
Nov 2, 2016
Brazil’s hydrous ethanol exports dip
Bioethanol News
Nov 2, 2016
Archer Daniels Midland (ADM), a US-based global food processing and commodities firm, has reported an increase in its third quarter profit and said that its ethanol dry mill review is progressing.
Net income was $341.6 million (€312m), or 58 cents per share, in the quarter ending 30 September, compared with $252 million, or 41 cents per share, in the same quarter... [Read More]
Bioethanol News
Nov 2, 2016
Green Plains, a Nebraska, US-based ethanol producer, net income attributable to the company was $7.9 million (€7.12m), for the third quarter of 2016 compared with net income of $6.2 million, for the same period in 2015.
Revenues were $841.9 million for the third quarter of 2016 compared with $742.8 million for the same period last year.
"We generated $42 million of... [Read More]
Bioethanol News
Nov 1, 2016
Bioethanol producer Vivergo Fuels has been chosen as one of the UK government’s new official Northern Powerhouse partners.
More than 30 businesses, institutions and organisations will help implement the government’s plan to help the North of England reach its full potential – and attract new jobs and investment to the region.
To achieve this, the government... [Read More]
Bioethanol News
Nov 1, 2016
Mexico's Secretariat of Energy (SENER) and the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) recently hosted a workshop to inform Mexican authorities of ethanol’s quality of life benefits.
US researchers, alongside with Colombian and Paraguayan regulators, held information sessions at the two-day meeting in Mexico City on the quality of life benefits and successful implementation... [Read More]
Bioethanol News
Oct 24, 2016
Brazil-based oil company Petrobras said it is discussions to sell its stake in sugar and ethanol producer Guarani SA to France’s Tereos Internacional.
Petrobras is planning to sell its 45.9% stake in the company, according to the Wall Street Journal.
The proposed sale is part of Petrobras’ plan to sell certain assets to reduce debt.
The company is planning... [Read More]
Bioethanol News
Oct 24, 2016
In Australia, the state of Queensland’s regional economies are set to benefit from the Palaszczuk Government’s biofuels mandate, the state cabinet said.
The government is continuing to garner the attention of Queensland motorists with its E10 OK campaign.
Speaking from Airlie Beach for the Palaszczuk Government's Whitsundays Community Cabinet, Minister for... [Read More]
Bioethanol News
Oct 21, 2016
In Thailand, the government’s Pollution Control Department (PCD) is suing Rajburi Ethanol Co. for allowing molasses wastewater to leak into the Mae Klon River, devastating the waterway’s giant stingray population.
According to the PCD, tests have indicated that wastewater leaked into the river in Ban Pong district of Ratchaburi, polluting it and killing aquatic... [Read More]
Bioethanol News
Oct 21, 2016
A significant portion of US-produced corn ethanol will likely meet Japan's 50% greenhouse gas (GHG) reduction threshold over petrol, a recently released US Grains Council (USGC) study finds.
The study, USGC says, supports the case for ethanol's competitiveness and sustainability compared to other fuel sources.
The results will help the USGC and its industry partners dispel... [Read More]
Bioethanol News
Oct 19, 2016
German biofuel producer CropEnergies increased its ethanol output in the first half of the 2016/17 financial year, despite falling revenues.
Bioethanol production at CropEnergies increased from 422,000m3 to 450,000 m3 in H1 2016/17, with the production of food and animal products correspondingly increasing.
The rise in production volumes resulted from a higher capacity... [Read More]
Bioethanol News
Oct 18, 2016
An illegal ethanol warehouse in Harare, Zimbabwe, went up in flames on Sunday afternoon, leaving eight people, including three firemen, critically injured.
The firemen are currently being treated in a hospital in Harare, but officials say they’re considering flying them to South Africa to receive special treatment due to the severity of their injuries.
Michael Chideme,... [Read More]
Bioethanol News
Oct 17, 2016
In a new twist to waste-to-fuel technology, scientists at the US Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) have developed a new way to turn CO2 into ethanol.
The finding involves nanofabrication and catalysis science, using an electrochemical process that produces tiny spikes of carbon and copper to transform greenhouse gas into biofuel.
“We... [Read More]
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Oct 14, 2016
Students from Kerkhoven-Murdock-Sunburg (KMS) High School in Minnesota, US, visited the Chippewa Valley Ethanol Co. plant recently to get a better understanding of how clean home-grown renewable energy is produced.
The students, which included three exchange students from an agricultural high school in Norway, toured the various processes of ethanol production at CVEC,... [Read More]
Bioethanol News
Oct 13, 2016
The Iowa Renewable Fuels Association (IRFA), a US-based renewable fuels trade body, has recognised Absolute Energy, an ethanol production facility in St. Ansgar, Iowa, for producing its one billionth gallon of cleaner-burning, homegrown ethanol this month.
“Congratulations to Absolute Energy for reaching this incredible milestone,” said IRFA director... [Read More]
Bioethanol News
Oct 13, 2016
The Indian government’s economic committee has today approved a mechanism to lower the price of ethanol sold to its ethanol blending programme to 39 rupees (€0.53) per little.
The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) has approved a mechanism for revising ethanol prices to enable public sector oil marketing companies (OMCs) carry out the Ethanol Blended... [Read More]
Bioethanol News
Oct 12, 2016
The US ethanol industry trade association Renewable Fuels Association (RFA) will be a co-title sponsor of the Crappie Masters Tournament Trail fishing competition this year with Bass Pro Shops.
The sponsorship comes in an effort to educate boaters, conservation enthusiasts, and consumers about ethanol’s benefits and its use in boats and other marine applications.
Crappie... [Read More]
Bioethanol News
Oct 12, 2016
US gasoline retail specialist RaceTrac will expand its fuel offering this year with the debut of E15 fuel at its convenience stores throughout the south of the US. The chain will add E15 later this year and ultimately offer it at more than 100 locations.
The 88-octane fuel is a combination of 15% ethanol and 85% gasoline.
"RaceTrac's mission is to make people's lives simpler... [Read More]