Western Biomass Energy LLC filed for chapter 11 bankruptcy on Oct. 31. The facility was the nation's first demonstration-scale cellulosic ethanol plant when it was brought online in January 2008 by KL Process Design Group.
Dakota Spirit AgEnergy has achieved renewable fuel standard (RFS2) certification through the U.S. EPA for its proposed 65 million gallon per year biorefinery at the Spiritwood Energy Park near Jamestown, N.D.
The ethanol industry faced major challenges in 2012, while producing an estimated 13.3 billion gallons of ethanol, employing more than 383,000 people directly and indirectly as well as contributing $43.4 billion to the U.S. gross domestic product.
A paper from the American Academy of Microbiology on yeast is a good read, digging into the historical development of yeast, the science of good yeast production and outlining the basic steps of brewing good beer.
ICM Inc. has announced that it signed a contract with Abengoa Bioenergy for the Advanced Oil Separation System (AOS) to be deployed at the company's Madison, Ill., and Mt. Vernon, Ind., facilities.
On Feb. 11 the USDA released a report detailing its agricultural projections for the next 10-year period. According to the paper, titled "USDA Agricultural Projections to 2022."
A new initiative in Europe, Leaders of Sustainable Biofuels, aims to expedite deployment of advanced biofuel technologies. In February, chief executive officers of seven European biofuel producers and airlines met in Brussels form the group.
When Li Tan approached his colleagues at the University of Georgia with some unusual data he had collected, they initially seemed convinced that his experiment had become contaminated; what he was seeing simply didn't make any sense.
Although some want to revise or repeal the renewable fuel standard, Tom Vilsack, secretary of agriculture has not wavered. "Our position is that we are strong supporters of the RFS," he said Feb. 7.
The Andersons Inc. reported a strong year for its diversified agribusiness, earning $79.5 million, or $4.23 per diluted share, on revenues of $5.3 billion. The company's ethanol group had an operating loss of $3.7 million in 2012.
State lawmakers in Maine have introduced three bills that seek to limit the sale of ethanol within the state. One bill aims to prohibit corn ethanol sales within the state altogether. The other would impact blend levels available for sale.
Archer Daniels Midland Co. has reduced ethanol production as a response to poor margins, investors were told in a question period following the company's Feb. 5 earnings report.
U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack spoke articulately and passionately of the importance of America's ethanol producers in helping to strengthen this country's economic and national security at the National Ethanol Conference.
On Feb. 6 Rep. Gregg Harper, R-Miss., introduced legislation that aims to amend the Clean Air Act to require the U.S. EPA to based its cellulosic biofuel targets under the renewable fuel standard (RFS) on actual production.
Israel-based Rosetta Green has entered into an agreement to sell most of its assets to Monsanto Co. for $35 million. According Rosetta Green, its core technology centers on MicroRNAs, which are short RNA molecules that regulate gene expression.
On Feb. 7, the U.S. EPA approved a new blender pump configuration for the sale of E15 and E10. The configuration, submitted by the Renewable Fuels Association, can be used by retail stations to address misfueling concerns.
Driven by aggressive biofuel mandates, rapid growth will cause great strain on biomass by 2030, according to Lux Research. Feedstock innovation will be needed to keep growing biomass's market share.
For the second year in a row, national polling presented today at the National Ethanol Conference proved Americans, by an overwhelming majority, support the key federal policy driving renewable fuel innovation in America today.
California is home to nearly 30 advanced biofuel companies, but dozens of other states from coast to coast also are beginning to realize the economic benefits of this emerging industry, according to analysis by Environmental Entrepreneurs (E2).
The ethanol industry faced one of the most challenging years in its history last year, said Bob Dinneen during his state of the industry address at the National Ethanol Conference, and it faces a fierce battles regarding E15 and the RFS this year.
Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, ranking member of the Senate Committee on Energy & Natural Resources, released an energy blueprint that calls for a wide variety of changes to U.S. energy policy, including drastic changes to the RFS.
NEAtech, a new energy alternatives company, is searching for financing to further test and commercialize its patented distillers grain-to-cellulosic ethanol process.The consulting company received the patent in October.
Corn crop residues are often left on harvested fields to protect soil quality, but USDA research indicates that soil quality would not decline if post-harvest corn cob residues were removed from fields.
What drives corn prices?
February 04, 2013
In a nine-page paper, two Growmark analysts say the ethanol effect, while obviously dramatic, is not the only, and indeed, not the biggest factor in the increase in corn prices.
The Environmental Working Group joined a variety of other organizations today to call for the reform of the renewable fuel standard (RFS). The American Coalition for Ethanol responded by pointing out the holes in Big Oil's arguments.
Ag Processing Inc. announced that it has shut down operations of its corn processing plant at Hastings, Neb., effective Feb. 1, 2013, citing ongoing challenging economic conditions in the ethanol industry for the decision of an extended shutdown.
The Renewable Fuels Association has submitted comments disputing a draft study on biofuels and food security published by the U.N. Committee on World Food and Security (CFS).
Scientists have developed a way to grow iron-oxidizing bacteria using electricity instead of iron, an advance that will allow them to better study the organisms and could one day be used to turn electricity into fuel.
Research has shown that an ionic liquid proven to be effective for pre-treating individual biofuel feedstocks is also effective at pre-treating multiple different feedstocks that have been mixed and densified into a blend.
Brazil-based ETH Bioenergy and Inbicon have announced an agreement to bring the second generation ethanol for the Brazilian market. The partnership will combine the experience of industrial and commercial ETH and technology and know-how of Inbicon.
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