Located in Nicaragua, the operation includes 60,000 to 70,000 head of cattle, and uses U.S. corn rolled and mixed with mombasa, a tropical grass.
The Nebraska Ethanol Board's third E15 Retailer Workshop is coming up Feb. 20 in Lincoln.
The U.S. Grains Council is specifically targeting the aquaculture industry in Southeast Asia as one of the next big demand growth opportunities for U.S. dried distillers grains with solubles (DDGS).
U.S. Reps. Brad Wenstrup, R-Ohio, and David Schweikert, R-Ariz., introduced legislation Feb. 12 to expand the 45Q carbon sequestration tax credit and make it permanent in the federal tax code.
The U.S. Energy Information Administration maintained its prediction for 2020 ethanol production in its latest Short-Term Energy Outlook, released Feb. 11
The USDA increased its 2019-'20 forecast for corn use in ethanol production by 50 million bushels, to 5.425 billion, in its latest World Agricultural Supply & Demand Estimates report, released Feb. 11.
SIRE receives RFA's 2020 Industry Award
By Renewable Fuels Association
February 12, 2020
The Renewable Fuels Association presented Southwest Iowa Renewable Energy in Council Bluffs, Iowa, with the 2020 Industry Award Feb. 12 at the National Ethanol Conference in Houston, Texas.
Ted McKinney, the U.S. Department of Agriculture's undersecretary for trade and foreign agricultural affairs, addressed the 2020 National Ethanol Conference Wednesday, offering kudos to the U.S. ethanol industry.
Panel discussions during the second day of the 2020 National Ethanol Conference in Houston, Texas, began by exploring new uses for ethanol.
Cooperative Producers Inc. has added E15 at its fuel sites in Axtell, Nebraska, and Red Cloud, Nebraska. These additions are CPI's fifth and sixth locations selling E15 in the state including locations in Clay Center, Funk, Giltner, and Juniata.
Resolute Forest Products to produce cellulose filaments in Quebec
By Resolute Forest Products Inc.
February 12, 2020
Resolute Forest Products recently announced the construction of a commercial plant specializing in the production of cellulose filaments, a new sustainable biomaterial derived from wood fiber, at its Kénogami paper mill in Quebec, Canada.
Oberon Fuels, a producer of ultra-low-carbon, renewable dimethyl ether, and SHV Energy, the world's largest distributor of propane fuel, are partnering to accelerate the use of renewable DME to reduce the carbon footprint of transportation fuel.
Eighty years after nylon's first commercial production, Genomatica achieved a new milestone for the material—its production of the world's first renewably sourced ton of the key ingredient for nylon-6, made from plants instead of crude oil.
Geoff Cooper, Renewable Fuels Association president and CEO, said that while 2019 was a difficult year for the ethanol industry, there is reason for optimism in 2020.
Clean fuel programs dominate discussion at NEC
February 11, 2020
At the 2020 National Ethanol Conference, much attention was given to low-carbon fuels standards, both in remarks by Renewable Fuels Association President and CEO Geoff Cooper, as well as a morning panel discussion.
While Brazil's sugarcane ethanol production was negligible in early January, corn ethanol production continued to grow.
JV partners Covanta, Biffa and GIG announced that the Newhurst Energy-from-Waste Facility in Leicestershire, England, has reached financial close. Covanta and GIG will own 50 percent of the project while waste provider Biffa will own the other half.
Corn use for fuel ethanol production in December was up when compared to both the previous month and December 2018, according to the USDA.
Turboden S.p.A. has concluded a contract to provide the Meadow Lake Tribal Council, representing nine Indigenous First Nations in Saskatchewan, Canada, with an 8,000 kW ORC power generation system that uses sawmill residual woody biomass as fuel.
UPM invests in biochemicals to drive switch from fossil materials
By UPM-Kymmene Corp.
February 10, 2020
UPM takes the next transformative growth step and enters the biochemicals business by investing in a biorefinery at Leuna, Germany. The biorefinery, expected to cost USD$600 million, will produce a range of 100 percent wood-based biochemicals.
The Renewable Fuels Association has teamed up with several organizations to expand pollinator habitats near ethanol plants in Nebraska.
The ethanol industry supported nearly 350,000 jobs and generated almost $43 billion in gross domestic product in 2019, according to an analysis conducted by ABF Economics.
Under the agreement with Artesia Renewable Diesel Company, a subsidiary of HollyFrontier, Haldor Topsoe will license and supply basic engineering, proprietary equipment, catalysts and technical services. The project is based on HydroFlex technology.
Eight students from Triton High School in Dodge Center, Minnesota, toured Al-Corn Clean Fuel in Claremont, Minnesota, Feb. 7 to learn about renewable energy production.
The Minnesota Corn Growers Association has launched the Better Fuel Initiative to promote the adoption of state policies, raise awareness, drive research and increase infrastructure with the aim to meet environmental goals by using biofuels.
The Forest Enhancement Society of BC announced on Jan. 30 it will award $408,320 to Terrace, British Columbia-based Skeena Bioenergy Ltd. to use materials from slash piles to make wood pellets in the Coast Mountains Natural Resources District.
The National Clean Fuels Technology and Health Effects Leadership Forum was held in Washington, D.C., on Feb. 6. The event brought to the forefront the health and environmental benefits ethanol offers.
Brightmark announced Feb. 5 that it has signed a manure supply agreement with two South Dakota dairy companies to capture methane produced by nearly 12,000 dairy cows and heifers and convert it into renewable natural gas.
Eco-Energy has entered the final stage of construction on its ethanol distribution facility located in Phoenix, Arizona. The facility will be Eco-Energy's tenth ethanol distribution terminal and is scheduled to commence operations in 3Q 2020.
Greenlane Renewables Inc. has announced that its wholly-owned subsidiary, Greenlane Biogas North America Ltd., signed a $7 million contract with Ligonier, Pennsylvania based Renewable Natural Gas Co. to supply three biogas upgrading systems.
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