Ethanol Week - January 29, 2019

Whitefox ICE announces successful startup at United Ethanol Whitefox Technologies has announced the successful installation and start-up of its Whitefox ICE system at United Ethanol LLC‘s plant in Milton, Wisconsin. The system will allow the plant to increase its annual production to more than 60 MMgy. READ MORE SHARE
Attis plans to convert Fulton ethanol plant to green tech campus Attis Industries has announced plans to purchase a 85 MMgy corn ethanol plant in Fulton, New York, from Sunoco LP and develop the site into a green tech campus that will produce corn ethanol, cellulosic ethanol and other biomass-based products. READ MORE SHARE
	UAI: Test fuels are not representative of real-world fuels An analysis commissioned by the Urban Air Initiative and completed by Future Fuel Strategies looked at nearly 100 vehicle emissions studies and concluded that the test fuels used often do not match the real-world fuels available to consumers. READ MORE SHARE
Novozymes reports significant growth in bioenergy sales for 2018 Novozymes has released fourth quarter and full year 2018 financial results, reporting strong sales growth for its bioenergy segment. Overall the company’s sales grew by 4 percent organically when compared to 2017. READ MORE SHARE
UNICA: Sales of ethanol up during first half of January UNICA, the Brazilian sugarcane industry association, has announced mills in the country’s south-central region sold 1.26 billion liters (332.86 million gallons) of ethanol during the first half of January, up 21 percent from the same period of 2018. READ MORE SHARE
Australian pilot biorefinery now under construction Construction recently began on a pilot cellulosic biorefinery in Australia. The plant is a collaboration between the University of Newcastle’s Newcastle Institute for Energy and Resources and Ethanol Technologies (Ethtec). READ MORE SHARE
Aemetis: USCIS approves EB-5 Phase II funding for Riverbank plant Aemetis Inc. recently announced that the U.S. Customs and Immigration Service has issued an I-924 Exemplar Approval for its $50 million EB-5 Phase II funding related to the Aemetis Riverbank cellulosic biorefinery project in California. READ MORE SHARE
Gevo supplies ATJ to California airport, joins SAF coalition Gevo Inc. recently made two announcements regarding its efforts to expand the use of sustainable aviation fuel (SAF). The company supplied its fuel to an airport in California and signed on to an existing coalition that aims to expand the use of SAF. READ MORE SHARE
Growth Energy: Report underscores need for higher ethanol blends Federal forecasts in the U.S. EIA's newly released Annual Energy Outlook 2019 (AEO2019) underscore the importance of delivering cleaner, lower cost options to the fuel pump, said Chris Bliley, vice president of regulatory affairs at Growth Energy. READ MORE SHARE
RFA, NCGA co-title sponsor 2019 Crappie Masters Tournament Trail The 2019 season of the Crappie Masters Tournament Trail begins later this week, with the Renewable Fuels Association and the National Corn Growers Association signed on as co-title sponsors for the third consecutive year. READ MORE SHARE