RFS Under Scrutiny
September 11, 2012
What many are calling the worst drought in 50 years has magnified scrutiny of the renewable fuel standard (RFS).
Q&A - Corn's Cruel Summer
September 11, 2012
Iowa State University's resident grain quality expert Charlie Hurburgh looks at corn quality, corn genetics and the role ethanol will play in the future of corn through the lens of the most devastating drought in his memory.
Boosting Corn's Drought Performance
September 11, 2012
A decade's worth of work is tested this season.
Satellite Technologies Aid Localized Planning
By Steffen Mueller and Ken Copenhaver
September 11, 2012
View your grain supply chain in higher definition
Yield Wild Card
September 11, 2012
Hot, dry growing conditions could very well translate into lowered ethanol yield in the coming year.
USDA considering adding DDGS, pork to export sales report
September 11, 2012
In recent years, the USDA has received numerous requests from the U.S. pork and ethanol industries to add pork and distillers grains to a Foreign Agricultural Services USDA export sales report. Now, that may become a reality.
Researchers win grant to assess impact of bioenergy projects
September 11, 2012
A team of researchers will spend five years assessing the social, economic and ecological impacts of bioenergy projects in Michigan, Mexico, Brazil and Argentina. The project was made possible by a $4.81 million National Science Foundation grant.
Keep building support
September 10, 2012
An effort is under way to encourage comments on the request to the U.S. EPA to waive the renewable fuel standard.
Terrabon files for bankruptcy
September 10, 2012
Houston-based Terrabon Inc. has filed for Chapter 7 bankruptcy. Under Chapter 7 proceedings, the company's operations will cease and a trustee will be tasked with liquidating the company's assets for the benefit of creditors.
Propel opens new fueling station in downtown Sacramento, Calif.
By Propel Fuels
September 10, 2012
Propel Fuels, a leading retailer of renewable fuels and clean mobility solutions, has announced the opening of its newest renewable fuel station, co-located at the Mak's Valero station at 1101 Broadway in downtown Sacramento, Calif.
Conservation biomass demonstration shows potential
September 07, 2012
A demonstration project completed by The Earth Partners LP, Applied Ecological Services and Poet LLC has shown that biomass from native grasses, grown for conservation purposes, can successfully fuel a boiler to create heat and power.
Lignol, Novozymes successfully complete enzyme optimization work
By Lignol Energy Corp.
September 07, 2012
Lignol Energy Corp. recently announced that it has successfully completed a major body of work in producing cellulosic ethanol at Lignol's pilot-scale biorefinery, in partnership with Novozymes Inc. Significant performance improvements were observed.
California Gov. Jerry Brown recently signed a bill into law that prevents corn ethanol projects within the state from being eligible for funding under California's Alternative and Renewable Fuel and Vehicle Technology Program, effective July 1, 2013.
Gulf Oil opens first E85 stations on Mass. turnpike
By Gulf Oil
September 06, 2012
In partnership with the Massachusetts DOT and the Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs, Gulf Oil recently announced the grand opening of its E85 fueling station at the Charlton East Service Plaza on the Massachusetts Turnpike.
Patriot Bioenergy Corp. announced that it will begin field trials of recently deregulated Roundup Ready energy beets at a Sept. 6 press conference in Williamsburg, Ky., which is the same city where the company hopes to build its first ethanol plant.
Ethanol to reduce global GHG emission by 100 million tons in 2012
By Global Renewable Fuels Alliance
September 06, 2012
As the world gathers at the Global Conference on Agriculture, Food Security and Climate Change in Hanoi, Vietnam, the Global Renewable Fuels Alliance released its annual Green House Gas (GHG) Reduction Forecast.
A recently published USDA GAIN report addresses the Brazilian biofuel industry. The annual report includes an update of the country's biofuel policies and programs and provides production, supply and demand estimates and forecasts for 2012 and 2013.
Lallemand acquires NABC, forms new business unit
By Lallemand Inc.
September 05, 2012
Lallemand Inc. has announced the acquisition of North American Bioproducts Corp. and its ancillary businesses. The acquired companies will be combined with Lallemand's existing business, Lallemand Ethanol Technology, to form a new business unit.
Minnesota ethanol plant restarts under new ownership
September 05, 2012
If not for a failed pump, the former Minnesota Energy ethanol plant near Buffalo Lake, Minn., would have shipped its first gallons of ethanol in more than two years. A minor fire that resulted is expected to delay the shipment by about a week.
ICM: Why we must keep the renewable fuel standard
By Dave Vander Griend, CEO of ICM Inc.
September 05, 2012
ICM Inc. CEO Dave Vander Griend addresses misinformation published in a recent Wichita Eagle editorial, titled "End Ethanol Mandate," and discusses the many benefits created by ethanol and the renewable fuel standard.
RFA ethanol safety seminar planned for Willmar, Minn.
By Renewable Fuels Association
September 05, 2012
The Renewable Fuels Association, Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railway, and Chippewa Valley Ethanol Co. will cohost a free ethanol safety seminar in Willmar, Minn., on Sept. 10 at the Willmar Education and Arts Center Auditorium.
Shell grants enzyme licensing rights to Codexis
September 04, 2012
The research agreement between Royal Dutch Shell and Codexis Inc. may be over, but the California-based enzyme producer now has the ability to commercialize cellulose enzymes developed during the research partnership that started in 2006.
Biofuel groups file an intervenors brief in API lawsuit
By Renewable Fuels Association
September 04, 2012
Seven biofuel organizations filed an intervenors brief on Sept. 4 in the American Petroleum Institute case against the U.S. EPA challenging the 2012 cellulosic and advanced biofuel requirements under the renewable fuel standard (RFS).
Intriguing MIT research
August 31, 2012
Research from MIT working with microbes to produce isobutanol might have a broader impact than what appears on the surface.
ACE: RFS keeps gas prices down
By American Coalition for Ethanol
August 31, 2012
The American Coalition for Ethanol is reminding consumers with Labor Day travel plans that the renewable fuel standard (RFS) helps stabilize gas prices, particularly during events like the recent severe weather in the Gulf of Mexico.
EIA issues latest monthly ethanol statistics
August 31, 2012
The U.S. Energy Information Administration published its latest Monthly Energy Review on Aug. 29. The review includes a monthly overview of ethanol statistics. The new report addresses ethanol production, stocks and exports through May 2012.
As gas prices spike, ethanol offers stability and savings
By Growth Energy
August 30, 2012
With gas prices spiking toward $4 per gallon The oil companies are quick to blame Hurricane Isaac for causing the sudden inflation, but reports show that damage to refineries in the Gulf of Mexico suffered little, if any damage.
Scientists at Massachusetts Institute of Technology modified a microbe to turning carbon dioxide into isobutanol. In nature, the wild soil bacterium turnscarbon compounds into a polymer. MIT researchers have modified it to produce isobutnaol instead.
TMO Renewables Ltd. took its first step towards the development of a series of second-generation biofuel plants in China. The company signed an agreement with the authorities of Heilongjiang, China to secure large volumes of biomass.
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