The U.S. Department of Energy published a notice of intent on Dec. 10 announcing plans to issue a funding opportunity announcement (FOA) that will support research and development for new biobased plastics.
A group of five ethanol, agriculture and clean air supporters sent a letter to South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem on Dec. 10 commending her for remarks she made in support of E30 during Glacial Lakes Energy LLC's recent annual meeting.
FROM THE JANUARY ISSUE: 2019 was a challenge for ethanol, but 2020 offers opportunities for progress and improvement.
Green Plains and Novozymes announced an exclusive partnership and commercialization agreement for biological solutions in the production of high protein ingredients. The partnership will be aimed at aquaculture, pet food, other novel ingredients.
KLM has purchased sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) for flights out of Amsterdam Airport Schiphol. The sustainable fuel is produced by Neste from used cooking oil and will reduce CO2 emissions by up to 80 percent compared to fossil kerosene.
Randy Ives was a longtime agribusiness delegate to the USGC and an instrumental leader in the development of the organization's DDGS and ethanol market development programs. The USGC honored him with its Lifetime Achievement Award in February 2019.
Patrick Serfass, executive director of the American Biogas Council, recently parcipated in a breifing for U.S. Senate staff addressing the climate benefits of farm-based renewable energy and advanced biofuels.
ReCarbon Inc. has announced the closing of $7 million in Series B funding from a subsidiary of Doosan Group. The company has developed a technology that can produce fuel cell grade hydrogen from landfill gas.
FROM THE JANUARY ISSUE: The Andersons welcomes new board member, RFA awarded grants, Szabo's new Grain Council role, ACE's office and executive committee election.
Dan Brouillette was sworn in to serve as the 15th U.S. secretary of energy on Dec. 11. He was nominated to the post by President Trump on Nov. 7 and was confirmed by the U.S. Senate on Dec. 2 by a vote of 70 to 15.
Red River Biorefinery, a 16.5 MMgy ethanol plant located in Grand Forks, North Dakota, is on track to begin operations in the beginning of 2020. The facility takes in sugar beet tailings and potato processing waste as feedstock.
Dan Brouillette was sworn in to serve as the 15th U.S. secretary of energy on Dec. 11. He was nominated to the post by President Trump on Nov. 7 and was confirmed by the U.S. Senate on Dec. 2 by a vote of 70 to 15.
Caribou Biofuels Inc. has entered into an agreement with the Research Foundation for SUNY, on behalf of SUNY Cobleskill, to develop and commercialize a rotary gasifier that turns combustible waste into biofuel and a soil supplement.
Göteborg Energi and Siemens are cooperating to test state-of-the-art gas turbine technology that enables the operation of renewable fuels in the Rya combined-heat-and-power (CHP) plant in Sweden. The facility is currently powered by natural gas.
The EU's new “Green Deal� demands a greater role for sustainable, low-carbon liquid fuels such as renewable European ethanol in order to meet ambitious new decarbonization and air quality goals, according to ePURE.
The EIA released the December edition of its Short-Term Energy Outlook on Dec. 11 predicting nonhydropower renewables will provide 10 percent of total U.S. utility-scale power generation in 2019, increasing to 12 percent in 2020.
The U.S. Energy Information Administration lowered its forecast for 2019 ethanol production, but maintained its forecast for 2020 ethanol production in its latest Short-Term Energy Outlook, published Dec. 11.
Reps. Dave Loebsack, D-Iowa; Abby Finkenauer, D-Iowa; and Cindy Axne, D-Iowa, send a letter to OMB leadership on Dec. 11 urging the agency to ensure that EPA's final SRE rule upholds the administration's commitment to ethanol.
Rep. Collin Peterson, chair of the House Agriculture Committee, sent a letter to the U.S. EPA on Dec. 6 raising concerns that the agency's supplemental notice of proposed rulemaking regarding SREs fails to uphold the integrity of the RFS.
Duke Energy and a consortium of other utilities are securing poultry waste RECs from the Carolina Poultry Power facility, which generates 2 MW of power and 75,000 tons of steam per hour using more than 230 tons of turkey waste per day.
Boiling Down Our Message
December 11, 2019
Supporting, following and learning from organizations like Future Forests + Jobs helps the industry push back and stand up for itself when misleading and inaccurate stories are published.
The U.S. exported 550,035.3 tons of wood pellets during October, according to data released by the USDA Foreign Agricultural Service on Dec. 5. Exports were down when compared to both October 2018 and September 2019.
The National Corn Growers Association hosted a news conference Dec. 11 during which NCGA officials and state leaders urged the Trump Administration and members of Congress to complete work related to trade and ethanol.
Dominion Energy and Vanguard Renewables announced Dec. 11 a more than $200 million, nationwide strategic partnership to convert methane from U.S. dairy farms into clean, RNG that can heat homes, power businesses and fuel vehicles.
Randy Ives, 63, of Omaha, Nebraska, passed away Dec. 9. Ives, a cofounder ICM Inc., was a well respected figure in the U.S. ethanol industry known for his expertise in distillers grains. A celebration of life will be held Dec. 21 in Omaha.
Germany's Carbon Mitigation Plan With Biomass
By Holger Streetz
December 11, 2019
The potential of combined-heat-and-power plants, especially with organic Rankine cycle, can turn the tides in favor of biomass as a key part of Germany's energy transition.
Increasing Packing Line Throughput
By Joseph Albert
December 11, 2019
With a desire to automate its packaging line and improve upon its existing packaging methods, Don Wagner, general manager at AWP's Kingwood facility, began searching for stretch hood equipment suppliers.
Rebooting Efforts in DC
December 11, 2019
At this summer's Pellet Fuels Institute board meeting, a decision was made to host our fall meeting in Washington, D.C., and pair it with a day of policy advocacy on Capitol Hill.
The USDA Foreign Agricultural Service released October export data on Dec. 5, reporting the U.S. exported approximately 112.82 million gallons of ethanol and 759,979 tons of distillers grains during the month.
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