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Ethanol-Fueled Prototype Car Wins Shell Eco-Marathon Asia 2014

by Erin Voegele (Ethanol Producer Magazine)  An ethanol-fueled vehicle designed by a team of students from Thailand earned the top place at the Shell Eco-marathon Asia 2014 event on Feb. 9. Team “How Much Ethanol” from Panjavidhya Technological College Thailand

February 13, 2014 Read Full Article

Fight China's Smog with Ethanol: Interview with Chen Lin

(The Energy Collective) The Energy Report: In your newsletter, What Is Chen Buying/Selling?, you make the argument that China is a potentially important market for ethanol. Why is that? Chen Lin: On my visit to China last summer, I experienced the air pollution problem

February 11, 2014 Read Full Article

E10 Consumers Missing out on Full Subsidy Discount, Ethanol Report Finds

by Jane Norman  (ABC)  A report into the $100m a year ethanol subsidy program says a large part of the excise benefit is not being passed on to consumers via the E10 discount.  The Ethanol Production Grants program was introduced

February 11, 2014 Read Full Article

Biocombustibles y Mercado

(Global BioBusiness) The main problem in the biofuels industry is the lack of understanding about the market in general. The publications on biofuels being offered do not also tackle this problem, focusing too much on technical details. The end result is

February 10, 2014 Read Full Article

Record Ethanol Cargo Loaded at Peruvian Port

(Tank Storage Magazine)  Peruvian terminal operator Penta Tanks Terminals reportedly loaded the largest ethanol cargo ever in Peru at the end of 2013.  Around 15,200m3 of ethanol, owned by Maple Energy, were loaded into a cargo ship via an underwater

February 06, 2014 Read Full Article

Info Meetings on Energy Beets Set around North Dakota

(Bismark Tribune)  Informational meetings are being held in several North Dakota cities this week to update farmers on the effort to develop a biofuel sugar beet industry in the state. The development of beets as a new industrial crop to turn

January 31, 2014 Read Full Article

Council Will Consider Fuel Storage Facility

by Pamela Gould (The Free Lance-Star) Fredericksburg City Council will hold six public hearings on Jan. 14, including a request from Lincoln Terminal Co. to convert the Quarles Petroleum site into a storage and distribution facility for gas, bio-diesel and ethanol. ... Lincoln

January 06, 2014 Read Full Article

The Digest's Bioeconomy Achievement Awards for 2013-14

by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest)  Beta Renewables, Abengoa, Enerkem, Proterro among the winners for Project of the Year — as residues and waste are keys to the big wins.  For Fuel of the Year, Renewable Chemical of the Year, Product

January 03, 2014 Read Full Article

How Much Will You Pay for Renewable Fuels?

by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) In early December, The Digest undertook a voluntary survey on renewable fuels and pricing, inviting its global readership to answer four questions relating to the price of ethanol, biodiesel, jet fuel and drop-in fuels — and

January 02, 2014 Read Full Article

EIA Updates State Profiles, Adds Data on Renewables

by Erin Voegele (Ethanol Producer Magazine)  The U.S. Energy Information Administration has updated its state energy profiles and added new analytical narratives on the energy sectors of each of the 50 states, the District of Columbia and five U.S. territories. The narratives

December 26, 2013 Read Full Article

Iowa City to Negotiate with Trash-to-Ethanol Company

by Gregg Hennigan (KCRG.com) Iowa City will enter into negotiations with a company that says it could turn most of the city’s garbage into ethanol. But residents, environmentalists, representatives from the recycling industry and labor union officials urged the city to delay

December 20, 2013 Read Full Article

Cassava-Based Ethanol Set to Boom in 2014 Tied to Crop Income Guarantee Scheme

(Bangkok Post)  The amount of cassava used in producing ethanol will nearly double to 3 million tonnes next year, driven by Commerce Ministry moves to push up the price of the crop. At present, 38% of ethanol produced in the country

December 20, 2013 Read Full Article

Madagascar: The Application Decree on Ethanol Fuel Is Expected

(AgenceEcofin.com)  Farmers, economic and other Malagasy researchers operators are waiting for an implementing decree on fuel ethanol. While the text, waited for more than a year, has not yet been enacted, the various actors in the ethanol industry are willing to

December 18, 2013 Read Full Article

USDA Announces Results of December Invitation, Successful Sale of Remaining Sugar Inventory

(US Department of Agriculture)  he U.S. Department of Agriculture's Commodity Credit Corporation (CCC) today announced the results of the Dec. 3 invitation to sell the remainder of its recently acquired sugar inventory for non-food uses. CCC successfully sold its entire

December 17, 2013 Read Full Article

A Numerical Model Investigation for Potential Methane Explosion and Benzene Vapor Intrusion Associated with High-Ethanol Blend Releases

by Jie Ma , Hong Luo , George E Devaull , William G. Rixey , and Pedro J. J. Alvarez (Environmental Science and Technology)   Ethanol-blended fuel releases usually stimulate methanogenesis in the subsurface, which could pose explosion risk if methane accumulates

December 17, 2013 Read Full Article

EU Biofuels Investment Development: Impact of an Uncertain Policy Environment

(Agra CEAS Consulting) This Special Study shows that meaningful investments in biofuels in the EU ceased well prior to 2012. The data thus show that the Renewable Energy Directive itself was empirically not a stimulus for biofuels investments, which is how it is

December 11, 2013 Read Full Article

“Fueling Our Future” Funds Available to Increase Use of Higher Blends of Ethanol and Biodiesel

(Iowa Department of Agriculture)  Applications due Feb. 7, 2014 for retailers interested in participating Iowa Governor Terry Branstad and Secretary of Agriculture Bill Northey today encouraged Iowa petroleum retailers interested in participating in the “Fueling our Future” pilot project to consider

December 10, 2013 Read Full Article

Zimbabwe: Green Fuel to Build Four New Ethanol Plants

(AllAfrica.com)  Green Fuel plans to set up four new ethanol plants and boost output to 1.5 billion litres annually by 2018, according to a company investment blueprint. Zimbabwe last week increased mandatory blending of fuel to 15 percent and plans to

December 10, 2013 Read Full Article

Forfieted Idaho Beet Sugar Used for Ethanol

by John O'Connell (Capital Press) Ethanol plants in Idaho, Oregon and California are making ethanol from beet sugar forfeited by Amalgamated Sugar Co. Pacific Ethanol plants in Burley, Boardman, Ore., and Stockton, Calif., have started making ethanol for the first time utilizing

