Ethanol Week - April 18, 2011

GPRE hosts algae bioreactor grand opening at Iowa ethanol plant Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack visited Shenandoah, Iowa, April 15 for the official grand opening of BioProcess Algae LLC's commercial-scale algae bioreactor project, located at Green Plains Renewable Energy Inc.'s 65 MMgy ethanol plant. READ MORE SHARE
Applications being accepted for USDA blender pump funding The USDA has opened its application window for Rural Energy for America Program funding, which can now be used to help finance blender pump installations. Applications must be filed with the state office in which the project is located by June 15. READ MORE SHARE
	USDA, DOE to fund $30 million in biomass R&D initiative The USDA and DOE jointly announced up to $30 million over three to four years that will support research and development in advanced biofuels, bioenergy and high-value biobased products. READ MORE SHARE
Ethanol groups unite in response to anti-ethanol policy forum Food and environmental lobby groups took their anti-ethanol message to the Capitol Visitors Center April 14, staging a "Corn Ethanol Policy Forum." The ethanol industry responded with a rare joint statement. READ MORE SHARE
Industry to Inhofe: Don't mess with the RFS The Senate Environment and Public Works Committee held an oversight hearing initiated by Ranking Member Sen. James Inhofe, R-Okla., on April 13 to examine the entire domestic renewable fuels industry, "from ethanol to advanced biofuels." READ MORE SHARE
USDA's Canales visits ICM cellulosic plant under construction USDA Rural Business-Cooperative Service Administrator Judith Canales stopped by Tuesday to check out the progress on the ICM Inc. cellulosic ethanol pilot and demonstration plant under construction in St. Joseph, Mo. READ MORE SHARE
Ineos Bio plant in Florida to utilize cell separation technology The Indian River BioEnergy Center ethanol plant under construction near Vero Beach, Fla., will utilize a solids separation system developed by SmartFlow Technologies, which results in a high concentrate of solids as well as pure ethanol and water. READ MORE SHARE
World's largest cellulosic ethanol plant breaks ground in Italy Italy-based chemicals and plastics firm Mossi & Ghisolfi Group broke ground for its 13 MMgy cellulosic ethanol facility in northwestern Italy. The project is the largest cellulosic ethanol project in the world to date. READ MORE SHARE