While the USDA lowered its corn crop estimates in its monthly supply/demand report, the ethanol industry is pointing out that it is still a record crop and demonstrates the weaknesses in the arguments from opponents of the renewable fuel standard.
Mascoma Corp. says it is actively seeking project financing to build its two proposed cellulosic ethanol plants amid news that Valero Energy Corp. is no longer involved in its U.S. project planned for Kinross, Mich.
Prepared plant operators are trained to quickly and efficiently react in the case of a chemical accident.
Combatting grain engulfment accidents with proper equipment, procedures and training.
Process safety management requires comprehensive hazard analysis and records.
A Kansas-based company is offering two bolt-on options for ethanol producers looking to turn crude corn oil into biodiesel or renewable diesel.
Is it just me, or have there been some good news, feel good kind of stories coming out of the ethanol industry lately?
The USDA's monthly supply/demand estimates pegs to the 2013/14 corn crop 187 million bushels lower than last month's report at 13.8 billion bushels, accounting for its first survey-based corn yield forecast for the season of 154.4 bushels per acre.
The U.K. Department for Transport has published statistics on its renewable transport fuel obligation (RTFO) for the most recent compliance year, which spanned from April 15, 202 through April 14, 2013.
EZ Stop of Mapleton, Iowa, will be offering E15 to 2001 and newer vehicles this fall. In order to offer E15, a retailer must register with the U.S. EPA. The Iowa Renewable Fuels Association is assisting EZ Stop in the registration process.
The U.S. DOE's National Renewable Energy Laboratory is working with Ecopetrol, the largest oil company in Colombia, to process the residue from sugar cane and palm oil harvesting into fuel ethanol for blending with gasoline.
The results of a study on antibiotic residues in distillers grains (DG) published in the Journal of Animal Science suggest that antibiotic residues in DG are inactivated during the production process or are present in sublethal concentrations.
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