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BusinessWeek
August 14, 2006
Heather Green |
The Great Corn Rush Of 2006 Ethanol profits are drawing in investors, but can the heyday last?   |
Wired
October 2006 |
My Big Biofuels Bet It may surprise you to learn that the most promising solution to our nation's energy crisis begins in the bowels of a waste trough, under the slotted concrete floor of a giant pen that holds 28,000 beef cattle. |
BusinessWeek
November 13, 2006 |
What Good Are Biofuels? Crops that double as energy sources are cheap, abundant, and homegrown. Yet as farmers rush to transform food crops into fuel, some environmentalists have begun to fret. |
Chemistry World
February 16, 2007
Richard Van Noorden |
Against the Grain Scientists warn that corn-based ethanol can't realistically cut carbon emissions or gasoline usage. This hasn't stopped US ethanol producers happily gobbling up corn, galvanized by high oil prices and generous tax credits. |
The Motley Fool
May 15, 2007
Robert Aronen |
The Politics of Ethanol The political tailwind behind ethanol is unstoppable. Still, even with the tailwind, investors need to pay attention to value in this area. With the ethanol hype bubbling over, most of the companies mentioned here are priced for excellent performance. |
IEEE Spectrum
January 2013
Vinod Sreeharsha |
Brazil Doubles Down on Biofuel Start-up GraalBio wants to transform sugarcane waste into cellulosic ethanol |
Food Processing
July 2011
Dave Fusaro |
Editor's Plate: Time to End the Ethanol Insanity The food vs. fuel debate is tipping our way; don't let the momentum die. |
BusinessWeek
February 21, 2005
Otis Port |
Not Your Father's Ethanol A new fuel -- "ethanol with a twist" -- could soon be coming to the rescue of motorists fed up with roller-coaster gasoline prices, and it should get a warm welcome from environmentalists and farmers, too. |
BusinessWeek
November 13, 2006
Adrienne Carter |
Harvesting Green Power Farmers are sowing the seeds of an alternative energy future. But how much of the country can we fuel on corn? |
BusinessWeek
February 5, 2007
Carey & Carter |
Food vs. Fuel As energy demands devour crops once meant for sustenance, the economics of agriculture are being rewritten. |
National Defense
January 2009
Frodl & Manoyan |
Mileage Mandates and Biofuels Aren't Silver Bullets The United States cannot ignore the many serious unintended consequences on the food supply, dwindling habitats for endangered species, and the reduction of carbon sinks for the atmosphere, when bio-ethanol is not providing more energy security or energy independence. |
BusinessWeek
December 18, 2006
Carey & Aston |
Put A Termite In Your Tank Bio breakthroughs are promising much better ways to make ethanol. |
The Motley Fool
February 3, 2006
Robert Aronen |
Switchgrass in the Spotlight Successful production of cellulosic ethanol has not yet been achieved on a commercial scale. While the president has set the goal of bringing this technology to market in the next six years, there are no guarantees that it will occur. Investors, take note. |
Science News
July 22, 2006
Ben Harder |
Demand for Ethanol May Drive Up Food Prices The production of ethanol from corn and other crops for fuel could drive up food prices. |
Food Engineering
February 1, 2008 |
Cracking the Corn for Ethanol Some ethanol producers have, indeed, been using the entire corn kernel for ethanol but others, such as progressive food ingredient producers, see the value of using just part of the corn kernel to produce ethanol. |
Reason
June 2009
Ronald Bailey |
It's Alive! Alternative energy subsidies make their biggest comeback since Jimmy Carter. |
Chemistry World
May 2008
Mark Peplow |
Editorial: Reap what you sow The biofuel backlash is in full swing. It's being driven by rising food prices; farming subsidies that look more suspicious by the day; and a general feeling that people have been conned. |
Smithsonian
April 2007
Eric Jaffe |
The World After Oil As the planet warms up, eco-friendly fuels can't get here fast enough. |
Popular Mechanics
February 2008
James B. Meigs |
The Ethanol Fallacy: Op-Ed America needs smart alternative to oil, but the just-passed energy bill puts too much emphasis on the wrong alternative |
Popular Mechanics
February 11, 2008
Chuck Tannert |
Coskata's $1/Gallon 'Trash-to-Gas' Tech Starts Up Ethanol 2.0: How It Works New startup company says it can make ethanol from almost any carbon-rich source for less than $1 a gallon. |
Chemistry World
December 12, 2012
Andrew Turley |
BP shifting ethanol focus to Brazil Oil super major BP says it will invest $350 million to expand production of ethanol from sugarcane at plant in Brazil. |
IndustryWeek
December 1, 2004
Tonya Vinas |
Building For Biofuels Uncertainty in oil prices is just one reason ethanol producers are building more plants in the U.S. |
Geotimes
March 2007
Rick Zalesky |
Integrating Biofuels into the Fuel Supply Biofuels are but one part of a larger story -- the transition to a broader portfolio of efficient, environmentally favorable fuels, both petroleum- and biomass-based, that will supply tomorrow's vehicles. |
Geotimes
February 2006 |
