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Landfill gas helps power Siouxland EthanolJackson, Neb.-based Siouxland Ethanol LLC has used landfill gas piped over from the L.P. Gill landfill located a mile away since December, and at press time, U.S. Energy Services was assisting the landfill in selling six months worth of carbon credits.READ MORE Wal-Mart donates $369,000 for ethanol researchThe Arkansas Biosciences Institute at Arkansas State University in Jonesboro, Ark., has received a $369,000 donation from the Wal-Mart Foundation to complement a $1.48 million U.S. DOE grant to support cellulosic ethanol production research at the university.READ MORE Range Fuels, Ceres collaborate on biomass researchColorado-based Range Fuels Inc., a potential commercial-scale cellulosic ethanol producer, and California-based Ceres Inc., an energy crop seed developer, have formally announced their collaboration to research, develop and commercialize energy crop feedstocks for ethanol production.READ MORE Glacial Lake Energy hosts grand openingWatertown, S.D.-based Glacial Lakes Energy LLC held a grand opening ceremony for its 110 MMgy ethanol plant in Mina, S.D., on Sept. 4. The plant officially commenced operations in mid-June.READ MORE VeraSun Energy starts up Dyersville plantBrookings, S.D.-based VeraSun Energy Corp. announced Sept. 5 the start-up of its 110 MMgy ethanol plant near Dyersville, Iowa. The Dyersville facility is the company's 14th plant in operation, increasing its annual production capacity to more than 1.4 billion gallons.READ MORE U.S. sugarcane-to-ethanol projects underwayMore companies are looking at producing ethanol from sugarcane in the United States. Pacific West Energy LLC in Kaumakani, Hawaii, plans to grow sugarcane, and produce ethanol from sugar juice and molasses at a proposed 12 MMgy plant on the island of Kauai. Meanwhile, Coskata Inc. in Warrenville, Ill., is considering building a 50 MMgy to 100 MMgy ethanol plant adjacent to United States Sugar Corp.'s mill in Clewiston, Fla.READ MORE Poet holds grand opening for Indiana plantSioux Falls, S.D.-based ethanol producer Poet LLC held a grand opening for its 65 MMgy ethanol plant in North Manchester, Ind., on Sept. 11. The opening of the facility marks the company's 23rd ethanol plant to come on line, increasing Poet's total U.S. production capacity to 1.24 billion gallons.READ MORE Poet's Project LIBERTY receives $14 millionSioux Falls, S.D.-based Poet LLC announced Sept. 11 that the Iowa Power Fund has committed $14 million to Project LIBERTY, Poet's commercial-scale cellulosic ethanol facility in Emmetsburg, Iowa. Project LIBERTY will expand the facility's corn-based ethanol production from 50 MMgy to 100 MMgy and add 25 MMgy of cellulosic ethanol capacity.READ MORE EPA approves Gustav-related fuel waiverAs a result of power outages and refinery shutdowns in Louisiana from Hurricane Gustav, U.S. EPA Administrator Stephen Johnson waived low-volatility fuel requirements for Alabama, Georgia, Louisiana and North Carolina on Sept. 5. The waiver will expire Sept. 15.READ MORE WASDE: Corn production forecast reducedA dry August in much of the Corn Belt reduced the USDA's corn production forecast for 2008. In the September World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates report released Sept. 12, the USDA reduced its projections by 216 million bushels, down to 12.1 billion bushels.READ MORE |
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