FROM THE SEPTEMBER ISSUE: Doug Durante, executive director of the Clean Fuels Development Coalition, writes a column this month about myths surrounding the ethanol industry.
Fuel consumers and retailers are looking for more options and higher octanes, according to the three speakers on the Aug. 17 general session panel of the American Coalition for Ethanol Annual Conference in Omaha.
Exports of U.S. feed grains in all forms (GIAF) are up 20 percent year-over-year from September-June to 96.9 million metric tons, according to data from the USDA and analysis by the U.S. Grains Council.
The Surface Transportation Board is seeking candidates to fill two vacancies on its Rail Energy Transportation Advisory Committee, including one representing the biofuels industry. Suggestions for candidates are due Aug. 30.
The U.S. Grains Council Advisory Team for Ethanol hopes to increase the volume of exported ethanol to 2.3 billion gallons by 2026, which is double export projections for this year. Last year, exports exceeded 1 billion gallons.
Nebraska Gov. Pete Ricketts delivered the keynote address to the American Coalition for Ethanol Annual Conference Aug. 16 in Omaha. He praised the industry on its work, encouraged strong policy support and discussed the importance of ethanol.
Project turns state roadways into a renewable energy source
By University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Illinois Sustainable Technology Center
August 16, 2017
The Illinois Department of Transportation has approved implementation of a renewable energy demonstration project using grasses collected from mowing highway rights-of-way (ROW).
The Tharaldson Ethanol LLC plant in Casselton, North Dakota, is being awarded $341,000 in federal funding under USDA Rural Development's Rural Energy for America Program to support the addition of a new fermenter and cooling tower cell.
FROM THE SEPTEMBER ISSUE: Donna Funk, principal at K-Coe Isom, outlines areas businesses often overlook when looking to improve efficiency.
A grand opening was recently held for FS Bioenergia, a $115 million corn-only ethanol production facility in Lucas do Rio Verde, Mato Grosso, Brazil. The project collaboration between Brazil-based Fiagril and U.S.-based Summit Agricultural Group.
Greenfield Global Inc., Canada's largest ethanol producer, recently announced that it has commenced a feasibility study to significantly expand operations for sustainable biofuel production at its biorefinery in Varennes, Quebec.
The American Coalition for Ethanol announced the re-election of several board members and the election of one new representative to the organization's board of directors during its annual meeting prior to ACE's 30th annual conference in Omaha.
Novozymes has released second quarter financial results, reporting increased sales for its bioenergy division. The company also briefly discussed its new initiative to supply yeast for ethanol production.
Poet Biorefining – Marion broke ground Aug. 15 to expand its production capacity from 70 million gallons per year to 150 million gallons per year. With the groundbreaking, site work has officially begun, with project completion slated for Q3 of 2018.
Thirty-one children from Farm Camp Minnesota recently visited Guardian Energy to get a closer look at homegrown renewable energy production. The visit to Guardian Energy was organized by the Minnesota Bio-Fuels Association.
The U.K. Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy has released updated energy data, reporting that that ethanol accounted for 4.4 percent of gasoline and biodiesel accounted for 2.4 percent of diesel in 2016.
Greenbelt Resources Corp. recently launched the first installation of its ECOsystem technology in Indonesia. The system recycles food waste and converts it into bioproducts including bioethanol, protein, fertilizer or drinking water.
Minnesota Bio-Fuels Association recently welcomed Hth Companies Inc. and Pinnacle Engineering as new vendor members.
Aemetis Inc. has released second quarter financial results, providing an update on its efforts to acquire Edeniq and discussing plans to construct a 10 MMgy cellulosic ethanol plant near its existing corn ethanol facility in Keyes, California.
The American Coalition for Ethanol congratulates member plants reaching anniversary milestones this summer, including Poet Biorefining - Big Stone in Milbank, South Dakota, and Glacial Lakes Energy LLC in Watertown, South Dakota.
In late July, Rep. Andy Biggs, R-Ariz., introduced legislation that aims to repeal bioenergy programs contained under Title IX of the 2014 Farm Bill. A total of 10 programs, including the Rural Energy for America Program, would be eliminated.
The U.S. Grains Council has recognized Craig Floss for 20 years of service. He currently helps build demand for U.S. ethanol exports around the world.
Aemetis Inc. has announced it is producing cellulosic ethanol from orchard waste, utilizing technologies from Aemetis, LLanzaTech and InEnTec at a demonstration facility located at InEnTec's Technology Center in Richland, Washington.
The U.S. Energy Information Administration maintains its 2017 and 2018 ethanol production forecasts in its August Short-Term Energy Outlook. Ethanol production is expected average 1.02 million barrels per day in 2017, falling slightly in 2018.
Deb Keller, a farmer from Clarion, Iowa, was elected as U.S. Grains Council chairman at the organization's 57th Annual Board of Delegates Meeting in Vancouver, Washington. She is the first female selected for the role in the organization's history.
A report filed with the USDA Foreign Agricultural Service's Global Agricultural Information Network expects bioethanol production in the European Union to increase in 2017 and 2018, despite a decline in bioethanol consumption since 2011.
North Dakota's ethanol industry contributes $623.4 million to the economy annually, according to a report from the North Dakota State University Department of Agribusiness and Applied Economics.
The Renewable Fuels Foundation has teamed up Pinnacle Engineering Inc. to sponsor a five-part webinar series that educates stakeholders within the renewable fuels industry about oil release planning, prevention and impact mitigation.
UNICA, the Brazilian sugarcane industry association, has announced sugarcane mills in the country's south-central region processed 47.83 million tons of sugarcane during the first half of July.
The Andersons Inc. recently released second quarter financial results, reporting its ethanol group earned $4.7 million of pretax income attributable to the company despite weaker year-over-year margins.
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