May 8, 2017
MG Baltic Group puts S4 Turtas Lithuanian ethanol plant up for sale
Bioethanol News
May 4, 2017
US advanced biofuels producer Renewable Energy Group announced that it has reached an agreement to acquire approximately 82 acres of land at its Geismar, Louisiana biorefinery from Lion Copolymer.
REG has agreed to purchase the land it has leased for its Geismar operations, as well as more than 61 adjacent acres, which the company plans to improve and utilize to... [Read More]
Bioethanol News
May 2, 2017
The American Coalition for Ethanol (ACE) has announced that it submitted a public comment focused on its ethanol priorities soon after the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) formally began seeking input on existing regulations to be reviewed by its newly established Regulatory Reform Task Force.
The Task Force was formed in response to Executive Order 13777... [Read More]
Bioethanol News
Apr 28, 2017
Nebraska-based, US ethanol producer Green Plains has announced that its subsidiary, Green Plains Cattle Company, has entered into an asset purchase agreement to acquire two cattle-feeding operations from Cargill for $36.7 million (€33.6m), excluding working capital.
The transaction includes feed yards located in Leoti, Kansas and Yuma, Colorado and will add capacity... [Read More]
Bioethanol News
Apr 21, 2017
The first US-Indonesia municipal waste-to-bioproducts project, known as JababECO, is officially underway after US vice president Mike Pence participated in a ceremony in Jakarta celebrating the signing of multiple Memorandums of Understanding.
Indonesian vice president Jusuf Kalla, Greenbelt Resources CEO Darren Eng and Jababeka Infrastruktur director Tjahjadi Rahardja... [Read More]
Bioethanol News
Apr 20, 2017
Enerkem, a Canadian waste-to-biofuels and renewable chemicals producer, has received the lowest carbon intensity value ever issued by the British Colombia Ministry of Energy and Mines. The award was given for Enerkem’s second generation ethanol product, under the Renewable and Low Carbon Fuel Requirements Regulation.
The carbon intensity of Enerkem’s waste-based... [Read More]
Bioethanol News
Apr 20, 2017
One of the first Iowa cities to offer E10 is now offering its first E15 station, according to the Iowa Renewables Fuel Association.
Clarence made history in 1978 when the first gallons of E10 in the US were sold commercially. It was one of five towns to introduce the new fuel at a local gas station.
Nearly 40 years later, that same town is getting its first E15 refueling... [Read More]
Bioethanol News
Apr 19, 2017
Petróleo Brasileiro SA, aka Petrobras, has voiced strong opposition to the Brazilian government led initiative to increase the use of biofuels, according to Reuters.
The news comes shortly after state controlled Petrobras completely withdrew from the biofuels sector.
Following calls from the Brazilian government for public feedback and comment on its RenovaBio program... [Read More]
Bioethanol News
Apr 13, 2017
US technology company D3MAX has announced that its cellulosic ethanol technology is helping ACE Ethanol to produce “higher yields from corn fiber at lower costs”.
In February, D3MAX announced the completion and shipment of its pilot plant employing the patented D3MAX cellulosic ethanol technology. Installed at ACE Ethanol, LLC, in Stanley, Wisconsin, the testing... [Read More]
Bioethanol News
Apr 11, 2017
A London-based investment firm Pioneer Point Partners has confirmed in a letter of intent that it is ready to invest up to €160 million in Denmark-based Maabjerg Energy Center’s bioethanol plant.
The plant will be based in Western Jutland, Denmark, and create around 1,000 jobs.
In a statement, Maabjerg said that Pioneer will invest in the plant if it gets a... [Read More]
Bioethanol News
Apr 11, 2017
Waste-to-biofuels company Enerkem has announced its first full scale commercial facility has met all operational milestones set by its senior lender, Integrated Asset Management (IAM).
The new plant is capable of turning household waste into 99.9 % pure liquid chemicals and biofuels. Since it began production, Enerkem’s facility in Alberta, Canada, has been meeting... [Read More]
Bioethanol News
Apr 10, 2017
US ethanol trade body Growth Energy has slammed a poll commissioned by the American Petroleum Institute (API), which claimed that consumers were concerned about the costs of supporting the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS).
API Downstream group director Frank Macchiarola released the poll on Friday (7 April).
“Sixty-eight percent of registered voters are concerned... [Read More]
Bioethanol News
Apr 6, 2017
A team of chemical and biological engineers at the University of Wisconsin–Madison has found a way to produce from biomass a valuable compound used in plastic production that they estimate could lower the cost of ethanol produced from plant material by more than two dollars per gallon.
The development is the latest in an ongoing effort at UW–Madison to create... [Read More]
Bioethanol News
Apr 4, 2017
Growth Energy, a trade association for US ethanol producers and supporters, welcomed Bushmills Ethanol as its newest member. Bushmills Ethanol is located in Atwater, Minnesota and produces 49 million gallons of ethanol per year.
In response to the announcement, Growth Energy CEO Emily Skor, said: “Growth Energy’s membership is comprised of men and women who... [Read More]
Bioethanol News
Apr 4, 2017
SOURCE: Renewable Fuels Association.
A new Department of Energy (DOE) study on employment in the US energy sector shows that America’s ethanol industry employs a significantly larger share of military veterans than any other segment of the energy industry.
Nearly one in five ethanol industry employees is a veteran (18.9%), compared to a national average of 7% across... [Read More]
Bioethanol News
Apr 4, 2017
Ensus’ commercial director Grant Pearson is scheduled to speak at the tenth Biofuels International Conference, which will take place in Edinburgh, Scotland.
He will be discussing UK policy uncertainty, reintroducing E10 and the future of the bioethanol market.
Grant joined the bioethanol and animal feed producer shortly after the business formed and has responsibilities... [Read More]
Bioethanol News
Mar 31, 2017
The Biofuels Association of Australia (BAA) has strongly rejected claims from the Federal Productivity Commission that the biofuels industry fails to support the agriculture sector or the community.
In a recent report to Australia’s government, the Productivity Commission urged Queensland, New South Wales and the Commonwealth governments to stop supporting the biofuels... [Read More]
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