Wind projects provide a model
August 29, 2011
Investors with an appetite for loss, common in wind projects, may be what's needed to see CHP take hold in the ethanol industry.
A recent report from the U.S. DOE's Energy Information Administration confirms what many in the ethanol industry already knew -- exporting ethanol has become big business.
Propel Fuels signed a deal to co-locate its Clean Fuel Point alternative fuel dispensers at more than 80 of PC&F's 300 gas stations and convenience stores located in California, Washington Oregon and Colorado.
About 225 people attended ACE's “Rooted in America� conference Aug. 22 -24 in Des Moines, Iowa, where Sen. Tom Harkin promised he'd fight vigorously to protect RFS2 and predicted that the biofuels industry would exceed the 36-billion-gallon target.
U.S. Grains Council road show blitzes Southeast Asia
By U.S. Grains Council
August 25, 2011
The U.S. Grains Council took its “DDGS Use in Poultry Road Show� to nutritionists, feed mill managers and quality control staff across Malaysia, Thailand and Indonesia this summer to provide technical training and encourage optimal use.
USDA researchers say they have developed a cost-effective method of determining the ethanol potential of energy grasses that could be used to evaluate the feedstock at the ethanol plant's loading dock using near-infrared sensing.
Federal GHG reporting tool opens for business
August 24, 2011
EPA's electronic tool for reporting GHG emissions, dubbed e-GRRT, is ready for use. Any stationary source emitting more than 25,000 tons per year of CO2 equivalent is required to report its emissions data, which includes most ethanol producers.
The U.S. DOE has announced a team of researchers in its BioEnergy Science Center have pinpointed the gene that controls ethanol production capacity in a microorganism.
AMERIgreen plans Energy Independence Convoy
August 24, 2011
Pennsylvania-based fuel dealer AMERIgreen Energy Inc. is hosting its Energy Independence Convoy on Aug. 25 where elected representatives and officials and representatives of businesses will show their commitment to using domestically produced fuels.
Bionol Clearfield LLC recently came out on top in an arbitration case with Getty Petroleum Marketing Inc. The 110 MMgy facility was awarded $47 million in damages incurred to-date and more than $180 million in future damages.
Growing Digital goes live
August 22, 2011
Seed corn developer Syngenta announced it has a new blog to help farmers, and anyone else for that matter, figure out the social media and begin using this new forum to become agvocates, or just build their networks.
A foreclosure auction is scheduled to be held Aug. 24 for the 60 MMgy Clean Burn Fuels LLC corn-based ethanol plant in Raeford, N.C. The company filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy earlier this year and later converted the filing to a Chapter 7.
A new study by Lux Research Inc. has found that although investment in alternative fuels remained flat last year, a four-year low at $930 million for startups, funding for feedstock-agnostic and end-product flexible technologies was more common.
Corn and DDGS exports to China will be getting added scrutiny this fall by some buyers. Syngenta has launched an informational campaign, plus filed suit against one of those buyers, regarding its newly released Agrisure Viptera trait.
Abengoa gets DOE $133.9 million conditional loan guarantee
By U.S. DOE
August 19, 2011
U.S. Energy Secretary Steven Chu today announced the offer of a conditional commitment for a $133.9 million loan guarantee to Abengoa Bioenergy Biomass of Kansas LLC to support the development of a commercial-scale cellulosic ethanol plant.
The USDA's Aug. 17 announcement of 900 Rural Energy for America Program grants included just 21 awards for blender pumps. USDA officials promise, however, that more funding is on the way.
Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack, the USDA and Ineos Bio announced that Ineos New Planet BioEnergy LLC's $75 million federal loan guarantee application has been finalized. Construction of the 8 MMgy facility is about 20 percent complete.
Council Bluffs, Iowa-based Southwest Iowa Renewable Energy ended the third quarter June 30 reporting a net loss of $1.29 million, while reporting continued financial and production improvements.
Poet LLC is venturing into the realm of energy grasses with a newly launched collaborative effort to establish native grasses on degraded lands in areas surrounding its 100 MMgy ethanol plant at Chancellor, S.D.
Petrobras' biofuels division will invest heavily in the expansion of its ethanol and biodiesel production capabilities in order to meet growing domestic demand. The firm has earmarked a total of $4.1 billion for biofuels over the next five years.
Publicly traded BioFuel Energy Corp. reported losses in its second quarter financial report, while highlighting the company's improved yield performance and coproduct optimization efforts.
LanzaTech, Harsco agree to develop ethanol-from-steel gas process
By Harsco Corp.
August 16, 2011
Harsco Corp., service provider to the global steel industry, signs with New Zealand-based LanzaTech to develop technology converting steel mill flue gases to fuel ethanol.
The EIA said it expects average refiner acquisition cost of crude oil to rise from $100 per barrel in 2011 to $107 per barrel in 2012, based on continuing decline of global inventories and global spare production.
USGC works to smooth the way for DDGS exports to China
By U.S. Grains Council
August 16, 2011
China's regulatory requirements for DDGS imports are complex, stringent, and a serious burden for U.S. ethanol plants, but the U.S. Grains Council's recent DDGS regulatory mission holds promise for improving the situation, the council reports.
2011 DDGS exports to Japan up 45%, likely to set records
By U.S. Grains Council
August 16, 2011
The U.S. Grains Council reports sales of U.S. DDGS to Japan for 2011 are on pace to set new records. The USGC will host a team of Japanese feed, livestock and trade industry representatives in an Aug. 21-31 visit to the U.S.
The first comprehensive compilation of distillers grains information was published this summer. “Distillers Grains: Production, Properties, and Utilization� was edited by researchers Kurt Rosentrater and KeShun Liu.
ZeaChem Inc. announced it has signed a memorandum of understanding with Chrysler Group LLC to accelerate the commercialization of its cellulosic ethanol process and to assist in establishing a strong consumer market for the fuel.
Urban sprawl threatens food, too
August 15, 2011
This weekend I was driving around my old stomping grounds and I spotted exurban development within eight miles of the farm I grew up on. These are no longer single houses tucked into odd tree stands, but housing developments built on prime farmland.
Water Intensity of Corn-Based Ethanol Needs to Include DDGS Credit
By Gouri Shankar Mishra and Sonia Yeh
August 15, 2011
Study recalculates water consumption with expanded system boundaries and coproduct credit
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