Ethanol Week - January 7, 2013

Greenhouse to utilize CO2, waste heat from adjacent ethanol plant Across the road from Greenfield Ethanol-Chatham, construction on Truly Green greenhouses is ongoing. The innovative project will utilize the waste heat and CO2 from the 195 MMly ethanol plant in Chatham, Ontario, Canada. READ MORE SHARE
Sweetwater Energy, Ace Ethanol partner for cellulosic production Ace Ethanol, will partner with Sweetwater Energy Inc., a Rochester, N.Y.-based cellulosic sugar producer to generate cellulosic ethanol at Ace's plant for up to 16 years. Sweetwater will place a cellulosic sugar facility adjacent to the plant. READ MORE SHARE
	CARD analysis considers outlook for RINs in 2013, 2014 Iowa State University's Center for Agricultural and Rural Development recently published a policy brief on the outlook for ethanol and conventional biofuel renewable identification numbers (RINs) through 2014. READ MORE SHARE
Iowa's second E15 retail station opens in Fredericksburg The Iowa Renewable Fuels Association has announced that Fredericksburg Coop in Fredericksburg, Iowa now offers E15 as a registered fuel to 2001 and newer vehicles, becoming Iowa's second fuel retailer offering E15. READ MORE SHARE
USDA's senior energy advisor explains BCAP after cliff deal The Biomass Crop Assistance Program may have been extended through 2013 with the passing of the American Taxpayer Relief Act of 2012, but the program's usefulness in the coming year is still uncertain. READ MORE SHARE
	Ascendant Partners completes capital restructuring for LifeLine Ascendant Consulting Partners LLC announced Jan. 3 that it has completed a capital restructuring for Saint Joseph, Mo.-based LifeLine Foods LLC. The company's process produces ethanol, flour, meal, grits and a range of other coproducts. READ MORE SHARE
DOE awards $10 million to develop biofuels, biobased products The U.S. DOE has announced more than $10 million to five projects in California, Washington, Maryland, and Texas that will develop new technologies to convert biomass into advanced biofuels and bioproducts like plastics and chemical intermediates. READ MORE SHARE
AFPM petitions EPA to waive 2012 cellulosic mandate The American Fuel & Petrochemical Manufacturers has petitioned the U.S. EPA to waive the 2012 cellulosic biofuel mandate provided in the renewable fuel standard ((RFS), citing a lack of domestic supply available for domestic use. READ MORE SHARE
Farm bill contains no mandatory funding for energy title programs Legislators have passed the "fiscal cliff bill," which extended the farm bill through Sept. 30 and several biofuel-related tax incentives through 2013. However, all mandatory funding for energy title programs was eliminated at the last moment. READ MORE SHARE
Gevo announces stock repurchase program Gevo Inc. has announced that its board of directors has approved a stock repurchase program that authorizes Gevo to repurchase up to $15 million of its common stock over a one-year period. READ MORE SHARE
Fiscal cliff bill extends biofuel tax incentives through 2013 President Obama is expected to sign the American Taxpayer Relief Act of 2012 into law today. The legislation, also known as the "fiscal cliff bill," includes language to extend several biofuel-related tax incentives. READ MORE SHARE
Iowa ethanol output held steady at 3.7 billion gallons in 2012 The Iowa Renewable Fuels Association announced that Iowa's 41 ethanol plants produced 3.7 billion gallons during 2012, matching 2011 production. It's estimated the state will have produced about 28 percent of U.S. ethanol in 2012. READ MORE SHARE
Grains Council: U.S. exports of DDGS to Japan hit record high Japanese imports of U.S. dried distillers grains with solubles (DDGS) have increased fairly steadily since 2004, reaching an all-time high in 2012, according to a chart from U.S. Grains Council. READ MORE SHARE