Europe encouraged to use biodiesel over ethanol

Several articles about Total encouraging Europe to expand biodiesel over ethanol.

AutoBlog
The Times, Malta
Channel 4

Aurora ethanol plant to double in size

WNCT TV in Greenville, NC is reporting the Aurora ethanol plant is being put on hold because of new investers wanting to double the size of the plant.

WNCT Article

Alternative fuel sources at ECU

Article about ECU using gasohol to reduce annual gasoline consumption by 11,000 gallons.

The East Carolinian

Ethanol is a start, not the solution

Interisting article that talks about the rising price of ethanol affecting gas prices.

The East Carolinian

25% of nation's energy ethanol by 2025

A group of mostly farm-state lawmakers in the U.S. Congress want the federal government to require that 25 percent of the nation's energy come from renewable sources like ethanol and solar power by 2025.

Washington Post

Fuel doesn't grow on trees -- but it does in a cornfield

LA Times article

Aventine waiting for SEC ok for IPO

Aventine Renewable Energy, Inc. is hoping to go public in the next few weeks, they're just waiting for the SEC's ok.

HOI-19 story
They're recalling notes with the proceeds
Soleil Securities says $37-$41 price reasonable

Broin Companies completes its 23rd plant

Broin Companies has built its 23rd ethanol plant, this one is for Frontier Ethanol, LLC. Here's the Yahoo article about the grand opening.

Fort Dodge, Iowa ethanol plant

Business Week is reporting about a new plant in Fort Dodge, Iowa. Tate & Lyle PLC said it plans to build a $260 million ethanol plant in the north-central Iowa town of Fort Dodge which will product 100 million gallons.

Chief Energy Co. building Sioux City area plant

Globe Gazette article about Chief Energy Co. LLC building a 100-million gallon ethanol plant near the Port Neal Landing.

Third ethanol plant in Merrill, Iowa?

The Sioux City Journal is reporting that Plymouth Energy LLC has asked to rezone 57 acres in Merrill, Iowa from transitional agriculture to industrial.

AgriTechnology Montana tries again

AgriTechnology Montana changing its name to Montana Ethanol Project and requesting to modify and reactivate its air permit. The plant would use feed-grade barley and wheat to produce 125 million gallons of ethanol a year.

Great Falls Tribune article
Helena Independent Record article

Global Ethanol is building a plant in Lakota, Iowa

Global Ethanol says they have signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with local farmers in Iowa to build a plant that will produce 380 million litres a year of ethanol. The new plant will be 96.5km from the Midwest Grain Processors Cooperative ethanol plant at Lakota, Iowa, in which the company took a 60 per cent stake in April.

Channel Nine article
The Courier Mail article

VeraSun Energy - IPO filing

Here's VeraSun Energy's (NYSE:VSE) IPO filing and web site.

Wired News - Ethanol Stocks

Wired article about players in the ethanol market.

Air Force to test natural gas/coal fuel

The New York Times has an article about the Air Force testing a synthetic liquid additive made from natural gas. The additive is being created by a company in Tulsa, Ok called Syntroleum Corporation(SYNM)