fuel to the market.
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is considering scaling back legal requirements on the use of
ethanol next year amid complaints
from refiners that statutory mandates would exceed their ability to
blend it into fuels without putting engines at risk.
For several years the EPA has fined refiners for not purchasing and
blending ethanol made
from switchgrass, wood chips, and other fibrous, non-edible plants.
That's what we draw
from EPA's requirements for levels of corn
ethanol and other renewable fuels that must be
blended into the U.S. fuel supply.
Finally, the red and bluelines are the amount of
ethanol that would be missing
from the market if
ethanol blending was capped at 400,000 bbl / d.
Current mandates call for
blends of renewables on the order of 10 - 20 % - a far cry
from replacing gas with
ethanol.