FROM THE FEBRUARY ISSUE: With a global rise in cyber threats—including within the ethanol industry—experts offer security tips and best practices.
FROM THE FEBRUARY ISSUE: Minnesota retailer recognized, USGC promotes manager of global ethanol programs, Gevo welcomes new CFO, Adhikari joins Lee Enterprises, and Iowa drivers help fund breast cancer research.
FROM THE FEBRUARY ISSUE: CIP brings unique challenges to ethanol, but they can be overcome.
The U.S. Energy Information Administration maintained its December forecast that U.S. ethanol production will average 1.03 million barrels per day in 2020 in its latest Short-Term Energy Outlook, published on Jan. 14.
Aemetis has purchased a partially complete ethanol plant in Kansas. While the company previously said it would convert the facility to cellulosic production, Aemetis Chairman and CEO Eric McAfee said there are currently no plans to build at the site.
Southwest Iowa Renewable Energy in Council Bluffs, Iowa, has received approval for a pathway for D6 renewable identification numbers (RINs) generated from non-grandfathered ethanol. The U.S. EPA approved SIRE's pathway in late November last year.
UNICA, the Brazilian sugarcane ethanol industry association, has announced that mills in the country's south-central region produced 31.95 billion liters of ethanol from April 1 through Dec. 15, 2019, including 981.9 million liters of corn ethanol.
Badger State Ethanol LLC announced Jan. 3 it has surpassed 1 billion gallons of ethanol production at its 85 MMgy facility located in Monroe, Wisconsin. The facility began operatins in 2002 with an orginal nameplate capacity of 40 MMgy.
The USDA has released renewable identification number (RIN) generation data for November, reporting that nearly 1.45 billion RINs were generated during the month, including 32.68 million cellulosic RINs.
The USDA recently released its Grain Crushings and Co-Products Production report for December, reporting that corn use for fuel ethanol production in October was up significantly from the prior month, but down when compared to October 2018.
FROM THE JANUARY ISSUE: The future of liquid fuels, whether derived from renewable resources or not, might depend on a collaboration between ethanol and petroleum interests.
FROM THE JANUARY ISSUE: Editor Lisa Gibson previews the magazine, including feature articles about collaboration with the petroleum industry, an ethanol margins and the 2019 growing season and harvest, 2020's executive outlook, and more.
A final rule released by the EPA on Dec. 19 includes a slight boost in the 2020 RFS cellulosic biofuel RVO. The rule also maintains EPA's much criticized proposed plan to account for future SREs—a move slammed by members of the biofuels industry.
FROM THE JANUARY ISSUE: Margins at some plants have begun to rise, but they're still tight, and factors like crop condition and harvest progress will have an impact.
FROM THE JANUARY ISSUE: Ethanol Producer Magazine talked to three experts about the past year, and what they see moving into 2020.
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.
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.
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.
UNICA, the Brazilian sugarcane industry association, has announced that nearly three-fourths of the sugarcane processed during the first half of November went to ethanol production. The group also said corn ethanol production is up significantly.
Rex American Resources Corp. officials reported improving crush spreads and said its ethanol operations are currently running at a profitable rate during a Dec. 4 earnings call. The company's NuGen plant, however, is being impacted by corn shortages.
Bunge Ltd. and BP plc announced Dec. 2 they have completed the formation of BP Bunge Bioenergia, a 50:50 joint venture that combines the two companies' Brazilian bioenergy and sugarcane ethanol businesses.
The USDA recently released its Grain Crushings and Co-Products Production report for November, reporting that corn use for fuel ethanol production fell to 407 million bushels in September, down from both September 2018 and August 2019.
UNICA, the Brazilian sugarcane industry association, has announced that domestic sales of hydrous ethanol by mills in the south-central region of Brazil record set a new record in October, reaching 2.11 billion liters (557.4 million gallons).
FROM THE DECEMBER ISSUE: Corn oil may be the smallest fraction of production by weight, but it's also the most valuable.
FROM THE DECEMBER ISSUE: Editor Lisa Gibson previews the magazine, including feature articles about improved corn oil yield, an update on ethanol exports to Mexico, and a recap of the first Global Ethanol Summit.
Poet-DSM Advanced Biofuels LLC, a joint venture of Royal DSM and Poet LLC, announced Nov. 19 it will pause production of cellulosic ethanol at Project Liberty and shift to R&D focused on improving operational efficiency.
Construction of the first commercial-scale D3MAX plant at Ace Ethanol in Stanley, Wisconsin, is nearly complete. The corn fiber-to-ethanol facility is expected to begin startup in December and ramp up to full production capacity in early 2020.
The nation's biofuel producers have made significant gains in both energy efficiency and water conservation in recent years, according to a report released by the U.S Department of Energy's Argonne National Laboratory.
Aemetis Inc. released third quarter financial results on Nov. 14, reporting progress with efforts to lower the carbon score of its corn ethanol plant and develop renewable natural gas (RNG) and cellulosic ethanol projects.
Gevo Inc. released third quarter financial results on Nov. 12, highlighting plans to sell low-carbon ethanol into the California market, develop a 1 MMgy hydrocarbon plant and implement RNG and wind energy at its existing biorefinery in Minnesota.
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