December 06, 2013 Read Full Article

Lithuanian proposal Seems a Missed Opportunity to Incentivise Best Performing Biofuels

(ePURE) After one year of heated debates on the ILUC (Indirect Land Use Change) file, the Lithuanian Presidency has put forward a proposal which no longer incentivises best performing biofuels.  The distinction between the performance of the different biofuels seems to have

December 05, 2013 Read Full Article

Sarnia Group Sees Ethanol Gold in Corn Stalk

by John Phair (Petroliatopic.com)  The ethanol industry has a strong presence in Southwestern Ontario, converting corn into fuel at plants in Chatham and in Sarnia's Chemical Valley. But now a Sarnia-based organization is proposing that the stalk from the corn

December 05, 2013 Read Full Article

How Much Would You Pay for Renewable Fuels?

by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest)  ... Here, as the EPA delves into the future of the Renewable Fuel Standard, today is your response on who would pay what for which renewable fuel. The highlights 1. For E85, you indicated that you would switch

December 05, 2013 Read Full Article

Brown Algae Being Engineered for Food and Bio-Ethanol

(Algae Industry Magazine)  European Biotechnology News reports that researchers, together with Norwegian and Chilean bioethanol producers, have developed advanced techniques to produce food and bio-ethanol from brown algae, which does not require arable land, fresh water or fertilizers. Until now, cultivation

December 03, 2013 Read Full Article

Brazil Ethanol Needs to Fall Below 60% of Fuel to Boost Demand

by Isis Almeida (Bloomberg) Ethanol prices in Brazil, the world’s second-biggest producer, need to fall below 60 percent of gasoline costs for motorists to switch to the biofuel, boosting domestic demand, according to consultants Datagro Ltd. Brazil’s flex-fuel cars can be filled up with

November 27, 2013 Read Full Article

Company Hopes to Tap into Sugar Cane, Sorghum for Fuel-Grade Ethanol

by James Palen (The Daily Transcript/San Diego Source)  ... Brawley-based California Ethanol + Power is bringing the matter closer to home. The company has yet to build its first facility, but by possibly the first quarter of 2014, it looks to break ground on

November 27, 2013 Read Full Article

Sugar: Brazilian Model Producing More Ethanol and Reducing Output

by Jayashree Bhosale (Economic Times) ... The sugar industry is exploring the possibility of adopting the Brazilian model. Brazil, which tops the world in sugar production, increases ethanol production if sugar prices rule low. Ethanol is manufactured from molasses, the byproduct

November 27, 2013 Read Full Article

Why Have Expectations for Sweet Sorghum Soured?

by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest)  As Ceres points towards minimal plantings of its sweet sorghum hybrids in its key market of Brazil for next year, investors ask two questions.   Will sweet sorghum realize its vast potential, and when? Just when many

November 26, 2013 Read Full Article

Editorial, 11/20: Ethanol a Key Part of Energy Mix

(Journal Star)  ... There’s little doubt  the industry is under attack by a misguided and misinformed alliance of tea party Republicans and erstwhile environmentalists. Better for ethanol supporters to save their energy for the renewed attacks that are sure to come

November 21, 2013 Read Full Article

FEATURE: US Ethanol Producers Look to Exports, if 2014 RFS Caps Domestic Demand

by Herman Wang  (Platts)  Even before the US Environmental Protection Agency signaled last week that it planned to cut its biofuels mandate for 2014, US ethanol makers were already bullish on the prospects of growing exports, banking on what looks

November 21, 2013 Read Full Article

Bio Architecture Lab, EcoShift Make Waves with Seaweed-Based Biofuels

by Dustin Mulvaney (EcoShift Consulting/Biofuels Digest)  ... EcoShift Consulting (www.ecoshift.com) recently conducted a GHG intensity analysis of a seaweed-based ethanol product that performs significantly better than gasoline as well as ethanol made from other feedstocks. The ethanol is being developed by

November 21, 2013 Read Full Article

Beta Renewables Technology to Make Ethanol, Bioglycols in China

by Susanne Retka Schill (Ethanol Producer Magazine)  M&G Chemicals announced its decision to construct a second-generation biorefinery in China to convert 1 million metric tons of biomass into ethanol and bioglycols. The project in the Fuyang region in Anhui Province is

November 19, 2013 Read Full Article

U.S. Ethanol Output Could Reach 14 Billion Gallons in 2014: ADM Chief

(Reuters/The Western Producer)  U.S. ethanol output could reach 14 billion gallons in 2014: ADM chief U.S. production of corn-based ethanol could reach 14 billion gallons in 2014 because of positive margins for processors and demand from buyers, Archer Daniels Midland Co.’s

November 15, 2013 Read Full Article

Biofuels, True North, Natural Gas, and Primus Green Energy

by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest)  Primus Green Energy recently completed a landmark technology demonstration — and heads off to scale with a catalytic technology for making $2.00 gasoline.  But, in shifting to natural gas as a feedstock for the first

November 15, 2013 Read Full Article

Sudanese Sugar Company to Begin Exporting Ethanol to the U.S.

by Grace Wanene (East Africa News)  Sudan’s Kenana Sugar Company (KSC) could soon begin exporting Ethanol to the U.S.  The trade is set to begin once the potential American buyer receives the necessary clearance from the US Office of Foreign Assets

November 12, 2013 Read Full Article

US Producer Takes Trip to African Ethanol Plant

by Holly Jessen (Ethanol Producer Magazine)  A two-week trip to help out at an African cooking fuel ethanol plant yielded some interesting experiences. ... Matthew Dutka, currently works as operations manager at Golden Grain Energy LLC, in Mason City, Iowa. He has

November 05, 2013 Read Full Article

Gas Gap: Changes Make E10 Cheaper, Regular Pricier

by Jim Offner  (Cedar Valley Business Monthly online)  Motorists across the Cedar Valley are seeing the lowest gasoline prices of the year, as the price of unleaded with a 10 percent blend of ethanol -- E10 -- descends below the

November 05, 2013 Read Full Article

Ontario Plant to Recycle Beverages into Ethanol, Other Products

by Susanne Retka Schill (Ethanol Producer Magazine)  Energentium Inc. is finalizing tests before entering into full production in a few weeks at its new 15 MMly (4 MMgy) plant in Brantford, Ontario, to recycle waste beer and soft drinks into

November 01, 2013 Read Full Article

The DIY Renewable Fuel Standard

by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest)  Biobutanol, ethanol, renewable diesel, renewable gasoline and biodiesel — five renewable fuels.   By what combination could they meet the titanic US target of 36 billion gallons of renewable fuel by 2022?   Try your own ideas?

