Novozymes' new trehalase enzymes convert residual sugars that would otherwise be wasted. An average 100 MMgy corn ethanol plant could make up to $1 million in additional revenue, the company says.
In a letter to National Ethanol Conference attendees, the president reconfirmed his support for biofuels, while making it clear that his focus on reducing regulatory burdens on American businesses supersedes his defense of renewable energy.
GRFA and F.O. Licht forecast 97.8 billion liters (25.84 billion gallons) of ethanol production globally, continuing a trend of incremental growth since 2013.
Construction is expected to start midyear on an on-site enzyme-manufacturing plant at Poet-DSM's cellulosic ethanol plant in Emmetsburg, Iowa, pending state and local approvals. Production is still ramping up; conversion rates reach 70 gal per ton.
EPA's proposed revision to the RFS dubbed REGS for Renewable Enhancements and Growth Support Rule, is inadequate, says the RFA. The UAI focused several of its comments on the EPA's inadequate interpretation of the Clean Air Act.
Southwest Iowa Renewable Energy LLC recently announced its unaudited financial results for the fourth quarter of 2016. The 125-MMgy ethanol plant reported net income of $5.6 million, or $422.60 per unit, for the three-month period ending Dec. 31.
The Senate has confirmed Oklahoma Attorney General Scott Pruitt to lead the U.S. EPA. While congratulating Pruitt, ethanol trade groups urged him not to alter the Renewable Fuel Standard, especially the program's point of obligation.
Growth Energy's annual leadership conference inspires and energizes, writes the organization's CEO in her March Drive column for Ethanol Producer Magazine.
The March edition of EPM answers questions about RVP and E30, says EPM's editor-in-chief. Other articles cover reconditioning of key back-end equipment, along with a new DDGS treatment.
The Andersons ethanol group had a strong 2016 Q4, showing a 52 percent improvement over Q4 2015, the company reported in its Feb. 16 earnings report. The ethanol group earned pretax income of $11.7 million in Q4, up from $7.7 million a year ago.
Broad Iowa coalition urges EPA nominee Pruitt to protect the RFS by rejecting the petition to change the successful program's point of obligation from mostly large petroleum refiners to many fuel retailers.
Pacific Ethanol to add Edeniq Cellunator and Pathway technologies at its Madera ethanol plant, bringing cellulosic ethanol production to a second facility.
D3MAX has shipped its skid-mounted pilot reactor to Ace Ethanol in Stanley, Wisconsin, where testing of the bolt-on technology is to begin in late March.
Glacial Lakes challenge in Watertown, SD, demonstrates E30 is a winner. The midlevel ethanol blend caused no check engine lights, mileage was virtually unchanged and resulted in real savings. This feature appears in EPM's March print edition.
Trump is all about American business, American energy and American innovation, writes RFA's president and CEO in his March View from the Hill column. He looks forward to working with the administration to boost domestically produced ethanol.
Green Biologics entered an exclusive collaboration with Jungbunzlauer Ladenburg GmbH for supply of n-butanol from Green Biologics' Little Falls, Minnesota, production facility. Jungbunzlauer will produce tributyl citrate and acetyl tributyl citrate.
Ethanol production averaged 1.04 million barrels per day—or 43.7 million gallons daily last week. That is down slightly from the week before and a seven-week low. Stocks of ethanol continue to rise, predictably, toward last year's March high mark.
Nevada, Iowa-based Lincolnway Energy announced a positive net income of $2.4 million for the first quarter of its fiscal year. EBITDA was $3.4 million.
The ethanol industry sees one-pound waiver for E15 as a no-brainer. This in-depth feature on the industry goal of changing the policy on Reid vapor pressure appears in the March print edition of Ethanol Producer Magazine.
2016 DDGS exports reached second highest level on record
By Renewable Fuels Association
February 14, 2017
U.S. exports of distillers grains totaled 11.48 million metric tons last year. Exports to East Asia were down, but shipments to Southeast Asia and the Middle East surged. DDGS export prices averaged $191 per metric ton, a six-year low.
Through its Bioenergy Producer Program, the government of Alberta has awarded $60 million to 31 different companies that have built or are in the process of constructing in-province bioenergy projects.
Sen. Joe Donnelly expresses his concerns with Trump's nominee for EPA adminstrator, saying he cannot support a nominee who has sued the EPA "to stop the sale of E15 and praised the erosion of a policy...."
Examining the state of affairs with repairs for three critical pieces of equipment in the back end of the ethanol process -- centrifuges, dryers and RTOs. In-depth reporting from the March print edition of Ethanol Producer Magazine.
The American Coalition for Ethanol gives voice to its members through its Power by People campaign and events like the annual D.C. fly-in, writes its executive vice president in his Grassroots Voice column for the March issue of EPM.
Record Iowa ethanol and biodiesel production brings significant ethanol impact, according to ABF Economics study. IRFA's Shaw says trade barriers, low RFS levels stunted growth and 2017 should be better yet.
New DDGS additive saves ethanol plants energy and improves flowability. In-depth reporting profiles a new technology in the March print edition of Ethanol Producer Magazine.
Renewable Industries Canada's chairman explains how biofuels will help his country meet its GHG reduction goals as part of its Paris climate change commitments in the March EPM Global Scene column.
Avantium has announced a partnership with AkzoNobel, Chemport Europe, RWE and Staatsbosbeheer for the development of a reference plant at the Chemie Park Delfzijl to evaluate the feasibility of a wood-to-chemicals biorefinery.
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