The Iowa Renewable Fuels Association has announced that Iowa's newest station offering E15 as a registered fuel is Popke's Inc. in Rock Rapids. The location is the state's fifth registered E15 retailer.
In a welcome move for corn buyers, the U.S. corn market dropped dramatically in recent days on news of higher-than-expected corn inventories. The corn market took off nearly $1 a bushel since the March 28 USDA Grain Stocks report.
The USGC Corn Export Cargo Quality Report indicates that despite the severe drought in 2012 that seriously reduced the size of the U.S. corn crop, testing indicated the 2012 crop was superior to the 2011 crop across a number of key variables.
Ethanol producers interested in learning more about combined-heat-and-power (CHP) may want to check out an archived U.S. DOE training seminar. The information complements "Feeling the Heat," a story recently published in Ethanol Producer Magazine.
The U.S. EPA recently published data on renewable identification numbers (RINs) generated under the renewable fuel standard (RFS) during January 2013. Ethanol accounted for nearly 43.66 million D5 advanced biofuel RINs during the month.
REX American Resources Corp. has released financial results for its fiscal 2012 fourth quarter and the year ended Jan. 31, 2013. The company currently holds ownership interest in seven ethanol plants throughout the Midwest.
Pacific Ethanol Inc. recently announced that it bumped up its plant ownership to more than 83 percent and released its latest financial results. The company operates and manages three operating ethanol plants and one idle facility.
An undisclosed number of ZeaChem Inc. employees have been laid off after the company was unable to secure a bridge loan that was intended to carry it into the next funding round. The company is working to secure additional capital investment.
In 2005, 2006 and 2009, Ethanol Producer Magazine published the results of salary surveys and this year, we're doing it again.
Drought and the U.S. EPA have given the underdog crop a big boost.
Recent developments could spark renewed interest in CHP technology.
On March 22 Mascoma Corp. filed a registration withdrawal request with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, indicating it has shelved plans to complete an initial public offering (IPO) at this time.
More than 1,100 people attended the National Ethanol Conference held Feb. 5-7 in Las Vegas.
The U.S. Energy Information Administration has published the March 2013 issue of its Monthly Energy Review, which includes ethanol production, use, and export data through the end of 2012. While production was down, consumption increased in 2012.
John Caupert pilots the National Corn-to-Ethanol Research Center, now in its 10th year as an industry research partner.
Aging infrastructure, in particular, needs complete, thorough examination.
Biofuel Energy Corp., a publically traded company that owns and operates two ethanol plants, has announced it has engaged Piper Jaffray & Co. to act as its financial adviser. The goal is to explore strategic alternatives.
News that a United Kingdom company purchased the 65 MMgy ethanol plant in Hopewell, Va., with plans to ship at least some equipment overseas is just another chapter in a continuing ethanol story for the community, said the city's mayor.
A newly released analysis shows that the renewable fuel standard (RFS) and renewable identification numbers (RINs) have not been a significant factor in higher gas prices, despite suggestions to the contrary.
The connection is weak between high gasoline and ethanol renewable identification number (RINs) prices University of Illinois economists Scott Irwin and Darrel Good wrote in a recent FarmDocDaily analysis.
On March 27 the European Commission published its first Renewable Energy Progress Report under the Renewable Energy Directive, noting that implementation of the biofuel scheme is too slow and 22 member states failed to reach 2010 biofuel targets.
Maobing Tu, an assistant professor in Auburn University's School of Forestry and Wildlife Sciences, has received a $401,155 National Science Foundation Faculty Early Career Development Award for his research in biofuels and bioenergy.
Tonon Bioenergia in Brazil announced the purchase of Paraiso Bioenergia, a sugar and ethanol producer. The acquisition brings with it a new partnership with biomass-based chemical producer Amyris Inc., producer of renewable farnesene from sugar.
I've been writing about ethanol, and therefore corn oil, for more than three years now. That means I started writing about it when only a few plants had the technology installed.
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