by Katy Siddall (River Cities Reader) ... Beto O’Rourke, former Texas Congressman and newly-announced presidential candidate, made a visit to an ethanol plant in rural Iowa on one of his first stops as he courts caucus-goers. O’Rourke toured Big River Renewables LLC, an ethanol
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Back TO HOMEU.S. Ethanol Market Sees First Sales Decline in Decades: Lower U.S. Demand, Plunge in Exports Made for Rough 2018.
by Jim Spencer and Mike Hughlett (Star Tribune) ... As production increased and sales to foreign countries rose to record levels, profits went down roughly 20 cents per gallon. ... The domestic market for ethanol had stopped growing at the same
March 18, 2019 Read Full Article
Rural America Is Ready for Some Sort of a New Deal, Preferably Green
by Art Cullen (The Guardian) Here in farming country we have the opportunity to rethink our approach to renewable energy and food production -- ... Meanwhile, we’re losing our precious topsoil and polluting our rivers – killing the Gulf of Mexico in
March 15, 2019 Read Full Article
U.S. Ethanol Exporters to Face More Competition in North Brazil
by Marcelo Teixeira (Reuters) United States ethanol exporters are likely to face increased competition in one of the few foreign markets where they have been able to deliver large volumes in recent years, the North and Northeast regions of Brazil, an industry
March 15, 2019 Read Full Article
OMCs Float Fresh Tender for Procuring 910 Million Litres of Ethanol
by Virendra Singh Rawat (Business Standard) Domestic sugarcane value chain getting lucrative with ethanol 'topping' -- In the backdrop of the Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) approving Rs 2,790-crore interest subvention for bank loans worth Rs 12,900 crore to sugar mills aimed
March 15, 2019 Read Full Article
Farmer and Ethanol Advocate Provides Perspective
by Cindy Zimmerman (Energy.AgWired.com) Farmer and Nebraska Ethanol Board member Scott McPheeters joined a diverse panel of agricultural producers at the recent Bayer AgVocacy Forum in Orlando, prior to Commodity Classic. ... During the panel McPheeters was able to share his perspective with
March 14, 2019 Read Full Article
Novel Potent Antimicrobial from Thermophilic Bacterium
(University of Groningen/EurekAlert!) University of Groningen microbiologists and their colleagues from Lithuania have discovered a new glycocin, a small antimicrobial peptide with a sugar group attached, which is produced by a thermophilic bacterium and is stable at relatively high temperatures. They
March 14, 2019 Read Full Article
KOKO’S Technology Production Facility Inaugurated in Nairobi
(KOKO Networks) Ahead of the Go-Live of KOKO’s Greater Nairobi Network, the company officially inaugurates 17,500 sq.ft facility that is the beating heart of its Nairobi operations -- KOKO Networks (“KOKO”) today cut the ribbon on its state-of-the-art technology production facility in
March 14, 2019 Read Full Article
UPDATE 1-Brazil, U.S. to Discuss Meat, Sugar, Ethanol Trade -Farm Minister
by Jose Romero Gomes (Reuters) Brazilian Agriculture Minister Tereza Cristina Dias said on Tuesday that she will discuss U.S.-Brazil trade in meat, sugar and ethanol in talks next week between officials of the two countries. ... Aside from talks on fresh beef, the
March 14, 2019 Read Full Article
Is This the Right Time to Push for Higher Ethanol Production as India Gears up for Electric Mobility?
by Manisha Gupta (CNBC) India is working its way to a record 7.5 percent ethanol blending this year, up from last year's high of 4.22 percent. ... Under the ethanol blending programme, the centre has asked the oil marketing companies to target 10
March 13, 2019 Read Full Article
U.S. Renewable Fuel Standard Is Not Working: Marathon CEO
by David Gaffen and Erwin Seba (Reuters) The U.S. Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) laws are not working and there is an “opportunity for a reset” of the standard in Washington, Marathon Petroleum Corp Chief Executive Gary Heminger said on Tuesday. ... Heminger said
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Sugar Set for 'Energycane' Reinvention
(University of Queensland/Phys.Org) Gene-editing sugarcane for use in renewable energy and bio-plastics could help secure the industry's future. The University of Queensland's Professor Robert Henry said sugarcane's reinvention as an "energycane" crop could sustain the industry in the face of falling global
March 13, 2019 Read Full Article
This Beetle’s Gut May Hide Clues to Making Better Biofuels
(Berkeley News) The passalid beetle’s unique gut architecture helps it transform decaying wood into energy-rich materials. -- Decaying wood doesn’t make the most nutritious food, but the long-horned passalid beetle has evolved to make the best of it. The guts of
March 13, 2019 Read Full Article
Leading Off: "Your Prices Are in the Wrong Order."
(Urban Air Initiative) "Your prices are in the wrong order." "Only flex fuel vehicles can use E15." "What is E30?" Each of these quotes came from an auto mechanic at a recent training event attended by the Urban Air Initiative. The VISION Hi
March 12, 2019 Read Full Article
ReactWell Licenses ORNL Catalyst for Energy Conversion Applications
(Oak Ridge National Laboratory) ReactWell, LLC, has licensed a novel waste-to-fuel technology from the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory to improve energy conversion methods for cleaner, more efficient oil and gas, chemical and bioenergy production. ReactWell will bring ORNL’s electrochemical
March 12, 2019 Read Full Article
Throw Deep: Heard on the Floor at the Washington Sustainable Aviation Fuels Summit
by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) ... Port of Seattle Commissioner Fred Felleman noted: “Secretary Mabus advised us to set a goal. If it’s good enough for the Navy, it’s good enough for SeaTac airport, and we’ve established a partnership with 13
March 12, 2019 Read Full Article
Ethanol Blending Saves Zim Millions: Mangudya
by Veneranda Langa (The Zimbabwe Daily) Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe governor John Mangudya on Thursday told Parliament that blending of ethanol with fuel has been saving the country millions of dollars. Mangudya had appeared before the Joel Gabbuza-led Parliamentary Portfolio Committee on
March 11, 2019 Read Full Article
NOMINATIONS OPEN: 2019 Ethanol Producer Awards DEADLINE: March 29, 2019
(Ethanol Producer Magazine) Ethanol Producer Magazine, in conjunction with the International Fuel Ethanol Workshop & Expo, proudly invites nominations for the 2019 Ethanol Producer Awards. In addition to the FEW’s longstanding industry accolades — The Award of Excellence and The High-Octane
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New RFA Report Summarizes 2018 Ethanol Export Statistics
by Cindy Zimmerman (Energy.AgWired.com) On the heels of new government data this week confirming record U.S. ethanol exports in 2018, the Renewable Fuels Association (RFA) has released a 10-page report summarizing 2018 ethanol export and import data and highlighting key facts and trends related to global ethanol
March 09, 2019 Read Full Article
Ethanol - A Conversation That Matters +Video
by Marc J. Rauch (Auto Channel) The Auto Channel's co-founder and co-publisher recently had the opportunity to travel up to Vancouver, British Columbia to appear on a television talk show called "Conversations That Matter." The show is hosted by award-winning veteran
