In 2011, several organizers looking to promote electric cars started National Plug-In Day–but apparently one day is no longer enough to contain no longer enough to contain advocates’ enthusiasm for electric cars. National Drive Electric Week will take place September 15 to 21, with 113 events already scheduled in dozens of cities across the U.S. and Canada.
Chicago City Council’s finance committee took a no vote on a proposed rule that would force city fuel retailers to sell E15 – a gasoline blend containing 15% ethanol.
An annual report on Brazil’s biofuel sector has been filed with the USDA Foreign Agriculture Service’s Global Agricultural Information Network, predicting Brazilian ethanol production will increase 5 percent next year, reaching a total of 26.9 billion liters (7.11 billion gallons). Ethanol exports are expected to increase 200 million liters next year, reaching 1.8 billion liters.
natural gastransportation fuel of the future. Michigan-based Crazy Diamond Performance certainly thinks so, offering one of Chevy’s most popular sedans with an affordable CNG conversion reports Green Fleet Magazine.
In Illinois, ethanol producers are expected to consume about 5.1 billion bushels of corn this year, based on the expectation of 14.1 billion of ethanol production.
California startup NexSteppe presents a new brand of fast-growing, drought-resistant sorghum, bred for optimal energy production, designed as a greener alternative to corn for ethanol fuels and biomass boilers.
Vancouver, Canada-based Arcade Station has become the first filling station in the region to sell E85 fuel – an ethanol-petrol blend comprising 85% .ethanol. The site now sells regular and diesel fuel in addition to E85.
With the past decade showing various economic activities like government biofuel incentives, soaring oil prices, green and clean venture investments, Middle East turmoil, and emerging technologies, the green sentiment has now become a global concern for all. All such factors are contributing to the critical launch of the global biofuel market, once and forever.
Millions of African Americans and Latinos in the United States live near the 143 oil refineries operating in 32 states across the United States. Every day, as refinery smoke stacks spew toxin-filled clouds into the air, communities living near refineries breathe it in. They have no other choice but to breathe it because there is no other air around them.
The five-member Board of the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power has unanimously voted to approve 10-year energy efficiency targets that will vault America’s largest municipally-owned utility, which provides service to around 3.9 million people, to national leadership in energy efficiency.
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National ‘Drive Electric Week’ Planned For September, With 100-Plus Events
In 2011, several organizers looking to promote electric cars started National Plug-In Day–but apparently one day is no longer enough to contain no longer enough to contain advocates’ enthusiasm for electric cars. National Drive Electric Week will take place September 15 to 21, with 113 events already scheduled in dozens of cities across the U.S. and Canada.
Chicago puts brakes on E15
Chicago City Council’s finance committee took a no vote on a proposed rule that would force city fuel retailers to sell E15 – a gasoline blend containing 15% ethanol.
Report forecasts growth in Brazil’s ethanol output
An annual report on Brazil’s biofuel sector has been filed with the USDA Foreign Agriculture Service’s Global Agricultural Information Network, predicting Brazilian ethanol production will increase 5 percent next year, reaching a total of 26.9 billion liters (7.11 billion gallons). Ethanol exports are expected to increase 200 million liters next year, reaching 1.8 billion liters.
$26,000 Chevy Cruze CNG Arrives This Fall
natural gastransportation fuel of the future. Michigan-based Crazy Diamond Performance certainly thinks so, offering one of Chevy’s most popular sedans with an affordable CNG conversion reports Green Fleet Magazine.
Corn Use For Ethanol Likely to Top 5 Billion Bushels
In Illinois, ethanol producers are expected to consume about 5.1 billion bushels of corn this year, based on the expectation of 14.1 billion of ethanol production.
New energy-rich sorghum offers ethanol without the corn
California startup NexSteppe presents a new brand of fast-growing, drought-resistant sorghum, bred for optimal energy production, designed as a greener alternative to corn for ethanol fuels and biomass boilers.
E85 reaches western Canada
Vancouver, Canada-based Arcade Station has become the first filling station in the region to sell E85 fuel – an ethanol-petrol blend comprising 85% .ethanol. The site now sells regular and diesel fuel in addition to E85.
Biofuels Market – Path to Clean and Alternative Energy Source
With the past decade showing various economic activities like government biofuel incentives, soaring oil prices, green and clean venture investments, Middle East turmoil, and emerging technologies, the green sentiment has now become a global concern for all. All such factors are contributing to the critical launch of the global biofuel market, once and forever.
Protecting Our Communities from Hazardous Air Polution
Millions of African Americans and Latinos in the United States live near the 143 oil refineries operating in 32 states across the United States. Every day, as refinery smoke stacks spew toxin-filled clouds into the air, communities living near refineries breathe it in. They have no other choice but to breathe it because there is no other air around them.
Los Angeles’ city-owned electric utility raises its energy efficiency ambitions
The five-member Board of the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power has unanimously voted to approve 10-year energy efficiency targets that will vault America’s largest municipally-owned utility, which provides service to around 3.9 million people, to national leadership in energy efficiency.