November 01, 2013 Read Full Article

Biofuel Breaththrough

(KyivPost)  Ukraine's government-owned ethanol producer Ukrspyrt and several smaller private producers announced on Oct. 29 that they're prepared to produce enough bioethanol to meet the need for biofuel as of next year. In 2014, a new law comes into effect

October 31, 2013 Read Full Article

Cassava for Ethanol Promotion Encouraged in Thailand

(Biofuels International)  In Thailand, the ministries of Commerce and Energy are reportedly set to cooperate to develop a strategy to promote the production of ethanol from cassava. ... In addition to this, the minister has also been asked to lead policy in

October 31, 2013 Read Full Article

Re-Opening of Ethanol Plant Boon for Business

(ZimbabweDemocracy.com) Following the re-opening of the Chisumbanje Ethanol Plant run by Green Fuel in the poverty-stricken Lowveld, major investments are taking place at Checheche Growth Point with several top banks, retail outlets and other big companies opening branches. A tour of the

October 28, 2013 Read Full Article

Lawmakers Look at Using Kentucky’s Sweet Sorghum Crop for Biofuel, Not Just for Biscuits

(KYForward)  Most sweet sorghum in Kentucky becomes syrup and goes on biscuits, but a new group of state lawmakers, experts and farmers has other plans. Instead of on biscuits, they want to put sorghum into our gas tanks. The Special Subcommittee

October 25, 2013 Read Full Article

Bunge Signals a Shift from Sugar; What’s the Impact for Advanced Biofuels?

by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest)  In New York, in the wake of a $37 million Q1 loss in its sugar unit, Bunge CEO Soren Schroder, who took the reins of the company in June, announced yesterday that the trading giant

October 25, 2013 Read Full Article

Industrial Biobased Ventures Raise $364M in Q3 2013; 5-Minute Guide to the Bioinvesting Landscape

by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest)  Biobased investing continues surging, both direct and via strategics.  The Digest has the data and the scoop in our 5-Minute Guide. In Florida, Biofuels Digest reports that 9 biobased ventures raised $363.8 million in new capital

October 23, 2013 Read Full Article

SMEFunds ‘Green Energy & Biofuels’ named Top Clean Energy Investment in West Africa

(Small World Carbon)  SMEFunds ‘Green Energy & Biofuels’ (Nigeria) has been named the best clean energy investment opportunity in West Africa and overall winner at the West Africa Forum for Clean Energy Financing Business Plan competition in Accra.  The competition

October 22, 2013 Read Full Article

Sugar Industry for Direct Manufacture of Ethanol

by Dilip Kumar Jha (Business Standard)  A practice prevalent globally, to reduce fuel needs Sugar mills have urged the government to allow direct manufacturing of ethanol from cane. A practice prevalent globally, to reduce fuel needs, it is currently banned in India

October 22, 2013 Read Full Article

How the OPEC Oil Embargo Sparked Energy Independence -- in Brazil

by Tiffany Stecker  (ClimateWire/EENews.net)  Forty years ago, the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries placed an embargo on petroleum, bringing an oil-addled world to its knees. ... And Brazil -- a developing country under military dictatorship at the time -- began the

October 21, 2013 Read Full Article

Global Farmers Learn Value of Ethanol

by Cindy Zimmerman (DomesticFuel.com)  Each year during World Food Prize week, the Truth About Trade and Technology Global Farmer Roundtable brings farmers from all over the world to visit Couser Cattle Company in Nevada, Iowa. Owner Bill Couser not only produces cattle, he also

October 21, 2013 Read Full Article

Column: Ethanol Worthwhile Endeavor

by Gerald Krueger (Aberdeen News)  ...  It remains a mystery as to why there are those in our country who oppose the production of ethanol. It is such a breath of fresh air to every aspect of our society. ... The production of

October 21, 2013 Read Full Article

MP Defends Region's Biofuel Industry

by Andy Richardson (The Northern Echo)  ... Redcar MP Ian Swales defended the industry against Oppositon MPs when they used a Westminster debate to urge the Government to consider more alternative sources of biofuels that do not use crop-based products. The Ensus bioethanol plant

October 21, 2013 Read Full Article

Molasses Can Supply 1/3 of Ukraine's Biofuel Need, Says Official

(Ukrainian  Journal)  The volume of molasses made in Ukraine in a year is enough to produce only 100,000 tons of bioethanol, which is one third of the country's needs for 2014, Director of Ukrprodspilka Mykola Tychenko, said at a roundtable

October 18, 2013 Read Full Article

Ethanol Protects Against Repeat of Devastating Effects of 1973 Oil Embargo

by Bob Dinneen (Renewable Fuels Association)  The gas lines of 1973 are iconic images in America’s collective memory. October 16th marks the 40th anniversary of the oil embargo imposed by the Organization of Arab Petroleum Exporting Countries (OAPEC) as punishment for America’s

October 16, 2013 Read Full Article

Ethanol Blending Provides Another Proxy for Gasoline Demand

(U.S. Energy Information Administration/Ethanol Producer Magazine)  Measuring current U.S. gasoline demand can be difficult, as there are 160,000 retail gasoline stations and more than 250 million vehicles in the country. ... Under present market conditions, where nearly all gasoline sold is

October 15, 2013 Read Full Article

Solving Ethanol's Corrosion Problem May Help Speed the Biofuel to Market

(EurekAlert!/NACE International)  If we're to meet a goal set by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's Renewable Fuels Standard to use 36 billion gallons per year of biofuels—mostly ethanol—the nation must expand its infrastructure for transporting and storing ethanol. Currently, ethanol

October 10, 2013 Read Full Article

GRFA Releases Annual Ethanol Production, GHG Reduction Forecasts

(Global Renewable Fuels Alliance/Ethanol Producer Magazine)  As the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change wraps up its Plenary Session and launches its assessment report in Stockholm, the Global Renewable Fuels Alliance in cooperation with F.O. Licht and (S&T)2 Consultants Inc. released their

October 02, 2013 Read Full Article

Greenbelt Resources and Diversified Ethanol Fund Research Study by Cal Poly San Luis Obispo

(BusinessWire/Greenbelt Resources)  Study to Identify Approach for Optimal Yield of Ethanol Fuel Conversion from Food Waste Fermentation Greenbelt Resources Corporation (OTC: GRCO) and its wholly-owned subsidiary Diversified Ethanol Corporation today announced their investment in a research effort with California Polytechnic State University

