Enerkem Inc. recently announced it has signed an agreement with AkzoNobel to develop a project partnership to explore the development of waste-to-chemicals facilities in Europe.
Ergon BioFuels LLC, a subsidiary of Ergon Inc., has announced plans to restart its 60 MMgy ethanol facility in Vicksburg, Mississippi, beginning May 2015. Ergon BioFuels is one of the largest ethanol producers in the southeastern United States.
California ethanol producer Aemetis Inc. reported record earnings for the first three quarters of 2014, turning the company around from the losses reported in 2013. For the first nine months of the year, Aemetis reported revenues of $166.2 million.
As the old saying goes “the cure for low prices is low prices.� Demand and corn at five-year lows developed a low pricing point as of late October, despite a record yield and big carryout.
IGPC Ethanol Inc.'s fuel ethanol facility in Aylmer, Ontario, has now produced over 1 billion liters (264.17 million gallons) of ethanol, a substantial milestone in IGPC's history. The facility has been in operation for more than six years.
Murphy USA Inc. has released financial results for the third quarter, reporting $6 million of operating income from its 110 MMGy ethanol plant in Hereford, Texas. The company posted a loss of $900,000 for the facility during the same period of 2013.
A group of agriculture organizations recently issued a letter to President Obama asking him to intervene in the U.S. EPA's proposed cuts to the 2014 renewable fuel standard volume obligations. The final 2014 rule is expected to be released soon.
Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon will serve as the 2015 vice chairman of the Governors' Biofuels Coalition, while Iowa Gov. Terry Branstad will serve as chairman. In 2016, Nixon will transition to the role of chairman.
The natural gas market is caught between risk of a cold winter and a growing imbalance between structural growth of natural gas supply and demand. There's now a realization that underlying market fundamentals are encouraging for end users.
Growth Energy participated in a market development mission with the U.S. Grains Council and the Renewable Fuels Association to explore export opportunities for U.S. ethanol in Panama and Peru. Missions are also planned to countries in Southeast Asia.
The Renewable Fuels Association has submitted comments to the Oregon Department of Environmental Quality detailing a number of requested changes to the proposed rule for Phase 2 of the Oregon Clean Fuels Program.
USDA is still projecting a record corn crop, but just not quite as big, reducing its forecast by 68 million bushels in the Nov. 10 World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates. Corn production is now forecast at a record 14.407 billion bushels.
I always like seeing new examples of innovation and improvement at first generation ethanol plants, proving that it's not only the cellulosic ethanol industry that is aiming for advanced technologies.
Domestically, increased DDGS inclusion rates are continuing. Both soymeal and corn never got as cheap as buyers expected, and with DDGS getting below 100 percent, and then 95 percent or below, the value of corn, buyers formulated it in to the max.
Ethanol prices shifted higher in a moderately aggressive manner through the middle of October, fed by renewed buyer support in the corn complex as well as a three-week pull-down in overall ethanol inventories across the country.
Class I railroads have filed their third weekly status reports with the Surface Transportation Board. The reports provide an overview of operational performance for the week beginning Oct. 26.
Aemetis Inc. has announced plans to establish a facility to produce liquefied carbon dioxide adjacent to its 55 MMgy ethanol plant in Keyes, California.
The National Pork Board and the National Corn Growers Association haven't always seen eye to eye. Now, Chris Novak, a past CEO of the pork board is CEO of the NCGA.
By manipulating a plant's metabolic pathways, two scientists at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory have figured out a way to genetically rewire plants to allow for an exceptionally high level of control over the spatial pattern of gene expression.
The Renewable Fuels Association's Director of Regulatory Affairs, Kelly Davis, was formally appointed to the Department of Commerce's Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Advisory Committee.
The Renewable Fuels Association and the Renewable Fuels Foundation are partnering to offer interested students the opportunity to attend the 20th anniversary of the National Ethanol Conference in Grapevine, Texas, on Feb. 18-20.
The ethanol group at The Andersons Inc. led the company's third quarter earnings report with record Q3 operating income of $21.3 million. Overall, the company's year-to-date earnings set a new record at $2.95 per diluted share.
University, state, and industry officials came together on Oct. 22 to celebrate the announcement of the Integrated Bioprocessing Research Laboratory, a unique facility coming to the University of Illinois campus.
DuPont recently released third quarter financial results, reporting a 20 percent increase in operating earnings per share. The company's Industrial Biosciences segment experienced a 4 percent increase in operating earnings for the quarter.
After three years of working as partners in introducing the biotech yeast trademarked TransFerm to the ethanol market, Lallemand Inc. has purchased the yeast development business from Mascoma Corp.
A public comment period on the Oregon Clean Fuels Program is set to end Nov. 7. The program, which is similar to California's Low Carbon Fuels Standard, requires a 10 percent reduction of greenhouse gases from transportation fuels by 2025.
Archer Daniels Midland Co. reported good overall financial results for the third quarter, which ended Sept. 30, including significant improvements in corn processing. In fact, profit in this segment nearly doubled, reaching $356 million.
Scientists at the University of Wisconsin-Madison have disclosed a new method to convert lignin into simple chemicals. The innovation is an important step toward replacing petroleum-based fuels and chemicals with biorenewable materials.
A Renewable Fuels Association analysis of model year (MY) 2015 warranty statements and owner's manuals reveals that auto manufacturers explicitly approve the use of E15 in approximately two-thirds of new vehicles.
Valero Energy Corp.'s ethanol segment reported a record third quarter operating income of $198 million, compared to $113 million recorded in the third quarter of 2013. The good segment results were the result of a 27 cent per gallon margin increase.
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