Ethanol Week - April 29, 2013

April 29, 2013

California plant prepares to restart, produce advanced biofuels The Aemetis Advanced Fuels Keyes Inc. plant in Keyes, Calif., will start grinding corn this week, after it was idled in January for planned maintenance and to prepare for advanced biofuel production. The plant will soon start processing sorghum. READ MORE SHARE
Margins, market more positive for ethanol industry recently News of ethanol plant restarts and improved profitability is building some cautious optimism about the state of the ethanol industry in recent weeks, with most of the plants idled during last year's drought resuming production. READ MORE SHARE
	Pew releases clean energy investment report The Pew Charitable Trusts has published the 2012 edition of its "Who's Winning the Clean Energy Race?" report. The analysis offers an update of Pew's reports tracking clean energy investments over the past nine years. READ MORE SHARE
ICE to launch D4, D5, D6 RIN futures contracts IntercontinentalExchange (ICE), an operator of global markets and clearing house, has announced the introduction of new North American environmental futures contracts for three categories of renewable energy numbers (RINs), including D4, D5 and D6. READ MORE SHARE
CME Group announces futures contracts for RINs CME Group has announced the launch of nine new futures contracts for renewable identification numbers (RINs). These contracts will be listed with, and subject to, the rules and regulations of NYMEX. READ MORE SHARE
Poet Biorefining - Macon resumes production Poet Biorefining - Macon has resumed ethanol and Dakota Gold distillers grain production and has now added Voila corn oil to its product mix. The 45 MMgy ethanol plant suspended operations on Feb. 1. READ MORE SHARE
Memorial fund established for family of United Ethanol employee A memorial fund has been established for the family of a 27-year-old ethanol plant employee that died April 19 after being trapped in a grain bin at United Ethanol LLC, a 48 MMgy plant in Milton, Wis. READ MORE SHARE
Utica Energy plant in Wis. to be sold The ethanol production facility, grain elevator and related assets of Utica Energy LLC will be sold under direction of a court appointed receiver. The 50 MMgy plant was originally commissioned in 2003 and expanded to its current capacity in 2004. READ MORE SHARE
EIA releases ethanol statistics for January The U.S. Energy Information Administration has published the April issue of its Monthly Energy Review, showing a slight decrease in ethanol production in January. READ MORE SHARE
Minn. plant in bankruptcy files claim against former employees Buffalo Lake, Minn.-based Purified Renewable Energy LLC filed a voluntary petition for Chapter 11 bankruptcy on March 24. A few weeks later, on April 8, the company filed a complaint against its former CEO and and chief financial officer. READ MORE SHARE
Chemists use oxygen to convert lignin to into chemical feedstocks University of Wisconsin-Madison chemists have identified an approach to use oxygen gas to convert lignin, a byproduct of biofuel production, into a form that could allow it to replace fossil fuels as a source of chemical feedstocks. READ MORE SHARE
Brazil takes action to boost ethanol industry Brazil's Ministry of Finance has announced it will implement three new measures to increase production and investment in its ethanol industry. The three new measures are in addition to the country's prior announcement to increase the blend level. READ MORE SHARE
Minn. bill would allow other biofuels to meet ethanol mandate Pending legislation in Minnesota could alter the state's ethanol mandate, allowing for the use biofuels under than ethanol to meet the current 10 percent renewable content requirement for gasoline. The measure is included in H.F. 976. READ MORE SHARE
BioProcess Algae wins DOE funding to develop military biofuels BioProcess Algae LLC has been selected to receive a grant of up to $6.4 million from the U.S. DOE, as part of an innovative pilot-scale biorefinery project related to production of hydrocarbon fuels meeting military specification. READ MORE SHARE
VTT serves as research partner for Brazilian cellulosic plant Odebrecht is making preparations for second generation ethanol production and plans to construct a demonstration plant in Brazil. VTT acts as Odebrecht's research partner, tasked with developing the technology used in the company's processes. READ MORE SHARE
Comment period on RIN QAP closes, industry weighs in The comment period of the U.S. EPA's proposed rules for a voluntary renewable identification number (RIN) integrity program closed on April 18. The proposed rule creates a structured process for buyers of RINs to verify their validity. READ MORE SHARE
IRFA: Renewable fuels lead to cleaner air, water Just in time for Earth Day, the Iowa Renewable Fuels Association has unveiled a list of 10 ways the renewable fuels industry is helping to better our environment at the plant, on the farm and out of the tailpipe. READ MORE SHARE