Ethanol Week - June 6, 2011

Water technology company develops corn oil extraction aid Ashland Hercules Water Technologies, a commercial unit of Ashland Inc., now has a back-end corn oil extraction aid it says will help ethanol producers capture up to three times more corn oil while also producing a higher quality oil. READ MORE SHARE
Enerkem raises $60 million in financing, Valero joins as investor Valero Energy Corp. is a new investor in Enerkem Inc., the company said in a June 1 press release. The Canadian waste-to-biofuels and chemicals company announced it had raised $60 million in financing in its latest equity round. READ MORE SHARE
	Louisiana ethanol plant could be sold whole or in pieces South Louisiana Ethanol LLC, which has been sitting idle for years, will be sold at bankruptcy auction. READ MORE SHARE
Inhofe makes his move on the RFS Holding true to promises made earlier in the year, Sen. James Inhofe, R-Okla., introduced legislation on May 26 aimed at allowing individual states to opt out of the corn ethanol portion of the renewable fuel standard. READ MORE SHARE
Alltech revives plans to construct the 'farm of the future' Alltech opened one of the largest algae production facilities in the world in April, and now the company has revived its plans to build the farm of the future. The farm would truly be a closed-loop system, said Alltech's Becky Timmons. READ MORE SHARE
Pellet Technology targets cellulosic ethanol producers Nebraska-based Pellet Technology LLC is teaming up with CPM to offer second-generation biofuels producers a solution to the logistical issues surrounding the use of bulky biomass as feedstocks. READ MORE SHARE
California studies present conflicting views on ethanol Two studies examining California's future energy needs are aimed at evaluating methods to reduce the state's overall emissions, but reach differing conclusions regarding ethanol's contribution to a lower-emission environment. READ MORE SHARE
Gevo starts isobutanol retrofit of Minnesota ethanol plant The retrofit of the Agri-Energy LLC ethanol plant started on May 31, with a groundbreaking ceremony. The ethanol plant is expected to be converted to full isobutanol production by June 2012. READ MORE SHARE