Minnesota's Innovative Ethanol Man
By Ron Kotrba / Photos By John Cross
June 02, 2008
Novel energy sources and coproduct streams abound at Corn Plus LLLP, an average-sized ethanol plant in southern Minnesota that functions in a far-from-average way. That's because the man at the helm, industry pioneer Keith Kor, is willing to take chances. This is his story.
As the world grapples with the weighty issues of energy independence, climate change and food versus fuel, corn ethanol and palm oil's roles are often unfairly criticized or misunderstood. EPM takes a look at how palm oil and corn producers deal with negative publicity.
China to Host World Biofuels Symposium
By Craig A. Johnson
June 02, 2008
China's energy needs are expected to increase by nearly 50 percent in the next 12 years. Because much of this energy will be used by the country's burgeoning middle class to fuel its cars, keeping up with new demand for transportation fuel is going to be challenging.
National Forest Biomass Off-Limits for RFS
By Hope Deutscher
June 02, 2008
In national forests from Arizona to Montana, thousands of slash piles left by the timber industry could be used to produce cellulosic ethanol. Before that can happen, the language in the Energy Independence & Security Act must be changed.
What Comes First?
By Hope Deutscher
June 02, 2008
In the past five years ethanol plants have popped up across the countryside, but the vast number of employees required to run those plants has not materialized as quickly. That has led renewable energy companies, ethanol plants, technical colleges and universities to collaborate and provide the much-needed training of tomorrow's ethanol producers.
E85 prices can vary by more than $1 a gallon in certain regions of the country. Why?
Under Pressure Underground: Gravity Pressure Vessels Convert Waste into Biofuels
By Peter Hurrell and Zbigniew "Zig" Resiak
June 02, 2008
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