Feb 13, 2017
Poet’s South Dakota biorefining plant surpasses billion gallon ethanol milestone
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]
Bioethanol News
Jan 24, 2017
The Australian state of Queensland is continuing work to protect motorists from confusion at petrol pumps through reforms to legislation governing fuel price boards.
Minister for Energy, Biofuels and Water Supply Mark Bailey said the Palaszczuk Government was determined to end the confusion motorists face when filling their cars with petrol.
“Following the Fuel Price... [Read More]
Bioethanol News
Jan 23, 2017
Europeans overwhelmingly support the use of conventional biofuels made from crops and believe EU policy should encourage it, according to an EU-wide opinion survey released today (23 January, 2017).
More than 69% of Europeans surveyed say conventional biofuels should be encouraged, while just 15% think they should not, according to the EuroPulse poll of 11,283 respondents... [Read More]
Bioethanol News
Jan 20, 2017
The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has denied a request from oil refiners to waive some of their advanced biofuels use requirements from 2016.
The denial was published on Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) on website.
The Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) programme was signed into law in 2005 and designed to boost a renewable fuel industry annually. It requires... [Read More]
Bioethanol News
Jan 20, 2017
Greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions associated with corn-based ethanol in the US are about 43% lower than petrol when measured on an energy equivalent basis, a new study finds.
Carried out by the US Department of Agriculture (USDA), the study – Life-Cycle Analysis of the Greenhouse Gas Emissions of Corn-Based Ethanol – reviewed how the industry and farm sectors... [Read More]
Bioethanol News
Jan 19, 2017
Flint Hills Resources (FHR) is making a multimillion dollar investment into its Nebraska ethanol plant to upgrade its co-product processing technology.
FHR will invest more than $50 million (€46.9m) in its Fairmont facility to install a new technology that will produce a high-protein animal and fish feed ingredient from a portion of the plant’s distiller’s... [Read More]
Bioethanol News
Jan 16, 2017
A new ethanol mandate enacted by the Queensland Government has helped a bioethanol plant to expand its operations, according to a media report by ABC.
The Dalby biorefinery, which was once under the threat of closure and is based on the state's Western Darling Downs, has been running at capacity since the Queensland Government's ethanol mandate came into effect this... [Read More]
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