-
Ethanol, Farmers Learn from 2008 Commodity Bubble
Fri Sep 3, 2010 11:13 AM CDT
In a Renewable Fuels Association blog by Geoff Cooper, vice president of research and analysis, http://dld.bz/utgd, he said the number of speculators holding net long positions in the corn market are today equal to what they were leading up to the 2008 commodity bubble.
-
Attorney Sentenced to 26 Months in Biodiesel Scam
Fri Sep 3, 2010 11:11 AM CDT
Disbarred Tennessee attorney H. Max Speight was sentenced to 26 months in jail for defrauding a federal biofuels subsidy program, according to the Hattiesburg American in Hattiesburg, Miss.
-
Danville Institute Gets Federal Biofuels Funds
Fri Sep 3, 2010 11:10 AM CDT
The Institute for Advanced Learning and Research in Danville, Va., was awarded about $750,000 for biofuels research, according to WSLS Television in Roanoke, Va.
-
Verenium Closes Sale of Biofuels Business
Fri Sep 3, 2010 11:09 AM CDT
Massachusetts-based Verenium Corp. closed on the $98.3 million sale of its cellulosic biofuels business to BP Biofuels North America on Thursday, according to the San Diego Business Journal.
-
Central Minnesota Farmers Feel Hangover from VeraSun
Fri Sep 3, 2010 11:09 AM CDT
Hundreds of Minnesota farmers could owe the bankrupt ethanol producer VeraSun Energy Corp. millions of dollars as a result of a legal request made by the company for farmers who sold grain to the company within 90 days of the bankruptcy to return 80 percent of that money, according to KEYC Television in Mankato, Minn.
-
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.
-
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.
-
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.
-
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.
-
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.
-
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.
-
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.
-
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.
-
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.
-
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.
-
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.
-
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.
-
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.
-
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.
-
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.
