Apr 28, 2017
Ethanol producer Green Plains to acquire cattle feed yards from Cargill
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]
Bioethanol News
Mar 30, 2017
The global bioethanol market will rise to $9,544 million by 2022, according to a report by Big Market Research.
Valued at $5,652 million in 2015, the bioethanol market is forecast to have a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 7.6% up until 2022.
The report identifies a number of factors which are driving the growth of the bioethanol market. The rise in environmental... [Read More]
Bioethanol News
Mar 30, 2017
China has opened the world’s first production line that converts coal into ethanol, the main chemical ingredient in alcohol, the Chinese Academy of Sciences has announced.
The facility in Xingping, Shaanxi province, which went into service in January, was developed by the academy’s Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics and the State-owned Shaanxi Yanchang Petroleum... [Read More]
Bioethanol News
Mar 29, 2017
A key economic advisor to Australia’s federal government has claimed motorists in Queensland are paying more for petrol because of the state government’s biofuel mandate.
The Productivity Commission has urged Queensland, New South Wales and the Commonwealth governments to stop supporting the biofuels industry by the end of next year. It’s also dismissed... [Read More]
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