October 02, 2013 Read Full Article

Abengoa Plans to Process All the Garbage from Sevilla to Make Biofuel

by Carlos Piza (Eleconomista)    A plant of 120 million, a pioneer in the world, eliminate the landfill Abengoa Seville wants to give another leading pioneer in the technologies working after thermal Platform in Sanlucar la Mayor, the world's only four

October 02, 2013 Read Full Article

Algenol: Renewable Fuel at 75 Cents below Current Market, as Soon as 2014

by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest)  ... In Florida, Algenol CEO Paul Woods announced at the Algae Biomass Summit that the company has switched reactor system and has reached a peak production of 10,400 gallons per acre and a continuous production in

October 02, 2013 Read Full Article

More Than a Vacation: Visiting an Ethanol Biorefinery in Brazil

by Amanda Ferreira (Advanced Biofuels USA)  This past summer I had the opportunity to go to Brazil to visit some of my family whom I hadn’t seen for more than five years.  A lot had changed since the last time

October 02, 2013 Read Full Article

News Flash: Gas Contains Known Carcinogens

by Holly Jessen (Ethanol Producer Magazine)  A representative of Big Oil recently made an offensive and ridiculous comment about the RFS.   Early last week, in an article in Reuters, Jack Gerard, chief executive of the American Petroleum Institute, used an

October 01, 2013 Read Full Article

Farmers Demand Permission to Produce Ethanol from Sugarcane

by Vivek Waghmode (Times of  India)   Farmer leaders on Tuesday stepped up their demand for permission to tillers to produce ethanol from sugarcane they produce and sell the byproducts. "The Centre has permitted to blend only five per cent ethanol into petrol, while countries like Brazil

September 26, 2013 Read Full Article

IEA Task 40: Biomass Provides 10 Percent of Global Energy Use

by Susanne Retka Schill  (Ethanol Producer Magazine)  A new report from the International Energy Agency takes a global overview of biomass use in the industrial and transport sectors, identifying leading countries and the top 15 production companies in each sector.

September 23, 2013 Read Full Article

Ethanol Requirements Good, Not Bad, for America's Economy, Energy Security

by Pam Johnson (Fox News) Opinion:   ...That critique has been around for years. But it doesn't jibe with the facts. Indeed, Big Oil's call to loosen the nation's ethanol requirements is misguided. Corn-based fuel has proven to be a clean-burning

September 23, 2013 Read Full Article

Indonesian Government Forces Shell, Total to Boost Biodiesel Mix

by Amahl S. Azwar  (The Jakarta Post)  PT Shell Indonesia and PT Total Oil Indonesia will have to increase the proportion of biodiesel in the diesel fuel mix they sell at their gas stations to at least 10 percent by

September 23, 2013 Read Full Article

Argentinean Biofuels Production

by Cindy Zimmerman (DomesticFuel.com)  ... Argentine ethanol production is much smaller, but on the rise. “I would say that Argentina is moving forward with corn-based bioethanol, but we are betting on sugarcane bioethanol,” Argentina’s Secretary to the Minister of Agriculture Lorenzo

September 19, 2013 Read Full Article

Algae Aquaculture for Bioethanol Production

(The Fish Site)  A team of European scientists is on a mission to prove that microalgae can be used to produce bioethanol as a biofuel for less than €0.40 a litre. ... The EU-funded project DEMA ('Direct Ethanol from MicroAlgae') is focusing

September 19, 2013 Read Full Article

Future Perspectives of International Bioenergy Trade

by Matzenberger, J., Daioglou, V., Junginger, M., Keramidas, K., Kranzl, L., Tromborg, E. ( IEA Bioenergy Task 40)  According to IEA World Energy Outlook 2012, primary demand for bioenergy will strongly increase up to the year 2035, the demand for biofuels and biomass

September 19, 2013 Read Full Article

Are Lower Fat DDGs Still Economical?

by Barb Glen (Western Producer)  Lower fat content in corn-based dried distillers grains imported by Canadian livestock feeders has caught many by surprise. Feed suppliers and feedlot operators who use the ethanol production byproduct have become accustomed to DDG fat content

September 16, 2013 Read Full Article

U.S. to Pass Russia in Liquid Fuels Production, Says IEA

by Benoit Faucon, Wayne Ma and Summer Said (The Wall Street Journal)  A top energy watchdog forecast the U.S. will bypass Russia in the production of liquid fuels—everything from crude and gasoline to biofuels like ethanol—solidifying America's growing importance in

September 12, 2013 Read Full Article

CA Ethanol and Power Project Approved by Board of Supervisors

by Krista Daly  (Imperial Valley Press)  The California Ethanol and Power Project is moving forward with its plan to generate clean fuel from sugar cane and sweet sorghum. Imperial County Board of Supervisors approved seven resolutions Tuesday dealing with water, zoning,

September 12, 2013 Read Full Article

Food Price Fears Push EU Lawmakers to Put a Lid on Biofuels Growth

(EurActiv)  The European Parliament has voted to limit the use of fuels made from food crops because of fears that biofuels can push up grain prices or damage the climate, further undermining the once booming industry. Lawmakers voting in Strasbourg on

September 12, 2013 Read Full Article

EPA Report on Pollutants, Ethanol Is Flawed, White Paper Says

by Holly Jessen (Ethanol Producer Magazine)  Ethanol Across America has released a new white paper that indicates mid-level ethanol blends offer much greater emission and health benefits than indicated by U.S. EPA models. The three-page document authored by Steve Vander

September 09, 2013 Read Full Article

Report: Strong Potential for Biofuel Industry in Atlantic Canada

by Erin Voegele (Ethanol Producer Magazine)  The Atlantic Council for Bioenergy Co-operative, in partnership with BioAtlantech New Brunswick, has released a report demonstrating a strong business case for the development of a biofuels industry in the Atlantic region of Canada.

