It's up to everyone in the ethanol industry to herald the many environmental, social and health benefits of the product they produce, said Emily Skor, Growth Energy's new CEO, during her keynote address at the Fuel Ethanol Workshop & Expo.
Gevo Inc. has entered into an agreement with Musket Corp. to supply isobutanol for blending with gasoline. Initial target markets are expected to include the marine and off-road markets in Arizona, Nevada, and Utah.
Nissan Motor Co. Ltd. recently announced that it is currently researching and developing a solid oxide fuel-cell (SOFC)-powered system that runs on bioethanol electric power. The new system features an e-Bio Fuel-Cell with an SOFC power generator.
REN21 recently published its annual overview on the state of renewable energy, reporting 2015 was a record year for renewable energy installations. Renewable power and renewable heat both increased, along with renewables used in transportation.
On June 13, Abengoa Bioenergy U.S. Holding LLC, along with certain of its direct and indirect subsidiaries, announced an agreement to sell four of its first-generation ethanol plants in the U.S. for at least $350 million.
The U.S, Department of Agriculture reduced the 2016/'17 outlook for U.S. feed grain supplies in its June World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates report, with declines estimated in corn, and sorghum beginning stocks.
The U.S. Grains Council and its partners at the Renewable Fuels Association, Growth Energy and the USDA's Foreign Agricultural Service are picking up momentum on promoting U.S. ethanol exports around the globe.
The Renewable Fuels Association and Growth Energy are pleased with today's decision by a European court to annul the European Union's countrywide 9.5 percent antidumping duty on all ethanol imported from the United States.
Ontario Biomass Producers Cooperative Inc., a group of Ontario farmers producing and marketing biomass, recently launched an effort to make it easier for its members to sell the miscanthus and switchgrass they produce to various markets.
On June 9, Fuels America held a press conference at the site of U.S. EPA's renewable fuel standard (RFS) hearing in Kansas City, Missouri. During the event, biofuel advocates voiced their support for the RFS program.
The U.S. Energy Information Administration has released the June edition of its Short-Term Energy Outlook, predicting ethanol production will average approximately 980,000 barrels per day this year and next year.
The International Renewable Energy Agency has released a report finding more than 8.1 million people worldwide are currently employed by the renewable energy industry, up 5 percent from last year. The report includes data on bioenergy employment.
ASTM International announced progress has been made in the ongoing project to update its standards. New language in the standards incorporates E15 and updates driveability information. Additional revisions to the standard are in the pipeline.
Rex American Resources Corp. has released first quarter financial results, reporting net sales and review of $100.2 million, compared to $105.02 million during the same period of the prior year. Gross profit for the quarter was $8.4 million.
The U.S. EPA is continuing to provide a substantial push above the E10 blend for conventional biofuels is the conclusion of two University of Illinois economists, Scott Irwin and Darrel Good in a recent FarmDoc Daily post.
According to the Nebraska Department of Revenue Motor Fuels Division, in the last 37 years more than 13 billion gallons of ethanol have been sold in the Nebraska fuel market .
Archer Daniels Midland Co. recently announced that it had completed the sale of its sugarcane ethanol operations in Limeira do Oeste, in the Brazilian state of Minas Gerais.
In comments recently filed with the California Air Resources Board, the Urban Air Initiative made a compelling case for higher octane, lower carbon fuels like midlevel ethanol blends to help the state meet its carbon reduction goals.
The U.S. Grains Council has published a new analysis conducted by Informa Economics that determined exports of U.S. corn and corn products generated $74.7 billion in annual economic output in 2014.
California's biodiesel, ethanol and biomethane industries are calling on state legislators to allocate $210 million in the Governor's Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund to incentivize in-state production of low carbon biofuels.
In early May, I was informed that registrations for the 2016 International Fuel Ethanol Workshop & Expo were on pace to match our seven-year high mark. This column is published in the June issue of Ethanol Producer Magazine.
The late May corn market followed the soy complex amid production concerns in the Southern Hemisphere and a global vegetable oil deficit.
The USDA has announced an ethanol trade mission to Mexico May 24-25. Acting Deputy Secretary Michael Scuse will lead a team of leaders in the U.S. ethanol industry to explore opportunities to expand each country's renewable energy sector.
With Memorial Day right around the corner, the DDGS market continues to be influenced by prices of soymeal and Chinese buying, and is up $15-25 per ton from last month.
Strong gains developed in ethanol and RBOB gasoline markets through the month of May as firm buyer support kept corn futures near $4 per bushel in front-month contracts.
With the natural gas market currently in the midst of a lull in demand due to shoulder season, weather forecasts for the coming summer have come into focus.
U.S. Grains Council staff and consultants recently conducted a program in Egypt to promote distillers dried grain with solubles (DDGS) in aqua rations. This program was done in conjunction with Mirasco, a USGC member company.
On May 18, the U.S. EPA released a proposed rule to set 2017 renewable volume obligations (RVOs) under the renewable fuel standard (RFS), along with 2018 RVOs for biomass-based diesel.
The Renewable Fuels Foundation has teamed up with fuel refining experts at MathPro Inc. to sponsor a five-part webinar series on ethanol's unique octane properties and its potential role as the octane source of choice in future fuels.
Passion, leadership and vision are more important than gender in the work of three top managers. This article is published in the June issue of Ethanol Producer Magazine under the headline "Women at the Top."
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