ICM Inc. is pleased to announce that Prairie Horizon Agri-Energy LLC of Phillipsburg, Kan., has purchased ICM's patent-pending Selective Milling Technology for the Prairie Horizon ethanol plant.
U.S. Water Services Inc. has announced plans for this year's Fuel Ethanol Workshop in Indianapolis, Ind., June 9-11. The company will host its annual industry party June 9, and hold presentations June 10 and 11.
The summer driving season is now hitting the U.S., and the Senior Vice President for the American Coalition for Ethanol, Ron Lamberty, says many motorists might not realize it, but they could be eligible to get a little extra savings at the pump.
Rex American Resources Inc. has released financial results for its fiscal 2014 first quarter, which ended April 30. The company has again reported record quarterly results, with net sales and revenue of $155.9 million.
The Department of Chemical Engineering at Lund University in Lund, Sweden, has selected AdvanceBio Systems LLC's SuPR2G Pretreatment Reactor to conduct basic research and development activities related to the production of biobased fuels chemicals.
Patriot Renewable Fuels LLC has hired Leifmark LLC to develop the first stage of a plan to collocate an Inbicon Biomass Refinery on the site of Patriot's 110 MMgy grain-ethanol plant in Annawan, Ill., for the production of cellulosic ethanol.
Even with record high ethanol prices, blending margins stayed mostly positive, according to U of Ill Scott Irwin, which speaks to the firmly entrenched position of ethanol as the cheapest source of octane currently available for E10 gasoline blends.
When making cellulosic ethanol from plants, one problem is what to do with a woody agricultural waste product called lignin. The old adage in the pulp industry has been that one can make anything from lignin except money.
UNICA, the Brazilian sugarcane industry association, has announced that mills in the country's south-central region processed only 23.89 million tons of sugarcane during the final half of April, down 25.69 percent from the previous year.
I've had some pretty interesting conversations about the "evils" of corn ethanol with people who find out I'm the managing editor of a magazine about the alternative fuel. Some are more productive conversations than others.
U.S. EnviroFuels LLC, a company working to build a 30 MMgy advanced ethanol plant in Florida, will participate in a University of Florida-led project to study sweet sorghum as a feedstock for ethanol production.
The Minnesota Department of Agriculture has named five in-state bioenergy projects as recipients of NextGen Energy grants. The projects include those in the biofuel, bioenergy and biochemical sectors.
The USDA has announced support for agriculture producers and energy facilities working to turn renewable biomass materials into clean energy. The support comes through the Biomass Crop Assistance Program, which was reauthorized by the 2014 Farm Bill.
Arisdyne puts mobile lab on road to improve validation testing of its Controlled Flow Cavitation system. Valero joins the list of plants employing the system to improve starch availability.
Planting progress will have an impact the DDGS market. But it's not as big as what's happening in China, a hot export market for the ethanol coproduct.
Commodities: Wet, cold April confounds forecasting models
By Ben Straus, U.S. Energy Services
May 22, 2014
The good news is that while April was a month seemingly designed to confound forecasting models, May could be the antidote.
Over the next 8 years, biofuels are expected to become an important part of the fuel mix for road transportation, accounting for 7.5 percent of liquid fuels consumed in the sector by 2022.
The Global Renewable Fuels Alliance in cooperation with (S&T)2 Consultants Inc. released their Global Green House Gas (GHG) Emissions Reduction Forecast for 2014., predicting ethanol use will reduce GHG emissions 106 metric million tons this year.
Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington has requested U.S. EPA Inspector General Arthur Elkins investigate whether the Carlyle Group and Delta Airlines improperly influenced the EPA's proposed renewable fuel standards (RFS).
The June issue of Ethanol Producer Magazine profiles a collective of ethanol plants that is helping keep farmer-investors active in the industry, writes Tom Bryan, president and editor in chief. Other stories cover benchmarking, RINs and more.
European ethanol producer Crop Energies AG has reported financial results for its financial year 2013/14, which closed Feb. 28. According to the company, its revenue increased by 13 percent during the year. Crop Energies operates four ethanol plants.
An inside look at solving the challenge of stabilizing samples and developing a new test methodology.
It appears ethanol and gasoline markets will be contained in a moderate trading range through the end of May, with traders focusing on uncertainty about summer demand support.
On May 21, the Iowa Renewable Fuels Association joined Iowa Gov. Terry Branstad, Lt. Gov. Kim Reynolds and several renewable fuels and agriculture industry leaders at Poet Biorefining-Coon Rapids to celebrate the signing of Senate File 2344.
For the third consecutive year, the Renewable Fuels Association has been presented the "TRANSCAER National Achievement Award" for its dedication to TRANSCAER's safety goals and its continuing education of first responders across the country.
Several U.S. senators are continuing their efforts to push for safer, more efficient rail transportation. This month, senators wrote to federal agencies and offices asking for increased safety on short line railroads and action to reduce congestion.
Producers had one week in early May to get 59 percent of the corn crop planted. Unfortunately, emergence may slow as cold and wet weather prevailed the second week of May.
The House Appropriations Committee has released its fiscal year 2015 agricultural appropriations bill, which aims to reduce funding levels for several Farm Bill Energy Title programs. A subcommittee markup session on the legislation was held May 20.
It's something that has been said over and over and, yet, it's worth repeating because so many people don't seem to get it. Distillers grains is an important part of the ethanol production and livestock feed equation.
U.S. distillers dried grains with solubles have gained popularity in markets around the world, with 9.7 million metric tons, valued at $2.9 billion, exported in 2013 to more than 45 countries. Behind this market expansion are USGC-directed efforts.
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