March 09, 2019 Read Full Article
Washington State Tackles Transportation Emissions
by Jeremy Martin (Union of Concerned Scientists) ... The largest source of pollution in Washington state is transportation, which is another way to say burning petroleum-based fuels like gasoline and diesel. Tackling emissions from transportation requires policies that focus on vehicles
March 09, 2019 Read Full Article
UK: New Labels to Identify Ethanol, Biodiesel Content of Fuel
by Erin Voegele (Ethanol Producer Magazine) The U.K. Department for Transport recently announced new labeling requirements that aim to help motorists identify the correct fuel for their needs while informing them of the biofuel content of both gasoline and diesel. The new
March 09, 2019 Read Full Article
Delegation of "Emerging Leaders" from Ukraine Discusses Renewable Fuels with Advanced Biofuels USA
by Joanne Ivancic (Advanced Biofuels USA) Invited by the U.S. Ukraine Foundation as part of its Open World Leadership program, Advanced Biofuels USA’s executive director, Joanne Ivancic, met with a delegation of “emerging leaders” from Ukraine to discuss biofuels, feedstock,
March 08, 2019 Read Full Article
Greenbelt Resources Successfully Produces Ethanol From Duckweed
(Greenbelt Resources/Globe Newswire) Duckweed represents the third non-traditional crop feedstock tested with success -- For the past several years, Greenbelt Resources Corporation (OTC: GRCO) (Greenbelt), the developer and producer of a sustainable ECOsystem model that transforms food, beverage and ag industry waste into revenue
March 08, 2019 Read Full Article
Russian Rocket for Suborbital Space Tourism to Use Ethanol as Fuel — Designer
(Tass) CosmoCourse plans to engage in space tourism starting from 2025 -- A projected rocket for commercial suborbital spaceflights, to be launched from a private space center to be built in Central Russia, will use ethyl alcohol as a fuel, the project’s
March 08, 2019 Read Full Article
It’s a (Trade) War: The Digest’s 2019 Multi-Slide Guide to U.S.-China Trade War Impacts
by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) Mark Pomykacz, from Federal Appraisal LLC and a member of Lee Enterprises Consulting offers this illuminating overview of the U.S.-China trade war impacts, cash flows, and values in the biofuels industry, and more. READ MORE U.S./China Trade
March 07, 2019 Read Full Article
3-D-Printed Live Cells Convert Glucose to Ethanol, Carbon Dioxide to Enhance Catalytic Efficiency
by Anne M Stark (Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory/Phys.Org) Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) researchers have 3-D printed live cells that convert glucose to ethanol and carbon dioxide gas (CO2), a substance that resembles beer, demonstrating a technology that can lead
March 07, 2019 Read Full Article
Attis Industries Looks to Expand Production and Add Approximately $160M in Revenues with Recent Acquisition: Management Aims to Setup a World-Class Green Tech Campus in New York
(Attis Industries/Globe Newswire) The Company aims to harness their proprietary technology through multiple biomass processing facilities to cater to the rising demand of ethanol, carbon fibre, and other products. Attis Industries (ATIS) took its first big step in the field of renewable
March 05, 2019 Read Full Article
Stabilizing Income: The Digest’s 2019 Multi-Slide Guide to Hedging Ethanol Production
by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) Robert Boslego, an expert in energy price risk management and a member of Lee Enterprises Consulting, shares a six-step process to create risk management (hedging) strategies that can reduce risk and increase income, and more. READ
March 05, 2019 Read Full Article
China's Coal Province to Promote Ethanol Fuel
(Xinhua) North China's coal-rich Shanxi Province will promote ethanol gasoline for its road vehicles to cut emissions and fossil fuel consumption. This year, ethanol fuel will be provided in pilot zones such as Taiyuan, Yangquan, Changzhi and Jincheng cities, and will
March 04, 2019 Read Full Article
EU Court Decision to Uphold ADDs for US Fuel Ethanol an ‘Important Milestone’ - Trade Group
by Clare Pennington (ISIS News) The decision by the European Court of Justice (ECJ) to uphold US fuel ethanol anti-dumping duties (ADDs) in the EU is an “important milestone” for the EU ethanol industry, the European renewable ethanol association ePure said on
March 01, 2019 Read Full Article
Omni3D and the Cyprus University of Technology Are Working on Reducing CO2
(Omni3D) Omni3D Ltd, which is specialized in the production of industrial 3D printing, is conducting an innovative project in collaboration with the Cyprus University of Technology within the European M-Era net. -- The participants of the project “The production of biofuel
February 28, 2019 Read Full Article
Albioma Commissions First Sugarcane-Based Bioethanol Combustion Turbine
(Biofuels International) Albioma has announced the industrial commissioning of the first peak-load combustion turbine (CT) operating mostly on bioethanol in Saint-Pierre, Réunion Island. The commissioning will begin on the 25 February 2019 and the total cost of the investment is around €60
February 28, 2019 Read Full Article
Research Uncovers Potential Sustainable Refining Method for Lignin
(Phys.Org/Texas A&M University) Lignin, used as a renewable resource to produce high-value products, has presented both production and economical challenges for biorefinery operations. However, a Texas A&M AgriLife Research scientist suggests the use of an extraction method, plus other refining processes
February 27, 2019 Read Full Article
NOIC Seeks US$1,5m for Ethanol Project
by Almot Maqolo (MSN News) National Oil Infrastructure Company of Zimbabwe (Noic) says it requires about US$1,5 million to complete the construction of its two ethanol storage tanks at its Mabvuku depot in Harare. The firm began operations as NOIC in March
February 27, 2019 Read Full Article
Delay in SAFE Rule Disappointing, But Still an Opportunity
(Urban Air Initiative) EPA’s decision to delay fuel economy rules until “later in the year” provides the Urban Air Initiative an opportunity to continue educating the agency on the benefits of clean octane from higher ethanol blends. Originally the Safer Affordable Fuel-Efficient
February 27, 2019 Read Full Article
10-Slide Guide to the US Ethanol Industry
by Douglas B. Rivers (Biofuels Digest/Lee Enterprises, Inc.) Past, Present and Future Douglas B. Rivers, PhD, from Sunflwr Consulting and a member of Lee Enterprises Consulting, offers this illuminating overview of the U.S. ethanol industry’s history, current technologies, new developments
February 26, 2019 Read Full Article
Campaigning on Climate
by Andrea Kent (Greenfield Global/Renewable Industries Canada/Ethanol Producer Magazine) 2019 is an election year in Canada and campaigning is already underway. Taking early center stage is climate change. Whether it’s a policy to eliminate it, reduce it or price it, carbon is
February 26, 2019 Read Full Article
Planting The Seeds: Agricultural Organizations in Kansas and Ohio Have Programs Aimed at Ethanol Education, Training Teachers and Even Providing Funding to Ensure the Knowledge Is Passed on to Students.