Turning Trash Into Energy Global investment is growing in a variety of projects that take trash and convert it into usable energy: Turkey to oil... Poop power... From bread basket to fuel pump... Flying high on plant waste... Trash to light up New York... |
BusinessWeek
May 15, 2006
Palmeri & Pressman |
Drunk On Ethanol Producers are riding a boom, but the market may be as tricky as oil. |
The Motley Fool
February 5, 2011
Dana Blankenhorn |
Throwing Corn off the Green Bus Is the best way to accelerate the move to truly renewable ethanol, to cellulosic alcohol, for the rest of the renewables industry to let corn go? |
Popular Mechanics
May 2006
Mike Allen |
How far can you drive on a bushel of corn? Before we can debate national energy policy -- or even decide which petroleum substitutes might make sense for our personal vehicles -- we need to know how these things stack up in the real world. So we crunched the numbers on alternative fuels. |
BusinessWeek
June 18, 2007
Joshua Schneyer |
The Money Flying Down To Brazil Big-name investors sniff hefty ethanol profits in the country's vast cane fields. |
IndustryWeek
July 20, 2011
Frank Andorka |
With Ethanol Getting Clipped, What's Next? As the battle over ethanol heats up, the next generation of biofuels waits for its moment in the spotlight. |
Chemistry World
April 2009 |
The biofuel future The chemistry to convert waste into fuels is now being tested at pilot plants around the world. We may have the science, but are governments and industry ready, asks Emma Davies |
IEEE Spectrum
January 2009
Erico Guizzo |
Loser: Brew, Baby, Brew A backyard still that turns sugar into ethanol fuel may look sweet, but under scrutiny it turns sour |
The Motley Fool
March 5, 2008
Toby Shute |
Innovation Series: Biofuels The search is on for a cheap, renewable fuel. |
IEEE Spectrum
April 2007
Willie D. Jones |
Termites in Your Tank Could the microbes that bugs use to digest wood be the answer to economic ethanol production? |
BusinessWeek
September 22, 2010
Bjerga & Parker |
Deficit Hawks Threaten Ethanol's Future The $27 billion ethanol industry's future is threatened as it loses some of the political support that has sustained it for decades. |
Popular Mechanics
January 16, 2008
Chuck Tannert |
Ethanol Makes Mini Comeback: Live at the 2008 Detroit Auto Show The sun may be setting on corn-based ethanol as Detroit revs up with cellulosic ethanol concept cars and tech investments. |
The Motley Fool
March 20, 2009
Christopher Barker |
Valero Plunges Into Ethanol Valero Energy proves you can teach this old dog a new trick, by delving into the ethanol business in a major way. |
Chemistry World
October 29, 2012
Andrerw Turley |
BP drops $300m US ethanol plans Oil super major BP has dropped plans for a $300 million cellulosic ethanol plant in Florida, US, announced in 2009. The plant would have had a production capacity of 36 million gallons per year. |
Popular Mechanics
March 26, 2008
Robert Bryce |
7 Energy Efficiency Myths Debunked: Guest Analysis From the book "Gusher of Lies: The Dangerous Delusions of Energy Independence." |
IEEE Spectrum
January 2010
David Schneider |
Loser: Grassoline's Dark Side DuPont-Danisco and other advocates are touting biofuels derived from switchgrass, but the environmental benefits are highly questionable |
The Motley Fool
May 25, 2007
Jack Uldrich |
Ethanol's Production Problem Since the beginning of the year, ethanol firms and their investors have been climbing all over each other to increase capacity. Could this break ethanol investors' hearts? |
The Motley Fool
March 29, 2007
Jack Uldrich |
New Kid on the Farm: Cellulosic Ethanol The technology may not be ready until 2009, but investors should take note today. |
Scientific American
August 2007 |
Worse Than Gasoline Liquid coal would produce roughly twice the global warming emissions of gasoline. |
Scientific American
May 15, 2006
Gunjan Sinha |
Pumping Coal Coming soon to the U.S.: Cleaner diesel from dirty coal. |
IEEE Spectrum
June 2007
Peter Fairley |
Syn City Could Zaozhuang's hybrid chemical and power plants help clean up China's energy sector? |
IEEE Spectrum
May 2009
Willie D. Jones |
Burning Biomass to Charge Electric Vehicles Beats Fueling Cars with Ethanol Researchers say bioelectricity delivers more kilometers per cornstalk than ethanol |
BusinessWeek
November 13, 2006
Adrienne Carter |
Planting the Seeds of a Biofuels Boom After one successful biofuel plant, Minnesota farmer Loren Forrest plans to build two more, one that uses cellulosic materials. |
BusinessWeek
April 14, 2011
Jon Birger |
The Battle Royale for Supercorn Corn that doesn't need so much nitrogen could cut America's $8-billion-a-year fertilizer bill, send less pollution into the water and less carbon into the air. Meet the scientists trying to build a better kernel |
The Motley Fool
December 24, 2007
David Lee Smith |
Opening Your Energy Mailbag Energy sector news and issues: Ethanol pros and cons... |
Reason
June 2009
Ronald Bailey |
Energy Futures A quick guide to alternative energy sources we may see in the not-too-distant future. |
Inc.
November 2006 |
The Futurists From solar panels to clean coal, betting big on the future of energy. |
