Each Monday afternoon, Ethanol Producer Magazine's editorial team brings you industry news and plant data followed by insightful discussions with staff writers, foreign correspondents, technical experts and industry insiders. From process technology to project finance, transportation to trade - you'll hear it here first.
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The EPA's E15 Waiver
Ethanol Producer Magazine Editor Kris Bevill gives an update on the EPA's E15 Waiver request now that the comment period has closed.
August 10, 2009 at 10:21 AM CST
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Robert White, Director of Market Development with the Renewable Fuels Association, talks about the RFA's involvement at this year's Sturgis Motorcycle Rally.
August 3, 2009 at 09:37 AM CST
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Ethanol Producer Magazine Associate Editor Hope Deutscher takes a look at the Canadian Ethanol Industry.
July 27, 2009 at 12:07 PM CST
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Ethanol Producer Magazine Associate Editor Erin Voegele talks about the current state of the EPA's RFS2 rulemaking.
July 20, 2009 at 10:05 AM CST
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Ethanol Producer Magazine Associate Editor Hope Deutscher discusses the financial future of fractionation.
July 13, 2009 at 09:33 AM CST
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Associate Editor Erin Voegele discusses the latest news and regulations regarding Carbon.
July 6, 2009 at 09:51 AM CST
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Ethanol Producer Magazine Editor Kris Bevill discusses the challenges ethanol and renewable energy producers face with obtaining funding from the U.S. Department of Energy.
June 29, 2009 at 09:26 AM CST
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BBI International Communications Manager Craig Johnson gives an update from the 2009 International Fuel Ethanol Workshop & Expo.
June 22, 2009 at 09:16 AM CST
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Jeff Coombe, manager of technical studies at BBI International's engineering and consulting division about the white paper the group has written about Combined Heat and Power.
June 15, 2009 at 09:49 AM CST
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Craig Johnson, communications manager for BBI International gives a preview of the upcoming International Fuel Ethanol Workshop and Expo.
June 8, 2009 at 11:36 AM CST
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Susanne Retka Schill talks about her June feature, "Generating Power at the Plant: CHP Boosts Efficienty."
June 1, 2009 at 09:13 AM CST
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Ethanol Producer Magazine Assistant Editor Ryan Christiansen talks about his June feature, "Perfecting the DDGS Pellet", which highlights a company that says it has manufactured a pellet die that will extrude a 100 percent distillers dried grains pellet without additives or binders.
May 18, 2009 at 08:57 AM CST
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Ethanol Producer Magazine editor Kris Bevill discusses recent announcements by the Obama administration, and proposed rulemaking by the EPA.
May 11, 2009 at 09:23 AM CST
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Ethanol Producer Magazine Associate editor Erin Voegele details California's Low Carbon Fuel Standard.
May 4, 2009 at 09:20 AM CST
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Senior Staff Writer Ron Kotrba discusses the mysteries behind sorghum's simple genome.
April 27, 2009 at 09:29 AM CST
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Ethanol Producer Magazine Associate Editor Erin Voegele discusses her May feature, "Fuel for the Economy," which highlights the impact of newly-built ethanol plants on their local economies.
April 20, 2009 at 09:17 AM CST
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BBI International's Communications Manager Craig Johnson gives a preview of the upcoming International Fuel Ethanol Workshop. The conference will be held June 15th - 18th in Denver, Colorado.
April 13, 2009 at 02:47 PM CST
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Tom Bryan, BBI International's vice president of communications and content talks about the upcoming International BIOMASS Conference & Expo. The conference in being held April 28-30 at the Oregon Convention center in Portland, Oregon.
March 23, 2009 at 09:54 AM CST
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Senior Staff Writer Ron Kotrba explains renewable identification number credits, industry consolidation and Valero's interest in the industry.
March 16, 2009 at 09:35 AM CST
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Staff Writer Kris Bevill discusses environmental insurance, which should be considered when determining how best to protect a company's investment.
March 9, 2009 at 11:35 AM CST
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Staff Writer Erin Voegele discusses President Barack Obama's energy plan and the people he's chosen to help implement it.
March 2, 2009 at 09:55 AM CST
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Staff Writer Anna Austin discusses MOR technology LLC's unique corn fractionation technology, which maximizes food-grade production and product yields.
February 23, 2009 at 09:45 AM CST
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Staff Writer Erin Voegele discusses the few projects poised to produce ethanol from sugarcane in the U.S.
February 16, 2009 at 10:54 AM CST
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Staff Writer Anna Austin details a company's work at increasing ethanol production using high-power silicon switches to apply voltage to the cell walls of the corn kernel.
February 9, 2009 at 09:56 AM CST
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Staff Writer Ryan Christiansen tackles the domestic and export markets for distillers dried grains with solubles - and how the ethanol industry is quickly filling them.
