A group of grain buyers from Taiwan visited Indiana and Michigan this week to become familiar with production, application, grading and quality standards for U.S. corn and distillers dried grains with solubles (DDGS).
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.
A biorefinery proposed to be built in Grand Forks, North Dakota, would transform low-value agricultural byproducts, including sugar beet tailings, wheat straw and potato waste, into biofuel.
Enerkem Inc. announced it has obtained certification from the International Sustainability and Carbon Certification system for the biomethanol production of its Enerkem Alberta Biofuels full-scale facility in Edmonton, Canada.
The USDA Foreign Agricultural Service recently released a Global Agricultural Information Network report on the Canadian renewable fuel industry, which includes data on the country's advanced biofuel and wood pellet industries.
Kingdom Pellets' proposed wood pellet plant continues to secure financing. Mid-summer, the state of Vermont awarded $550,000 to the town of Lunenburg in community development funds, which the town will loan for the plant's development.
Enerkem Inc. announced it has obtained certification from the International Sustainability and Carbon Certification system for the biomethanol production of its Enerkem Alberta Biofuels full-scale facility in Edmonton, Canada.
Mas Energy simultaneously completed three landfill-gas-to-energy systems in metro Atlanta.
East Kentucky Power Cooperative is expanding its landfill gas-to electric plant at Bavarian's Landfill in Boone County. The plant, which has four existing generators, is getting an additional generating unit.
On Aug. 22, the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Eastern District of Missouri named the successful bidders for five Abengoa first-generation ethanol plants in the U.S. The court is expected to approve the sale of the assets to the bidders on Aug. 29.
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.
St1 Nordic Oy's Norwegian subsidiary, Smart Fuel AS, has signed a letter of intent with Viken Skog SA and its subsidiary Treklyngen Holding AS to construct a Cellunolix ethanol plant in Norway.
For advanced biofuels under the Obama administration, what started out with a boom in 2008 ended with a whimper in 2016.
On Aug. 22, the U.S. Army and Hawaiian Electric Co. broke ground on a 50 MW power plant that will run on a mixture of biofuel and conventional fuels. The facility is scheduled to be operational by spring 2018.
ElectraTherm has shipped the Power+ Generator to a biogas facility in Bad Kostritz, Germany, its second German order in 2016. The site will generate fuel-free, emission-free power while using 100 percent of the heat from several biogas engines.
Ecostrat Inc. has released a White Paper for current and prospective owners and operators of small- to medium-scale woody biomass energy plants. The publication provides an overview of five common mistakes in wood procurement and how to fix them.
IFC, a member of the World Bank Group, with support from the government of Canada and the Clean Technology Fund, recently announced an investment of $161 million in three biomass power plants in Negros Occidental, the Visayan island.
The U.S. Department of Energy recently announced 43 small businesses will participate in the second round of the Small Business Vouchers pilot, including five businesses in the bioenergy space. Together, the 43 awards are worth more than $8 million.
Biomass Magazine reviews sessions from the 2016 National Advanced Biofuels Conference & Expo held this summer in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
Companies building around ethanol's new brand
August 22, 2016
The introduction of E15 into the U.S. fuel marketplace is gaining critical mass This column appears in the September issue of Ethanol Producer Magazine.
The U.S. Department of Energy recently announced 43 small businesses will participate in the second round of the Small Business Vouchers pilot, including five businesses in the bioenergy space. Together, the 43 awards are worth more than $8 million.
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.
While protectionism and isolationism may make good headlines during an election cycle, they seldom are good options in a global economy. This article appears in the September 2016 issue of Ethanol Producer Magazine.
A few months ago, a game changer rocked the gasoline retailer world.. This article appears in the September 2016 issue of Ethanol Producer Magazine.
The Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy recently released the Digest of U.K. Energy Statistics 2016, providing detailed analysis of production, transformation and consumption of energy in 2015.
The USDA Foreign Agricultural Service's Global Agricultural Information Network has published a report on the Italian wood pellet market, noting the country consumed 3.1 million metric tons of pellets last year.
Texas A&M to host course on plant operations, process engineering
By Texas A&M University
August 19, 2016
The Process Engineering R&D Center, a part of the Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station at Texas A&M, is offering a short course, entitled “Practical Short Course on Plant Operations and Process Engineering for Solvent and Biofuel Facilities."
Summer is coming to a close, which means people are wrapping up vacations, kids are back in school and the summer driving season is coming to an end. This column appears in the September 2016 issue of Ethanol Producer Magazine.
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