Ethanol Week - April 17, 2017

ACE outlines ethanol priorities to EPA on regulatory reform ACE files comments to EPA's request for input on regulatory reforms. Comments accepted through May 15. READ MORE SHARE
Increased ethanol exports needed to absorb production increase The share of ethanol exports has more than doubled from the 3 percent share of total U.S. production in 2010 to 6.8 percent in 2016. In 2016, exports reached 1.05 billion gallons, an increase of 26 percent from the previous year. READ MORE SHARE
	D3Max pilot test results at ACE Ethanol exceed expectations Initial pilot testing conducted at ACE Ethanol in Stanley, Wisconsin, indicates yields from xylose exceed 90 percent of theoretical yield and overall sugar production better than targeted in D3MAX fiber-to-cellulosic ethanol process. READ MORE SHARE
EIA: summer ethanol blending to increase 20,000 barrels per day Summer gasoline demand and highway travel is expected to increase this summer, in spite of higher average prices, says the EIA's Short-term Energy Outlook. Ethanol blending for Q2 and Q3 expected to increase 1.7 percent. READ MORE SHARE
WASDE: Corn for ethanol up; offsets keep ending stocks unchanged Increases for corn ethanol production keep ending stocks from dropping as USDA projections for feed and residual use are lowered by the same amount in the monthly World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates report. READ MORE SHARE
Alliance Bio-Products procures feedstock for cellulosic project Florida cellulosic ethanol project procures feedstock agreement with Indian River County, fund raising underway to purchase closed Vero Beach ethanol plant. READ MORE SHARE
New life infused into proposed Danish cellulosic ethanol plant London investment firm commits up to 160 euro to Danish project, if political framework is solved, reviving a consortium including DONG Energy, Novozymes and local utilities. READ MORE SHARE
RFA plans 4 ethanol safety seminars in South Dakota Ethanol emergency response training sessions planned in South Dakota at Worthing, Redfield, Brookings and Watertown, during the last week of April. READ MORE SHARE
Norfolk Southern recognizes ethanol shippers in 2016 safety award Railroad names several ethanol producers among 55 customers experiencing no incidents in 2016 in its annual Thoroughbred Chemical Safety Award. READ MORE SHARE
Biofuel industry rejects Australian productivity report Queensland Renewable Fuels Association refutes the negative comments in the recent productivity commission report that said biofuel mandates impose unnecessary costs on farmers and consumers for 'negligible environmental benefit.' READ MORE SHARE