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Profile: Farmers Ethanol: Focusing on Sustainable Corn Ethanol Production and a Triple Bottom Line

Green Car Congress

Their systems approach leads to synergies that have the potential to dramatically reduce corn ethanol’s carbon footprint. The source of the heat for distillation has a large impact on the fuel’s final carbon footprint. By using the CHP generator fed off of biogas, Farmers’ Ethanol will dramatically reduce the fuel’s carbon footprint.

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Smart Meters and Electric Cars

Revenge of the Electric Car

“The idea is for electric cars to take advantage of “off-peak&# hours of low energy demand late at night, when the lights are out and TVs are off, but power plants are still producing, explained Ed Kjaer, director of electric transportation at Edison.&#. Photo by Eric Tom). Edison’s answer: new meters.