by Matt Thompson (Ethanol Producer Magazine) For at least one student in James Burk’s engineering class at Trego County Community High School in WaKeeney, Kansas, ethanol is a passion. “I have them test different factors and kind of design their own
February 26, 2019 Read Full Article
‘The Right Effect’: Yeast Can Be Genetically Modified through Multiple Techniques
by Susanne Retka Schill (Ethanol Producer Magazine) Yeast can be genetically modified through multiple techniques, all offering advancements for the ethanol industry. -- Genetically modified (GM) yeasts have found their place in the ethanol industry with more than half of producers routinely using
February 26, 2019 Read Full Article
Evolution of Ethanol
by Kristin Danley-Greiner (The Messenger) ... Monte Shaw, director of the Iowa Renewable Fuels Association, said that an estimated 10,000 families are directly invested in locally owned ethanol plants. There are hundreds of thousands of producers who are directly linked,
February 26, 2019 Read Full Article
Retailers Discuss Experiences with Ethanol at NEC
by Matt Thompson (Ethanol Producer Magazine) Retailers at the Renewable Fuels Association’s National Ethanol Conference told attendees that growing the market for ethanol comes down to education. Bryan Goforth, executive vice president of Home Service Oil Company, a fuel distributer and retail
February 23, 2019 Read Full Article
S&P Global Platts Seeks Revised U.S. Ethanol Pricing Method Amid Trader Concerns
by Jarrett Renshaw (Reuters) S&P Global Platts said on Thursday it was proposing changes to the assessment methodology behind its Chicago ethanol price, which is used broadly as a benchmark for supply deals around the country, after receiving feedback from traders. The
February 23, 2019 Read Full Article
EPA Will Study Ethanol's Impact on Air Quality after Long Delay
by Jarrett Renshaw (Reuters) The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency said on Friday it has agreed to conduct a long-delayed study to assess the impact that burning ethanol as a motor vehicle fuel has on air quality. The Sierra Club had filed a
February 23, 2019 Read Full Article
RFA Presents Industry Award to East Kansas Agri-Energy
(Renewable Fuels Association) The Renewable Fuels Association (RFA) is pleased to announce its 2019 Industry Award is being awarded to East Kansas Agri-Energy (EKAE), an ethanol and renewable diesel biorefinery in Garnett, Kan. RFA presented the award to the board and
February 22, 2019 Read Full Article
Gadkari Suggests UP Farmers to Change Cropping Pattern; Pitches for Biodiesel from Sugarcane
(Times of India) Union minister Nitin Gadkari on Thursday suggested that farmers in Uttar Pradesh should change cropping pattern to get more benefit and also pitched for producing biodiesel and ethanol from sugar cane. READ MORE
February 21, 2019 Read Full Article
Despite Challenges, Ethanol Supporters Say Industry Is Vital
by Steve White (NTV-ABC) Nebraska's a world leader in ethanol, but global politics have the industry treading on thin ice. “Tougher together” is Chris Vincent's motto these days. The CEO of Aurora Cooperative stands behind ethanol, even as the profitability has disappeared. ... The
February 20, 2019 Read Full Article
Ethanol Facts: Why The Volume Of Misinformation?
(Outdoors First) Despite well documented scientific proof (and plain common sense) ethanol blended fuels sold in gasoline stations for small engine, marine, and automotive use are approved by the manufacturer and offer no evidence what so ever of harming outboards, small
February 20, 2019 Read Full Article
Ultraviolet Light Could Provide a Powerful New Source of Green Fuel
by Robert F. Service (Science Magazine) Methanol—a colorless liquid that can be made from agricultural waste—has long been touted as a green alternative to fossil fuels. But it’s toxic and only has half the energy as the same volume of gasoline.
February 20, 2019 Read Full Article
Low Hanging Fruit on the Climate Change Tree: Renewable Fuels in Gas and Diesel Engines
(Diesel Technology Forum) As more governors look to California for leadership on climate change, they should look to what’s working in California…and it doesn’t have to do with electric cars, but with use of low-carbon renewable biofuels in internal combustion engines.
February 19, 2019 Read Full Article
Maha Sugar Mill Takes Lead in Making Ethanol from Cane Juice
(India Post News Weekly) A cooperative sugar mill in Kolhapur district of Maharashtra has taken the lead in producing fuel grade ethanol directly from sugarcane juice in the state, a senior official said on Thursday. The Centre had in July last year
February 19, 2019 Read Full Article
What Do China's Plans Mean For Ethanol, Corn, And Sugar?
by Andrew Hecht (Seeking Alpha) Fighting pollution in the world’s most populous nation. -Ethanol prices fall to contract lows in 2018. -Corn is the primary ingredient in the biofuel in the US. -Brazilian sugar makes the nation the world’s leading ethanol
February 19, 2019 Read Full Article
AB InBev Is Converting Wasted Alcohol from Its Low and No-ABV Beers into Biofuel
by Edith Hancock (The Drinks Business) As demand for low alcohol drinks, beer in particular, has risen over the past 12 months, AB InBev’s European headquarters has struck a deal with a biofuel plant in Belgium in order to convert leftover
February 19, 2019 Read Full Article
Analyst Considers Electric Vehicles Very Over-Hyped
by Mark Dorenkamp (Brownfield Ag News) Pavel Molchanov with Raymond James and Associates spoke during the National Ethanol Conference in Orlando Tuesday. “Having covered all kinds of sustainable, green technologies for over a decade, electric vehicles are probably the most over-hyped of
February 18, 2019 Read Full Article
Bustos Helps Introduce Bipartisan Legislation to Boost Ethanol Production and Combat Climate Change
(Office of Congresswoman Cheri Bustos) Today (February 14, 2019), Congresswoman Cheri Bustos (IL-17) helped introduce the Utilizing Significant Emissions with Innovative Technologies (USE IT) Act. This bipartisan legislation would implement strategies that help ethanol producers develop carbon capture and storage (CCS) technologies.
