What's in a Tax?
March 05, 2012
UNICA, RFA spar over Brazilian goods and services tax
The Andersons Inc. has entered into an agreement to purchase the 55 MMgy Amaizing Energy Denison LLC plant in Denison, Iowa, along with an adjacent 2.7 million bushel grain terminal. The sale is expected to be complete in the second quarter.
With ethanol plants slowing production or even idling in response to tight margins and oversupply, a SDSU economics adjunct professor is advising cattle feeders to consider changing their seasonal habits and lock in price or physical supply.
The Forest Guild has released its report, “Forest Biomass Retention and Harvesting Guidelines for the Southeast,� identifying how expanding markets for forest bioenergy can enhance forests, while meeting the social and economic needs of society.
ND ethanol-blended fuel sales nearly double in 2011
By N.D. Ethanol Council
March 01, 2012
The sale of ethanol-blended fuel in North Dakota nearly doubled from 2010 to 2011. According to the North Dakota Tax Department, more than 1.3 million gallons were sold in 2011.
Sens. Maria Cantwell and Dick Lugar recently attached the Open Fuel Standard as an amendment to Senate bill 1813, a transportation bill, which, if passed, would reauthorize federal aid highway and highway safety construction programs.
Group makes case for E100 to address fuel costs, mileage goals
By E100 Ethanol Group
March 01, 2012
To lower gasoline prices, we need E100 engines, not the Keystone XL pipeline, was the message the E100 Ethanol Group gave to a panel of U.S. EPA and National Highway Traffic Safety Administration officials at a recent hearing.
The National Corn Growers Association's annual report reveals statistics about U.S. corn production, including the amount of corn used for ethanol production and the amount of distillers grains that goes back into the feed market.
The National Enhanced Oil Recovery Initiative was joined by Sen. Conrad and Rep. Conaway Feb. 28 proposing policies to encourage greater use of CO2 from industrial facilities such as power plants and ethanol facilities for enhanced oil recovery.
Canadian demand for US distillers grains drops
February 29, 2012
Demand for U.S. distillers grains (DGs) is down across Canada and expected to stay down through June as feeders there take advantage of low domestic barley prices, according to Ryan Slozka, president and owner of Rycom Trading Ltd.
EPA suggests maintaining GHG emissions thresholds
February 28, 2012
The U.S. EPA has issued its proposal for the third leg of its greenhouse gas (GHG) Tailoring Rule, suggesting that emissions thresholds should remain at their current levels rather than expand to include smaller sources of GHG emissions.
Following a scientific review of Mascoma Corp's yeast for corn ethanol plants, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration's Center for Veterinary Medicine has come out in support of establishing a new feed ingredient definition for the product.
Blue Marble, Anheuser-Busch sign MOU to develop pilot biorefinery
By Bryan Sims
February 28, 2012
Seattle-based firm Blue Marble Biomaterials and Anheuser-Busch Companies LLC have signed a memorandum of understanding for Blue Marble to begin development of a pilot biorefinery to be co-located at a North American Anheuser-Busch brewery
'Mini-cellulose' discovery may maximize thermochemical processes
By Bryan Sims
February 28, 2012
A team of chemical engineers at UMass Amherst coined the discovery the "mini-cellulose" molecule, and it reveals for the first time the chemical reactions that take place in wood or prairie grasses during high-temperature conversion into biofuels.
Conference observations
February 27, 2012
Though it may seem the ethanol industry has plenty to worry about with surplus ethanol supplies depressing prices, tight margins and the looming blend wall – one didn't hear much about those issues at the National Ethanol Conference last week.
Petroleum group discounts ethanol's role in gas prices
February 27, 2012
The American Petroleum Institute's chief economist, John Felmy, blamed crude oil prices for high prices at the pump, and said refinery closures and increasing exports of U.S. gas and diesel are not major factors in the spike in prices.
Removing fiber from dried distillers grains with solubles using the elusieve process results in an enhanced product with greater nutritional value for growing and finishing pigs, according to researchers at the University of Illinois, Urbana.
Vilsack thanks industry, outlines challenge for energy title
February 25, 2012
Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack thanked the ethanol industry for its contribution to the American economy in his keynote address Feb. 24 at the National Ethanol conference in Orlando, Fla.
Singing the praises of ethanol's contribution to the American economy, Renewable Fuels Association President and CEO Bob Dinneen addressed the 17th annual National Ethanol Conference Feb. 23 in Orlando, Fla.
New Pathways Could Improve Ethanol Yields
By Trent Nguyen, Ph.D.
February 22, 2012
A close look reveals metabolic conversion of oil content into sugar is possible
Liability issues surrounding the use of E15 remain a major concern for many retailers when considering offering the fuel to customers driving 2001 and newer vehicles.
Magellan adds ethanol storage at Texas terminal
February 22, 2012
Magellan Midstream Partners LP is nearing completion on a $2 million expansion project that will add ethanol storage and distribution services at its Mt. Pleasant, Texas, terminal.
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