Poet say removing cobs for fuel helps corn grow

Oct. 2, 2008

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Removing cobs from fields may help corn plants grow better and provide a feedstock for next-generation cellulosic ethanol, said a fuel expert at private company Poet, the top U.S. maker of ethanol.

Ethanol producers and corn prices fall

CHICAGO, Nov. 5 (UPI) -- Wavering corn prices have turned on the U.S. ethanol production business, which is struggling to survive in its current form, records show.

Experts: Better plan needed for biofuels

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind., Oct. 4 (UPI) -- U.S. researchers said more research is needed to help the next generation of biofuels avoid the pitfalls of corn ethanol.

BP, Verenium to build U.S. ethanol plants

LONDON, Aug. 6 (UPI) -- BP and Verenium Corp. announced cooperation on ethanol in the United States.

New use possible for ethanol plant wastes

WASHINGTON, July 8 (UPI) -- U.S. scientists say a byproduct of corn ethanol fuel production might become useful as a way of controlling weeds in potted ornamental plants.

Study: Ethanol production might soon stall

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind., July 1 (UPI) -- A Purdue economist says U.S. corn demand is exceeding supply and, combined with Midwestern flood losses, ethanol production might soon stall.

Corn trades lower on weather and Congress

CHICAGO, June 30 (UPI) -- Corn and wheat traded lower Monday on favorable weather and a request from 49 members of Congress to waive ethanol mandates.

India sets up ethanol plant in AP

NEW DELHI, June 24 (UPI) -- India's private bio-fuel major Sentini Group has set up a grain-based ethanol plant in the southern state of Andhra Pradesh.

Bush: No short-term fix for oil prices

WASHINGTON, May 5 (UPI) -- The rocketing price for a barrel of crude oil underscores the need for the United States to become less dependent on foreign oil, the White House said Monday.

Foreign companies oppose use of corn for ethanol

CHICAGO, May 1 (UPI) -- Concern over ethanol's contribution to increasing food prices, among other things, has shifted research away from corn and into new alternatives.

Food and fuel prices linked, experts say

WASHINGTON, April 30 (UPI) -- The increased use of corn for ethanol production has linked the economies of food and fuel, neither of which are dropping in price, policy experts said.

Gov. Perry seeks ethanol waiver

AUSTIN, Texas, April 27 (UPI) -- Texas Gov. Rick Perry has sent a letter to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency seeking a waiver on a federal ethanol mandate.

Algae could be major hydrogen fuel source

ARGONNE, Ill., April 3 (UPI) -- U.S. Department of Energy scientists said they are trying to chemically manipulate algae to turn it into a renewable fuel -- hydrogen gas.

Analysts: U.S. reliance on corn dangerous

SAN FRANCISCO, March 2 (UPI) -- The increasing reliance on corn in the United States has the nation primed for a "corn shock" in the form of increased consumer prices, analysts warn.

Agriculture, energy more closely linked

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind., Feb. 21 (UPI) -- U.S. scientists said the recent boom in ethanol production from corn has tightly linked the agriculture and energy sectors in unprecedented fashion.