Ethanol Briefs
UNICA: Brazil's Cane Crush Up; Ethanol Supplies Higher
NEW YORK (DTN) -- Brazil's Union of Sugarcane Industry Association released a report Tuesday, April 28, saying processing of sugarcane rebounded during the two-week period ended April 15, rising 11.4% to 18.3 million tons compared to the first two weeks of April 2014.
The increase in processing was due to favorable weather conditions and a rise in the number of operating mills, with demand also improving. There were 166 plants operating during the first half of April compared with 163 plants a year ago.
The report showed production of hydrous ethanol up 51.98% year-over-year as of April 15 to 681 million liters while production of anhydrous ethanol totaled 119.5 million liters.
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Sales of hydrous ethanol rose 52.8% to 693.7 million liters during the week-ended April 14 versus same period a year ago.
EIA Revises 2015 Forecast for Ethanol Output Up 9,000 Bpd
OAKHURST, N.J. (DTN) -- The Energy Information Administration expects ethanol production this year to average 947,000 barrels per day (bpd), according to the latest Short-Term Energy Outlook published Tuesday, March 10, 9,000 bpd above last month's estimate and 12,000 bpd higher than output at 935,000 bpd in 2014.
After reaching a record monthly average of 1.002 million bpd in December 2014, ethanol production in February is estimated to have fallen to an average of 948,000 bpd. The agency forecast 2016 production at 942,000 bpd versus 936,000 bpd in February's STEO.
EIA said biodiesel production averaged an estimated 83,000 bpd in 2014 and is forecast to average 84,000 bpd in both 2015 and 2016.
The agency estimates that carbon dioxide emissions from fossil fuels increased 1.0% in 2014 and are forecast to rise 0.2% this year and 0.3% in 2016, with both estimates sensitive to weather and economic assumptions.
(BM/AG)
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