Kansas ethanol group changes name

In Kansas, US, an ethanol producers group, formerly known as the Kansas Association of Ethanol Processors (KAEP), has changed its name to Renew Kansas.

According to the company, the name change better reflects the group's mission to promote ethanol as a renewable fuel that is good for the state's consumers, the environment and the economy.

'Changing our name to Renew Kansas better reflects our focus in promotion and education of ethanol fuels as good for consumers in the state,' Tom Willis, CEO of Conestoga Energy Partners in Liberal and Chairman of the KAEP board of directors, was quoted as saying.