Tate & Lyle and DuPont ship propanediol from Tennessee plant
By Dave Nilles
October 26, 2006
A World of Biofuels
By Lindsey Irwin
October 26, 2006
The 2nd annual World Biofuels Symposium in Beijing was yet another signal that the biofuels industry is a truly global phenomenon. Although the United States and Brazil are the current ethanol production front-runners, China—with its massive population and growing insatiable appetite for energy—could represent the next biofuels frontier.
Plugging into the Fuel Chain
By Rona Johnson
October 26, 2006
A Houston-based company offers ethanol producers tailored blueprints to efficiently integrate their product into the existing transportation fuels supply chain. Having already developed Web-based services and solutions for the downstream petroleum industry, FuelQuest Inc. aims to repeat its success in the renewable fuels business.
Model Advice
By Nicholas Zeman
October 26, 2006
Over the past five years, several economists have applied their talents to explaining how renewable fuels production affects agricultural production systems and rural American economies. Now, Iowa State University researchers offer new insight.
Legal Perspectives
By Rebecca A. Brommel
October 26, 2006
The Importance of Document Retention Policies
Straight Through the Curves
By Ron Kotrba
October 26, 2006
Producers can slide through ethanol price dips and rising corn costs by implementing sound risk management plans that hedge forward and keep profit margins steady.
A Spotlight on Risk Basics
By Ron Kotrba
October 26, 2006
Most industry experts agree that protecting an ethanol producer's margins is at the heart of a risk management program. EPM looks at some fundamental concepts necessary to understand how producers manage their margins to remain profitable while processing commodities into liquid energy
Riding the Rails
October 26, 2006
The railroad has become the preferred method for transporting ethanol from plants in the Midwest, where much of the renewable fuel is produced, to new and rapidly expanding markets on the east and west coasts. The stronger focus on rail has had a positive impact on businesses along the tracks, from ethanol marketers and tank car builders to railroad track builders and even railcar movers.
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