September 09, 2013 Read Full Article

Renewable Fuel Pays off for Some Oil Refiners

by Jennifer A. Dlouhy (Fuel Fix)  ... The rising cost of RINs turned out to be good economic news for some oil companies, especially those who are producing biofuels and have blending capacity, so they could capitalize on the credits tacked

September 09, 2013 Read Full Article

Run, Rufus, Run: Congress, 2013 and the Renewable Fuel Standard

by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest)  ...Today, we look at 2013-14, should Congress elect not to act — but leave the EPA and the markets to govern implementation of the existing law. 2014 Mandate The EPA will ultimately determine the annual mandate, but

September 06, 2013 Read Full Article

Fixing Rufus: Congress, 2013 and the Renewable Fuel Standard

by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest)  ...Based on our industry sources, here’s an outline for a “change the RFS” outcome – what that might look like.   We see four key elements — ethanol, drop-ins, biodiesel and the RIN system for smoothing

September 05, 2013 Read Full Article

Better Benchmarks = More Accurate Ethanol Picture

by John Davis (DomesticFuel.com)  One of the issues ethanol producers struggle with is some outdated information being used to argue against the positive effects of the green fuel. It’s an issue attendees of the recent American Coalition for Ethanol’s (ACE) “Unite and

September 04, 2013 Read Full Article

10% Ethanol Blending Can Save Rs 9000cr of FX: Shree Renuka

(MoneyControl.com)  According to Narendra Murkumbi, blending 10 percent ethanol in petrol will reduce sugar surplus by almost one million to one-an-half-million tonne and that will be beneficial for the sugar industry. Overall, manadatory ethanol blending by the government will have

September 04, 2013 Read Full Article

Land Use Change Greenhouse Gas Emissions of European Biofuel Policies Utilizing the Global Trade Analysis Project (GTAP) Model

by Thomas Darlington, Dennis Kahlbaum, Don O’Connor, Steffen Mueller, PhD (Air Improvement Resource, Inc./(S&T)2 Consultants Inc./University of Illinois, Chicago)  ...The European Union (EU) is considering amending its current biofuel policy. The current policy, adopted in 2009, calls for 10% transportation renewable energy target (by

September 04, 2013 Read Full Article

California Energy Commission Seeks Proposals for Centers for Alternative Fuels and Advanced Vehicle Technology

by Tom Saidak (BioInvest Digest)  In California, the California Energy Commission is asking for proposals to either develop or expand three new centers for both alternative fuels and advanced vehicle technology.  READ MORE   Excerpt from the Centers for Alternative Fuels and Advanced Vehicle Technology Program

August 29, 2013 Read Full Article

California, Federal Methods to Push Renewable-Fuel Use Stir Conflict

by Evan Halper (Los Angeles Times)  It's even possible that conflicting state and federal policies on renewable fuels, both aimed at reducing global warming, could actually make things worse, some scientists say.   California and the federal government want drivers to use

August 29, 2013 Read Full Article

GRAY: Critics Driving Spurious Campaign against Ethanol

by C. Boyden Gray  (The Washington Times)  ANALYSIS/OPINION:  A media campaign is underway to malign a cleaner, cheaper challenger to gasoline’s virtual monopoly on transportation fuel. If it succeeds, this campaign will deprive American drivers of the next generation of high-octane,

August 28, 2013 Read Full Article

Ethiopia: Nation Blends Ethanol With Benzene, Saves U.S. $7.6 Million

by Nesru Jemal (All Africa)  Over 8.6 million liters of ethanol has been blended with benzene and supplied to local market over the concluded fiscal year, the Ministry of Mines and Energy said. According to Bizuneh Tolcha, public relations and communication director with

August 27, 2013 Read Full Article

Ministry of Agriculture of Guyana : Guyana on Path to Agro Fuel Revolution – as President Commissions Bioethanol Demonstration Plant G

(4-Traders.com)  Guyana's first ever bioethanol demonstration plant was commissioned today at what was regarded the start of an agro fuel revolution in a country that is leaning aggressively towards a renewable energy pathway. The plant located at the Albion Estate on

August 27, 2013 Read Full Article

Annual EU Report Projects Increased Ethanol Production

by Erin Voegele (Ethanol Producer Magazine)  The European Union recently published its annual biofuels report for 2013 with the USDA Foreign Agricultural Service’s Global Agriculture Information Network, reporting that approximately 20 percent of transportation biofuel used within the 27 EU member

August 26, 2013 Read Full Article

Ditch Ethanol Mandates. Try a Carbon Tax.

by Editorial Board (The Washington Post) Washington is seeing a great fight between two extremely powerful lobbies, Big Ethanol and Big Oil. Neither should win. ... Ethanol backers are right that it’s firmly in the nation’s interest to reduce the amount of oil

August 26, 2013 Read Full Article

Fire Stations Work toward Better Training for Ethanol Fires

by Matt Groves (WREX)  ... Fire departments from across the region trained in Kirkland Saturday afternoon for ethanol fires. Cars doused in ethanol were set fire to, then firefighters worked to put them out. ... "Utilizing the correct type of foam and a

August 26, 2013 Read Full Article

Reflections on Hot Biofuel Issues: August 2013 Pull Off Those Big Oil Blinders!

by Tim Rudnicki (Minnesota BioFuels Association)   Race horses can’t remove their blinders, but thoughtful, engaged people can remove their metaphorical blinders to understand energy issues and ideas that surround them.  When it comes to fueling our motor vehicles, big oil would

August 22, 2013 Read Full Article

4C-Able Future: Biobased Butanol, Butadiene and BDO Are Having a Hot Year

by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest)  ... It’s been quite a year on the four-carbon platform — also known as C4, 4C, buta-something, Fantastic Four, or what have you. Though two-carbon fuels such as ethanol have long dominated the biofuels market — and

August 22, 2013 Read Full Article

USDA Solicits Bids Under the Feedstock Flexibility Program

(U.S. Department of Agriculture)  The Farm Service Agency of the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) today announced that purchase invitations have been extended to solicit bids to the Commodity Credit Corporation (CCC) through the Feedstock Flexibility Program (FFP). Congress created FFP

August 20, 2013 Read Full Article

Problems Galore in Biofuel Programme, Says Official

(Deccan Herald)  The governments, both at the Central and State levels, have realised the need to reduce the use of fossil fuels and implement the biofuel programmes, said Additional Chief Secretary and Development Commissioner, V Umesh on Monday. Speaking on the

August 14, 2013 Read Full Article

Ethanol Production Part of Australian Political Push

(Biofuels International)  A political party in Australia considers ethanol production as the key to reinvigorating a region in Queensland. Ray Sawyer, federal election candidate of the Katter Australia Party, reveals he has feedback from locals in Nambour that directly links problems

August 13, 2013 Read Full Article

Pioneers Get the Arrows, Settlers Get the Gold

by Mike Bryan (Ethanol Producer Magazine)  ...In the years ahead, as cellulose, algae, sweet sorghum and other promising feedstocks emerge, corn will take its rightful place as the pioneer of this industry. As the saying goes, the “Pioneers get the

August 13, 2013 Read Full Article

Zambia Sugar Can Produce 10 p.c. Fuel Needs

(BlackSeaGrain)  Zambia Sugar has said it can supply up to 10 per cent of the country’s fuel requirement using its ethanol. Zambia Sugar head of corporate affairs Lovemore Sievu said this at the just-ended 87th Zambia Agricultural and Commercial Show in

