The ethanol production facility, grain elevator and related assets of Utica Energy LLC will be sold under direction of a court appointed receiver. The 50 MMgy plant was originally commissioned in 2003 and expanded to its current capacity in 2004.
A memorial fund has been established for the family of a 27-year-old ethanol plant employee that died April 19 after being trapped in a grain bin at United Ethanol LLC, a 48 MMgy plant in Milton, Wis.
Pending legislation in Minnesota could alter the state's ethanol mandate, allowing for the use biofuels under than ethanol to meet the current 10 percent renewable content requirement for gasoline. The measure is included in H.F. 976.
The Aemetis Advanced Fuels Keyes Inc. plant in Keyes, Calif., will start grinding corn this week, after it was idled in January for planned maintenance and to prepare for advanced biofuel production. The plant will soon start processing sorghum.
Just in time for Earth Day, the Iowa Renewable Fuels Association has unveiled a list of 10 ways the renewable fuels industry is helping to better our environment at the plant, on the farm and out of the tailpipe.
IntercontinentalExchange (ICE), an operator of global markets and clearing house, has announced the introduction of new North American environmental futures contracts for three categories of renewable energy numbers (RINs), including D4, D5 and D6.
Royal DSM has announced that it has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU)for a strategic partnership with Rostekhnologii (Rostec), a Russian State corporation, in the fields of biotechnology and functional materials.
A 50 MMgy ethanol plant located in Heron Lake, Minn., won't be sold after all. Instead, Heron Lake BioEnergy LLC has signed a new debt forbearance agreement with AgStar Financial Services, its main lender.
The U.S. EPA has published data on renewable identification numbers (RINs) generated in March. While no D3 cellulosic biofuel RINs were generated during the month, 8,332 D7 cellulosic diesel RINs were generated.
TMO Renewables and Usina Santa Maria Ltda have entered into an agreement to form a joint venture to build the first commercial production plant in Brazil to convert sugar cane waste (bagasse) to cellulosic bioethanol.
In 2012, Flint Hills Resources Renewables LLC directly employed 280 full-time employees throughout Iowa and Nebraska and supported an additional 661 full-time jobs in the region according to a recent study by Harrah Analytics.
Biditup Auctions and Appraisals Worldwide Inc. and Maynards, the new owners of the former New Energy Corp. ethanol plant, are accepting sealed bids for the South Bend, Ind., facility through July 15.
Eric Sumner's lifelong fascination with science spans from his youth to the cutting edge of ethanol plant bacterial control and the growing importance of coproducts for long-term industry viability.
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Revenue from corn oil has become an important part of the bottom line at the majority of U.S. ethanol plants.
More than 2,000 people will gather in St. Louis for the 29th Annual International Fuel Ethanol Workshop & Expo.
Lack of transparency makes market analysis difficult.
Average yields increase 50 percent, netbacks top $700 per ton.
Confusion remains over how to interpret and compare various estimates of renewable identification number availability, said Nick Paulson, assistant professor in the Department of Agricultural and Consumer Economics at the University of Illinois.
Ceres Inc. has released financial results for the second quarter of its 2013 fiscal year, which ended Feb. 28. The company also provided an operational update, noting progress with its sweet sorghum and switchgrass varieties.
The USDA has proposed a series of changes to make it easier for agricultural producers and rural small businesses to apply for renewable energy and energy efficiency funding.
Site preparation has begun and plans are being finalized for a formal groundbreaking ceremony to be held in the next few weeks at the country's first sweet sorghum-to-ethanol plant being built by Southeast Renewable Fuels LLC in Hendry County, Fla.
Ethanol producers need to improve the quality, rate of extraction.
Stillage, CO2 become valuable inputs in synergistic design
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