FROM THE JULY ISSUE: Editor Lisa Gibson previews the magazine, including feature articles about EPM's 2019 salary survey, a look at Greenfield's biogas use, training initiatives for ethanol producers in Nebraska, and more.
FROM THE JULY ISSUE: Ethanol Producer Magazine reports the results of its 2019 Salary and Job Satisfaction Survey, with comparisons to previous years' figures.
Lee Enterprises Consulting has added four new members to its team of 100-plus subject matter bioeconomy experts, including Chris Burk, P.E.; Daren Daugaard, Ph.D. P.E.; David Whittle; and Tad Dritz, P.E.
Rep. Mike Thompson, D-Calif., introduced the Taxpayer Certainty and Disaster Tax Relief Act of 2019 on June 18. The bill extends several biofuel- and bioenergy-related tax credits through 2020. The legislation was scheduled for markup on June 20.
FROM THE JULY ISSUE: Legislators on both sides of the aisle voice concerns about small refinery exemptions.
FROM THE JULY ISSUE: Greenfield Global's ethanol plant in Quebec supplements natural gas with biogas power produced through anaerobic digestion of organic waste from 27 nearby cities.
A reported released June 11 by the All Party Parliamentary Group for British Bioethanol found that the immediate introduction of E10 in the U.K. market could save drivers approximately £100 million ($126.44 million) in 2020.
FROM THE JULY ISSUE: The Nebraska Ethanol Board and the University of Nebraska-Lincoln bring targeted training to ethanol producers.
Jingyi Chen, associate professor of chemistry and biochemistry at the University of Arkansas, worked with scientists at the Brookhaven National Laboratory to develop a highly efficient catalyst for generating electrical energy from ethanol.
The U.S. exported more than 150 million gallons of ethanol and nearly 918,000 tons of distillers grains in April, according to data released by the USDA FAS on June 6. Exports of both products were down when compared to April 2018.
FROM THE JULY ISSUE: A predictive technology from the paper mill industry is making its way into ethanol, tying into main databases to plan and troubleshoot.
FROM THE JULY ISSUE: Small refinery exemptions are helping the oil industry, hurting ethanol.
According to Jayne Kalbfleisch, technical development manager at Lallemand Biofuels and Distilled Spirits, one factor that may be robbing an ethanol plant of yield is stressed yeast. Kalbfleisch discussed the impact of stressed yeast at the FEW.
ePURE recently elected Alarik Sandrup of Swedish farmers' cooperative Lantmännen as its new president. Valérie Corre, director of regulatory affairs for alcohol/ethanol EU for French cooperative Tereos, was elected as vice president.
The U.S. Department of Energy is seeking nominations for candidates to fill vacancies on its Biomass Research and Development Technical Advisory Committee. Nominations must be submitted by June 30.
FROM THE JULY ISSUE: Several countries are making legislative changes that bode well for U.S. ethanol.
FROM THE JULY ISSUE: U.S. Grains Council's new president and CEO, new CFO at Green Plains, and former Iowa governor Vilsack honored.
UNICA, the Brazilian sugarcane industry association, has announced sales of hydrous ethanol reached a record 2.05 billion liters (541.55 million gallons) in May, up 50.64 percent when compared to sales during the same month of last year.
The EIA's Short-Term Energy Outlook for June features increased forecasts for 2019 and 2020 ethanol production. The agency now predicts ethanol production will average 1.04 million barrels per day in 2019 and 1.05 million barrels per day in 2020.
Sens. Deb Fischer, R-Neb., and Tammy Duckworth, D-Ill., introduced the RFS Integrity Act of 2019 on June 13. The bill aims to bring transparency and predictability to the U.S. EPA's small refinery exemption (SRE) process.
RFA's Missy Ruff has received the 2018 TRANSCAER Chairman's Award, which recognizes TRANSCAER team members who have contributed above and beyond the normal call of duty to advocate, demonstrate and implement TRANSCAER's principles.
A group of 15 companies sent a letter to Assistant EPA Administrator Bill Wehrum June 12 urging the agency to finalize provisions in the proposed REGS rule to remove unnecessary regulatory barriers for the production of certain biofuels.
Sens. Chris Coons, D-Del., and Jerry Moran, R-Kan., and Reps. Mike Thompson, D-Calif., and Ron Estes, R-Kan., reintroduced a bill June 13 that aims to give investors in clean energy projects access to the use of master limited partnerships (MLPs).
Kristen Gordon, director of reliability services at ICM Inc., presented ICM's best practices for managing ethanol plant shutdowns at the 2019 International Fuel Ethanol Workshop and Expo June 12 in Indianapolis.
A bipartisan group of nine senators, led by Sens. Susan Collins, R-Maine, and Jeff. Merkley, D-Ore., sent a letter to EPA Administrator Andrew Wheeler June 11 urging the agency to act on pending applications for electric fuel pathways under the RFS.
A dozen democratic senators, led by Sens. Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn., and Tammy Duckworth, D-Ill., sent a letter to EPA Administrator Andrew Wheeler June 11 urging the agency to end approval of unjustified SRE applications and reallocate waived volumes.
Growth Energy filed a motion in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit June 12 to intervene in support of the U.S. EPA's rule allowing year-round E15 sales. AFPM filed a lawsuit June 10 challenging the rule.
The RFA held a media call June 12 to provide behind-the-scenes information on President Donald Trump's June 11 visit to Southwest Iowa Renewable Energy in celebration of the U.S. EPA's recent rule to allow year-round E15 sales.
A new event helped kick off the 2019 Fuel Ethanol and Workshop in Indianapolis, Indiana this week. The Ethanol Plant Construction and Project Summit was a half-day seminar, focusing on recent capital projects in the industry.
Novozymes, a yeast and enzyme provider, announced this week at the Fuel Ethanol Workshop and Expo it's new products: Fortiva, a new alpha-amylase, and Innova Force, a new yeast that is part of the Innova platform announced by Novozymes last year.
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