February 18, 2019 Read Full Article
Ethanol Industry Boosted Minnesota's Economy By $2.3 Billion in 2018
(Minnesota Bio-Fuels Association) Minnesota’s ethanol industry contributed $2.31 billion to the state’s gross domestic product (GDP) in 2018, according to a new study by ABF Economics. In 2018, the study said, Minnesota’s ethanol producers produced 1.27 billion gallons of ethanol, 3.8 million
February 18, 2019 Read Full Article
Listen to 3 Renewable Fuels CEOs Talk about the Future of Biodiesel and Ethanol
(National Biodiesel Board/FuelsFix) This year’s National Biodiesel Conference at the Marriott Marquis in San Diego, CA was a resounding success, with biodiesel advocates, enthusiasts, and industry experts from around the country coming together to discuss the future and potential of this versatile biofuel. One of
February 18, 2019 Read Full Article
Iowa Operatives Say Ethanol Worship Is Now as Corny as The West Wing
by Ben Jacobs (The Guardian) ... Tim Gannon, the Democratic nominee for Iowa secretary of agriculture in 2018, told the Guardian the idea of ethanol as a dealbreaker in the state was “very much a stereotypical thing because of The West
February 18, 2019 Read Full Article
Governor Tim Walz to Chair Governors’ Biofuels Coalition
(MyAlbertLea) The Governors’ Biofuels Coalition will name Minnesota Governor Tim Walz to serve as the 2019 chair of the coalition, a move that has the support of Minnesota Agriculture Commissioner Thom Petersen along with thousands of corn and soybean farmers throughout
February 18, 2019 Read Full Article
Used Cooking Oil May Be Made Mandatory Feedstock for Biofuel
(News 18) The government has set a target of 20 percent blending of ethanol with gasoline and 5 percent blending of biodiesel with diesel by 2030 under the biofuel policy. -- Petroleum minister Dharmendra Pradhan on Wednesday said the government is
February 18, 2019 Read Full Article
New Study Reveals Positive Economic Impacts of Nebraska's Ethanol Industry
(KRVN) A recent impact study by University of Nebraska-Lincoln (UNL) economists reveals Nebraska’s ethanol production capacity increased by 23 percent since 2014, and continues to be a significant driver of economic impact for the state. “The state sees what economists describe as
February 14, 2019 Read Full Article
Aemetis Begins Permitting, Construction of RNG Project
(Aemetis) Aemetis Inc. announced today that it has initiated the permitting and construction phase of its multi-dairy renewable biomethane digester cluster. In July 2018, the California Department of Food & Agriculture awarded two matching grants for a total of $3 million
February 14, 2019 Read Full Article
Analysis: India's Renewables Push Unlikely to Choke Downstream Expansion Strategy
by Sambit Mohanty and Ratnajyoti Dutta (S&P Global Platts) India sees energy demand doubling by 2040; Still room for oil demand growth in Indi; Biofuels, solar strong focus areas for growth -- India is pushing ahead with its renewable energy ambitions, but that is
February 12, 2019 Read Full Article
RFA’s Cooper: Ethanol Industry ‘Delivering Huge Wins’ Despite ‘Tough Year’ in 2018
(Renewable Fuels Association) Renewable Fuels Association (RFA) President and CEO Geoff Cooper told nearly 1,000 National Ethanol Conference attendees today that while the U.S. ethanol industry had a “tough year” in 2018, it “continued to deliver huge wins for consumers,” including
February 12, 2019 Read Full Article
Dreyfus Expects Faster Switching between Sugar, Ethanol in Brazil
Maha El Dahan and Dahlia Nehme (Reuters) Commodities trading firm Louis Dreyfus expects faster switching between sugar and ethanol production in Brazil, with more flexible mills leading to “dramatic” price-driven shifts.“Usually you have to see sugar playing a premium over
February 11, 2019 Read Full Article
RFA Releases 2019 Ethanol Industry Outlook, Pocket Guide
(Renewable Fuels Association) Today at the 24th annual National Ethanol Conference, the Renewable Fuels Association (RFA) released its 2019 Ethanol Industry Outlook and Pocket Guide, known around the world as the go-to sources for reliable information and data on America’s ethanol industry. The annual Outlook publication
February 11, 2019 Read Full Article
Audio: Grain, Ethanol Market Development Work To Surge With USDA ATP Funds
(U.S. Grains Council) New funding to the U.S. Grains Council (USGC) from the Agricultural Trade Promotion (ATP) Program – part of a larger “trade aid” package offered by the U.S. Department of Agriculture in the wake of new tariffs and global
February 11, 2019 Read Full Article
Agricultural Biomass: The Digest’s 2019 Multi-Slide Guide to Ag Waste and Purpose Grown Crops
by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) Glenn Farris, of Farris Advisory Services and a member of Lee Enterprises Consulting offers this illuminating prediction of the future of ag waste and purpose grown crops, challenges to growing and using these feedstocks, and more. Lee
February 11, 2019 Read Full Article
Flax Fiber Skis, Biobased Turf for 2020 Olympics, Gevo’s Isoprene, Veja Vegan Leather, Castor Oil Jacket Membrane and More: The Digest’s Top 10 Innovations for the Week of February 8th
by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) The pace of bioeconomy invention and change continues at a frenetic pace. Here are the top innovations for the week of February 8th. In today’s Digest, flax fiber skis, biobased turf for 2020 Olympics, Gevo’s isoprene, Veja
February 08, 2019 Read Full Article
Long, Strange Trip: How U.S. Ethanol Reaches China Tariff-Free
by Chris Prentice and A. Ananthalakshmi (Reuters) In June, the High Seas tanker ship loaded up on ethanol in Texas and set off for Asia. Two months later - after a circuitous journey that included a ship-to-ship transfer and a stop in Malaysia
February 07, 2019 Read Full Article
UPDATE 1-U.S. Asks Brazil to Consider Lifting Tariffs on Ethanol Exports
by Humeyra Pamuk (Reuters) The United States has asked Brazil to consider lifting tariffs imposed on its ethanol exports and is hopeful of a positive outcome, a senior official at the U.S. Department of Agriculture said on Wednesday. Brazil currently charges a
February 07, 2019 Read Full Article
Rs 8,500 Crore Investment Lined up for Ethanol; Two-Thirds by Sugar Mills
by Virendra Singh Rawat (Business Standard) Sugar mills in the top sugar producing states viz. Maharashtra and Uttar Pradesh are projected to account for 40% and 30% of the fresh ethanol capacity addition -- Amid the growing clamour to insulate the Rs
February 07, 2019 Read Full Article
QUOTE OF THE WEEK
"The GHG emissions of petroleum are higher than the baseline estimates originally projected by EPA" That's one finding in a new study by Life Cycle Associates. It's also one reason biofuels entering the marketplace thanks to the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) exceed
February 06, 2019 Read Full Article
New Study: RFS2 Has Reduced GHG Emissions by 600 Million Metric Tons, Beating EPA Expectations
(Renewable Fuels Association) A new study released today finds that the expanded Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS2) has been a tremendous success in reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, with nearly 600 million metric tons of GHG reduction since 2007. Actual GHG reductions under the
February 06, 2019 Read Full Article
Want a Bipartisan Push on Climate Change? Start With Unleashing American Biofuels
by Jeff Cosman (Morning Consult/Attis Industries Inc.) ... And in November, a letter from the Department of Energy, the EPA and the United States Department of Agriculture to Congress laid out a plan to encourage the use of efficient and carbon-neutral
February 06, 2019 Read Full Article
Brazilian Ethanol Looks for Balance between Oil, Sugar Markets
by Nicolle Monteiro and Castro Beatriz Pupo (S&P Global) Brazilian ethanol prices, production and consumption patterns are more than ever driven by oil and gasoline prices. -- Ethanol's share of the 2018-19 sugar cane crop is expected by analysts to near 65%,its
February 06, 2019 Read Full Article
No Carbon Left Behind: The Digest’s 2019 Multi-Slide Guide to LanzaTech
by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) LanzaTechhas over 20 years experience sourcing and supplying over 5 million tons of wood fiber and organic feedstock in markets across North America. They offer biomass feedstock supply and analytics to understand and minimize supply chain
February 05, 2019 Read Full Article
CEC Grants Wishes to Some for Biofuels Projects
by Helena Taveras-Kennedy (Biofuels Digest) Wishes are coming true for some California bioenergy projects. Aemetis, Oberon Fuels and others will receive millions from the California Energy Commission for their bioenergy projects, from DME to advanced ethanol. ... Back in August 2018, the California
February 05, 2019 Read Full Article
BiochemUSA Signs MOU to Develop $422.9 Million Biorefinery in India
by Meghan Sapp (Biofuels Digest) In India, local press reports that Petron Scientech Inc’s BiochemUSA has signed a memorandum of understanding with the government of Gujarat to develop a $422.9 million biorefinery that will produce ethanol, biodiesel, corn oil and animal feed using
February 03, 2019 Read Full Article
French Fuel Price Revolt Boosted Ethanol Use - Industry Officials
by Gus Trompiz (Reuters) Public anger in France over increasing fuel prices, which gave rise to the anti-government “yellow vest” movement, has further boosted demand for crop-based ethanol fuel from motorists seeking cheaper deals, industry representatives said on Tuesday. Ethanol, which is
January 31, 2019 Read Full Article
Empirical Evidence Suggests Negligible Indirect Land Use Effect of Corn Ethanol in the U.S.
