Most car manufacturers now permit the use
of ethanol blends of 10 % or less in all gas - powered vehicles.
The absolute value
of ethanol blends has also been contested.
This wrong - headed policy, pushed by an aggressive farm lobby, gives a 51 - cent tax credit for each gallon
of ethanol blended into gasoline.
API Downstream Group Director Bob Greco told reporters EPA is right to use its waiver authority to set the requirements below the original congressional mandate, calling it an acknowledgment of the «market limitations
of the ethanol blend wall» — the amount of ethanol that can be safely blended into the fuel supply as E10 gasoline that's standard across the country.
Not exact matches
We're hoping to make E-15 the standard, and in the meantime we're working with innovative retailers to offer a new choice
of fuel that has a 15 %
blend of ethanol.»
So while social responsibility was reason enough for me to seek higher percentage
blends of ethanol gas, what resonated even more with me is the fact that
ethanol is an entrepreneur's industry.
It will initially produce methanol and later
ethanol — enough each year to fill the tanks
of 400,000 cars using a five per cent
ethanol blend.
«For the first time, the U.S.
ethanol industry will have the opportunity to compete for a portion
of Japan's fuel
blending market,» Emily Skor, head
of Washington - based
ethanol group Growth Energy, said in a statement.
The Brazilian car manufacturing industry developed flexible - fuel vehicles that can run on any proportion
of gasoline (E20 - E25
blend) and hydrous
ethanol (E100).
The New Plant Fuel «Green diesel,» as it's being called, isn't the first effort to use plants to power cars; your gas tank probably has a
blend of gas and plant - derived
ethanol inside it right now.
An even bigger blow has been the U.S. decision to subsidize conversion
of maize into
ethanol to
blend with gasoline.
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.
Congress in 2007 required that refiners
blend 36 billion gallons
of ethanol into fuel supply by 2022.
As a result, the government
of that country has decided to mandate
blending 1 percent
of ethanol into gasoline for the first time.
But experts at a major scientific meeting today described how
ethanol blends used as fuel in the race cars
of the Indianapolis 500 actually make those emissions cleaner than cars on the street.
Several US states, such as California, have laws requiring a 20 % -30 %
ethanol blend in gasoline, which also helps reduce emissions
of ultrafine particulate matter.
«The
blend - stock can be mixed into gasoline at higher concentrations than
ethanol's current limit
of 10 percent; plus it can be added to diesel and jet fuel.
«Our method
of direct conversion
of ethanol offers a pathway to produce suitable hydrocarbon
blend - stock that may be
blended at a refinery to yield fuels such as gasoline, diesel and jet fuel or commodity chemicals,» Narula said.
However, more than 10 billion gallons
of ethanol will be transported and
blended in 2009, and the earlier limitations in
ethanol distribution and
blending are no longer the major factor in the growth
of the industry.
The price
of pure
ethanol at the pump is so high that in most states it is cheaper to fill up flexible - fuel cars with petrol
blends that contain about 20 %
ethanol.
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.
To reduce costs, we recommend regional concentration
of E85
blends for future
ethanol production and use.
Vehicle that operates on any
blend of fuel
ethanol and unleaded gasoline, containing up to 85 percent
ethanol fuel.
GM's 3.9 - liter overhead - valve V6 provides an acceptable balance between power and fuel economy, while its FlexFuel component allows the engine use E85, a
blend of gasoline and
ethanol.
Furthermore, the Brazilian subsidiary began producing flex - fuel versions for the Civic and the Fit models, capable
of running on any
blend of gasoline (E20 to E25
blend in Brazil) and
ethanol up to E100.
GM's revised 3.9 - liter overhead - valve V6 provides an acceptable balance between power and fuel economy, while its FlexFuel component allows the engine use E85, a
blend of gasoline and
ethanol.
As part
of the series» «green racing» initiative, the most successful team in ALMS history is using a
blend of 85 percent
ethanol and 15 percent gasoline in the demanding arena
of endurance road racing.
This Flex Fuel Vehicle is optomized to run on E85, a
blend of 85 %
ethanol fuel with 15 % gasoline...
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.
E85 is 85 %
ethanol and 15 % gasoline fuel
blend that carries an octane rating
of 105 PO...
The event raised awareness
of the corrosive effects
of ethanol -
blended gasoline on automobile engines and the dangers
of consumer misfueling.
A 5.7 L «iForce» V8 making 381 horsepower and 401 lb - ft
of torque is available on all models, and in some regions, the engine can be optioned to run on E85
ethanol / gasoline
blend.
Grand Caravan is capable
of using regular - grade gasoline and / or E85
ethanol -
blended fuel.
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 growing number
of vehicles can run on an 85 percent
blend of ethanol.
The 5300 V8 is now capable
of running gasoline /
ethanol fuel
blends.
Interesting features
of this model are Powerful and efficient engine selection, V6 can run on E85
ethanol blend, and sharp styling inside and out Our Pricing is for Retail Customers only.
In addition, Chevy cites numbers
of 380 horsepower and 416 pound - feet
of torque when running on E85, a
blend of 85 percent
ethanol and 15 percent gasoline.
All three
of the engines run on regular unleaded, and the V6 and 5.3 - liter V8 are flex - fuel compliant, meaning they can use the E85
ethanol blend.
E85 is a
blend of 85 percent ethyl alcohol (
ethanol) and 15 percent gasoline.
FlexFuel can be advantageous in parts
of the country where higher - percentage
ethanol fuel
blends are offered, as GM FlexFuel engines have been engineered to produce more horsepower while running high - octane
blends.
Determined to keep the F - 150 America's best selling pickup, Ford continues to offer a dizzying array
of configurations (a total
of 60 in all) as well as a new 5.4 - liter V8 Flex Fuel engine that can run on E85, a
blend of 85 - percent
ethanol and 15 - percent gasoline.
Determined to keep the F - 150 America's best - selling pickup, Ford continues to offer a dizzying array
of configurations as well as a new 5.4 - liter V8 Flex Fuel engine that can run on E85, a
blend of 85 - percent
ethanol and 15 - percent gasoline.
A team at the University
of Birmingham reports that a
blend of 33 % v / v
of butanol in EN228 commercial gasoline containing 5 %
of ethanol (B33) reduces GDI (gasoline direct injection) engine - out carbonaceous emissions, while maintaining similar levels
of NOx emissions when compared to standard gasoline combustion at low and medium... Read more →
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...
All trim levels
of the Focus will be powered by a 2.0 - liter four - cylinder engine that can run on either a gasoline or E85
ethanol -
blended fuel.
Just as the government requires
ethanol to be
blended into gasoline, they also require or promote the
blending of renewable biomass components into diesel fuels.
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.
The RFS, which requires increasingly large amounts
of biofuels — mostly corn - based
ethanol — to be
blended into gasoline each year, will come to the forefront again when EPA finalizes 2014 biofuels levels by June...
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.