GRAPHIC: MICROSEISMIC
October 18, 2022
BY Katie Schroeder
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Verbio on Oct. 6 commissioned the world’s first large-scale ethenolysis plant based on rapeseed methyl ester at its Bitterfeld site. The new plant is capable of producing up to 60,000 metric tons of biobased chemicals annually.
Vault 44.01 and Cardinal Ethanol are wrapping up Indiana’s first-ever ethanol CCS project.
U.S. fuel ethanol production expanded by nearly 5% the week ending Oct. 2, according to data released by the U.S. Energy Information Administration on Oct. 7. Stocks of fuel ethanol were down nearly 1% and exports expanded by 17%.
Experts outline the impact hot summers and cold winters have on ethanol plant distillation dehydration and evaporation systems.
Green Plains Inc. on Oct. 1 announced that its facility in Superior, Iowa, has produced its one-billionth gallon of ethanol, marking a significant milestone in the facility's nearly two decades of operation.