August 08, 2013 Read Full Article

Board Ties Sugar Mill Licences to Power Generation

by Gerald Andae  (Business Daily Africa)    The Kenya Sugar Board asks firms to start ethanol and electricity production in next two years. Private and State-owned sugar millers that will not have started electricity generation and ethanol production in the next

August 08, 2013 Read Full Article

ADM Optimistic About Ethanol Ahead of Record Corn Crop

by Shruti Date Singh (Bloomberg)  Archer-Daniels-Midland Co. (ADM), the world’s largest corn processor, sees ethanol demand rising and is “optimistic” about margins for 2014 and 2015 as the coming U.S. harvest increases supplies. Corn futures in Chicago have dropped 43 percent from

August 07, 2013 Read Full Article

Algae Illustrated–ABO’s New Industry Project Book

(Algae Biomass Organization)  The algae industry is moving faster than many people suspect. To help demonstrate how far along so many of ABO’s members are we  recently created the Algae Industry Project Book, an illustrated guide of some of the most

August 02, 2013 Read Full Article

EWG Has No Love for Corn Ethanol

by Joanna Schroeder (DomesticFuel.com)  During the recent Subcommittee on Energy and Power’s hearing to review the Renewable Fuels Standard (RFS) as well as during a recent RFS briefing sponsored by the Advanced Biofuels Association last week in D.C., the Environmental Working Group (EWG) made it very

July 26, 2013 Read Full Article

Ottawa’s Support for Biofuel Industry Cools

by Barry Wilson (The Western Producer)   The federal government is closing the tap to increased support for the biofuel industry after more than $1 billion in support, says agriculture minister Gerry Ritz. “I think the investments made early on have built

July 26, 2013 Read Full Article

Is the US Awash in Oil? The Data Says ‘No’

by Robert Kozak (Advanced Biofuels USA)  US domestic oil production cannot bring energy independence alone; renewable transportation fuels are contributing and must increase their contribution in order to achieve that policy goal. From the pronouncements of President Obama to reports in

July 25, 2013 Read Full Article

Northey Sees Promising Future during Ethanol Plant Visit

by Russ Mitchell (Dickinson County News)  Iowa Secretary of Agriculture Bill Northey was the featured speaker at the Green Plains Superior open house held Wednesday, July 17, in Superior. The company invited suppliers to hear the program and enjoy a

July 24, 2013 Read Full Article

North Dakota Group Educates FFV Owners, Promotes Use of Higher Blends

by Holly Jessen (Ethanol Producer Magazine)  Thanks to a promotion by North Dakotans for Energy Independence, flex-fuel vehicle (FFV) owners in the state can receive coupons for discounts on higher ethanol blends and enter to win a $1,000 fuel card.

July 22, 2013 Read Full Article

Zambia Sugar to Set Up Ethanol Plant

by Maimbolwa Mulikelela (AllAfrica)  ZAMBIA Sugar Plc has pledged to support Government's efforts in mitigating the high cost of fuel and help create employment opportunities through the establishment of an ethanol plant in Zambia. This follows a recent announcement by the

July 18, 2013 Read Full Article

EU Committee Votes on RED, Prompting Response from ePURE, UNICA

by Holly Jessen (Ethanol Producer Magazine)  A recent vote by the EU Parliament’s Environment Committee prompted comment by ePURE, which represents the EU ethanol industry, and UNICA, the Brazilian Sugarcane Industry Association. On July 11, the committee voted 42 to 26

July 15, 2013 Read Full Article

Group: ND Energy Production Doubles since 2007

(FuelFix)  A group representing North Dakota’s various energy sectors says the state’s energy production from all sources has doubled since 2007. ... The group says renewable energy such as wind power, ethanol and bio-diesel increased by 225 percent since 2007. Marketed natural

July 11, 2013 Read Full Article

Seaweed Viable for Biofuels in B.C., Says UVic Scientist

by Edward Hill (VICNEWS.com)  Seaweed – it’s great for sushi, and perhaps even better for biofuels. A study by a University of Victoria mechanical engineering student has shown that large-scale seaweed farms could make environmental sense in B.C. in terms of

July 10, 2013 Read Full Article

ICM, Inc. Announces Contract with INPASA on Evaporator and Dryer System for Ethanol Plant in Nueva Esperanza, Paraguay

(ICM) ICM, Inc. is pleased to announce that it has signed a contract with Industria Paraguaya de Alcoholes S.A. (“INPASA”) for sale of an evaporator and dryer system at its plant in Nueva Esperanza, Paraguay. INPASA was founded in 2006 to

July 10, 2013 Read Full Article

Ethanol Trade Undermines U.S. Biofuels Policy

by Ali Morrow and Alex Plough (Thomas Reuters Foundation) U.S. policy to boost the use of fuel from renewable sources is generating additional greenhouse gas emissions due to rising trade in ethanol between the United States and Brazil, rather than lowering emissions

July 09, 2013 Read Full Article

INTRATEC Evaluates the Economic Potential of Renewable Ethylene Production

(Brazil Business Today/EIN NewsWire)   Intratec has released the publication “Green Ethylene from Ethanol” detailing the economics of an ethylene via ethanol dehydration process suggested by BP Chemicals R&D staff Seeking to reduce the chemical industry’s dependence on fossil raw materials, several companies

July 09, 2013 Read Full Article

Latest Data on Fuel Mileage and GHG Benefits of E30

by Robert Kozak (Advanced Biofuels USA)  As part of Ford Motor Company’s comments submitted to the Environmental Protection Agency docket on proposed Tier 3 regulations regarding higher octane higher ethanol fuels, they provided an up-to-date literature review of the benefits

July 06, 2013 Read Full Article

Finding Business Success in a Changing Ethanol Industry

by Scott McDermott (Ethanol Producer Magazine/Ascendant Partners Inc.)  ...Historically, ethanol processing margins were driven by supply and demand fundamentals in ethanol, energy and corn, plus feed and policy impacts. As more ethanol companies diversify, the economic incentives to expand or

July 02, 2013 Read Full Article

Lowering Ethanol's Carbon Footprint with Energy Beets

by Keith Loria (Ethanol Producer Magazine)  Mendota Bioenergy’s plan to turn energy beets to ethanol moves to demonstration scale in California’s San Joaquin Valley. The future of advanced biofuels is in beets. At least that’s the thinking of those behind Mendota Bioenergy

