Two advanced biofuels companies working toward commercial-scale production of biobutanol or isobutanol will battle it out in the courts. Butamax Advanced Biofuels LLC announced Aug. 9 it was filing a second patent infringement case against Gevo Inc.
Members of the ethanol and petroleum industries voiced their concerns over the U.S. EPA's proposed renewable fuel standard volumes for 2012 during a public hearing.
As expected, the USDA dropped its corn production forecast in the Aug. 11 World Agriculture Supply and Demand Estimates Report, dropping its yield 5.7 bushels to 153.0 bushels per acre.
Study finds beef, dairy farm profits rose since RFS expansion
By National Corn Growers Association
August 09, 2011
Economic conditions have improved for beef and dairy farmers since the implementation of the expanded renewable fuel standard in 2007, according to a new study by Texas A&M University and Doane Advisory Services.
One World Clean Energy partners with Jernigan Commodities
By One World Clean Energy
August 09, 2011
One World Clean Energy Inc. announced the addition of a new global strategic partner: Jernigan Commodities. Based in Australia, Jernigan Commodities is a global provider of food security and price risk management services.
DOE updates Billion Ton Study
August 09, 2011
The U.S. DOE has released an update to its 2005 Billion Ton Study, adding pricing estimates and supply curves for various feedstocks, a county-by-county inventory of primary feedstocks, and in-depth sustainability modeling.
Harkin, Herseth Sandlin to speak at ACE conference
By American Coalition for Ethanol
August 09, 2011
Congressional ethanol supporters will give an insiders' view of ethanol's standing in Washington at the American Coalition for Ethanol's national conference being held Aug. 22-24 at the Marriott Hotel in downtown Des Moines, Iowa.
The EurObserv'ER has published its annual Biofuels Barometer, which measures progress made by the industry in the past year. Results show an increase in biofuel use in the E.U. over the past 12 months.
If it works out like city officials from Morris, Minn., and DENCO II LLC hope it might, using city storm water could save water and energy as well as helping the plant and city comply with increasingly stringent water-discharge rules.
Pacific Ethanol Inc.'s second quarter results show record-breaking improvement. Net sales were at $214.6 million — an all-time high for the company and a 180 percent increase when compared to the same time period in 2010.
Kudos for countering inaccuracies
August 08, 2011
Kudos to the Kankakee County (Illinois) Farm Bureau president Keith Mussman who wrote an article for his local newspaper, the Daily Journal, countering another opinion article that contained several inaccuracies about ethanol.
Breakthrough in Saudi subsidy list opens door for US DDGS imports
By U.S. Grains Council
August 05, 2011
Saudi Arabia has added distillers dried grains with solubles (DDGS) and corn gluten feed to its import feed ingredient subsidy list, creating a strong incentive for sales.
In an earnings report released Aug. 3, The Anderson's ethanol and grain segment showed particularly strong performance over the past three months, ending the quarter with a record operating income of $45.3 million.
Florida researchers developed a technique to measure ethanol isotopes and discovered that the ethanol found in urban air and vehicle exhaust has a distinct isotopic signature.
Aventine Renewable Energy Holdings Inc. is currently in the process of restarting its 45 MMgy ethanol plant located in Aurora, Neb., is working to bring another to full capacity and wants to restart an idled plant it purchased in 2010.
Ethanol organizations prepare for E15 rollout with a free label offer from RFA and station kits being planned by Growth Energy for those receiving USDA REAP grants.
Feinstein says ethanol credit reform at an impasse
August 02, 2011
The good news is Congress has finally reached a deal to raise the debt ceiling. The bad news for ethanol producers is that it failed to include the ethanol tax credit repeal compromise brought forth in July.
Bioproducts was one of the bright spots in Archer Daniel Midland Co.'s fourth quarter report, released Aug. 2. Profit was up by $88 million to $109 million thanks, in part, to higher ethanol prices, the company said.
What do you say when you encounter people with misinformation about ethanol and distillers grains? Although I'm getting better the more I learn, I have to admit I've frozen up on more than a few occasions.
Demonstrating sustainability
August 01, 2011
What I find most interesting in the BCAP announcement on ZeaChem's woody feedstock partner is the sustainability angle – finding a niche where a cellulosic feedstock helps achieve sustainability goals.
With help from BCAP, Abengoa will begin signing up farmers starting next week to grow switchgrass with a goal of 20,000 acres to help supply its planned 25 MMgy cellulosic ethanol plant in Hugoton, Kan.
Fifty-eight percent. That's how much wages in Nebraska's ethanol industry have increased over the last decade. That's an increase from $35,000 to $56,000, according to figures from the Nebraska Department of Labor.
GPRE reports $5 million net income for Q2 2011
By Green Plains Renewable Energy
July 29, 2011
Green Plains Renewable Energy Inc. announced its financial results for the second quarter of 2011. Net income was $5 million, or 14 cents per diluted share, compared to $8.7 million, or 27 cents per diluted share, for the same period in 2010.
The latest round of BCAP project areas announced by Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack on July 26 includes a 7,000-acre hybrid poplar project in Boardman, Ore., designed to service ZeaChem Inc.'s nearby biochemical and cellulosic ethanol facility.
Following in the footsteps of other race-sanctioning bodies, the United States Auto Club now has an official fuel—ethanol. The difference is, this three-year partnership will mean much larger amounts of fuel used on racetracks across the nation.
With Congress deadlocked, it appears unlikely that action will be taken on ethanol-related legislation. Sen. Amy Klobuchar said recently that proponents of a compromise are now looking for a vehicle for the ethanol reform package.
Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack said his agency continues to be committed to President Obama's challenge for the nation to consume one-third less foreign oil by 2025 and it will continue to make funds available for biomass-related projects.
Hankinson Renewable Energy LLC, a 120 MMgy ethanol plant in Hankinson, N.D., is in the process of starting up an anaerobic digester to produce 54 MMBtu of biogas a year, according to David Rein, a process engineer with Rein & Associates.
Corn ethanol is the only domestic renewable fuel industry to reach significant scale and make a measurable impact on the U.S. fuel supply, said Luca Zullo, principal of VerdeNero LLC. at the Biomass '11 conference held July 26-27 in Grand Forks, N.D
German-based international specialty chemicals company Süd-Chemie AG held a groundbreaking July 26 for a 1,000 ton-per-year, demonstration-scale cellulosic ethanol plant in Straubing, located in the Lower Bavaria region.
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