By Ryan C. Christiansen
February 04, 2009
Tracking the Renewable Identification Numbers required by the renewable fuels standard is a daunting task. The first full year of the system provided experience that will pay off in the future.
The ethanol industry's declaration of energy independence for the U.S. is leading producers to generate more energy from an acre of corn.
The success of the dry-mill ethanol production process means that in the near future, the ethanol industry could produce more distillers grains than the domestic livestock feed market and the fledgling export market will bear. Distillers dried grains with solubles is already considered by many to be an undervalued co-product of ethanol production. How will the ethanol industry expand the market and how will they move it all from here to there?
Squeezing more ethanol from a bushel of corn is one way for an ethanol producer to stay on top of his game. California-based OptiSwitch Technology has developed a process that could increase ethanol production by 5 percent or more, using high-power silicon switches to apply voltage to the cell walls of the corn kernel.
February 02, 2009
The latest bankruptcy news raises questions about the ethanol industry.
By Rona Johnson
January 30, 2009
I talked to Chuck Anderson, vice president of ecomarket development for venture-backed ImageTree Corp. this week.
January 26, 2009
Lab researchers continue to improve the industry.
By Rona Johnson
January 23, 2009
My question to the biomass industry – is anybody out there doing the deep thinking required to anticipate possible future controversies?
By Rona Johnson
January 16, 2009
Mark April 28-30 on your calendars and plan to attend the 2009 International Biomass Conference and Expo in Portland, Ore.
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