July 02, 2013 Read Full Article

‘Where Producers Meet’

by Holly Jessen (Ethanol Producer Magazine)  Industry representatives from 26 countries met in St. Louis, June 10-13, for the world’s largest and longest- running ethanol conference. The 29th Annual International Fuel Ethanol Workshop & Expo brought together a diverse group of

July 02, 2013 Read Full Article

IEA Predicts Global Growth in Ethanol Production

by Erin Voegele (Ethanol Producer Magazine)  The International Energy Agency has released its second annual Medium-Term Renewable Energy Market Report (MTRMR), predicting that world biofuel production will increase from 1.86 million barrels per day in 2012, to 2.36 million barrels

July 02, 2013 Read Full Article

Legislators: Global Partners Will Not Pursue Ethanol Transport by Train

by Erin Baldissari (Wicked Local Cambridge)   Facing pressure from legislators and residents, representatives from Global Partners LP said they would withdraw their proposal July 1 to ship ethanol by train through some of the region’s most densely packed cities, according to state

July 02, 2013 Read Full Article

Ethanol Plants Mired in Troubles

(Saigon Times Online)  The ethanol plants of Vietnam Oil and Gas Group (PVN) are facing numerous difficulties due to slow development of the domestic E-5 at home and poor ethanol export prices. Nguyen Anh Toan, deputy general director of PetroVietnam Oil

July 02, 2013 Read Full Article

US Sugar-for-Ethanol Plan Advances

(Business Recorder)  The US government is close to buying surplus sugar to sell to ethanol producers at a loss, in an effort to bolster weak domestic sugar prices and avoid losing hundreds of millions of dollars in defaulted loans. The

July 02, 2013 Read Full Article

Scottish Startup Thinks Whiskey Can Fuel More than an Epic Bender

by Signe Brewster (GigaOm/The Washington Post)  That 15-year Macallan you’ve been saving for a special occasion has a dark side: It was extremely inefficient to produce. The Scottish malt whiskey industry currently disposes of 90 percent of the liquid it produces because it

July 01, 2013 Read Full Article

What Are the Advantages and Disadvantages of Ethanol Fuel?

(WiseGEEK)  In an effort to find a viable alternative to foreign oil, many politicians and environmental groups have been heavily promoting the advantages of ethanol fuel. Ethanol is a primarily plant-based fuel which can be produced from such sources as sugar

June 06, 2013 Read Full Article

Renewable Fuels Association Disputes Study on Climate Change Impacts on Corn Production

by Erin Voegele (Ethanol Producer Magazine)  The Renewable Fuels Association has spoken out to criticize a study published by Rice University and the University of California-Davis that claims climate change will increase irrigation costs for corn while reducing yields. In

June 06, 2013 Read Full Article

50 Billion Reasons to Support Ethanol

by Maxx Chastko  (Motley Fool)  ... It doesn't have to be so complicated. Controversy aside, there is one calculation that can bring everyone together to support ethanol. The calculation is so simple that you can do it on the back of

May 30, 2013 Read Full Article

Expanding Trade Opportunities in South Korea and Japan

by Kelly Davis (Renewable Fuels Association)  As part of the RFA’s commitment to increasing ethanol export markets, I recently had the unique opportunity to join the U.S. Grains Council on a trade mission to South Korea and Japan. We visited

May 30, 2013 Read Full Article

Renewable Fuels: Where We Should Be

by Fred Cannon (The Hill's Congress Blog/KiOR)  More than one-third of the world’s total energy usage relies on liquid fuels – primarily from fossil fuels. In the first quarter of 2013 consumption outpaced production, and the consumption trajectory is only

May 28, 2013 Read Full Article

Ethanol Improving While Oil Gets Worse

by Joanna Schroeder (DomesticFuel.com)  The House and Energy Commerce Committee has released its third white paper on the Renewable Fuel Standard, “Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Environmental Impacts.” Executive Vice President of the American Coalition for Ethanol (ACE), Brian Jennings, responded with written

May 28, 2013 Read Full Article

Support Growing for Veto of Ethanol Bill

(News Press)  A bio-energy company on the Treasure Coast has joined Fort Myers-based Algenol Inc. in calling for Gov. Rick Scott to veto a measure that would repeal the state law requiring most gasoline sold in the state to include

May 28, 2013 Read Full Article

Zambia: Govt Resorts to Ethanol Fuel

by  Judith Namutowe (AllAfrica.com)   Government has said it will start importing ethanol from Zimbabwe with a view to lowering the high fuel prices in Zambia.   And Government will soon sign a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Zimbabwe-based firm, Green Fuel in

May 28, 2013 Read Full Article

Iowa Takes Aggressive Step to Tear Down Big Oil’s Bogus Blend Wall

(Iowa Renewable Fuels Association)  Passage of Retailer “Bill of Rights” Shows Commitment to Local Retailers and Consumer Fuel Choice The Iowa Renewable Fuels Association (IRFA) today applauded the Iowa Legislature’s passage of H.F. 640 as a big step in supporting fuel choice

May 27, 2013 Read Full Article

Energy and Economic Growth: Interview with Mark Thoma

by James Stafford (OilPrice.com)  ...  Mark Thoma is a macroeconomist and time-series econometrician at the University of Oregon. His research focuses on how monetary policy affects the economy, and he has also worked on political business cycle models. Mark is

May 23, 2013 Read Full Article

Sugar for Food, Fuel and Power: The ISO Datagro Sugar & Ethanol Conference in New York City

by Joanne Ivancic (Advanced Biofuels USA)  What used to be known as “The New York Sugar Conference” has become “The ISO and Datagro Sugar & Ethanol Conference” with a record-setting number of attendees (350 from 25 countries) demonstrating the growing

May 16, 2013 Read Full Article

Study Shows Benefits from Integration of Sweet Sorghum Juice in Corn Mash for Ethanol Production

(United Sorghum Checkoff Program)  The Sorghum Checkoff in collaboration with the NCERC at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville (formerly the National Corn-to-Ethanol Research Center) is pleased to announce a successful bench-scale evaluation of sweet sorghum juice sugars with corn mash for

May 14, 2013 Read Full Article

Out of the Shell: Oil Giant’s Big Biofuels Ambitions

by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest)  ... In an exclusive Digest interview, Shell’s VP for Alternative Energy, Matthew Tipper, reveals the company’s thinking about RFS2, their increasing re-focus on North America and the EU.   Plus, Shell’s ambition to “build, own and operate”

