Ethanol Week - September 10, 2012

Conservation biomass demonstration shows potential A demonstration project completed by The Earth Partners LP, Applied Ecological Services and Poet LLC has shown that biomass from native grasses, grown for conservation purposes, can successfully fuel a boiler to create heat and power. READ MORE SHARE
Lignol, Novozymes successfully complete enzyme optimization work Lignol Energy Corp. recently announced that it has successfully completed a major body of work in producing cellulosic ethanol at Lignol's pilot-scale biorefinery, in partnership with Novozymes Inc. Significant performance improvements were observed. READ MORE SHARE
	Ethanol to reduce global GHG emission by 100 million tons in 2012 As the world gathers at the Global Conference on Agriculture, Food Security and Climate Change in Hanoi, Vietnam, the Global Renewable Fuels Alliance released its annual Green House Gas (GHG) Reduction Forecast. READ MORE SHARE
New Calif. law excludes corn ethanol from DRIVE program funding California Gov. Jerry Brown recently signed a bill into law that prevents corn ethanol projects within the state from being eligible for funding under California's Alternative and Renewable Fuel and Vehicle Technology Program, effective July 1, 2013. READ MORE SHARE
Gulf Oil opens first E85 stations on Mass. turnpike In partnership with the Massachusetts DOT and the Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs, Gulf Oil recently announced the grand opening of its E85 fueling station at the Charlton East Service Plaza on the Massachusetts Turnpike. READ MORE SHARE
Kentucky company to grow herbicide-resistant energy beet hybrid Patriot Bioenergy Corp. announced that it will begin field trials of recently deregulated Roundup Ready energy beets at a Sept. 6 press conference in Williamsburg, Ky., which is the same city where the company hopes to build its first ethanol plant. READ MORE SHARE
USDA GAIN report provides outlook of Brazil's ethanol industry A recently published USDA GAIN report addresses the Brazilian biofuel industry. The annual report includes an update of the country's biofuel policies and programs and provides production, supply and demand estimates and forecasts for 2012 and 2013. READ MORE SHARE
RFA ethanol safety seminar planned for Willmar, Minn. The Renewable Fuels Association, Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railway, and Chippewa Valley Ethanol Co. will cohost a free ethanol safety seminar in Willmar, Minn., on Sept. 10 at the Willmar Education and Arts Center Auditorium. READ MORE SHARE
ICM: Why we must keep the renewable fuel standard ICM Inc. CEO Dave Vander Griend addresses misinformation published in a recent Wichita Eagle editorial, titled "End Ethanol Mandate," and discusses the many benefits created by ethanol and the renewable fuel standard. READ MORE SHARE
Minnesota ethanol plant restarts under new ownership If not for a failed pump, the former Minnesota Energy ethanol plant near Buffalo Lake, Minn., would have shipped its first gallons of ethanol in more than two years. A minor fire that resulted is expected to delay the shipment by about a week. READ MORE SHARE
Lallemand acquires NABC, forms new business unit Lallemand Inc. has announced the acquisition of North American Bioproducts Corp. and its ancillary businesses. The acquired companies will be combined with Lallemand's existing business, Lallemand Ethanol Technology, to form a new business unit. READ MORE SHARE
Biofuel groups file an intervenors brief in API lawsuit Seven biofuel organizations filed an intervenors brief on Sept. 4 in the American Petroleum Institute case against the U.S. EPA challenging the 2012 cellulosic and advanced biofuel requirements under the renewable fuel standard (RFS). READ MORE SHARE
Shell grants enzyme licensing rights to Codexis The research agreement between Royal Dutch Shell and Codexis Inc. may be over, but the California-based enzyme producer now has the ability to commercialize cellulose enzymes developed during the research partnership that started in 2006. READ MORE SHARE