(Agriculture & Applied Ecoomics Association/CISION/PR Web) AAEA Members release research that finds corn ethanol production and crop price changes had negligible impact on cropland -- Since 2007 corn ethanol production has doubled and there was also a sharp upturn in corn prices
January 29, 2019 Read Full Article
Gevo Announces Breakthrough Development of Renewable Isoprene, a Key Chemical Building Block for Producing Rubber and Rubber Products
(GEVO/Globe Newswire) Potentially price competitive with petroleum-based isoprene, made with 100% renewable carbon -- Gevo, Inc. (NASDAQ: GEVO), a leading renewable fuels and chemicals manufacturer, announced today that it has developed a proprietary, breakthrough catalytic process that transforms low-cost commercially available, or
January 29, 2019 Read Full Article
Promoting Citizen-Orientated Climate Protection in Transport
(Union for the Promotion of Oil and Protein Plants (UFOP)) On the occasion of the new edition of the brochure "Good Reasons for Biofuels", the Union for the Promotion of Oil and Protein Plants (UFOP) determines that the importance of
January 29, 2019 Read Full Article
Burgeoning Biomethane: RNG Is a Partner, Not Competitor, to Ethanol
by Matt Thompson (Ethanol Producer Magazine) Verbio has plans to further strengthen the already-expanding renewable natural gas market in the U.S., having purchased DuPont’s cellulosic ethanol plant. A transformation is underway in Iowa. Last year, Verbio North America Corp., the U.S. subsidiary
January 28, 2019 Read Full Article
Selling Ethanol to China Just Got More Complicated
by Clinton Griffiths (AgDay TV) As some ethanol operations throttle production or shutter plants, Peter Meyer with S&P Global Platts isn't sold on Chinese demand rescuing the biofuel and corn industries. ... "At the Detroit Auto Show it was announced that the major car
January 25, 2019 Read Full Article
Rounds: Corn Ethanol Production Plays Important Role in South Dakota’s Economy
by Senator Mike Rounds (R-SD) (Brookings Register) Corn and corn ethanol production are vital components of South Dakota’s economy. The corn ethanol industry supports thousands of jobs in our state and contributes a significant amount of revenue to our local
January 25, 2019 Read Full Article
USask Research Turning Ethanol Waste into Alzheimer’s Meds, Industrial Products
(University of Saskatchewan) A University of Saskatchewan (USask) research team’s quest to extract protein from more than a billion litres of annually produced wastewater (called thin stillage) at Saskatchewan’s ethanol plants has yielded something far more valuable—a compound used in many
January 25, 2019 Read Full Article
Lack of Incentives, Uncertain Supply Hamper Progress on Biofuels
by Stefanno Reinard Sulaiman (The Jakarta Post) The production of biofuel from sources such as palm oil and sugarcane is prone to delays and vulnerable to fluctuating supplies and prices, the government has acknowledged. The Energy and Mineral Resources Ministry’s director general for
January 25, 2019 Read Full Article
Industrial Sugars: The Digest’s 2019 Multi-Slide Guide to FQPT
by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) Fluid Quip Process Technologies provides fully integrated custom technologies and services to dry-grind ethanol and biochemical industries which include full plant design, process optimization studies, yield improvement technologies, new co-product technologies, and turnkey capital projects. Jeff Robert
January 25, 2019 Read Full Article
California Carbon Check
by Susanne Retka Schill (Ethanol Producer Magazine) With values better than 1.6 cents per gallon per point, driving down carbon intensity brings a nice payback in the Golden State. -- From solar power to dairy biogas to membrane dehydration, not to mention
January 25, 2019 Read Full Article
Casey's and Quick Oil Company Win Biofuel Marketing Awards Secretary Naig Recognizes Efforts to Promote Ethanol and Biodiesel
(FUELIowa) Iowa Secretary of Agriculture Mike Naig awarded biofuel marketing awards to two central Iowa-based companies. Quick Oil Company in Perry was winner of the 2019 Biodiesel Marketing Award, and Casey's General Stores headquartered in Ankeny received this year's Ethanol Marketing
January 24, 2019 Read Full Article
Sugar Has Potential to Be Energy Future of SA
by Francois Baird (FairPlay/Saturday Star/IOL) ... There is so much more to sugar cane than sugar, and its potential to create a healthier energy future is but one of many good reasons the embattled South African sugar industry is worth saving. Sugar
January 23, 2019 Read Full Article
Nitin Gadkari Unveils M15 Blending Program at SIAT 2019
by Amit Panday (AutoCar Professional) Nitin Gadkari: “We are commissioning a Center of Excellence on methanol for ARAI. My ministry will give the required financial assistance to ARAI for this.” SIAT 2019 today saw the presence of Nitin Gadkari, Union Minister
January 22, 2019 Read Full Article
World Energy and Valero Lead Rebound in Biofuels M&A: 2018 Review
by Bruce Comer (Ocean Park/Biofuels Digest) Convergence reigns as the North American biofuels industry witnesses a resurgence in mergers and acquisitions, including exceptionally large deals -- Merger and acquisition (M&A) activity in biofuels picked up considerably in 2018 after a slowdown in
January 22, 2019 Read Full Article
India Needs to Focus on Alternative Fuels Like Ethanol and Electric, Says Nitin Gadkari
(PTI/Financial Express) Gadkari was speaking at a symposium on 'empowering mobility - the safe and intelligence way', organised by Automotive Research Association of India (ARAI). -- Union minister for transport Nitin Gadkari Thursday stressed the importance of moving towards alternative fuels
