Aemetis Inc. has acquired the rights to LanzaTech's patented technology to convert agricultural, forest, dairy and construction and demolition wastes to ethanol in California. Aemetis is the first licensee of the technology in North America.
The 2016 International Fuel Ethanol Workshop & Expo, the ethanol industry's largest conference, has released its highly anticipated agenda featuring more than 140 speakers and four comprehensive tracks.
On March 23, a group of 19 senators sent a letter to U.S. EPA Administrator Gina McCarthy, asking the agency to set high renewable volume obligations (RVOs) in its 2017 renewable fuel standard (RFS) rulemaking.
The U.S. is awash with natural gas. Mild temperatures diminished the need to tap into underground storage to meet heating demand.
On March 21, nine members of the U.S. of Representatives sent a letter to U.S. Trade Ambassador Michael Froman, urging him to examine opportunities to reduce tariffs on U.S.-produced energy, including ethanol, during trade negotiations.
The U.S. EPA has released renewable identification number (RIN) generation data for February, reporting 1.18 billion RINs were generated during the month, including nearly 14.42 million cellulosic RINs.
Murex LLC recently announced further market growth with the execution of a multi-year ethanol marketing agreement with White Energy. The agreement calls for Murex to market all three of White Energy's locations' production.
A recent study has shown that while the renewable fuels industry continues to be a strong driver of Iowa's economy, its impact took a small step backwards in 2015 due to reductions in renewable fuel standard (RFS).
American Science and Technology has completed the scale-up of its biorefinery in Wausau, Wisconsin. The company increased the processing capacity of its facility from 100 kilograms to 2 tons of cellulosic biomass per day.
The Renewable Fuels Association recently expressed deep appreciation to Lowe's for responding so quickly to the industry's request for the store to remove signs that inaccurately warned consumers to not use ethanol blends in small engines.
ICM Inc. is pleased to announce that it has signed a contract to design a a dry-mill corn ethanol plant with a 50 MMgy (189,250 cubic meters per year) nameplate production capacity, located in the state of Mato Grosso, Brazil.
On March 18, Thorntons announced plans to offer E15 at all 43 of its Chicago-area stores starting this month. The E15 fuel is branded as Unleaded15. The ethanol industry has spoken out to commend Thorntons for its announcement.
Individual acts of community involvement make the pain of continuing down the path of Big Oil harder and harder to justify, writes Mike Bryan. This column appears in the April issue of EPM.
The National Renewable Energy Laboratory has updated its annual survey of U.S. non-starch ethanol and renewable hydrocarbon biofuel producers. The report includes data on 29 ethanol projects and 32 renewable hydrocarbon projects.
The U.S. Department of Energy is seeking feedback that will will help its Bioenergy Technologies Office better understand capabilities, barriers and opportunities, associated with the operation of integrated biorefineries.
The U.S. Grains Council has announced the Renewable Fuels Association and Growth Energy have joined the organization as members. The formal addition of these two critical stakeholders will benefit council programs in myriad ways.
A recent study commissioned by the Belgium-based Biobased Industries Consortium has determined the European bioeconomy employs 18.3 million people and results in EUR 2.1 trillion ($2.31 trillion) in turnover.
The Renewable Fuels Association recently sent a letter to Lowe's CEO Robert Niblock, urging his company to remove a sign appearing at several Midwest locations that inaccurately warns consumers to not use ethanol blends in small engines.
On March 17, the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission and the U.S. EPA entered a memorandum of understanding (MOU) that allows the agencies to share renewable fuel standard (RFS) data and analysis.
Greg Hibner, president of J.D. Heiskell & Co.'s Hawkeye Gold division, has been selected to represent the agribusiness sector on the U.S. Grains Council's board of directors.
Deinove and Arbiom have announced a collaboration that involves the characterization forestry residues pretreated with Arbiom's technology and the evaluation of Deinococcus potential for assimilating the sugars extracted from this biomass.
March 15 is National Agriculture Day. In recognition of this day, the Renewable Fuels Association would like to thank farmers, the backbone of the U.S. ethanol industry. Ethanol is the single most important, value-added market for farmers.
Several representatives of the biofuel industry are participating in a USDA trade mission to Peru and Chile March 14-18. The mission, led by Agricultural Secretary Tom Vilsack, aims to expand export opportunities for food and agricultural products.
The European renewable ethanol association (ePURE) welcomes the recent publication of the European Commission's long-awaited GLOBIOM study on the land use change (LUC) impacts of biofuels demand.
BBI International has announced the National Advanced Biofuels Conference & Expo. The event will take place June 20-23, 2016 at the Wisconsin Center in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
The Minnesota Biofuels Association recently commissioned a study by ABF Economics that has determined Minnesota's ethanol industry contributed $2.13 billion to the state's gross domestic product last year.
Ron Lamberty is ready for the RON age to begin, he writes in this column, which appears in the April issue of EPM.
The Renewable Fuels Association congratulates Iowa ethanol producer Absolute Energy for celebrating its 10th anniversary. The company was formed in early 2006 and began construction of its St. Ansgar, Iowa, ethanol plant in June 2006.
On March 3, two subcommittees associated with the House Committee on Science, Space and Technology held an oversight hearing on the U.S. Department of Energy's loan guarantee program. Abengoa projects were among those discussed during the event.
The Renewable Fuels Association congratulates Missouri for becoming the latest state to offer E15. The fuel blend is now being sold at two Kum & Go locations in the state, with a total of eight stations expected by the end of the month.
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