Month: April 2007

Pacific Ethanol: Aims for Dominance in Western US

The main aim and goal of Pacific Ethanol is to achieve dominance in the Western United State s marketing as well as production of fuels that are renewable. Laying emphases on products that use clean burning corn-based ethanol, this company has more than twenty years of experience in the development of bio-fuels and are well placed to meet the surging demand for alternative fuels that are domestically sourced.

It is not just all business at Pacific Ethanol which also aims to have good neighborly relations with the community and its ethanol plants will provide benefits to the local economy by creating new jobs, directly as well indirectly. With more clean-burning fuel being churned out by Pacific Ethanol, it will also contribute to lesser air pollution and promote better environments.

Gasoline That Is Blended with Ethanol Would Comply With Clean Air Regulations

Pacific Ethanol recognizes that the market for ethanol in the United States has increased and with the prohibition in states all over the country against using Methyl Tertiary Butyl Ether, which was the fuel used to increase octane levels in gasoline, it has left ethanol as the only viable alternative additive that will ensure gasoline being compliant with state as well as federal clean air regulations.

Pacific Ethanol sells more than just ethanol and along with producing and selling alternative fuels it also sells byproducts though the focus is on corn-derived ethanol. This ethanol has many uses including being a fuel additive, a fuel by itself, a part of hydrogen fuel cells and a constituent of livestock feed. Pacific Ethanol has two strategically important production plants to cater to the West Coast s ethanol requirements and these are situated in the California farm belt in the San Joaquin Valley and also in Oregon to serve the Pacific Northwest of the country. The company also has ambitious expansion plans and is thinking about constructing production units that would have 420 million gallon capacity. This in itself is an amazing fact to consider.

Pacific Ethanol has purchased a new and state-of-the-art grain receiving as well as processing and storage facility situated in Madera, California that takes up 137 acres of land for the purpose. This facility is able to store 50,000 tons of grain and also has a completely automated feed mill as well as two rail loops to take care of up to 164 rail cars at the same time.

Motion Lamp For Safety And Security

As a means to provide safety and security while saving energy costs, the motion lamp fills many lighting voids for businesses and residential areas. Designed to turn on a light when motion is detected, a motion lamp can also be a distraction for some.

As a safety measure, a motion lamp can be installed in areas around the home where traffic is minimal and the use of constantly burning light, especially outdoors at night, would be waste of electricity and possibly an annoyance if it shines through windows. However, if you need to travel that area after dark, having a light automatically come on can prevent tripping over unseen obstacles.

Fir security purposes, a motion lamp can be a deterrent to crime as a would-be burglar sneaking into an area of your yard may be frightened off when a light suddenly comes on lighting the doorway they have been attempting to enter. Care must be taken when installing and setting up a motion lamp, however as small animals may also cause the light to activate giving you false alerts of an intruder. Most motion lamps have sensitivity adjustments to compensate for this erroneous activation.

Indoor Use Can Save Electric Costs

Another use for a motion lamp can be indoors, in rooms where some people typically forget to turn off a light when they leave the room. One such place may be the bathroom where a motion detector switch can be used to replace the normal on-off switch. The light will come on automatically when a person enters the room and shuts itself off a few moments after the person leaves the room.

Other uses could be your entry way inside your home for those times when you enter with your hands full and have to find a place in the dark to set down your load before searching in the dark for a light switch. When you enter a motion lamp will come on automatically, illuminating your way until you can free your hands of their burden.

When you install a motion lamp anywhere inside or outside of your home, it may be a good idea to have it connected to an off switch as well for the times when an automatically activated light is not desired. For example, you are trying to view outside your home at night and you do no want an interior light to come one. Being able to shut down the motion lamp switch would be necessary.