Ethanol Fuel

European ethanol prices set to firm on reduced Brazilian exports

London (Platts) --02 Dec 2008 -- [Oil] European ethanol prices are poised to strengthen on falling Brazilian imports during the January-April inter-crop season, trading sources said Tuesday. "From January-April the price of...

Whose bailout plan is best: Ford drops hydrogen while GM remains confused about ethanol

The car companies have come back to DC begging for money. But this time they have put on the table serious restructuring plans. At first glance, Ford's (here) appears to me sounder than GM's (here). I'm interested in your...

Alt-Energy Firms Sink With Prices, Credit (Investor's Business Daily)

Monday December 1, 6:47 pm ET Lots of things have gone wrong for lots of industries in recent months. But the misfortunes of clean energy firms rank among the most gut-wrenching. Long seen as the bright hope for a future of...

Business, jobs opportunities abound in biofuel development (2nd of Three Parts)

MANILA, Dec. 03 (PNA) - What drives the biofuels agenda is not only the need for cleaner air but more acutely for a poverty-stricken country like the Philippines, the opportunity to create value for Filipinos through job...

U.S. Ethanol Producers Facing Liquidity Challenge (at Seeking Alpha)

by: Research Recap December 01, 2008 | about stocks: From boom to bust, it’s been a quick round-trip for ethanol producers and the credit crisis is only the latest in a series of issues that have raised liquidity concerns,...

Bruce Martin: NASCAR takes on the Big Apple for the annual awards banquet, more

With the current crises, NASCAR should tone down the awards banquet IndyCar went to Brazilian ethanol because there were no U.S. options Doesn't it seem like Red Bull is buying everything lately? Scott Dixon won the...

Racing can help repair economy

by Jeff Wolf , Las Vegas Review-Journal Updated: December 1, 2008, 9:32 AM EST Times are tough for so many of our neighbors that it's petty to worry or whine about the financial state of motor sports except for those who have...

The Right Price

So OPEC has kicked the can down the road another two weeks, deferring further production cuts until at least their December 17th meeting in Algeria, when they can better assess the impact of the cuts they've already made--code...

Finding fuels of the future: SIUE center on leading edge of ethanol research

Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) Nov. 30--EDITOR'S NOTE: This is the first of three parts on the growing importance of ethanol production in our area and an increasing debate about the viability of the effort. As the population of...

Impact of Credit Crisis on the Energy Industry - Where Are We Now?

I recently looked through news articles to see which energy sectors were being affected by the credit crisis. I was amazed at how widespread and how devastating the impact is. There are really two closely related problems. One...