February 2, 2009 at 09:43 AM CST
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Staff Writer Susanne Retka Schill explores research being conducted at Iowa State University that would use fungi to treat thin stillage and create new ethanol coproducts.
January 26, 2009 at 09:50 AM CST
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Staff Writer Anna Austin examines the options for cellulosic feedstock storage as the ethanol industry prepares for next-generation production.
January 19, 2009 at 09:35 AM CST
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Staff Writer Erin Voegele looks at the recent updates in companies' quests to move ethanol via pipeline.
January 12, 2009 at 09:50 AM CST
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Senior Staff Writer Ron Kotrba explains the impact and potential of midlevel ethanol blends by looking at a recently released U.S. DOE report.
January 5, 2009 at 10:50 AM CST
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Staff Writer Susanne Retka Schill discusses the impact indirect land use change could have on the ethanol industry.
December 29, 2008 at 12:55 PM CST
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Staff Writer Ryan Christiansen discusses the impact concerns regarding irrigation for ethanol feedstocks.
December 22, 2008 at 09:19 AM CST
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The ethanol industry continues to curtail its water use. Staff Writer Erin Voegele details the reductions, the technologies and future impact of cellulosic processing for this timely topic.
December 15, 2008 at 09:44 AM CST
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Staff Writer Anna Austin details Wisconsin-based Renew Energy LLC's use of fractionation technology to save energy and produce a unique high-protein animal feed.
December 8, 2008 at 09:18 AM CST
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Staff Writer Erin Voegele talks about her December feature, "The Future of Midlevel Blends," which explores the outlook for midlevel ethanol blends in 2009 and beyond.
December 1, 2008 at 11:48 AM CST
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Senior Staff Writer Ron Kotrba talks about his December feature, "Improving the Process without Breaking the Bank," which discusses ways plants can boost the bottom line without intense capital investment.
November 24, 2008 at 10:09 AM CST
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Staff Writer Kris Bevill discusses her December feature, "Carbon as a Commodity," which explores the domestic carbon trading market and its impact on ethanol producers.
November 17, 2008 at 11:14 AM CST
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China is the world's third-largest producer of ethanol and has a large and growing economy. Contributions editor Dave Nilles talks with Travis Hochard, who attended the Fourth World Biofuels Symposium in Beijing, China.
November 10, 2008 at 10:48 AM CST
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Staff Writer Sue Retka-Schill talks about three programs designed to entice farmers to switch from corn and soybeans to the energy crops needed for commercial cellulosic ethanol production.
November 3, 2008 at 09:50 AM CST
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Senior Writer Ron Kotrba discusses his conversations with three major enzyme makers about the challenges that lie ahead to cost-effectively manufacture and distribute cellulase and hemicellulose enzymes for biomass-based ethanol production.
October 27, 2008 at 09:44 AM CST
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Staff Writer Ryan Christiansen discusses the crucial role of the National Renewable Energy Laboratory and its progress toward making cellulosic ethanol cost-competitive in the United States by 2012.
October 20, 2008 at 09:58 AM CST
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Senior Staff Writer Ron Kotrba talks about a United Kingdom company testing the commercial power of its PDX Ethanol Reactor Tower, which is designed to boost ethanol production efficiency.
October 13, 2008 at 10:44 AM CST
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Staff Writer Erin Voegele talks about her October featured titled "Rail-to-Truck Ethanol Terminals." The feature is about the industry's growing use of transloading terminals.
October 6, 2008 at 09:54 AM CST
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Staff Writer Susanne Retka Schill talks about research efforts that are making barley an attractive ethanol feedstock in the mid-Atlantic region.
September 29, 2008 at 10:06 AM CST
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Staff Writer Ryan Christiansen discusses the ethanol industry's increasing use of the nation's rail system. While spills and accidents are a concern, producers are doing their part to keep things moving safely.
September 22, 2008 at 09:47 AM CST
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Contributions Editor Dave Nilles catches up with BBI International's Senior Technical Analyst Frank Baumgardt, author of a report titled "Wasted Opportunities." The paper is about waste-to-energy technologies and opportunities. The report is available online at store.bbiinternational.com.
September 15, 2008 at 10:11 AM CST
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Contributions Editor Dave Nilles discusses RFS compliance with Bill Newman, partner-in-charge of Weaver & Tidwell's energy attestation practice.
September 8, 2008 at 09:47 AM CST
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Contributions Editor, Dave Nilles, talks with Fredrikson & Byron Officer, Todd Taylor, about the recent trend in which ethanol companies become in "going private" transactions and cease reporting to the U.S. Securities & Exchange Commission.
August 25, 2008 at 10:05 AM CST
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BBI International Vice President of Communications, Tom Bryan, talks with US Grains Council Special Assistant, Erick Erickson, about the upcoming International Distillers Grains Conference & Trade Show and the growing market opportunities for DDGS around the world.
