Colombia has filed an annual biofuels report with the USDA Foreign Agricultural Service's Global Information Network, noting that ethanol capacity has increased to 1.65 million liters (435,883.89 gallons) per day.
Rep. Tim Walz visited Al-Corn Clean Fuel in Claremont on Aug. 24 to learn more about the plant's upcoming expansion exercise and reiterate his support for clean Minnesota-produced renewable biofuels.
Brazil has filed its annual biofuels report with the USDA Foreign Agriculture Service's Global Agricultural Information Network, noting the country is expected to produce 30.372 billion liters (8.02 billion gallons) of ethanol this year.
Rex American Resources Corp. has released second quarter financial results, reporting net sales and revenue of $115.7 million, up from $113.5 million during the same quarter of 2015. Gross profit for the second quarter was $17.3 million.
Low-carbon alternative energy will be the focus of a new Canadian conference in the planning. “Scaling Up: Delivering Canada's low carbon, biobased economy through sustainable innovation,� is set for Nov. 14-16 in Ottawa.
The U.S. EPA has released renewable identification number (RIN) generation data for July, reporting more than 1.61 billion RINs were generated during the month, including nearly 15.21 million cellulosic RINs.
Canada recently filed annual biofuels report with the USDA Foreign Agricultural Service's Global Agricultural Information Network, reporting the nation's ethanol industry has consolidated and plants are running at capacity.
The Renewable Fuels Association is hosting three free ethanol safety seminars this and next week in Nebraska and Connecticut. Certificates of Completion will be handed out to all attendees at the end of each safety seminar.
Prairie Horizon Agri-Energy thanked the local community for 10 years of support with a public celebration on Aug. 19. The 40 MMgy facility is located in Phillipsburg, Kansas, and employs 35 people.
A recent report filed with the USDA Foreign Agricultural Service's Global Agricultural Information Network provides updated data on Australia's biofuel industry, noting ethanol production is expected to reach 250 million liters this year.
The Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration has issued a final rule to codify certain elements included in the Fixing America's Surface Transportation Act, which mandates a revised phase-out schedule for certain DOT-111 tank cars.
The U.S. ethanol industry has tied the weekly ethanol production record it set in July, with production once again reaching an average of 1.029 barrels per day the week ending Aug. 12, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration.
Advances in cellulosic ethanol technology, including a collaboration between Syngenta and Iowa-based Cellulosic Ethanol Technologies LLC, were a key topic at the recent American Coalition for Ethanol annual conference.
Aemetis Inc. has released second quarter financial results, reporting improved ethanol pricing and positive margins. The company's planned acquisition of Edeniq is expected to close during the third quarter.
The Renewable Fuels Association is hosting four free ethanol safety seminars in Delaware and New Jersey. The Delaware seminars will be held on Aug. 16 in Wilmington, and the New Jersey seminars will be held in Mahwah on Aug. 18.
The cost and environmental impact of producing liquid biofuels and biochemicals as alternatives to petroleum-based products could be significantly reduced, thanks to a new metabolic engineering technique.
Fuel ethanol production capacity in the United States was nearly 15 billion gallons per year, or 973,000 barrels per day (b/d), at the beginning of 2016, according to EIA's most recent U.S. Fuel Ethanol Plant Production Capacity report.
Southwest Iowa Renewable Energy LLC has reported financial results for its third fiscal quarter, the three months ended June 30, reporting a net loss of $300,000 million, or a loss of $20.48 per basic unit.
Gevo Inc. recently released its quarter two financial results, providing an update on Luverne's operational status and progress, efforts in the jet fuel and specialty fuels markets, as well as its partnership with Clariant Corp.
On Aug. 5, a lightning strike caused a fire at a feedstock storage area a few miles from DuPont's cellulosic ethanol plant in Nevada, Iowa. An estimated 10,000 bales of corn stover were lost, but the facility itself was unaffected.
The American Coalition for Ethanol used its well-attended annual gathering as a platform to launch a reinvigorated campaign for the industry to make its case for ethanol as a clean source for vitally important octane.
The Andersons Inc. Ethanol Group was profitable in the second quarter of 2016. Steady exports, seasonal driving demand, lower corn prices and stronger demand for sales of E10 ethanol boosted margins, company officials said.
The Renewable Fuels Association member company Al-Corn Clean Fuel held a celebration Aug. 2 to mark its 20th anniversary in operation. The farmer-owned ethanol production cooperative was founded in 1994 and began production in 1996.
Seven parties have expressed interest in Archer Daniels Midland Co.'s dry mill ethanol assets, and bids are expected by the end of August, Chairman and CEO Juan Luciano said in the company's second quarter investor call.
Green Plains Inc. produced a record 274.3 million gallons of ethanol in the second quarter, realizing a net income of $8.2 million, or 21 cents per diluted share. Revenues in Q2 2016 were $887.7 million.
On July 27 in Omaha, Nebraska, the Renewable Fuels Association kicked off the first of four training sessions designed to help ethanol and distillers grains producers comply with impending Food Safety Modernization Act requirements.
The U.S. EPA has released renewable identification number (RIN) generation data for June, reporting that more than 1.7 billion RINs were generated during the month, bringing the total for the first half of the year to nearly 9.21 billion.
Valero's ethanol division reported $69 million of operating income in the second quarter of 2016, $39 million less than the second quarter of 2015, but up $60 million when compared to the first quarter of this year.
In late June, the U.S. EPA approved efficient producer pathways for six Poet ethanol plants, bringing the total number of plants to receive pathways approvals under the efficient producer program to approximately 60.
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