U.S. EPA data on RINs generation through August reveals cellulosic D3 biofuels continue to climb, advanced biofuel D5 RINs generation is up sharply and the mainstay, D6 renewable fuels (primarily ethanol) continues on pace.
Total U.S. corn production will be lower than estimated last month, but the average yield of their crop is expected to be slightly higher, according to the agency's October World Agricultural Supply and Demand estimate.
National Corn Growers and Farmers Union leaders say weakening the renewable fuel standard will harm rural America, citing USDA projections of a 50 percent decline in net farm income in 2015 compared to the 2013 high.
Three Valero ethanol plants and a Michigan plant join the club of ethanol producers achieving greenhouse gas reductions of 20 percent or better, when compared to the baseline gasoline used in the renewable fuels standard.
Ethanol dry mills, at 445.2 million bushels, used nearly 90 percent of the corn consumed for fuel ethanol production in August, the remainder being used by wet millers.
Cars have been streaming into NuVu Fuels in Ionia, Michigan, this week. The new c-store, which sells blended fuels and locally-grown food, is seven miles from Carbon Green Green Bioenergy LLC, which provides the ethanol.
In August, U.S. ethanol exports fell 35 percent t to the lowest monthly volume in more than two years, according to RFA analysis of government data released Oct. 7. DDGS exports also decreased 6 percent from the record high set in July.
After a year and a half of record earnings, the ethanol industry stabilized in 2015, according to a CoBank ethanol industry report. Going forward, ethanol margins are expected to remain “modestly positive,� on average, for the next 12 to 18 months.
The Renewable Fuels Association announced that the founder and CEO of Citizens for Affordable Energy, John Hofmeister, will headline next year's National Ethanol Conference, which is set to take place Feb. 15–17 in New Orleans.
The Renewable Fuels Association announced it has launched a redesigned website. With the completion of the full rebuild, RFA has added new and enhanced content to further improve ease of navigation, usability, and end-user experience.
Syngenta announced that, to date, it has reached agreements with 16 ethanol plants to use Enogen grain. Together, the plants have a combined production capacity of more than 1 billion gallons.
Alliance Bioenergy achieves record CTL conversion rates
By Alliance BioEnergy Plus Inc.
October 05, 2015
Alliance BioEnergy Plus Inc. recently announced that it's subsidiary Ek Laboratories in Longwood, Florida, achieved 63 percent conversion of coastal hay, at commercial scale, into fermentable sugars in less than 30 minutes.
U.S. Grains Council says trade ministers' approval of the Trans-Pacific Partnership is a win for U.S. agriculture and trade partners.Reducing barriers to open trade benefits both the grain industry and overseas customers.
Platts, a global provider of energy and commodities information, has began publishing price assessments for a key ethanol coproduct increasingly used as animal feed in the United States and globally.
The University of Nebraska-Lincoln will lead a $13.5 million, multi-institutional research effort to improve sorghum as a sustainable source for biofuel production.
The U.S. Department of Transportation Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration announced $5.9 million in grants to provide hazardous materials training for emergency responders responding to crude oil or ethanol-related incidents.
The Renewable Fuels Association has announced the election of officers for the board of directors at its annual membership meeting in Omaha, Nebraska.
The Senate Banking Committee has defeated an amendment that would have eliminate corn-ethanol blending targets under the RFS. The amendment introduced by Sen. Pat Toomey, R-Penn., was defeated Oct. 1 by a vote of 7-15.
Safety professionals from across the state will gather in Kearney, Nebraska, for the 11th annual Environment, Health and Safety Summit Tuesday, Oct. 13. The event includes speakers from agencies across the country.
Joule, a company working toward commercial-scale production of liquid fuels from recycled CO2, announced that its fuel grade Sunflow-E ethanol has been registered by the U.S. EPA for commercial use in E10 and E15 gasoline blends.
The ethanol industry has a new advocate in Americans for Energy Security and Innovation. The organization will target its efforts on expanding support of the RFS and is made up of U.S. biofuel producers and investors.
The USDA has been more optimistic with yield potential than most of the trade. With harvest getting started in Midwest areas less affected by the heavy rains yield outlooks look more promising and the USDA may be justified in the projections.
In general, hurricanes do not pose the same level of fundamental threat to the natural gas market as they once did. Still, a Gulf storm can still usher volatility into the futures market as traders react to the news and anticipate the impact.
Aemetis Inc., an advanced renewable fuels and biochemicals company, announced the harvesting of 12- to 15- foot tall biomass sorghum grown in Central California. The company has a multi-year strategy to transition from grain to biomass feedstocks.
The California Air Resources Board has re-adopted a Low Carbon Fuel Standard requiring a 10 percent reduction in the carbon intensity of transportation fuels by 2020.
When is the last time you were stranded on the side of the road, wishing you were a member of a motor club? Or, perhaps, you are already a member of a motor club, but that motor club has a habit of bashing ethanol. You need to keep reading.
E85 would make the original RVO achievable, a new report from Babcock and Pouliot at Iowa State's CARD, shows. The economists analyze 3 years of retail data on E85 price and sales to estimate national demand, if E85 is priced right.
Gevo and BCD Chemie commence a relationship to begin the marketing of renewable hydrocarbons into Europe. Gevo will produce isooctene in Texas derived from isobutanol produced at its retrofitted corn ethanol plant in Luverne, Minnesota.
The DDGS market continues to move back down to the lower end of the spectrum as a percentage of corn. Chinese buying, which moved the market up through the spring and early summer, has been on the sidelines for the past several months.
Ethanol prices are trading at a 14-cent premium to RBOB gasoline prices. Recent premiums are at the highest levels seen since January 2015, and continue to focus on current and future market strength.
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