Ethanol Week - February 15, 2016

AFPM challenges RFS rule, court consolidates 3 RFS challenges On Feb. 10, American Fuel & Petrochemical Manufacturers filed a petition for review with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit challenging the U.S. EPA’s recent renewable fuel standard (RFS) rulemaking. READ MORE SHARE
Flint Hills Resources licenses Edeniq’s Pathway Technology Edeniq Inc. recently announced that it has signed an agreement with Flint Hills Resources to license Edeniq’s Pathway Technology for all of its ethanol plants. The technology converts corn kernel fiber into cellulosic ethanol. READ MORE SHARE
	Green Plains reports record fourth quarter production volumes Green Plains Inc. has released fourth quarter financial results, reporting a net loss of $3.6 million, or a loss of 9 cents per share, for the three-month period. The company, however, produced a record 261 gallons during the quarter. READ MORE SHARE
RFA: US ethanol exports reached 836 million gallons in 2015 The Renewable Fuels Association has released a new summary of ethanol trade statistics, reporting the U.S. ethanol industry exported 836 million gallons of ethanol last year valued at approximately $18 billion. READ MORE SHARE
Ethanol performs well in disappointing year for The Andersons The Andersons reported a disappointing overall year for 2015. Positive results in its rail and ethanol segments were offset by losses in the grain, plant nutrient and retail segments. READ MORE SHARE
DuPont files to intervene in court review of RFS DuPont filed court documents Feb. 5, asking leave to intervene in support of an Americans for Clean Energy petition filed in January, saying it has “significant and concrete interest” in the case. READ MORE SHARE
Economist: No sunset for RFS, waivers impact future authority The renewable fuel standard (RFS) does not expire in 2022, but an analysis of the statute reveals major changes could occur, said University of Illinois economist Jonathan Coppess in a recent FarmDoc Daily post. READ MORE SHARE
EIA revises 2016, 2017 ethanol production forecasts The U.S. Energy Information Administration has released the February edition of its Short-Term Energy Outlook, predicting ethanol production will average approximately 965,000 barrels per day this year and next year. READ MORE SHARE
Corn use for ethanol offsets lower USDA export forecast A 25 million bushel increase in projected corn use for ethanol in USDA’s February supply-demand report is partially offsetting a 50 million bushel lower export forecast. Corn imports are projected 10 million bushels higher. READ MORE SHARE
ACE: GREET shows improvement in life cycle ethanol emissions Research by American Coalition for Ethanol President Ron Alverson indicates life cycle modeling has demonstrated significant improvement in emissions performance of corn-based ethanol, with continued improvements expected in the future. READ MORE SHARE
Syngenta: 18 ethanol plants now contracted to use Enogen On Feb. 3, Syngenta International AG released financial results for 2015, reporting it has signed commercial agreements for Enogen corn with 18 ethanol plants, up from 16 in October. READ MORE SHARE
Technology harnesses waste gases for power With a 2-MW Power Oxidizer built and being tested Ener-Core is determined to start changing the way companies like Pacific Ethanol handle low-value waste gases. This article appears in the March issue of EPM with the headline "Nothing wasted." READ MORE SHARE
Meeting the California low carbon challenge Eighty-nine ethanol producers west of the Mississippi River prepare for the revised LCFS. This article appears in the March issue of EPM. READ MORE SHARE
Deinove confirms its carotenoids commercialization potential Deinove, a biotech company developing innovative processes for producing biofuels and biobased chemicals by using Deinococcus bacteria as host strains, announces major progress in its carotenoids project. READ MORE SHARE
Pacific Ethanol to install Whitefox’s technology at Madera plant Pacific Ethanol Inc. and Whitefox Technologies Ltd. have entered into a technology license and purchase agreement for an industrial scale membrane system that separates water from ethanol in the plant's distillation system. READ MORE SHARE
USGC’s aqua feeding trials in Vietnam show promising results Results of two distillers dried grains with solubles (DDGS) aqua feeding trials conducted by the U.S. Grains Council in Vietnam show that U.S. DDGS is an economical and nutritious way to feed pangasius catfish produced there. READ MORE SHARE
NREL discovery could lead to cheaper cellulosic fuels Researchers at the Energy Department's National Renewable Energy Laboratory and the BioEnergy Science Center say better understanding of a bacterium could lead to cheaper production of cellulosic ethanol and other advanced biofuels. READ MORE SHARE
USGC: International alliance MAIZALL sets priorities for 2016 The board of directors for MAIZALL, the international maize alliance, reaffirmed its commitment to strategic cooperation in addressing market access issues related to biotechnology and other agricultural technologies during a recent meeting. READ MORE SHARE
Researchers ‘explode’ sugar beet cells for faster fermentation The European ERA-NET innovation project ChemBeet is developing a technology that explodes cell walls to create faster and cheaper fermentation. The process uses Betaprocess technology in which vacuum extrusion is used to explode cell walls. READ MORE SHARE