By Ron Kotrba
January 10, 2008
Oil companies and distributors in the Southeast are taking advantage of sustained lower ethanol prices, which has led to a rather interesting series of events.
When it comes down to the best way to move biomass from the field to the factory, the dry look may be out. Wet biomass offers advantages that may send the big bale back to the ranch to feed cattle.
Western Canadian wheat growers anticipate ethanol will energize the wheat market there in the same way it has the U.S. corn market by creating a new use for the dominant grain crop. Using wheat to produce ethanol, however, has its challenges.
Poet LLC didn't have far to travel to find a feedstock that it can use to turn the corner on cellulosic ethanol. During the 2007 corn harvest, the company showcased its plans to use corncobs as the primary feedstock for Project Liberty, its cellulose-to-ethanol expansion project at Poet Biorefining Emmetsburg in Iowa.
By Jessica Ebert
January 10, 2008
The once abundant and relatively cheap chemicals indispensable for the production of ethanol are now hard to get and expensive. Although the rapid rise of the industry is partly to blame for this, other factors are influencing the increasing cost of these compounds including high natural gas prices, the demands of the metal industry and incresing demand for fertilizer.
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