Repreve Renewables is collaborating with farmers and landowners in the United States to grow giant miscanthus, combining an innovative business model with proprietary equipment technologies custom-built for rhizome-propagated crop production.
Genera Energy Inc. has announced a 14 percent reduction in harvest costs utilizing Genera's recently demonstrated in-field harvesting operations when compared to similar operations using typical field-edge systems.
The Brazilian Sugarcane Industry Association (UNICA) has announced it is projecting a cane crush of 580 million tons for the 2014/2015 harvest. This is a 16.94 million ton reduction from the 2013/2014 crush of 596.94 million tons.
Mike Erhart, CEO and general manager of Prairie Horizon Agri-Energy, has announced the formation of a partnership with WB Services LLC to integrate a renewable diesel production facility into the existing ethanol plant.
CHS Inc. has announced it has signed an agreement with Sinav Ltd. of London, England, to acquire 100 percent of the company's stock, which includes Illinois River Energy LLC, a 133 MMgy ethanol plant at Rochelle, Ill.
The Iowa Renewable Fuels Association recently applauded the Iowa legislature for voting overwhelmingly to pass Senate File 2344, showing a strong, bipartisan commitment to protecting Iowa biodiesel jobs and providing increased consumer access to E15.
The fight over the future of the renewable fuels standard (RFS) is continuing. Next week, both pro-RFS and anti-RFS ads are scheduled to run in Washington, D.C. The U.S. EPA is expected to release its final rule for the program in June.
Valero Energy Corp. has released its financial results for the first quarter, reporting record operating income for its ethanol segment, despite production slowdowns caused by weather-related challenges in transporting ethanol by rail.
Byogy Renewables Inc. and airline partner Avianca Brasil have launched a significant initiative to support advanced testing to accelerate the Byogy alcohol-to-jet (ATJ) ASTM approval. The technology transforms ethanol into a biobased jet fuel.
The U.S. Energy Information Administration has released the April issue of its Monthly Energy Review, which includes monthly ethanol production, net import and consumption data. The U.S. exported 2.05 million barrels of ethanol in January.
Several states are joining the fight to take a legal dispute over California's low carbon fuels standard (LCFS) to the U.S. Supreme Court. On April 21, a group of 21 states requested a review of a lower court ruling that the LCFS is constitutional.
A flawed study that cast doubt on whether cellulosic ethanol produced from corn stover was environmentally friendly won't keep the industry from moving forward. Three well-known companies are poised to complete construction and start producing fuel.
Natural gas storage inventories ended the traditional heating season at 822 billion cubic feet (Bcf), nearly 1,000 Bcf below the five year average level of 1,814 Bcf.
April has provided a wild and volatile ride for ethanol markets. Prices moved sharply lower due to supply concerns easing across the country.
The Scoular Co. and Vireol Bio-Industries LLC are pleased to announce their exclusive partnership at the revitalized ethanol plant in Hopewell, Va. Scoular will procure all the corn, operate the grain facility, and market the distillers grain.
The U.S. EPA has opened a comment period on draft permits for Archer Daniels Midland Co.'s carbon capture and storage project in Dacatur, Ill. The project aims to inject and sequester carbon dioxide produced at ADM's Decatur ethanol plant.
The Canadian government has announced plans improve rail safety, including the phase out certain railcars used to carry ethanol and crude oil over a three year period. Some DOT-111 railcars are being removed from dangerous goods service immediately.
Two USDA economists took up the U.S. EPA's request for comments on whether and how to account for carryover renewable identification numbers (RINS) in setting yearly mandated renewable fuel volumes.
The California Energy Commission conducted a workshop aimed at alternative financing options and strategies to support the development and implementation of transportation technologies which reduces greenhouse gas and criteria emissions.
The month prior to Easter was pretty quiet and the weather is just now abating enough to have folks thinking about planting in the near future in the Midwest. The focus for DDGS prices is still on logistics and slow rail movement.
Proterro CEO Kef Kasdin recently reported that his company reached its Q1 sugar-production pilot milestones. "While sugar production has begun at low levels, it has been controllable," he said.
A new academic paper on biofuels was released this week, and some media outlets have reached sweeping conclusions. A careful reading of the paper, however, doesn't in any way support these conclusions.
The Fuels American coalition recently released an economic impact study that demonstrates the economic benefits of ethanol and other biofuels on a state-by-state basis. The analysis was completed by John Dunham & Associates.
Three enzymes that promise to improve profits for producers of corn ethanol are behind the strong growth in Novozymes' first quarter bioenergy sales, including Avantec, Spirizyme Achieve and Olexa.
The corn market has been on a bullish run since the January report. The carryout has continued to decline, as export demand continues to increase.
Renewable Fuel Association President and CEO Bob Dinneen gave a presentation at a rail safety forum hosted by the National Transportation Safety Board on April 23.
Vireol Bio Energy LLC has selected Murex LLC as its marketing partner for the bioethanol plant in Hopewell, Va. Vireol recently announced their plans to bring the 63 million gallon per year ethanol plant in Hopewell online in April of 2014.
While global investments in renewable energy technologies dropped in 2013, continuing a two-year trend, there are several silver linings to that observation, according to a new report by Bloomberg New Energy Finance.
Growth Energy has welcomed Three Rivers Energy LLC as its newest member, bringing total plant membership to 83, with another 85 associate members. Three Rivers Energy is a 50 MMgy plant located in Coshocton, Ohio.
The U.S. EPA has taken action to revise the 2013 cellulosic biofuel requirements under the renewable fuels standard (RFS) to 810,185 ethanol-equivalent gallons, the volume for which cellulosic RINs were generated in 2013.
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