Ethanol Week - May 23, 2011

Biden highlights DOE patent offer during NREL visit Vice President Joe Biden visited the U.S. DOE's National Renewable Energy Laboratory in Golden, Colo. on May 20 to highlight the White House's commitment to energy innovation. READ MORE SHARE
EdeniQ holds groundbreaking ceremony in California State, county and city dignitaries were on hand to witness the official groundbreaking of EdeniQ Inc.'s Corn-to-Cellulosic Migration pilot plant at EdeniQ's headquarters in Visalia, Calif READ MORE SHARE
	Start up of Osage plant a concern for Hopewell, Va, officials Nearly a year after Virginia's first ethanol plant was scheduled to be producing ethanol, the grounds of Appomattox Bio Energy stand quiet, with very little activity. READ MORE SHARE
Research shows no historic evidence of indirect land use change A research project meant to analyze possible indirect land use change (ILUC) as a result of biofuels production has found no factual evidence that ILUC occurred from 1990 through 2007. READ MORE SHARE
DGs could end up in plastics if biocomposite facility is built Two Nebraska companies want to build a manufacturing facility, Laurel BioComposite LLC, in Laurel, Neb., where distillers grains will be processed into a plastics input. The end product will range from car bumpers to tractor parts. READ MORE SHARE
Study finds slow growth for wood-to-biofuels projects Producing biofuels from wood is a complicated technological process and is not expected to take hold at a commercial scale for more than a decade, according to a study recently conducted by timberland analysis firm Forisk Consulting LLC. READ MORE SHARE
ICM applies for patent on its next-generation Advanced Oil System ICM brought its newest development in the field of corn oil separation online at an ICM-designed 110 MMgy plant recently, and applied for patent protection on its trademarked Advanced Oil System. READ MORE SHARE
ZeaChem signs long-term feedstock agreement for poplar residue ZeaChem Inc. has signed a long-term feedstock agreement with GreenWood Tree Farm Fund LP to provide the majority of the feedstock required for ZeaChem's 25 MMgy cellulosic biorefinery, which will be located at Boardman, Ore. READ MORE SHARE