Pacific Ethanol Inc., a marketer and producer of low-carbon renewable fuels in the Western United States, has begun commercial production of corn oil at its Stockton, Calif., plant.
Three Rivers Energy LLC, Coshocton, Ohio, will begin grinding corn Monday, Oct. 14, bringing the long-idled 50 MMgy plant back online. Chicago-based firms Lakeview Energy LLC and Crestwood Energy LLC bought the plant in foreclosure proceedings.
A Community Advisory Panel meeting held Oct. 8 in Nevada, Iowa, brought together about 50 people, from a variety of backgrounds to talk about the DuPont cellulosic ethanol plant under construction there.
The market relationships between ethanol and corn prices in place for much of the ethanol boom have reversed and consumers are responding to competitively priced E85, although not to the degree expected.
The U.S. Energy Information Administration has published the October issue of its Short-Term Energy and Winter Fuels Outlook (STEO), noting that the ethanol industry is beginning to show some recovery from last year's drought.
The Renewable Fuels Association and Renewable Fuels Foundation have announced the availability of six student scholarships to 19th Annual National Ethanol Conference in Orlando, Fla. Feb. 17-19. Applications will be accepted through Dec. 13.
Beta Renewable and Novozymes has marked the official opening in Northern Italy of the world's largest advanced biofuels facility. The plant uses wheat straw, rice straw and arundo donax as feedstock to produce cellulosic ethanol.
The Republic of South Africa's Department of Energy recently announced that the country will begin requiring biofuels to be blended with gasoline and diesel starting Oct. 1, 2015. Ethanol blends of E2 to E10 will be permitted under the mandate.
The American Petroleum Institute has filed a lawsuit challenging the U.S. EPA's 2013 volume requirement under the renewable fuel standard (RFS), which was finalized in August. Representatives of the biofuels industry are calling the move frivolous.
Corn oil separation technology being installed at Highwater Ethanol LLC is expected to be completed this winter, with corn oil production expected in early 2014. The technology is licensed through an agreement with Butamax Advanced Biofuels LLC.
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