cellulosic ethanol

EPA Quota For Cellulosic Fuels Tossed Out By Court As 'Wish'

Whatever the merits of ethanol as a fuel or a gasoline additive--and it's taken some hits lately--it's still in the running. The same cannot be said, however, for cellulosic biofuels, those derived from advanced crops or waste products. On Friday, a Federal appeals court ruled that an EPA mandate...

January 28, 2013 by John Voelcker 3

E15 Is Coming & AAA Ain't Happy; New Fuel Could Void Warranties

December 3, 2012 8

Will EPA Waive Ethanol Requirement Due To Drought?

October 12, 2012 3

One Reason To Feel Sorry For Oil Companies...Really

January 18, 2012 9

Big square baler harvesting wheat straw for production of cellulosic ethanol

Renewable Fuel Standards Fall Far Short Of Non-Corn Ethanol Goal

The Environmental Protection Agency released its 2012 Renewable Fuel Standards on December 28, a month after they were due and with a drastically lower target for the amount... January 5, 2012 by Talking Points Memo

Scientists Discover Microbes That Turn Newspaper Into Biofuel

Wouldn’t it be great if old newspapers and junk mail could be used to generate biofuel, instead of taking up space in landfills? Tulane University scientists have... August 29, 2011 by Kurt Ernst 2

Ethanol: Solution or Stopgap?

Amid the clamor over the price of oil hitting $100 a barrel and our heavy dependence on foreign sources of supply, ethanol has reemerged as an alternative fuel that seems to... July 14, 2011 by Michael Infranco 12

Automakers Sue To Stop E15 Gasoline Over Fears It Harms Cars

Every major automaker selling cars in the U.S. has signed onto a lawsuit filed Monday aimed at halting the rollout of E15 gasoline, which has a higher proportion of ethanol... December 22, 2010 by John Voelcker

EPA OKs More Ethanol In Gasoline, Only For 2007 Or Newer Cars

Yesterday, the Environmental Protection Agency approved raising the proportion of ethanol in pump gasoline from 10 percent (E10) to as much as 15 percent (E15). It would be... October 14, 2010 by John Voelcker

DEMO: With MicroFueler, One Man's Trash Is His Gas Tank's Treasure

E-Fuel is one of 70 companies chosen by VentureBeat to launch at the DEMO Fall 2010 event taking place this week in Silicon Valley. After our selection, the companies pay a... September 16, 2010 by VentureBeat's GreenBeat 1

Range Fuels Opens Plant to Commercialize Methanol

Range Fuels, one of the more successful biofuel startups backed by Khosla Ventures, announced today that it has opened up its first commercial plant to make cellulosic... August 19, 2010 by VentureBeat's GreenBeat