Green Plains Renewable Energy Inc. is selling 12 of its 15 grain elevators, or about 83 percent of its grain storage capacity and all of its agronomy and retail petroleum operations. Diversification, however, will remain as a strategy for success.
Green Plains Renewable Energy Inc. has announced financial results for the three months ended Sept. 30, 2012. Net loss attributable to Green Plains for the quarter was $1 million, compared to net income of $12.4 million for the same period of 2011.
Novozymes launched a new enzyme for corn-ethanol production on Oct. 30. Avantec, a trademarked product, allows ethanol producers to increase ethanol yield by about 2.5 percent, said Peder Holk Nielsen, executive vice president of Novozymes.
The underlying objection
October 29, 2012
Is there something deeper going on in all this anti-ethanol rhetoric? Is there some sort of philosophical underlying problem?
Construction is complete at ZeaChem Inc.'s advanced biofuel production facility in Boardman, Ore., and by the end of the year, the company expects to begin producing. The 250,000 gallons per year facility was finished on budget.
Novozymes, a producer of industrial enzymes, and Beta Renewables, a cellulosic biofuels company that is part of Gruppo Mossi & Ghisolfi, have announced an agreement to jointly market, demonstrate and guarantee cellulosic biofuel solutions.
Bunge-Ergon Vicksburg LLC, a 54 MMgy corn-ethanol plant in Vicksburg, Miss., will join the list of temporarily idled ethanol plants at the end of November. The decision to idle the plant is attributed high corn prices that resulted from the drought.
An interdisciplinary team of 11 scientists from seven European countries and the U.S. recently published a paper reviewing the breadth of discussions regarding food versus fuel and indirect land-use change.
Woodland Biofuels Inc. has begun commissioning its new demonstration cellulosic ethanol facility in Sarnia, Ontario.
Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney's short list of possible energy secretaries includes Tea Party-backed U.S. Rep. Joe Barton, R-Texas, the House energy committee chairman who gained infamy for his apology to BP's CEO Tony Hayward in 2010.
BP announced Oct. 25 it is cancelling plans to build a commercial-scale cellulosic ethanol plant in Highlands County, Florida, and refocusing its U.S. biofuels strategy on research and development.
For some, it's all too easy to lose sight of the significant contributions made by ethanol's corn coproducts used as feed ingredients, RFA's Geoff Cooper told attendees of the 2012 Export Exchange, held in Minneapolis Oct. 22 to 24.
Uncle Neal's Phillips 66 in Lexington, Neb., is the first retailer in the state to offer E15. A grand opening promotion will be announced soon.
Southwest Georgia Ethanol has temporarily idled production at its 100 MMgy ethanol facility located in Mitchell County, Georgia. This decision was precipitated by market conditions which resulted from the drought in the Midwest.
The 2012 Export Exchange drew more than 200 international attendees from more than 30 countries. The event, put on by RFA and U.S. Grains Council, ran Oct. 22 to Oct. 24 in in Minneapolis.
Poet-DSM Advanced Biofuels has contracted for a key technology/process component in breaking down cellulose to produced advanced biofuel. The contract is with International Technology Group Andritz, through its U.S. subsidiary Andritz Inc.
The U.S. Grains Council on Oct. 23 said it was pleased about the official approval of the Syngenta corn variety MIR 162 Agrisure Vipterra in the European Union, opening the way for exports of DDGS.
Harold Hamm, a.k.a. "America's Oil Man,""is chairman of Romney's energy policy advisory team and likely his first runner-up choice for energy secretary after American Petroleum Institute President Jack Gerard.
Iowa State researchers develop bio-oil gasifier for fuels, power
By Iowa State University
October 23, 2012
Researchers at Iowa State University are working on their latest biofuel machine -utilizing fast pyrolysis to create a bio-oil from cellulosic feedstocks that is then gasified into syn gas for steam generation or to be processed into transportation
Energy independence in striking distance
October 22, 2012
A recent report from the Deloitte Center for Energy points out that the U.S. already enjoys significant energy independence for most sectors and much of our economy. “Transportation is really the only sector that remains dependent on imports."
As world and energy industry leaders gather at the World Energy Forum to chart a roadmap for a sustainable energy mix, the Global Renewable Fuels Alliance renewed its call for the adoption of policies that ensure biofuels are part of the future.
A total of $16 million in investment for 244 projects received funding from the USDA's Rural Energy for America Program, including several blender pumps and a few biomass-related projects.
A coalition of seven biofuel trade associations sent a letter to leaders in Congress cautioning against changes to RFS and requesting support for opposition to EPA waiver request.
The German Federal Environmental Ministry has released an environmental technology atlas produced by Roland Gerger Strategy Consultants. The report, titled "GreenTech made in Germany 3.0," is the third such atlas produced for the German government.
A recent Global Agricultural Information Network report filed with the USDA Foreign Agricultural Service provides an update on sugar production in Brazil, showing an expected 5 percent increase in yields compared to prior estimates.
BSR has released a new report that assesses the sustainability impacts of commercial transportation fuels, as well as the market outlook for a range of fuels, including biofuels. The organization is seeking comments on its analysis.
Jack Gerard is the current president and CEO of the American Petroleum Institute, but if presidential candidate Mitt Romney wins the 2012 election, he could become Romney's chief of staff or secretary of energy at the U.S. DOE.
Discovering the keys to improved biofuel catalysts
By Ames Laboratory
October 18, 2012
Scientists at the U.S. DOE's Ames Laboratory are learning more about how nano-scale catalytic systems work, and their research could be the key to improved processes for refining biofuels and producing other chemicals.
The European Commission has released a proposal that aims to make significant changes to the EU's biofuel policy, including adding indirect land use change emissions reporting requirements and capping the amount of crop-based biofuels.
The UDSA Foreign Agricultural Service recently published a Global Agricultural Information Network report outlining Spain's ethanol industry.The report notes that the country is one of the top four ethanol producers in the EU.
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