An April 13 hearing, titled “Oversight Hearing on Domestic Renewable Fuels: From Ethanol to Advanced Biofuels� will include testimony from both stanch ethanol supporters and fierce critics.
Italy-based chemicals and plastics firm Mossi & Ghisolfi Group broke ground for its 13 MMgy cellulosic ethanol facility in northwestern Italy. The project is the largest cellulosic ethanol project in the world to date.
USDA grants support sustainable bioenergy production
By USDA
April 12, 2011
Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today announced research grants awarded to spur production of bioenergy and biobased products that will lead to the development of sustainable regional systems and help create jobs.
For the first time, the April 8 monthly WASDE report on U.S. corn supply and use specified that corn used to produce ethanol also produces by-products such as DDGS, corn gluten feed, corn gluten meal and/or corn oil.
USDA is putting action behind its words to support alternative fuels. Friday, Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack announced more details on how the department is going to facilitate the addition of 10,000 blender pumps.
Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack announced April 8 that his agency is clarifying language in the Rural Energy of America Program in order to make blender pump and E85 pump distribution systems eligible for funding.
Clean Burn Fuels LLC, a 60 MMgy ethanol plant in Raeford, N.C., has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy and temporarily shut down. The company hopes to restart and emerge from bankruptcy before the year is over.
Aventine holds grand opening at Mount Vernon plant
By Aventine Renewable Energy
April 08, 2011
Mount Vernon, Ind., local officials, state and county representatives, business owners, residents, employees and company representatives marked the grand opening of Aventine Renewable Energy's Mount Vernon Ethanol Plant on Wednesday, April 6.
The Spring 2011 Fuel Ethanol Plant Map is Ethanol Producer Magazine's twice-yearly look at the industry, shows 211 ethanol plants in the United State, both producing and idled, with a combined capacity of 14.31 billion gallons.
U.S. corn ending stocks are unchanged this month in the USDA World Agriculture Supply Demand Estimates report as compared to the previous month. A projected increase in corn use for ethanol is offset by a reduction in expected feed and residual use.
The Senate energy committee held a two-hour hearing April 7 to discuss proposed legislation to expand the domestic biofuels market, but expanded its scope through testimony and committee member questions to cover nearly every major issue.
Poet corn oil to supply up to 60 MMgy biodiesel annually
By Poet LLC
April 06, 2011
Poet is now selling its trademarked Voilà corn oil from Poet Biorefining–Hudson (S.D.) into biodiesel and feed markets, and its success has prompted Poet to start plans for rolling out its patent-pending production to its other plants.
Sen. Tom Coburn, R-Okla., still plans to force a vote on an amendment to immediately repeal the Volumetric Ethanol Excise Tax Credit after agreeing to withdraw it from the Small Business Bill.
Project development is moving forward on two ethanol plants in China--a demonstration plant using LanzaTech technology converting carbon dioxide to ethanol, the other an MSW-to-ethanol plant.
Small shipments of U.S. ethanol have been received by ports in northeast Brazil over the past few months, but activity is expected to ramp up in the coming weeks as demand increases in the industrial regions near Sao Paulo and Rio de Janiero.
US Grains Council views China as critical long-term trade partner
By U.S. Grains Council
April 06, 2011
During his visit to China last week, U.S. Grains Council President and CEO Thomas Dorr heard from Chinese sources that state corn reserves are lower than previously thought. He urged greater cooperation between the trading partners.
An ethanol plant in Sarnia, Ontario, recently completed an expansion project—making it the largest ethanol plant in Canada. Suncor Energy St. Clair Ethanol Plant went from 200 MMly (52.8 MMgy) to 400 MMly.
North Dakota will become one of the first homes in the U.S. to Inbicon's cellulosic ethanol technology.
Various ethanol-related programs are on the chopping block as Congress struggles with budget cuts. Recently, the head of the U.S. DOE's loan programs made the case to continue support for renewable energy projects.
Construction may begin this fall to expand Marquis Energy LLC at Hennepin, Ill. “We're basically planning to double the size of the plant, for the most part a mirror image of the existing facility,� said Mark Marquis.
The much-anticipated spring report indicates corn growers intend to plant 92.2 million acres of corn for all purposes in 2011, up 5 percent from last year and 7 percent higher than in 2009 and just behind the 93.5 million acres planted in 2007.
Plans for a proposed cellulosic ethanol plant at Spiritwood, N.D., located near Jamestown in south-central portion of the state, have been revamped following the completion of a comprehensive feedstock supply and marketing study.
Cargill buys Fort Dodge wet mill ethanol plant from Tate & Lyle
By Cargill
March 31, 2011
Cargill announced it has purchased Tate & Lyle's corn wet mill ethanol plant in Fort Dodge, Iowa.
REX American Resources Corp., an investor in seven ethanol plants, recently released financial results for its fourth quarter of 2010 and the 2010 fiscal year.
Ethanol is the superior molecule for renewable fuels, argues Coskata's Rathin Datta, in a study done in collaboration with GM, and the biomass-to-ethanol conversion enjoys natural efficiencies.
Sen. Tom Coburn, R.-Okla, lashed out against holds placed on his amendment to eliminate the ethanol blenders credit and said he plans to force a vote on the amendment as soon as possible.
A U.S. Senate ag committee hearing March 30 heard testimony evaluating “high gas prices and how new rules and innovative farming can help.� Poet CEO Jeff Broin and University of Michigan's Bruce Dale testified.
Ethanol lowers prices, Broin tells Senate committee
By Poet LLC
March 30, 2011
Poet LLC wants to help alleviate high gas prices by drastically increasing ethanol supplies in large part through expansion in cellulosic ethanol, but the industry needs market access to make that happen, Poet CEO Jeff Broin testified on March 30.
EPA streamlines regulations for car, truck fuel conversion units
By U.S. EPA
March 30, 2011
The U.S. EPA has updated rules making it easier for manufacturers to sell systems converting vehicles to run on alternative fuels. The rules will vary based on vehicle age or the engine being converted.
BioProcess Algae, a joint venture including ethanol producer GPRE, will soon begin verifying a California-based biotech company's lipid production process for algae in addition to its own algae production project.
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