January 18, 2019 Read Full Article
USGC Expands Its Ethanol Offerings At Grains.org
(U.S. Grains Council) New information about global market development efforts for U.S. ethanol and the benefits of the biofuel to global customers is now available online at www.grains.org. The United States is the world’s low-cost ethanol producer and captured more than
January 18, 2019 Read Full Article
Iowa Ethanol and Biodiesel Marketing Awards
by Cindy Zimmerman (Energy.AgWired.com) Iowa Secretary of Agriculture Mike Naig presented Casey’s General Stores and Quick Oil Company with the 2019 Ethanol and Biodiesel Marketing Awards at the FUEL-Iowa annual meeting Tuesday in Des Moines. The awards were created by the Iowa Department of Agriculture
January 16, 2019 Read Full Article
Pushing Microbes to Deliver Preferred Products
by Tom Ziemer (University of Wisconsin-Madison/Phys.Org) If environmental engineer Daniel Noguera had his way, he would orchestrate a microbiome to pump out higher-value chemical products. In that vein, Noguera, the Wisconsin Distinguished Professor of civil and environmental engineering at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, along
January 16, 2019 Read Full Article
Greenbelt Resources Receives PURNOL Funding and Commences Enhancements to Production Facility and Supply Chain Logistics
(MarketWatch/Greenbelt Resources Corporation ) PURNOL to market premium brand bioethanol for extraction solvent -- Greenbelt Resources Corporation GRCO, (Greenbelt), the developer of a sustainable ECOsystem model that transforms waste into revenue generating bioproducts including bioethanol, today announced initial funding for a licensing and exclusive
January 16, 2019 Read Full Article
Ghana's and Nigeria's Green Energy Biofuels Scaling Renewable Ethanol for Clean Cooking Fuels
(Green Energy Biofuels) The KIKE Green Cook stove has been successfully used in households of all income levels in Kumasi and Accra's capital city, Ghana and widely used in Nigeria. It has been introduced by the Nigerian Alliance for Clean
January 15, 2019 Read Full Article
BTA International Completes Organic Waste to Biogas Plant in Quebec
by Ben Messenger (Waste Management World) BTA International GmbH, a specialist for the wet-mechanical pre-treatment and subsequent digestion of organic waste containing impurities, have completed a major waste to gas facility in Varennes, Quebec. ... The biogas is used to fuel the boilers
January 15, 2019 Read Full Article
We’ll Begin Production of Ethanol, Glucose Syrup from Sweet Sorghum Soon
by Vincent A. Yusuf (Daily Trust) Nigeria will in the first quarter of 2019 begin the production of ethanol and glucose syrup from sweet sorghum for industrial use. In this interview, the Director General of Raw Materials Research Council (RMRDC), Dr.
January 15, 2019 Read Full Article
Green Science Alliance Developed an Effective Method for Making Bioethanol from Plants, Wood, Wood Waste, Paper Waste and Food Waste. The Challenge Now is to Use Bioethanol as a Biofuel and an Alcoholic Drink.
(Green Science Alliance/PR Newswire) ... Utilizing plants, wood, wood waste, paper waste, and food waste as raw materials for bioethanol production is extremely effective and environmentally friendly. These kinds of biomass are the most abundant raw materials on earth and
January 09, 2019 Read Full Article
Yeast Makes Ethanol to Prevent Metabolic Overload
(University of Groningen/Phys.Org) ... (Y)east cells produce ethanol as a 'safety valve' to prevent overload when their metabolic operation reaches a critical level. The new theory, which was published in Nature Metabolism on 7 January, could have far-reaching implications, as it also
January 08, 2019 Read Full Article
USGC Finds Potential for Growing Ethanol Markets in Nigeria and Ghana
(U.S. Grains Council) The U.S. Grains Council (USGC) recently conducted a market assessment mission to Nigeria and Ghana gauging the potential for U.S. ethanol exports to these countries. “The mission identified a need for higher ethanol volumes and engaged government and industry
January 07, 2019 Read Full Article
The Unlikely, Eccentric Inventor Turning Inedible Plant Life into Fuel
by Lesley Stahl (60 Minutes/CBS News) Marshall Medoff unveils to 60 Minutes his innovative method of turning plant life into fuel and other useful products -- ... What (Craig)Masterman helped implement was Medoff's novel idea of using these large blue machines called
January 07, 2019 Read Full Article
State of the Bioeconomy
by Wayne Lee and Mark J Riedy (Lee Enterprises Consulting, Inc. and Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP/Biofuels Digest) At present, the bioeconomy continues to attract debt and equity interest. VCs, Private Equity Groups and Strategic Partners are providing equity at the
January 04, 2019 Read Full Article
OPINION: UST Corrosion Blame Game Continues
by Cassie Mullen (Renewable Fuels Association/Ethanol Producer Magazine) ... (B)iofuel opponents will continue to blindly blame ethanol for corrosion in underground storage tanks (USTs). However, ethanol is not the culprit, and retailers need to know the facts to help fight back against
January 03, 2019 Read Full Article
Recognizing Today’s Reality to Shape a Better Tomorrow
by Brian Jennings (American Coalition for Ethanol/Ethanol Producer Magazine) Looking back to one year ago, ethanol renewable identification numbers (RINs) were fetching nearly 70 cents (a valuable incentive for ethanol blending), exports were swelling to record volumes, and EPA was promising
January 02, 2019 Read Full Article
Ethanol's Impact: Iowa’s Status as the Largest Ethanol-Producing State Means Its Ethanol Economy Affects the Entire Industry.
