Wisconsin Bio Industry Alliance

On Monday I had the opportunity to visit the Stan Milam radio show to discuss Biofuels in Wisconsin. Please visit the following link to listen to the show.

Epic recently held an ethanol ad video contest. Submissions are no longer being taken, by you can view and judge the submissions at the link below. Enjoy!

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Many of our readers have been asking for materials that can be used when presenting to children or civic groups that demonstrate how ethanol is made. In addition to the EPIC Educational Fun Pack, which is available to members for $150, EPIC also has produced a fun, educational video, “How Ethanol is Made.”

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I recommend this article from last Tuesday’s Peoria Journal Star. It provides a comprehensive common sense look at significant factors responsible for increasing food prices, and why ethanol is not to blame.

The Wisconsin Corn Growers Association has launched a new radio ad campaign discussing the benefits of ethanol for the state of Wisconsin.

The first in a series of ads is currently running on the Brewers’ Radio Network in Milwaukee, touting the economic benefits of ethanol.

“Ethanol comes from corn grown and processed right here, adding millions of dollars and hundreds of jobs to the state’s economy,” Brewers Announcer Bill Michaels says in the ad, which also points out that ethanol has helped replace more than 14 billion gallons of gasoline imported from overseas.

To listen to the ad, please click on the link below.

WCGA Radio Ad

April 17, 2008 –Green Bay

Students from Northeast Wisconsin Technical College are getting ready to put their new knowledge of alternative power to the test – by competing in a series of Wisconsin Electrathon racing events.

Wisconsin Electrathon, an electric vehicle competition for high school and college students, tests competitors on how far their electric cars can go in one hour.

To prepare for their racing debut at Road America later this month, the six electro-mechanical technology and automation engineering technology students will conduct a test run at noon, Sunday, April 20, on the NWTC Green Bay campus. Students plan to run the one-person car for about two hours on roads located within the campus.

About the car: Powered by automotive batteries, the one-person car can reach speeds of up to 25-38 miles per hour. The car is four feet wide by about ten feet long and is constructed from approximately 80 feet of aluminum tubing. Many bicycle components, including wheels and brakes, complete the car.

The NWTC students will compete with the electric car in a series of upcoming Wisconsin Electrathon events:

· April 27-28 Road America, Elkhart Lake
· April 29 Oostburg Road Rally, Oostburg
· May 3 Wisconsin International Raceway, Kaukauna

Gulf Ethanol Corp. announced Wednesday that it plans to have available a cellulosic-ethanol production unit capable of grinding biomass down into a usable powder for ethanol production. Fox News reports that the company will have the unit within 60 days. The prototype machine is expected to be used to help the company improve the efficiency of the equipment to allow it to make larger commercial-scale units by 2008-2009.
(Fox News, April 15, 2008)