Two recently released genome studies are expected to provide answers to how to bolster the production of ethanol from corn and biomass.
May 09, 2008
As the media pegs corn ethanol as a principal driver of high food prices and escalating world hunger, are more powerful causes being overlooked?
Winnebago, Minn.-based Corn Plus LLLP is interested in an innovative distillers grains microwave drying technology that could bring the facility one step closer to becoming energy independent.
By Ron Kotrba
May 09, 2008
Plants intending to swap their natural gas boilers for those capable of combusting solid fuels must consider which fly-ash abatement technology will best meet their needs at the right price.
The clock is ticking on public acceptance of ethanol as the United States' corn-based industry is under relentless attack. With cellulosic conversion technologies as the ostensible lone saving grace for ethanol, EPM takes a look at what fruits the first-quarter '08 produced.
By Anduin Kirkbride McElroy
May 09, 2008
The Energy Independence & Security Act of 2007 was passed in December, and the U.S. EPA is scrambling to meet its December 2008 deadline to issue the rule. Answers to the myriad of questions on the rule's details will have to wait until then.
Archer Daniels Midland Co. has kept the nameplate capacities of each of its plants a closely guarded secret for many years. After discovering its Cedar Rapids, Iowa, facility could produce as much as 820 MMgy, EPM wondered how such a large plant might impact the industry.
Brazil's ethanol icon spreads out, adding biodiesel to its expertise, crossing the border to Colombia and experimenting with acid-wash lignin processing.
Prospects for ethanol trade over the coming three to five years are probably good. As to the specifics—it's anybody's guess.
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