Ceres Inc. recently announced favorable results from its biotech corn evaluations in China, where a second year of field trials demonstrated significant yield advantages under normal and drought conditions.
The Surface Transportation Board is taking action to make its recently announced temporary weekly reporting requirements for Class I railroads permanent. On Jan. 6, the STB published a notice of proposed rulemaking in the Federal Register.
Gevo Inc. recently announced it has launched sales of renewable isobutanol to Brenntag Canada Inc. for distribution into the solvents, oil and gas, mining and specialty chemicals markets. The initial market entry is focused on Canada.
Record global supplies and increased competition limit growth for U.S. corn exports in the short-term.
Algenol recently announced the U.S. EPA has approved fuels made from Algenol's process as an advanced biofuel, meeting the greenhouse gas (GHG) reduction requirements under the renewable fuels standard (RFS).
The U.S. Energy Information Administration has released the January issue of its Short-Term Energy Outlook, which includes its first short-term prediction of 2016 ethanol production levels.
Pacific Ethanol Inc. has announced an agreement with Dresser-Rand to install a 3.5 MW cogeneration system with gradual oxidizer at its Stockton, California, plant for approximately $12 million. The system is expected to be operational in 2016.
A Minnesota ethanol producer is having success with its efforts to provide E85 directly to gas retailers, bringing low-priced E85 to Minnesota. On Jan. 12, one retail gas station was selling E85 for only 85 cents thanks to a price promotion program.
A few weeks ago, a reader question sparked an interesting search for answers. That one comment has led to several stories and blogs at our website.
USDA lowers its estimation for corn yield in the January supply/demand report by 2.4 bushels per acre, for a national average of 171.0 bushels per acre. Production, however, is still a record at 14.216 billion bushels from 90.6 million planted acres.
The Department of Energy has announced that its Illinois Basin-Decatur Project successfully captured and stored 1 million metric tons of carbon dioxide from an Archer Daniels Midland Co. ethanol plant and injected it into a deep saline formation.
Gevo Inc. has issued an update of operations at its Luverne, Minnesota, plant, reporting that the facility produced more than 50,000 gallons of biobased isobutanol in December. The company also announced the transfer of its common stock listing.
Pacific Ethanol Inc. CEO Neil Koehler answered questions about the company's recently announced merger with Aventine Renewable Energy Holdings Inc., as well as current market conditions for ethanol, during a recent investor call.
Rep. Jim Sensenbrenner, R-Wis., has introduced a bill that aims to revoke current approval of E15 and require additional testing of midlevel ethanol blends. The Renewable Fuels Association criticized the bill, noting it would hinder E15 expansion.
On Jan. 7, the Oregon Environmental Quality Commission voted 4-1 to approve rules for the second phase of the Oregon Clean Fuels Program, which requires a 10 percent reduction of greenhouse gases from transportation fuels over a 10-year period.
Praj Industries has contracted a 60,000-liter-per-day project for production of fuel ethanol and premium grade extra neutral alcohol from Kakira Sugars, a Uganda-based sugar and power producer.
Plant geneticists from universities in Massachusetts and California have sorted out the gene regulatory networks that control cell wall thickening by the synthesis of the three polymers, cellulose, hemicellulose and lignin.
The U.S. EPA is requesting nominations for its Mobile Sources Technical Review Subcommittee, which provides the Clean Air Act Advisory Committee with input on technical aspects of programs related to mobile source air pollution and its control.
The USDA Rural Business-Cooperative Service has published a notice in the Federal Register announcing it is accepting applications for the Rural Energy for America Program. A final rule for REAP was published in late 2014.
Advanced biofuel capacity topped 800 million gallons in 2014, up from the previous year and almost double the capacity in 2011, according to the E2 Advance Biofuel Market Report 2014 released by Environmental Entrepreneurs (E2).
As the 114th Congress is sworn-in Jan. 6, the American Coalition for Ethanol is confirming plans to meet with lawmakers and key Administration officials during the group's 7th annual fly-in, also referred to as the "Biofuels Beltway March."
A story about OSHA's changes to hazcom rules was the top-read feature story of 2014. Other articles with a lot of views included one about the Dakota Spirit ethanol plant and distillers grains in aquaculture feed.
A technology developed at North Dakota State University creates precise in-the-ground measurement and monitoring of soil and crop conditions, which could provide opportunities for greater yields. The technology also has led to a new start-up company.
The U.S. EPA is accepting public comments on its preliminary analysis of the lifecycle greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions associated with the growth and transport of biomass sorghum for use as biofuel feedstock through Jan. 30.
DDGS prices are, in some places, 120 to 130 percent above corn. Traders will keep an eye on how the domestic market reacts to the price run up, writes Sean Broderick of CHS Inc.
For the near term the natural gas market is on a trajectory to remain inexpensive compared to historical benchmarks. The upcoming year is looking encouraging for the consumer of natural gas but the assessment is not an unqualified positive.
The Arkansas Science and Technology Authority has approved grant funding for a University of Arkansas at Little Rock biology professor who says nanomaterials could increase the germination rate and biomass yield of bioenergy crops.
On Dec. 29, the USDA published a final rule in the Federal Register for the Rural Energy for America Program. The program provides financial assistance to agricultural producers and rural small businesses to install renewable energy systems.
BBI International, owners and organizers of the International Biomass Conference & Expo, announced Heating the Midwest, an important regional conference focusing on biomass-derived thermal energy, will be colocated this year.
University of Illinois agriculture economists examine whether the recent low prices for corn, soybeans and wheat are signaling an end to the new era of higher average crop prices.
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