by Matt Thompson (Ethanol Producer Magazine) ... A waiter in a Cedar Rapids restaurant, for instance, recently asked Shaw (Monte Shaw, executive director of the Iowa Renewable Fuels Association) about Trump’s E15 waiver, upon hearing that Shaw advocates for biofuels and
January 02, 2019 Read Full Article
Ethanol Project to Create 1,000 Jobs in Kawambwa
(Zambia Daily Mail Limited) Over 1,000 jobs are expected to be created from the US$800 million ethanol project by Sunbird Bio-Energy that has started in Kawambwa with the planting of cassava to be used as feedstock. The project, situated on the Luena
January 02, 2019 Read Full Article
LT Group to Restart Asian Alcohol Operations
by Arra B. Francia (Business World) LT Group, Inc. (LTG) plans to revive the operations of its unit Asian Alcohol Corp., around eight years after the distillery temporarily halted its operations. In a statement issued Friday, tycoon Lucio Tan, Sr.’s conglomerate
December 31, 2018 Read Full Article
Top 18 of 2018 – Looking Back to Look Forward
by Helena Tavares Kennedy (Biofuels Digest) ... So on this last day of 2018, join the Biofuels Digest in looking back at our most visited and popular stories of 2018. ... In today’s Digest, the hottest technologies, aviation developments we only dreamed of,
December 31, 2018 Read Full Article
Corn Ethanol Production Has Minimal Effect on Cropland Use, Study Shows
by Madhu Khanna (Farms.com) Ethanol production has increased sharply in the United States in the past 10 years, leading to concerns about the expansion of demand for corn resulting in conversion of non-cropland to crop production and the environmental effects of
December 28, 2018 Read Full Article
Govt Issues Another Ethanol Licence
by Ishemunyoro Chingwere (The Herald) Government has issued another ethanol licence in an effort to curb shortages. Green Fuel on the other hand is in the process of planting an additional 1 500ha of sugar cane in order to increase production
December 28, 2018 Read Full Article
Waste to Energy Major Priority of Govt: Vijay Raghavan
(SME Times) Principal Scientific Advisor K Vijay Raghavan recently said that waste to energy and scaling up of commercially available technologies are top priorities of Prime Minister’s Science, Technology and Innovation Advisory Council (PM-STIAC). ... He cited several successful examples of adoption of
December 27, 2018 Read Full Article
Paraguay to Launch B2 Mandate on January 1
by Meghan Sapp (Biofuels Digest) In Paraguay, local press reports that biodiesel blending of 2% will be mandatory as of January 1 in an effort to try to promote a local industry. Already ethanol is blended at between 25% and 27%, depending
December 27, 2018 Read Full Article
Hedging Ethanol Production
by Robert Boslego (Boslego Risk Services/Lee Enterprises Consulting, Inc./Biofuels Digest) ... Because ethanol is produced from plants, both the agricultural and oil commodity markets are involved, creating a more complex risk exposure. The end result is that the ethanol producer’s gross margin
December 27, 2018 Read Full Article
Aemetis Closes on Dairy Digester RNG Equity Investment
(Aemetis/Biomass Magazine) ... The project will initially connect about a dozen dairies to Aemetis’ ethanol plant in Keyes, California, with expansion plans to more than three dozen dairies in the local area. The Aemetis plant supplies Wet Distillers Grain feed to
December 27, 2018 Read Full Article
Catalysis Rocking: The Digest’s 2018 Multi-Slide Guide to ChemCatBio
by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) ChemCatBio is a research and development consortium dedicated to identifying and overcoming catalysis challenges for biomass conversion processes. Led by U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) national laboratories, we work with industry to rapidly transition R&D discoveries
December 26, 2018 Read Full Article
Biodiesel Leads UK in Biofuels that Meet Sustainability Criteria
by Erin Voegele (Biodiesel Magazine) The U.K. Department for Transport has published preliminary data on its Renewable Transport Fuel Obligation for a portion of 2018, including data on how much biodiesel met U.K. sustainability requirements. The quarterly report, published in early
December 26, 2018 Read Full Article
New Study Shows that Corn Acreage and Total Crop Acreage Are Not Very Responsive to Local Ethanol Production and Crop Prices
by Ruiqing Miao, Yijia Li and Madhu Khanna (FarmDocDaily) Land-use change is in the forefront of human-nature interaction and is the nexus of food security, farm economy, greenhouse gas emission, and ecosystem services. How the development of corn-based biofuel affects land-use change, particularly
December 21, 2018 Read Full Article
Investors Turn Kenya’s Troublesome Invasive Water Hyacinth into Cheap Fuel
by Benson Rioba (Inter Press Service) Water hyacinth is a weed and if not controlled on Lake Victoria, experts are concerned that the lake’s water levels might drop by 60 percent. -- Currently 30 square kilometres of Lake Victoria, which stretches to
December 21, 2018 Read Full Article
OMCs Blend Record 1.5 Billion Litres Ethanol with Petrol in 2017-18
Ajay Modi (Business Standard) OMCs had entered into contracts with sugar mills to procure 1.6 billion litres of ethanol during the last ethanol year. ... In June this year, the Centre, for the first time, fixed a separate price for ethanol produced from
December 21, 2018 Read Full Article
Midwest AgEnergy Surpasses 1 Billion Gallons Produced
(AgWeek) Midwest AgEnergy, the parent company to ethanol biorefineries, Blue Flint, near Underwood, N.D., and Dakota Spirit, near Spiritwood, N.D., recently surpassed production of more than one billion gallons of ethanol produced company-wide. “Congratulations and thank you to our employees at
December 20, 2018 Read Full Article
Green Plains and Optimal Fish Food Announce Formation of Aquafeed Joint Venture
(Green Plains, Inc./Globe Newswire) Green Plains Inc. (NASDAQ:GPRE) and Optimal Fish Food LLC. today announced the companies have formed Optimal Aquafeed, a 50/50 joint venture to produce high-quality aquaculture feeds utilizing proprietary techniques and high-protein feed ingredients. The joint venture brings
December 18, 2018 Read Full Article
Govt Links Ethanol Export to In-House Use of Molasses
(The News) The Economic Coordination Committee (ECC) of cabinet on Monday bound ethanol manufacturers to directly purchase its raw material from sugar mills or use the in-house by-product for the biofuel production. The decision was taken during a Economic Coordination Committee (ECC)
December 18, 2018 Read Full Article
Niti Aayog to Reach out to Cabinet Secretary to Move Methanol Blending Plan
by Yogima Seth Sharma (Economic Times) Niti Aayog will seek cabinet secretary PK Sinha’s intervention to push blending of methanol with petrol after repeated efforts to persuade the petroleum ministry to go ahead with the proposal failed, a senior government official
December 18, 2018 Read Full Article
Ethanol’s New Way Forward: The Digest’s 2018 Multi-Slide ABLC Guide to Byogy Renewables
by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) Byogy Renewables is producing full replacement renewable fuels for all modes of transport, including heavy transport sectors. Kevin R. Weiss, President/Chief Executive Officer and Co-Founder of Byogy gave this illuminating presentation on the upgrading of ethanol to
December 18, 2018 Read Full Article
Who’s Up, Down, Top, Charmed and Strange in the Bioeconomy: Learnings from the Earnings, as Four Bellwether Stocks Report
by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) ... So, let’s look at Q3 earnings statements now just coming out from four of the sector’s signature companies in light-duty and heavy-duty fuels, enzymes, and nutrition and wellness. Namely, Aemetis, Novozymes, Renewable Energy Group and
