Sentences with phrase «ethanol produced»

Each gallon of ethanol produced delivers half a gallon of aviation fuel.

At the moment, most of this comes from ethanol produced by corn, and in the future plans are to power vehicles from forests and other biomass.

This research shows that on average, corn ethanol produces emissions 51 % lower than gasoline.

A few recent studies still claim that corn ethanol produces fewer emissions than gasoline, but a careful look reveals that their methods don't properly account for land use change.

Western Biomass Energy LLC, a subsidiary of Blue Sugars Corporation (previously KL Energy) reported the major milestone of claiming the first cellulosic ethanol tax credits under the RFS2 for a 20,069 gallon batch of cellulosic ethanol produced from bagasse (sugar cane waste) in April 2012.

However, «once commercially available, cellulosic ethanol produced in set - aside grasslands should provide the most efficient tool for greenhouse gas reduction of any scenario we examined,» the report added.

Among them are two pathways for cellulosic ethanol produced by Abengoa Bioenergy at its Hugoton, Kansas plant.

Finding nonfood substitutes for ethanol produced from corn or sugarcane would help.

«Energy outputs from ethanol produced using corn, switchgrass, and wood biomass were each less than the respective fossil energy inputs.

On average, looking at a wide variety of source crops (corn kernels to switchgrass), ways to convert plants to energy, and vehicle sizes (ranging from compact cars to SUVs), bioelectricity delivered 56 percent more energy for transportation per acre, even including the fact that making ethanol produces other useful products, such as cattle feed.

He supports ethanol as a biofuel, but recently urged the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to relax rules on the amount of ethanol produced because of its effect on food and livestock feed prices.

Xylose fermentation is not a capability that traditional ethanol producing yeast strains (Saccharomyces cerevisiae) possess.

Speaking at the American Association for the Advancement of Science annual meeting in San Francisco, Dale says that while corn ethanol produces less greenhouse gases than gasoline, it can cause other detrimental environmental effects if not carefully managed.

Environmentalists and scientists condemned many biofuels — including ethanol produced from Midwestern corn ethanol and biodiesel generated from European rapeseed and Southeast Asian palm oil — as a short - sighted energy solution.

It is that these several anecdotes about poorly managed waste streams at ethanol producing facilities in Minnesota are symptomatic of much broader problems with biofuel development that could be easily averted.

However, Joe Romm pointed out that though «as a matter of science the deal is not optimal,» the end effect of this compromise is slight, noting that most of the corn ethanol produced under the 2007 energy bill was already grandfathered in and would not have to meet these emissions requirements.

If this level of production can be reached, the full amount of corn - based ethanol produced could be used as a fuel additive (as the 10 % level), with no ethanol left over for E85.

Current U.S. biofuel supply relies almost exclusively on ethanol produced from Midwest corn.

:: Verenium Cellulosic Ethanol First Cellulosic Ethanol Biorefinery in the U.S. Opens Ethanol Produced from Perrenial Grass Could Offset 20 % of Gas Use with 9.3 % of Cropland First Commercial - Scale Cellulosic Ethanol Plant Approved for California

North Carolina Researchers Investigate Potential Ethanol Feedstock Ethanol Produced from Perennial Grass Could Offset 20 % of Gas Use with 9.3 % of Cropland

Most ethanol produced in the United States is currently derived from corn, a relatively poor feedstock given its low yield and high fertilizer requirements which have been linked to water pollution, the expanded «dead zone» in the Gulf of Mexico, and significant greenhouse gas emissions.

«The amount of ethanol produced by chemical catalysis is around 70 or 80 gallons perton,» says Wes Bolsen, chief marketing officer for Coskata, located in Warrenville, Illinois.

In fact, many of the health problems from abusing alcohol are caused indirectly by glutathione deficiency, since the main by - product of ethanol produced in liver is acetaldehyde and glutathione has to detoxify that.

«There's plenty of ethanol produced in the world to power all the piston - engine aircraft.»

Among them are two pathways for cellulosic ethanol produced by Abengoa Bioenergy at its Hugoton, Kansas plant.

The use of ethanol produced from corn in the U.S. and sugar cane in Brazil has given birth to the commercialization of an alternative fuel that is coming to show substantial promise, particularly as new feedstocks are developed.

While we've already touched on this issue at length several times in the past (see here and here for some recent posts), we thought this post in particular would provide a perfect springboard for further discussion.One common misperception is that most of the corn ethanol produced is used as E85 (85 % ethanol / 15 % gasoline mixture).

After crunching the numbers, Vogel and his colleagues found that ethanol produced from switchgrass yields 540 % of the energy used to grow, harvest, and process it into ethanol.

That result contrasts sharply with a controversial study published just over a year ago in Science that suggested that a mixture of prairie grasses farmed with little fertilizer or other inputs would produce a higher net energy yield than ethanol produced from corn (Science, 8 December 2006, p. 1598).

The ethanol produced from 1 -, 5 - and 10 percent oil cane would add to the cost benefit.

As compared to the 1 calorie from glucose that was converted to VLDL (see previous section), the same caloric intake from ethanol produces 30 calories of VLDL that are transported to your fat cells and contribute to your obesity, or participate in plaque formation.

California's LCFS also would have little or no impact on GHG emissions nationwide and would harm our nation's energy security by discouraging the use of Canadian crude oil — our nation's largest source of crude — and ethanol produced in the American Midwest.

At the moment, most of this comes from ethanol produced by corn, and in the future plans are to power vehicles from forests, oil crops such as oil palm and soya for biodiesel, and other biomass.

IRVINE, Calif. and OMAHA, Neb., Sept. 20 — BlueFire Renewables, Inc. (OTC Bulletin Board: BFRE.ob — News), a company focused on changing the world's transportation fuel paradigm through the production of renewable fuels from non-food cellulosic wastes, has announced an off - take agreement with Tenaska BioFuels, LLC (TBF) for the purchase and sale of all ethanol produced at BlueFire's planned cellulosic ethanol facility in Fulton, Miss..

IRVINE, Calif. and OMAHA, Neb., Sept. 20 — BlueFire Renewables, Inc. (OTC Bulletin Board: BFRE.ob — News), a company focused on changing the world's transportation fuel paradigm through the production of renewable fuels from non-food cellulosic wastes, has announced an off - take agreement with Tenaska BioFuels, LLC (TBF) for the purchase and sale of all ethanol produced -LSB-...]

At the same time, currently existing biofuels, such as the ethanol produced from vast fields of corn, are a very inefficient use of energy and land.

Another plus is that ethanol produced from second - generation feedstock has high performance and compatibility with traditional combustion engines and current energy infrastructure, including refineries and pipelines.

Biofuels» Emissions Benefits Often Overstated Citing the study, Reuters reports that, «The OECD said that if Brazil's ethanol produced from sugar cane cuts greenhouse gas emissions by around 80 %, biofuels from other feedstocks in the United States, the EU or Canada tend to have a far lower environmental benefit.

'' [Unnamed seed company],... has been developing new varieties of fermentable corn that show a 2 percent to 4 percent increase in the amount of ethanol produced»... Although the cattle feed byproduct will likley not be usd by organic beef producers, the solid waste stream looks to be minimal.