Ethanol Week - May 2, 2011

Air Liquide plans to build CO2 plant at Bionol Clearfield Air Liquide USA LLC wants to build a carbon dioxide recovery plant next to the 110 MMgy ethanol plant in Clearfield, Pa., to produce beverage grade, liquid CO2. READ MORE SHARE
Cargill plans to convert corn wet mill into biorefinery campus Fort Dodge, Iowa, may be nearly 150 miles away from Blair, Neb., but Agriculture giant Cargill Inc. might hope the two areas are close in some ways. The company hopes a shuttered Fort Dodge wet mill can replicate its biorefinery campus in Blair. READ MORE SHARE
	GPRE expects tough summer, overall good year for ethanol industry Green Plains Renewable Energy Inc. CEO Todd Becker said tight margins will create a "summer of discontent" for ethanol producers, but he expects that to change later in the year as margins improve, crop yields rebound and world production increases. READ MORE SHARE
Company wants to build biogas facility near Kawartha ethanol A company looking to build an anaerobic digester has its eye on a site near Kawartha Ethanol Inc. in Havelock, Ontario. Kawartha Biogas will produce about 9.8 megawatts of power from ethanol byproducts and other waste. READ MORE SHARE
Researchers in three states work on densification A collaborative research project in South Dakota, Michigan and North Dakota is working on a process that would pre-treat and densify biomass feedstocks to make it easier to transport the material to production facilities. READ MORE SHARE
Obama reiterates call for end to oil subsidies President Obama issued a letter to congressional leaders April 26 urging the end of subsidies for the oil industry, stating that the more than $4 billion spent annually should be used instead to make investments in clean energy. READ MORE SHARE
Corn ethanol policy under attack in California Corn ethanol opponents in California achieved a small victory on April 25 after the state assembly natural resources committee approved a bill that would make corn ethanol ineligible for state funding and repeal the state's ethanol incentive program. READ MORE SHARE
Oversupply, oil price, spring cleaning contribute to less ethanol The U.S. DOE's Energy Information Administration has been reporting a continuous decline in ethanol production since early April, down to 865,000 barrels per day, or about 36 million gallons per day, for the week ending on April 15. READ MORE SHARE