August 18, 2008 at 09:40 AM CST
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BBI International's Program Director, Travis Hochard, and Contributions Editor, Dave Nilles, preview the upcoming Advanced Biofuels Workshop & Trade Show that will be held September 28-30 in Minneapolis.
August 11, 2008 at 09:38 AM CST
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A conversation with Staff Writer Tim Holmseth about his September Ethanol Producer Magazine feature "Rocky Mountain E85," a story about how motorists, business owners, and even foreign countries are taking note of how one innovative Colorado retailer is leveraging E85 to go head-to-head with big box gas stations.
August 4, 2008 at 10:21 AM CST
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A conversation with Staff Writer Anna Austin about her September Ethanol Producer Magazine Feature, "Food, Fuel, and Politics," a story about the industry's reaction to food manufacturers' misinformation campaign against corn ethanol.
July 28, 2008 at 10:19 AM CST
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Staff writer Jerry Kram talks about a new system that may reduce bacteria in fermentation tanks, prevent re-infection and leave distillers grains free from antibiotic residues.
July 21, 2008 at 11:03 AM CST
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A conversation with Ethanol Producer Magazine editor Craig Johnson about his late-May trip to an Indy race at Wisconsin's famed Milwaukee Mile, where he saw first-hand what goes into the uber-precise business of testing ethanol racing fuel.
July 14, 2008 at 08:52 AM CST
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BBI International Vice President of Communications, Tom Bryan, talks about the latest corn fractionation market offerings. Corn frac has been around a long time, but the financial, environmental and social pressures of today's ethanol producers face is giving this time-tested process new allure.
July 7, 2008 at 03:57 PM CST
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Features Editor, Rona Johnson, sits down to discuss the ethanol industry's past, present and future with BBI International's Editorial Director, Tom Bryan, as he transitions into a new communications role with the company.
June 30, 2008 at 09:48 AM CST
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Hope Deutscher takes a final look at the 2008 Fuel Ethanol Workshop and Expo.
June 23, 2008 at 09:48 AM CST
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Download mp3Kris Bevill visits Verenium Corp.'s Louisiana plant
Hope Deutscher interviews Kris Bevill about her recent trip to Louisiana to attend Verenium Corp.'s demonstration-scale cellulosic ethanol plant
June 16, 2008 at 09:08 AM CST
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Contributions Editor, Dave Nilles, interviews Marketing Manager, Dave Blazer, about the upcoming Fuel Ethanol Workshop and Expo.
June 6, 2008 at 11:23 AM CST
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Contributions Editor, Dave Nilles, interviews Marketing Manager, Dave Blazer, about the upcoming FEW.
June 2, 2008 at 10:51 AM CST
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Editorial Director, Tom Bryan, interviews Senior Staff Writer, Ron Kotrba, about a fly-ash abatement system that could make the combustion of solid fuels a more viable heat and steam source for ethanol producers.
May 27, 2008 at 01:35 PM CST
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Features Editor, Rona Johnson, and staff writer, Anduin Kirkbride McElroy, discuss greenhouse gas emission reduction requirements in the Energy Independence & Security Act of 2007 and how that might impact biofuels producers.
May 19, 2008 at 10:23 AM CST
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Editorial Director Tom Bryan and Staff Writer Bryan Sims talk about a groundbreaking distillers grains drying technique being explored by one enterprising Minnesota ethanol producer. Akin to a microwave, this novel technology holds the promise of reducing water use and emissions, and producing even better feed.
May 12, 2008 at 10:47 AM CST
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Nebraska researchers believe it’s possible to nearly double corn production without using more land and, at the same time improve its environmental impact.
May 5, 2008 at 10:19 AM CST
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Download mp3Can ADM Hang on to ‘Biggest Producer’ Status?
Archer Daniels Midland Co. keeps the output of its individual plants close to the vest. But the longtime leader in U.S. ethanol production volume has had a tough time keeping the construction of two new mega-plants under wraps. Editorial Director Tom Bryan speaks with Plant List and Construction Editor Craig Johnson about his June EPM feature, “A Quiet Giant.” Plus, this week’s industry news and production capacity report.
April 28, 2008 at 11:48 AM CST
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Online Editor Hope Deutscher interviews Staff Writer Kris Bevill about her trip last week to Poet Biorefining-Alexandria. To date, Poet has 23 operating ethanol plants in the Midwest. Read more about Poet's new ethanol plant in the web exclusive titled "Poet opens new ethanol plant in Indiana."
April 21, 2008 at 01:33 PM CST
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Conventional wisdom says water in ethanol is bad, but could a new technical understanding of hydrous ethanol change the way the alternative fuel is made, transported and used? Features Editor Rona Johnson speaks with Senior Staff Writer Ron Kotrba about his May Ethanol Producer Magazine feature, “Testing the Water.” Plus, this week’s industry news and production capacity report.
April 14, 2008 at 01:58 PM CST