Brazil's Ministry of Finance has announced it will implement three new measures to increase production and investment in its ethanol industry. The three new measures are in addition to the country's prior announcement to increase the blend level.
The ethanol production facility, grain elevator and related assets of Utica Energy LLC will be sold under direction of a court appointed receiver. The 50 MMgy plant was originally commissioned in 2003 and expanded to its current capacity in 2004.
BioProcess Algae LLC has been selected to receive a grant of up to $6.4 million from the U.S. DOE, as part of an innovative pilot-scale biorefinery project related to production of hydrocarbon fuels meeting military specification.
A memorial fund has been established for the family of a 27-year-old ethanol plant employee that died April 19 after being trapped in a grain bin at United Ethanol LLC, a 48 MMgy plant in Milton, Wis.
Pending legislation in Minnesota could alter the state's ethanol mandate, allowing for the use biofuels under than ethanol to meet the current 10 percent renewable content requirement for gasoline. The measure is included in H.F. 976.
The Aemetis Advanced Fuels Keyes Inc. plant in Keyes, Calif., will start grinding corn this week, after it was idled in January for planned maintenance and to prepare for advanced biofuel production. The plant will soon start processing sorghum.
Just in time for Earth Day, the Iowa Renewable Fuels Association has unveiled a list of 10 ways the renewable fuels industry is helping to better our environment at the plant, on the farm and out of the tailpipe.
IntercontinentalExchange (ICE), an operator of global markets and clearing house, has announced the introduction of new North American environmental futures contracts for three categories of renewable energy numbers (RINs), including D4, D5 and D6.
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NexSteppe, a company dedicated to pioneering the next generation of sustainable feedstock solutions for the biobased industries, has announced the launch of its first sorghum hybrid products in the U.S.
The International Energy Agency has made its annual report to the Clean Energy Ministerial, reporting that renewable technologies are one of the few bright spots in an otherwise bleak assessment of global progress towards low-carbon energy.
A team of Virginia Tech researchers have adapted existing technologies to make a new product, transforming cellulose into amylose. One target market for the amylose would be functional foods, said lead researcher Y.H. Percival Zhang.
Royal DSM has announced that it has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU)for a strategic partnership with Rostekhnologii (Rostec), a Russian State corporation, in the fields of biotechnology and functional materials.
A 50 MMgy ethanol plant located in Heron Lake, Minn., won't be sold after all. Instead, Heron Lake BioEnergy LLC has signed a new debt forbearance agreement with AgStar Financial Services, its main lender.
The U.S. EPA has published data on renewable identification numbers (RINs) generated in March. While no D3 cellulosic biofuel RINs were generated during the month, 8,332 D7 cellulosic diesel RINs were generated.
TMO Renewables and Usina Santa Maria Ltda have entered into an agreement to form a joint venture to build the first commercial production plant in Brazil to convert sugar cane waste (bagasse) to cellulosic bioethanol.
In 2012, Flint Hills Resources Renewables LLC directly employed 280 full-time employees throughout Iowa and Nebraska and supported an additional 661 full-time jobs in the region according to a recent study by Harrah Analytics.
Researchers from U.K.'s University of Bristol reported the development of new catalysts that are able to convert ethanol to butanol at the national meeting and exposition of the American Chemical Society.
Biditup Auctions and Appraisals Worldwide Inc. and Maynards, the new owners of the former New Energy Corp. ethanol plant, are accepting sealed bids for the South Bend, Ind., facility through July 15.
Ethanol Report
Business Briefs
By Ethanol Producer Magazine Staff
April 16, 2013
People, Partnerships & Deals
Eric Sumner's lifelong fascination with science spans from his youth to the cutting edge of ethanol plant bacterial control and the growing importance of coproducts for long-term industry viability.
Natural Gas Report
DDGS Report
Revenue from corn oil has become an important part of the bottom line at the majority of U.S. ethanol plants.
Enzymes from horse feces could streamline biofuel production
By American Chemical Society
April 16, 2013
University of California, Santa Barbara scientists have described the discovery of a potential treasure-trove of candidate enzymes in fungi thriving in the feces and intestinal tracts of horses that could aid in cellulosic biofuel production.
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