Sentences with phrase «source for ethanol»

As a source for ethanol, corn kernels are economically viable only because of high federal subsidies.

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.

Not exact matches

Much of the ETBE used in Japan is already made in the United States using Brazilian sugarcane ethanol, so the new rules should make it easy for producers to switch quickly to U.S. corn - based sources.

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

«We're looking at wood chips and other feedstock sources that are not necessarily in the mainstream for ethanol but are in abundance in our region.

Previously developed techniques for generating hydrogen from ethanol are best suited to large - scale production at specialized facilities, however, because they require external sources of heat.

Negri's colleagues have looked to the poplars as a possible source of ethanol for biofuel.

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..)

Household products, for example, often contain ethyl alcohol (ethanol) and can be a source many people don't consider.

The company they've bought into has a novel approach to producing ethanol that could use virtually any carbon source and would decouple that fuel from corn production, potentially making it possible for cities to produce their own transportation fuel using their own MSW, eliminating some of the need for landfilling and the associated long - tail methane and CO2 releases from same.

Algae seem to be a poor fit for this, since they are an unusually wet source of biomass and the apparently best use is to make bio-oil based diesel and ethanol.

On the other hand it uses and existing source instead of burning 1 / 6th of our feed crop for the ethanol boondoggle.

The best biofuel is still ethanol from corn but it has to be part of an integrated production facility which should include the following steps: cattle feed lot, feed all waste (distiller's dried solids) to the cattle, convert the cattle waste to methane to supply part of the energy source for the distillation, burn the dry crop waste to provide the remainder of the energy, irrigate the crops with the effluent from the methane digestor.

Corn - to - ethanol plants have been the most rapidly growing source of feed gas for CO2 recovery.»

Just been looking up the sources for commercial CO2 and here is a short exerpt from google: «The most common operations from which commercially - produced carbon dioxide is recovered are industrial plants which produce hydrogen or ammonia from natural gas, coal, or other hydrocarbon feedstock, and large - volume fermentation operations in which plant products are made into ethanol for human consumption, automotive fuel or industrial use.

Cruz creditably withstood the perennial temptation — among Republicans and Democrats alike — to bow down to Big Corn and the federal mandate for ethanol that has been such a boon to Iowa corn farmers and bane if you care about food prices, greenhouse gas emissions, herbicide use or the loss of wild vegetation in the Midwest that is an important food source for monarchs and habitat for other wildlife.

This is important context for the thorny question of whether, and how, carbon emissions from burning bioenergy — renewable energy made available from materials derived from biological sources (a category that includes both biofuels like ethanol and biomass like wood used to generate electricity)-- should be included in prospective carbon taxes.

BIOFUELS: An overhaul of the nation's Renewable Fuel Standard will include fewer waivers for small refineries and allow ethanol exports to count toward federal biofuels quotas, according to a source.

Probably because ethanol mandates and electric car subsidies are lucrative sources of federal grants, loans, subsidies and tax credits for «alternative fuels» and electric cars.

At the federal level this means the tax credits that have been in place for more than 20 years, encouraging the growth of wind, solar, ethanol, and other renewable energy sources.

Ethanol and biodiesel have become an increasingly common source of transportation fuel and industry has expanded its use of biomass for onsite heat and power generation.

Hemp grown for both seed and biomass has a stalk yield of up to 3.5 tons per acre, which would make it an economical source of cellulose for ethanol production.

For example, unlike corn — the most common ethanol source in the U.S. — switchgrass shouldn't threaten food availability.

[3] Helioculture allows for brackish water or graywater, nonindustrial waste water from sources such as baths and washing machines, [4] to be used, while traditional biofuels such as cellulosic ethanol require fresh water.

Ethanol is yet another fuel source that is attractive for US drivers since it can help to reduce the country's dependence on foreign oil and cut down on greenhouse gas emissions at the same time.

4) it is harder to find widespread sources for 85 % ethanol fuels.

One rationale for ethanol production in the U.S. is increased energy security, from shifting supply from oil imports to domestic sources.

For example, starch from corn grown in the midwest has traditionally been the source of some of the ethanol used as a fuel additive in the U.S.. Another option for the conversion of cellulosic biomass, such as hemp stalks, to ethanol is their hydrolysis to sugar, followed by fermentation and removal of the produced ethanol by distillatiFor example, starch from corn grown in the midwest has traditionally been the source of some of the ethanol used as a fuel additive in the U.S.. Another option for the conversion of cellulosic biomass, such as hemp stalks, to ethanol is their hydrolysis to sugar, followed by fermentation and removal of the produced ethanol by distillatifor the conversion of cellulosic biomass, such as hemp stalks, to ethanol is their hydrolysis to sugar, followed by fermentation and removal of the produced ethanol by distillation.

Non-food based ethanol sources offer huge potential for reducing U.S. oil use, as they reduce or eliminate competition with food crops, and could be widely available.

Specific areas of interest include, but are not limited to: biological, thermochemical, or thermocatalytic routes for the conversion of lignocellulosic biomass to advanced biofuels beyond cellulosic ethanol; microbial fuel cells for direct production of electricity from renewable carbon sources; hydrogen production from autotrophic or heterotrophic microorganisms; hydrocarbons and lipids from phototrophic or heterotrophic microorganisms.

Is there an effort in New York state to produce ethanol from inedible sugar, which is available from Mexico and other sources, for less than $ 5.00 / lb...?

The Canadian Renewable Fuels Association (CFRA) is dedicated to promoting the growth of biofuels such as ethanol and biodiesel as a way to not only reduce greenhouse gas emissions, but channel a largely untapped source for Canadian jobs and local

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.

Via Gas2 More on Landfills as Energy Sources: First Commercial - Scale Cellulosic Ethanol Plant Approved for California Landfill Gas to Energy: A Growing Alternative Energy Resource Greener Flying?

Switchgrass a better biofuel source than corn (1/7/2008) Switchgrass yields more than 540 percent more energy than the energy needed to produce and convert it to ethanol, making the grassy weed a far superior source for biofuels than corn ethanol, reports a study published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS).