The most recent California legislative session concluded with policy developments spurring the launch of the Low Carbon Fuels Coalition. The LCFC advocates for policies that facilitate the rapid deployment of low carbon fuels.
Gevo Inc. recently announced that it is selling renewable isobutanol to Gulf Racing Fuels for their new line of marine and off-road fuels. The new biofuels will meet Gulf Racing Fuels' requirement for an oxygenated off-road fuel.
Biochemtex and Beta Renewables recently announced they have signed a definitive agreement with Energochemica SE for the construction of a second generation ethanol plant and the annexed energy block for the generation of power and steam.
Growth Energy and the Renewable Fuels Association outlined multiple issues in their comments on the U.S. Department of Transportation Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration's proposed rail transportation safety rules.
The U.S. Department of Energy's Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy has opened a $30 million funding opportunity that aims to increase energy crop yield through automated, predictive and systems-level approaches to biofuel crop breeding.
Did you know that ethanol is a key ingredient in laundry detergent? I didn't, until this morning.
DuPont and Procter & Gamble have announced a collaboration to use cellulosic ethanol in North American Tide laundry detergent. Tide Cold Water will be the first brand in the world to blend cellulosic ethanol in a scalable and commercial way.
Ethanol production for the corn-marketing year just ended (September through August) reached a record 14.15 billion gallons, using a record 5.125 billion bushels of corn, according to a data analysis by University of Illinois economist Darrel Good.
The USDA has awarded a $91 million loan guarantee to Cool Planet Energy Systems to help finance the company's advanced biofuel facility, which is under development in Rapides Parish, Louisiana.
With a simple mutation, yeast can grow in higher than normal temperatures. Researchers at Chalmers University of Technology indicate the findings may result in ethanol being more effectively manufactured.
The market is still feeling the effects of one of the coldest stretches in the last 30 years. That's mainly in the form of a reduced storage inventory that has staged a solid but incomplete recovery thanks to record production and static demand.
The corn and soy complex continues its downward spiral as yield and production potential continues to escalate. This may not be positive news for the grain or soy producer, however, all aspects of the end-user are reaping the initial benefits.
A new poll shows that most British Columbians support BC's renewable and low carbon fuels regulation that requires transportation fuels to contain renewable content (5 percent in gasoline) and 10 percent carbon content by 2020.
The U.K. Department of Energy and Climate Change has announced a record 464 million liters of liquid biofuels were consumed by the country's transportation sector during the second quarter.
Sens. John Thune, R-S.D., and Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn., recently sent a letter to Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack, requesting the USDA conduct an economic analysis of the rail service challenges facing agricultural shippers.
September saw a near freefall in ethanol futures as prices declined 62 cents per gallon and additional price pressure is likely still to come. Front month October ethanol futures fell from $2.20 at the end of August to $1.58 in late September.
August's news about China and domestic transportation logistics worked to depress DDGS prices in September, writes Sean Broderick. Still, increased demand in Mexico and in the domestic hog and poultry diets has had a positive impact.
The Renewable Fuels Association recently elected new leadership at its annual meeting in Des Moines, Iowa. The Board selected Randall Doyal, general manager and CEO of Al-Corn Clean Fuel, as the next chairman of the board of directors.
Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn and Iowa Gov. Terry Branstad, chairman and vice chairman of the Governors' Biofuels Coalition, have sent a letter urging the Obama Administration to amend the 2014 renewable fuels standard proposal.
Cellulosic ethanol production could contribute up to 9 million cellulosic D3 renewable identification numbers (RINs) in 2014, while biogas could contribute another 67.5 million D3 RINs, suggests a new white paper from Genscape.
The Renewable Fuels Association has released an updated version of its guidelines to help companies establish successful quality control and quality assurance programs.
The U.S. EPA has approved a permit that will allow Archer Daniels Midland Co. to proceed with the development of a second well to sequester carbon dioxide captured from its Decatur, Illinois, ethanol plant.
In late October, ethanol producers will be receiving the first of what will become monthly surveys to report corn crush and coproduct production to the USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service.
The Urban Air Initiative has launched a new website drawing attention to the growing problem of toxic compounds in gasoline, with a call to action for the U.S. EPA to regulate some of the most harmful components in our fuel.
Last week, we wrote about two proposed first generation ethanol plants that developers are hoping to build in South Dakota and Illinois. After many years of virtual silence on this front, it feels like quite a big deal!
Representatives of the ethanol industry who wish to weigh in on the U.S. Department of Transportation's recent rail transportation safety proposal have until Sept. 30 to submit comments.
The U.S. EPA has published renewable identification number (RIN) data for August, reporting that nearly 3.5 million cellulosic RINs were generated during the month. More than 1.44 billion RINs were produced across all five biofuel categories.
UNICA, the Brazilian sugarcane industry association, has announced that Brazil's sugarcane mills are continuing to prioritize the production of ethanol over sugar. However, ethanol production is expected to be down 6.14 percent from last year.
The October issue of Ethanol Producer Magazine is packed with on-theme content, writes Tom Bryan. The biomass feedstocks issue contains information about Project Liberty, dedicated energy crops, pelletized corn stover and wet biomass storage.
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