In corn, higher projected beginning stocks for the new marketing year starting in September and higher estimates for corn production are boosting USDA's projections for 2011-'12 feed grain supplies.
There are approximately 67,000 pork producers in the U.S. and the vast majority of them are incorporating distillers grains into their feed diets, but some are concerned that there isn't as much product available as estimates claim.
EdeniQ Inc., which is developing technology to add cellulosic ethanol production capabilities to existing corn-to-ethanol facilities announced it has reached a deal with IKA Works Inc. to advance EdeniQ's front-end biomass conversion technology.
Show some outrage
July 11, 2011
On occasion, a particularly apt headline draws readers to our web news stories. One headline from our FEW coverage not only drew the readers, but the article attracted several comments that our regular readers may have missed.
If I'm starting to run dry on inspiration or story ideas the International Fuel Ethanol Workshop & Expo is a perfect place to recharge in a big way. Just as long as I have time for a good long nap when I get back home.
The witness list for a House hearing, “Hitting the Ethanol Blend Wall: Examining the Science on E15,� was stacked heavily on the anti-ethanol side and included representatives of the poultry industry, the petroleum industry and small engine groups.
Quaiattini steps down from Canadian Renewable Fuels Association
By Canadian Renewable Fuels Association
July 08, 2011
After nine successful years – the last four at the helm of the Canadian Renewable Fuels Association, Gordon Quaiattini announced he would be stepping down as association president to pursue new public policy challenges.
The second year of DuPont Danisco Cellulosic Ethanol LLC's corn stover collection program is under way in Iowa as the company prepares for a groundbreaking later this year at Nevada, Iowa, adjacent to Lincolnway Energy.
The U.S. DOE has finally made its first conditional commitment for a loan guarantee for cellulosic ethanol. Poet's Project Liberty received a conditional commitment for a $105 million loan guarantee to for its 25 MMgy corn cob-to-ethanol facility.
The newest evolution in ethanol tax credit reform efforts is a compromise between three senators that would end the Volumetric Ethanol Excise Tax Credit and tariff as of July 31 while extending other ethanol-related tax credits.
Though it's not exactly one for the win column, ethanol industry supporters are pleased with portions of a compromise that salvages certain ethanol-related tax credits crafted by Sens. John Thune, Amy Klobuchar, and Dianne Feinstein.
EPA finalizes Tailoring Rule biomass deferment
By Anna Austin
July 07, 2011
The U.S. EPA has ruled that it will maintain its proposal to defer biomass from the Greenhouse Gas Tailoring Rule for three years while the agency further studies the science and policy of regulating biomass energy.
Sue Ellerbusch, president of BP Biofuels North America, traveled to the heart of U.S. oil production recently to provide an update on the company's biofuels operations to attendees of the Louisiana Energy Conference.
On June 29, ARPA-E Director Arun Majumdar hosted a live online chat to discuss the investments his organization is making in the nation's energy future. He specifically addressed cellulosic biofuels in his presentation.
Australia-based Algae.Tec Ltd. has formed a collaboration contract with the Manildra Group to construct a demonstration-scale algae production facility at its 100 MMgy ethanol plant in Nowra, Australia.
AE Biofuels acquires biotech company Zymetis
By AE Biofuels
July 06, 2011
AE Biofuels Inc. has completed the acquisition of Zymetis Inc., a Maryland-based industrial biotechnology company that develops products for the renewable chemicals and advanced fuels industries.
I write this as I'm still decompressing after FEW – the event of the year for the staff at Ethanol Producer Magazine. We learn a lot at the conference from the many excellent speakers and equally as much from the many conversations as we move about.
Representatives of the cellulosic ethanol industry who spoke during a plenary panel at the International Fuel Ethanol Workshop & Expo on June 29 said a reduced cellulosic RFS target for 2012 shouldn't indicate failure of their industry.
The U.S. Southeast is ripe for energy crop development, according to several panelists who spoke during a session devoted to next-generation feedstock strategies June 28 at the International Fuel Ethanol Workshop & Expo in Indianapolis.
Renewable Fuels Association President and CEO Bob Dinneen abandoned the podium and chose to speak off the cuff during his keynote presentation delivered to attendees of the International Fuel Ethanol Workshop & Expo on June 29 in Indianapolis.
DSM strengthens yeast technology leadership for 2G biofuels
By DSM
June 28, 2011
Royal DSM, the global life Sciences and materials sciences company, announced that it has reached an agreement to acquire C5 Yeast Company B.V. (Bergen op Zoom, Netherlands) from Royal Cosun.
EPA finalizes E15 pump label requirements
By U.S. EPA
June 28, 2011
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) issued fuel pump labeling and other requirements for gasoline blends containing more than 10 and up to 15 percent ethanol, known as E15.
NCERC to install Arisdyne cavitation technology
By Arisdyne
June 28, 2011
The National Corn-to-Ethanol Research Center has agreed to license and support a Controlled Flow Cavitation (CFC) system from Arisdyne Systems,
BlueFire Renewables Inc. has completed site work at its 19 MMgy wood waste-to-ethanol facility in Fulton, Miss., and is ready to begin construction as soon as it closes financing, according to CEO Arnold Klann.
BlueFire Renewables Inc. has completed site work at its 19 MMgy wood waste-to-ethanol facility in Fulton, Miss., and is ready to begin construction as soon as it closes financing, according to CEO Arnold Klann.
BlueFire Renewables Inc. has completed site work at its 19 MMgy wood waste-to-ethanol facility in Fulton, Miss., and is ready to begin construction as soon as it closes financing, according to CEO Arnold Klann.
FEW: Zhang: 'Monitor your corn' to control DDGS mycotoxin levels
By Ron Kotrba
June 28, 2011
Yhanhong Zhang, assistant director with the National Corn-to-Ethanol Research Center, presented survey results on DDGS contaminants at the Fuel Ethanol Workshop & Expo in Indianapolis.
Whitefox to demonstrate technology at Pound-Makers
By Whitefox Technologies
June 28, 2011
Whitefox Technologies Canada Ltd. has received a further $1 million payment from Sustainable Development Technology Canada towards the final milestone of its project to develop and demonstrate its container-based membrane ethanol dehydration system.
FEW: 'Feed is food' cautions panel
By Ron Kotrba
June 28, 2011
The Food Safety Modernization Act is changing how ethanol producers do business, and it's shifting focus on just being fuel producers that incidentally make a feed coproduct, to being fuel—and food—producers. “Feed is food,â€� said Matt Gibson of ICM.
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