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Both US corn and soybean growers are expected to harvest record-high crops this year, according to a new report issued by the US Department of Agriculture’s National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS).
US corn production is forecast at 15.2 billion bushels, while soybean growers are expected to harvest 4.06 billion bushels in 2016.
Aided by excellent field conditions, corn growers are…
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US cellulose technology provider Alliance BioEnergy Plus has entered into a Letter of Intent agreement with DcR Engineering Services (DCR) to introduce Alliance’s cellulose-to-sugar (CTS) technology to DCR’s client base.
DCR is a US-based heavy industrial engineering, fabrication and construction company serving the chemicals, fertilisers, food, water and power industries.
Under…
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Praj Industries, an India-based a process and project engineering company, has launched a 'Green Fund' that will help it take up projects to make second-generation ethanol plants - a move it says will help the government achieve its target of mixing automotive fuels with 10% ethanol by 2022.
Pramod Chaudhari, executive chairman, Praj Industries, said: "In order to accomplish…
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Green Plains, the fourth-biggest US ethanol producer, has announced completion of its offering of $170 million (€151m) aggregate principal amount of 4.125% convertible senior notes due 2022, as it presses ahead with plans to buy two ethanol plants from Abengoa.
The notes were offered and sold in a private placement to qualified institutional buyers as defined in Rule 144A under the…
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The European Commission has opened an in-depth probe to assess whether the proposed merger of Dow and DuPont is in line with the EU Merger Regulation.
The Commission will investigate further whether the deal may reduce competition in areas such as crop protection, seeds and certain petrochemicals.
The companies initially began to obtain merger approval from the EC by submitting the in files…
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Finnish biofuels producer Neste has said that its renewable diesel is now being used by the County of Sacramento, California.
In doing so, the County of Sacramento will reduce greenhouse gas emissions from its fleet by up to 80%, according to Neste.
The County estimates that it will reduce greenhouses gases by approximately 8000tpy.
‘More sustainable’
"Many government agencies and…
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Renewable energy giant Abengoa has struck a €1.17bn restructuring deal with its creditors, ensuring the survival of the debt-laden Spanish renewables group after a year of financial instability that pushed it to the brink of bankruptcy.
Spain-based Abengoa - an engineering business which borrowed heavily over the past ten years to fund an aggressive expansion into clean energy -…
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US researchers from Washington University have developed a new way to harness the chemical production properties of E.coli bacteria, making the production of certain biofuels from the bacteria more efficient.
The new method, described in a paper published in the journal Metabolic Engineering, involves the development of two different protein pathways capable of chemically affecting the production…
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Fuel ethanol production capacity in the US was nearly 15 billion gallons per year, or 973,000 barrels per day (b/d), at the beginning of 2016.
The numbers are reported in the US Energy Information Administration's (EIA) most recent US Fuel Ethanol Plant Production Capacity report.
Total capacity of operable ethanol plants increased by more than 500 million gallons per year in January…
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US bioethanol producer Aemetis has reported a net loss of $5 million (€4.48m) for the second quarter ended 30 June, 2016, due to a high interest expense.
Revenues were $33.1 million for the second quarter of 2016, compared to $38.1 million for the second quarter of 2015. The decline in revenue was primarily attributable to decreases in ethanol and wet distiller’s grain volumes.
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A new renewable energy research centre, called VILLUM Center for the Science of Sustainable Fuels and Chemicals, has opened in Copenhagen, Denmark.
The new centre at Technical University of Denmark (DTU) will be headed by Professor Ib Chorkendorff who will bring together a team of researchers from Stanford University, the University of Copenhagen, and the University of Southern Denmark, among…
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US-based Poet is one of the world’s largest ethanol producers. The 28-year-old company has a production capacity in excess of 1.7 billion gallons of ethanol and 9 billion pounds of high-protein animal feed annually. Earlier this year, Liz Gyekye caught up with CEO Jeff Broin to find out about the company’s outlook and current state of the market.
LG: How would you describe the mood of…
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Fuel ethanol production capacity in the US was nearly 15 billion gallons per year, or 973,000 barrels per day (bpd), at the beginning of 2016, according to new figures from the US Energy Information Administration (EIA).
The EIA published this announcement in its new ‘US Fuel Ethanol Plant Production Report’.
Total capacity of operable ethanol plants increased by more than 500 million…
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