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Stillborn: French gas stations chain stops selling E85

Système U, a chain of gas stations in France, has decided to stop delivering E85 at the 22 pumps where it was on sale. According to the company's press release, "This biofuel has not found its public. The French adhesion is just not there." Système U comprises more than 900 shops in France, 600 of which have gas pumps. The 22 pumps where E85 was distributed barely sold an average of 1000 liters a day (about 250 gallons), mainly because of the low number of flex-fuel vehicles currently running in France. Previously Système ... Read more →

UK should not turn its back on biofuels, says Saab managing director Sebastian Blanco

That Saab loves itself some ethanol is no secret, so it shouldn't be a surprise that the Saab Great Britain's managing director, Jonathan Nash, isn't too pleased with the UK's Chancellor decision to ...

"Misleading" Saab TV biofuel ad yanked in UK Lascelles Linton

click for high-res gallery A TV ad for Saab BioPower was yanked off the air in the UK for tying bioethanol to reduced carbon output. According to the UK's Advertising Standards Agency, Saab's ...

Getting more ethanol from less corn Jeremy Korzeniewski

I'm pretty sure that by now most readers of this site can explain the difference between ethanol made from grains like corn and cellulosic ethanol. But, here is a nice article from What's Next ...

Department of Defense testing O2Biodiesel at Nellis Air Force Base in Las Vegas Jeremy Korzeniewski

If biodiesel is green and ethanol is green, then combining the two must be super-green! Or not... Anyway by combining ethanol with biodiesel and a "stabilizing agent", a company called O2Diesel is ...

Interview with Philip New, president of BP Biofuels, regarding their focus on butanol 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

We have shared with you the benefits of butanol over other potential biofuels in past articles. The basics are that butanol can be created from the same crops that are currently being used to create ethanol, and butanol carries more energy density. Ethanol is viewed mainly as a starting point for ...

Nextant study concludes biodiesel is a transitionary technology 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

Nextant, a technology solutions and consulting services company, has published a new report, "Liquid Biofuels: Substituting for Petroleum", which concludes that biodiesel traditionally produced from crops is most likely a transitionary technology. Biodiesel, which is a biodegradable, low-toxicity ...

Cattle manure to fuel 100 million gallon ethanol plant in Texas 3 years ago on Autoblog Green

What do pandas and cows have in common? I'll give you one point for saying that they're both mammals. I'll give you two f you said they both have something to do with ethanol.* To wit: Panda Ethanol announced a new 100 million gallon a year ethanol plant last week that will be built in Muleshoe, ...

Racing on renewable energy 3 years ago on Autoblog Green

There's a great article up on the Energy Efficiency Motorsport (EEMS) website about the use of bioethanol in racing. John Coxon, the author, delves into some history, some basic facts about bioethanol's make-up and production processes, as well as some of the difficulties faced by racers who use it. ...


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