Feb 20, 2017
Abengoa Bioenergy creditors settle asset sale distributions
Bioethanol News
Feb 17, 2017
Pacific Ethanol, a US renewable fuels producer, and Edeniq, a biorefining and cellulosic technology company, have announced that they have entered into a technology licensing and purchase agreement to enable the production of cellulosic ethanol at Pacific Ethanol’s Madera, California plant using Edeniq’s Pathway and Cellunator technologies.
The Madera plant... [Read More]
Bioethanol News
Feb 17, 2017
US ethanol company ACE Ethanol has received a pilot facility which uses patented cellulosic ethanol technology from D3MAX.
The pilot facility will be installed at ACE Ethanol’s Wisconsin plant in late February. Installation is expected to be complete by mid-March with start-up and testing at the facility taking place over the ensuing two months. “We are very... [Read More]
Bioethanol News
Feb 16, 2017
Argentina has the potential double its current 12% ethanol blending mandate in the next two to three years, according to a government official.
Nestor Roulet, secretary of added value at the Argentinian Ministry of Agriculture, told Reuters that the South American country’s annual ethanol consumption could rise to 2 million m3, which could help Argentina reduce its... [Read More]
Bioethanol News
Feb 14, 2017
German bioethanol producer CropEnergies has increased its forecast for the current financial year 2016/17.
In a statement, the company said that the main reasons for the better earnings were “spot prices for bioethanol which continue to be significantly higher than the previously expected forward prices as well as the high capacity utilisations in all four production... [Read More]
Bioethanol News
Feb 13, 2017
Indian ethanol producer Praj Industries has published steady quarterly results and has announced that it is positive about its cellulosic ethanol opportunities.
Income from operations stood at Rs 232.74 crore for quarter three 2017, compared to Rs205.79 crore the same period the year before. Profit before tax was around Rs 15.98 crore (Q2 FY17: Rs 6.28 crore, Q3 FY16:... [Read More]
Bioethanol News
Feb 13, 2017
US ethanol giant Poet’s biorefining facility in Chancellor, South Dakota, reached a production milestone of 1 billion gallons of high-quality ethanol in 2016.
According to the company, this places the facility at the vanguard of a rapidly-growing biofuels sector in the US.
The facility was also the first Poet plant to hit 500 million gallons, a benchmark achieved... [Read More]
Bioethanol News
Feb 10, 2017
Green Plains, a Nebraska-based, US ethanol producer, has announced financial results for the fourth quarter of 2016.
Net income attributable to the company was $18.7 million (€17.5m), or $0.47 per diluted share, for the fourth quarter of 2016 compared with net loss of $(3.6) million, or $(0.09) per diluted share, for the same period in 2015.
Revenues were $932.1 million... [Read More]
Bioethanol News
Feb 9, 2017
In a letter to President Donald Trump this week, the US Grains Council (USGC), Renewable Fuels Association (RFA) and Growth Energy are asking for help “in urgently addressing China’s recent implementation of protectionist trade barriers that are shutting out US exports of ethanol and distillers dried grains (DDGS).”
Specifically, the three... [Read More]
Bioethanol News
Feb 6, 2017
Clariant, global specialty chemicals company, together with Mercedes-Benz and Haltermann Carless, a well-established HCS Group brand, tested the use of sustainable cellulosic ethanol from agricultural residues in a fleet test with Mercedes-Benz series vehicles over a period of 12 months for the first time in Germany.
Sunliquid 20 was used for the test – a fuel produced... [Read More]
Bioethanol News
Feb 2, 2017
The publication of the European Commission’s renewable energy report shows that the EU is falling behind in its climate policies for transport, according to European renewable ethanol trade body ePURE.
The EC published its report entitled Renewable energy progress report yesterday (1 February, 2017).
The report stated: “Progress has been fastest in the electricity... [Read More]
Bioethanol News
Feb 1, 2017
Valero Energy Corp, the largest independent US refiner, reported a higher quarterly profit as lower corn and stronger ethanol prices boosted the company's ethanol unit results.
Net income attributable to shareholders rose to $367 million (€339m), or 81 cents per share, in the fourth quarter ended Dec. 31, from $298 million, or 62 cents per share, a year earlier.
Operating... [Read More]
Bioethanol News
Jan 31, 2017
Emily Skor, CEO at Growth Energy, gives her outlook for the year ahead.
2016 was a game-changing year for America’s biofuel industry. From exports to the production of cellulosic biofuels, we set a new pace for success. And for the first time in years, the
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced targets for conventional ethanol consumption that meet the goals... [Read More]
Bioethanol News
Jan 26, 2017
A Hawaii renewable energy company is planning to export biofuels to a South Korean company that supplies electricity to the island nation.
According to West Hawaii Today, Hawaii-based Lamplighter Energy in Hawaii will announce the agreement with Hanbo Energy Korea at the state Capitol next week Tuesday (31 January, 2017).
Lamplighter CEO Andre De Rosa said the company... [Read More]
Bioethanol News
Jan 26, 2017
Rachel Gantz, communications director at the Renewable Fuels Association, gives her outlook for the year ahead.
The industry experienced record demand for ethanol in 2016 and we expect that to continue into 2017. We expect ethanol demand to be driven by a host of factors, both domestically and abroad.
Thanks to Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) fully implementing the... [Read More]
Bioethanol News
Jan 25, 2017
The US Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) 2017 biofuels programme faces a temporary halt as President Trump’s regulatory freeze kicks in this week (25 January, 2017).
US regulators will delay implementation of this year's biofuels requirements along with 29 other regulations finalised in the last weeks of Barack Obama's presidency, according to a government... [Read More]
Bioethanol News
Jan 25, 2017
St1, a Finnish energy company, has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Ubon Bio Ethanol to launch a pilot project of the production of bioethanol from cassava waste, with the aim of setting up a joint venture for ethanol production in Thailand.
Thailand is a forerunner in use of renewable energy. The country uses over 3 million litres of ethanol per day as... [Read More]
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