December 18, 2018 Read Full Article
Ten Years of Ethanol Market Growth
(Driving Ethanol) Driving Ethanol podcast series focuses on decade of accomplishments -- Growth Energy was created in November 2008 and so is celebrating ten years of advocating for ethanol. This edition of the Driving Ethanol podcast is the final installment of
December 17, 2018 Read Full Article
The FORBIO Project: A Sustainable Alternative for Contaminated and Underutilized Lands
(Global Bioenergy Partnership) The FORBIO (Fostering Sustainable Feedstock Production for Advanced Biofuels on underutilized land in Europe) Project gave stakeholders in Italy, Germany and Ukraine a strategy for the market uptake of sustainable advanced bioenergy value chains. Through a thorough assessment
December 15, 2018 Read Full Article
US Ethanol Producers: We Are Oil’s Biggest Competitor, Cleaner Too
by Sarantis Michalopoulos (EURACTIV) Increasing ethanol use will help countries around the world meet their Paris Agreement climate goals in a cheaper way, US producers told EURACTIV.com, staking their claim to a higher role for the fuel, alongside electricity, in decarbonising transport. Speaking
December 14, 2018 Read Full Article
The Andersons to Implement ICM Technologies at Multiple Plants
(ICM/Ethanol Producer Magazine) ICM Inc. and The Andersons Inc. have announced plans to implement value-added technologies in multiple ethanol plants operated by The Andersons. The Andersons will license Fiber Separation Technology Next Gen (FST Next Gen), Selective Milling Technology V2 (SMT V2),
December 14, 2018 Read Full Article
Maharashtra Government to Produce Ethanol, CNG from Cashew Apple
(DNA India) Amidst rising chorus for green fuel, the Maharashtra government has proposed to produce ethanol and compressed natural gas (CNG) through cashew apple and cashew apple cake. The government has shortlisted the coastal districts, Ratnagiri and Sidhudurg, large-scale producers of
December 14, 2018 Read Full Article
Chipinge Villagers Sue Greenfuel to Stop Seizure of Communal Land
(Radio VOP) VILLAGERS in Chipinge, Manicaland province have dragged ethanol producer, GreenFuel to court to stop it from occupying their communal land and interfering with their farming activities. Represented by Passmore Nyakureba and Blessing Nyamaropa of Zimbabwe Lawyers for Human Rights, the villagers together with
December 14, 2018 Read Full Article
Biofuels Lead Efforts to Protect the Climate
by Craig Willis (EurActiv/Growth Energy) With every passing year, the pathway to a stable climate gets narrower and more difficult to navigate. Meanwhile, the reports from our planet’s top scientists paint an increasingly grim picture of what to expect if the
December 13, 2018 Read Full Article
Port of St. Helens Acts on Crude Oil Shipments to Clatskanie Area
by Chole Skaar (TDN.com) In a unanimous vote, the Port of St. Helens commissioners on Wednesday agreed to allow a wider range of crude oil grades to be shipped by train to Global Partners’ Port Westward export dock. ... Port commissioners limited crude
December 13, 2018 Read Full Article
Scaling the Ethanol 'Blend Wall' Ultimately Consumers' Decision
by John Duff (Delta Farm Press/National Sorghum Producers) ... The Biofuels Infrastructure Partnership program is a grassroots effort to fund new infrastructure for e15. Selling higher blends of ethanol at convenience stores sometimes requires new equipment or modifications to existing equipment,
December 11, 2018 Read Full Article
IEA Chief: Ethanol ‘Very Important’ to Reduce Oil Dependence
by Sarantis Michalopoulos (EurActiv) Ethanol will have a very important role in decarbonising the transport sector globally, the executive director of the International Energy Agency (IEA) has told EURACTIV.com. Another energy expert has said electrification will play a major role in
December 11, 2018 Read Full Article
China Set to Triple Its Ethanol Production Capacity: Government Researcher
by Hallie Gu and Dominique Patton (Reuters) China is set to more than triple its ethanol production capacity by 2020, a government researcher said on Tuesday, with demand for the commodity expected to surge as the country shifts toward cleaner fuels. The
December 11, 2018 Read Full Article
Ethanol Exports Exceeding Expectations
by Cindy Zimmerman (Energy.AgWired.com) U.S. ethanol exports are on a roll. For the third time this year, American ethanol exports have reached record numbers, with the total hitting 1.69 billion gallons (bg) on a rolling 12-month basis, according to Growth Energy. As
December 11, 2018 Read Full Article
New Energy Presses on with Cellulosic Ethanol
by Mikkel Pates (AgWeek) New Energy Blue LLC is about five months away from finishing engineering and permitting on a $150 million plant project that would turn wheat and corn field residue into ethanol for high-end renewable markets. If everything goes
December 10, 2018 Read Full Article
Delays in Biofuel Framework Hinder Industry
by Paige Müller (Creamer's Engineering News) Despite the local sugar industry championing a bioethanol fuel subsidy as a potential method to relieve the burden on sugar through demand diversification, Ethanol Producers Association of Southern Africa secretary Alf Stevens suggests that
December 07, 2018 Read Full Article
Delhi Air Quality May Suffer as State Yet to Allow More Ethanol Storage
by Sanjeev Choudhary (Economic Times) Delhi will run out of environment-friendly ethanol supplies for blending with petrol in the next few days as the capital’s local government is not allowing oil firms to store adequate quantities, raising the risk of vehicular emissions
December 07, 2018 Read Full Article
ACE Hopes to Help Grow Mexico’s Ethanol Market
by Matt Thompson (Ethanol Producer Magazine) Fresh off a trip to Mexico to tout the benefits of ethanol to retailers, the American Coalition for Ethanol’s Senior Vice President Ron Lamberty said interest in ethanol among the country’s retailers is piqued. Lamberty
December 06, 2018 Read Full Article
NCERC Pumped up with 15 Years of Success
by Karen Binder (AgriNews) While most talk these days about ethanol swirls around fuel credits and marketing needs, the National Corn-to-Ethanol Research Center has quietly celebrated its 15th anniversary. And what a 15-year run it’s been. “The difference is that as policies, technologies
December 06, 2018 Read Full Article
Harvestone Welcomes First Four Ethanol Plants onto its Marketing Platform
(Harvestone Group/MarketWatch/PR Newswire) Harvestone Group LLC is pleased to announce the commencement of its first four ethanol production facilities making the transition to its marketing, logistics and trading platform. Iroquois Bio-Energy, Siouxland Energy, Red River Energy and Quad County Corn Processors
December 06, 2018 Read Full Article
BP Sees Brazil's New Biofuels Policy Boosting Investment
by Marcelo Teixeira (Reuters) Brazil’s latest policy to boost biofuels use has improved the outlook for ethanol production and should attract new investment in plants, BP Plc’s chief executive for biofuels, Mario Lindenhayn, said on Wednesday. Brazil is advancing with additional regulation for
December 06, 2018 Read Full Article
Demand Destruction from Small Refinery Exemptions is Clear and Continuing
(Renewable Fuels Association) There has been a media blitz lately by the oil industry saying that ethanol demand has been unaffected by the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) rampant grants of Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) exemptions to small refineries. Recently, even some
December 06, 2018 Read Full Article
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