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What Should Farmers do About VeraSun Letters?
Thu Sep 2, 2010 10:14 AM CDT
A common practice in bankruptcy law is causing big headaches for many farmers who did business with the now-bankrupt ethanol producer VeraSun Energy Corp., according to a piece on Minnesota Public Radio, http://dld.bz/ukzh.
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Fiberight Brings Iowa Ethanol Plant Back to Life
Thu Sep 2, 2010 10:12 AM CDT
A 12-year-old Iowa ethanol plant has found new life in a new company, Vinton Today in Vinton, Iowa, said, as Fiberight LLC plans to produce ethanol using paper mill waste.
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Canada's Ethanol Regulations Encourage US Imports
Thu Sep 2, 2010 10:11 AM CDT
Canada's new renewable fuel content standard is expected to result in more U.S. ethanol imports in the first four years of the regulation, according to the Vancouver Sun.
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Pennsylvania Landfill Project Switches Gears
Thu Sep 2, 2010 10:10 AM CDT
Pennsylvania-based Resource Recovery has changed its original plans to build a municipal landfill in Rush Township, Pa., in favor of building an ethanol plant and smaller-scale landfill on the site, according to Biofuels International.
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DuPont Danisco Names Manager of Cellulosic Ethanol Plant
Thu Sep 2, 2010 10:10 AM CDT
DuPont Danisco Cellulosic Ethanol has named Tom Takacs vice president of operations and a member of the company’s senior leadership team, overseeing operations at the company's Vonore, Tenn., demonstration-scale cellulosic ethanol plant, the Knoxville News in Knoxville, Tenn., said.
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Gasoline Price has had Little Effect on Ethanol
Wed Sep 1, 2010 02:55 PM CDT
Bloomberg News, http://dld.bz/ucTf, reports that for the first time this year the price of ethanol surpassed gasoline. So far, however, the change has had little effect on ethanol margins.
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Oil Industry-Financed Study Questions Ease of Raising Ethanol Blends
Wed Sep 1, 2010 10:54 AM CDT
A move to E15 would be more complicated than what ethanol supporters claim, a new study funding by the oil industry found, according to Platts.
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Indianapolis-Based Xylogenics Licenses Yeast Strain to Ethanol Producer
Wed Sep 1, 2010 10:53 AM CDT
Indianapolis-based Xylogenics has licensed a yeast strain developed at the Indiana University School of Medicine, to an ethanol-yeast provider company, according to the Indianapolis Business Journal. Xylogenics said the yeast can increase ethanol yields and lower costs of producing corn ethanol.
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Aussie Algae Biofuels Company to List
Wed Sep 1, 2010 10:52 AM CDT
Australian firm Algae Tec Ltd plans to list on the Australian Securities Exchange and has signed two deals to deploy technology that can be used to generate biofuels from algae in Australia and China, according to the Sydney Morning Herald in Sydney, Australia.
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Company Develops Zero Discharge Sweet Sorghum Ethanol Process
Tue Aug 31, 2010 09:37 AM CDT
Cincinnati-based AdvanceBio LLC has developed a technology to produce ethanol using sugarcane, sweet sorghum, sugar beets and other similar feedstocks, according to a news release from the company, http://dld.bz/tV5N.
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Fergus Falls Ethanol Plant Receives Extension
Tue Aug 31, 2010 09:35 AM CDT
Fergus Falls, Minn.,-based ethanol producer Otter Tail Ag Enterprises has six more weeks to raise $12 million or face possible liquidation to pay its debt, according to the Morris Sun Tribune in Morris, Minn.
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New Holden Commodore Range Runs on E85
Tue Aug 31, 2010 09:34 AM CDT
Australian automaker Holden unveiled a Commodore range that runs on E85, and could eventually use ethanol produced using household waste, the Melbourne Herald Sun in Melbourne, Australia, said.
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Ethanol Policy may Determine Australia's Next Government
Tue Aug 31, 2010 09:33 AM CDT
Biofuels Digest said biofuels policy may drive the results of a federal election in Australia.
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Singapore Dignitaries Visit Hoke Ethanol Plant
Tue Aug 31, 2010 09:33 AM CDT
Singapore's Ambassador to the U.S., Chan Heng Chee, toured what is considered to be the largest ethanol plant on the East Coast Monday, the Fayetteville Observer in Fayetteville, N.C., said, looking for potential investment opportunities for her country.
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The Continued Saga of California Ethanol
Mon Aug 30, 2010 12:10 PM CDT
The Los Angeles Times Saturday, http://dld.bz/tQpK, tried to connect the dots on the state of California's decision to grant subsidies to corn-ethanol producer Pacific Ethanol Inc., making the case that because an executive with the company has given substantial political donations to Gov.
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New Chlorophyll Could Improve Algae Biofuels Production
Mon Aug 30, 2010 12:09 PM CDT
Researchers may have found a new form of chlorophyll -- a pigment that plants, algae and cyanobacteria use to obtain energy from light through photosynthesis, according to Scientific American, which could someday make algae biofuels production more efficient.
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Report Cites Biofuel Demand for Africa 'Land Grab'
Mon Aug 30, 2010 12:08 PM CDT
A new Friends of the Earth study said demand for biofuels is behind what it calls a new land grab in Africa, according to Reuters.
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Study: 'Biofuels no Threat to Food Security'
Mon Aug 30, 2010 12:07 PM CDT
A joint report by the Forum for Agricultural Research in Africa, Imperial College London, and Camco International said that biofuels production does not necessarily constitute a threat to food security, according to AllAfrica.com.
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Growth Energy Expands E85 Availability
Mon Aug 30, 2010 12:06 PM CDT
Growth Energy joined forces with Rocky Point CITGO in Rocky Point, N.Y., in expanding E85 availability in the state, according to CSPnet.com.
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Iowa: 'The Saudi Arabia of Ethanol'
Mon Aug 30, 2010 12:06 PM CDT
The R Squared Energy Blog poses the question: If Iowa is the Saudi Arabia of ethanol, why is the state not energy self-sufficient?