May 14, 2013 Read Full Article

DfT: 66% of Biofuels Supplied in the UK Are Sustainable

(E2B) According to the Department of Transport, between 15 April 2012 and 14 January 2013, 965 million litres of renewable fuel were supplied, of which 66 per cent have so proven to be sustainable. 18 per cent of sustainable renewable fuel

May 09, 2013 Read Full Article

Obama Biofuel Budget Spills Few Details, Still Attacked by House GOP

by Tim McDonnell  (Mother Jones)  ... In mid-March, in a speech at Illinois' Argonne National Lab, Obama pitched an Energy Security Trust, which would collect $2 billion in additional revenues by 2020 from oil and gas companies that drill on federal

May 08, 2013 Read Full Article

International Energy Agency Publishes Global Update of Advanced, Cellulosic Projects

by Erin Voegele (Ethanol Producer Magazine)  The International Energy Agency Bioenergy Task 39 group recently published a report that outlines progress on more than 100 advanced biofuel projects under development worldwide. The report, titled “Status of Advanced Biofuels Demonstration Facilities

May 08, 2013 Read Full Article

Student Finds Better Ethanol Option

by Fritz Bush (The Journal)  A Sibley East High School sophomore earned a spot at the Intel International Science and Engineering Fair (ESEF) in Phoenix next month for his research on the use of anaerobic fermentation on pre-treated biomass to

May 08, 2013 Read Full Article

RFA Infographics -- Easy to Find and Ready to Print

(Renewable Fuels Association)  The Renewable Fuels Association's collection of ethanol infographics is now easier to access than ever before. You can find all the infographics of the RFA and the Fuels America coalition housed in one location. We encourage you

May 08, 2013 Read Full Article

Douglas Durante: Florida's Ethanol Program Needs to Stay the Course

(Tallahassee.com)  Having spent some time on the ground in Tallahassee and talking with several legislators over the past few years, it is clear the ethanol program the state has developed is not understood and certainly not appreciated for what is

May 08, 2013 Read Full Article

UC-Davis Publishes Status Update of Calif. LCFS

by Erin Voegele (Ethanol Producer Magazine)  The University of California-Davis Institute of Transportation Studies has published a new status review of the state’s low carbon fuel standard (LCFS). The review is the second in a series of periodic status reports.

May 08, 2013 Read Full Article

Florida Sunshine Fueling the Growth of Algenol and Its Blue-Green Algae

by Carlin Rosengarten  (Fueling Growth) Nearly 30 years ago, Paul Woods invented the Direct to Ethanol technology that his company, Algenol Biofuels, utilizes today to produce ethanol from blue-green algae at its state-of-the-art commercial development campus in Fort Myers, Fla. Algenol’s

May 08, 2013 Read Full Article

SEKAB Welcomes SP’s Engagement in the Biorefinery Demo Plant

(SEKAB)  SEKAB E-Technology welcomes SP Technical Research Institute of Sweden’s (SP) engagement in the Biorefinery Demo Plant in Örnsköldsvik, previously known as the Ethanol Pilot. SP and SEKAB have signed an agreement, which ensures continued operations of the demonstration plant.

May 08, 2013 Read Full Article

Researchers Reveal Increased Efficiencies in Ethanol Production

by Chris Hanson (Ethanol Producer Magazine)  A study by Steffen Mueller, a researcher at the University of Illinois at Chicago Energy Resources Center, and John Kwik, president of Dominion Energy Services LLC, surveyed ethanol producers and revealed a growing trend

May 06, 2013 Read Full Article

Oil $$, No Ethanol. Coincidence? I Think Not.

by Joanna Schroeder (DomesticFuel.com) Last week the biofuel industry took a hit when Florida voted to repeal its Renewable Fuel Standard, HB4001, that required fuel retailers to blend ethanol into their gasoline. The charge against ethanol was led by Florida Senator Greg Evers,

May 03, 2013 Read Full Article

Advanced Biofuels USA Supports Proposed Tier 3 Higher Octane Vehicle Fuel and Emissions Regulations, with Recommendations for Implementation

(Advanced Biofuels USA)  As part of the recently proposed Tier 3 motor vehicle fuel and emission regulations, EPA had included a very forward looking idea that could bring higher octane, higher ethanol (E-30) gasoline to the marketplace.  Advanced Biofuels USA

May 03, 2013 Read Full Article

Florida Legislation Threatening Algenol’s Expansion in State

(Algae Industry Magazine)  Tim Engstrom reports in Gannett’s news-press.com that a bill to repeal Florida’s Renewable Fuel Standard passed in the current legislative session and sent to Gov. Rick Scott for signing is putting Algenol’s plans for a $400 million

May 03, 2013 Read Full Article

Biodiesel's Position in the Unfair War on Ethanol

by Ron Kotrba (Biodiesel Magazine)  If RFS detractors get their way, biodiesel may become a casualty of the war against ethanol. It's up to all of us to make sure this doesn't happen In editorials and opinions circling the issue of

May 02, 2013 Read Full Article

Maine Legislator Turns up Heat on Ethanol Battle

by Eva Murray (Bangor Daily News)  ...Rep. Jeff Timberlake, R-Turner, has been heading up an effort in the Maine Legislature to revisit ethanol and to encourage fuel suppliers to make a non-ethanol product available to Maine consumers. Timberlake hopes that

April 30, 2013 Read Full Article

Corn Oil Makes The Grade

by Holly Jessen (Ethanol Producer Magazine)  Revenue from corn oil has become an important part of the bottom line at the majority of U.S. ethanol plants. During the past two years, the U.S. ethanol industry has widely implemented corn oil extraction

April 24, 2013 Read Full Article

The Battle Continues

by Robert Vierhout (ePURE/Ethanol Producer Magazine)  ...Member states, however, are faced with the reality of an economic crisis and cannot think of any good reason to kill investments and opportunities for more investments in agriculture. Maybe the Commission has also given

April 24, 2013 Read Full Article

Ten Ways Renewable Fuels are Enviro

by Joanna Schroeder (DomesticFuel.com)  The Iowa Renewable Fuels Association (IRFA) has unveiled a list of 10 ways the renewable fuels industry is helping to improve the environment. According to IRFA, renewable fuels offer positive impacts on the environment compared to

April 24, 2013 Read Full Article

Enogen Corn Hybrid’s Amylase Enzyme Boosts Ethanol Plant Efficiency

(Blacksea Grain)  Jim Peterson’s corn contains a magic ingredient: alpha amylase. This ethanol-fermenting enzyme arrives at the plant on the cob, along with the starch for brewing ethanol, as part of Syngenta Enogen corn hybrids. Peterson and some neighbors earn a

April 24, 2013 Read Full Article
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