ICM Inc. is proudly celebrating 20 years of innovation in the ethanol and renewable fuels industries. ICM was founded on Jan. 23, 1995 with only 20 employees. Through the years the company grew, designing more than 100 ethanol plants.
On March 12, the U.S. Energy Information Administration published a report on direct federal financial interventions and subsidies in energy for fiscal year (FY) 2103. The report responds to a request from two members of Congress.
Researchers at the University of Toronto Bioproducts Research Lab studying ways to isolate components of plant cell walls so they can be used to create renewable fuels, high-value chemicals, and novel bio-based materials.
Bobby Likis featured Judd Hulting, commodities manager at Patriot Renewable Fuels LLC, in Annawan, Illinois, during his two-hour Saturday morning radio show, Bobby Likis Car Clinic, on March 14.
The Department of Transportation's Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration has published a final rule in the Federal Register that amends pipeline safety regulation, including adding ethanol to the definition of hazardous materials.
Is the ethanol industry too big to fail? No, writes Mike Bryan of BBI International. Will it ever let failure be an option? As Winston Churchill said, never, never, never!
MXI Environmental Services LLC has completed installation of the distillation column for the company's new plant in Bristol, Tennessee. The installation went smooth and company is one step closer to operating.
While both numbers and personal stories show the benefits of the ethanol industry many politicians and naysayers are continuing their attacks on the industry, writes Bob Dinneen of the Renewable Fuels Association.
The Iowa Renewable Fuels Association has announced Iowa motorists purchased more than 2.93 million gallons of E85 in the fourth quarter of 2014, and a record-setting 11.96 million gallons in all of 2014.
Ceres Inc. and Raizen S.A., have signed a multiyear collaboration agreement to develop and produce sweet sorghum on an industrial scale. Sweet sorghum can extend the operating season of Brazilian sugarcane ethanol mills.
Legislation pending in Minnesota aims to establish state production incentives for advanced biofuels, renewable chemicals and biomass thermal. The measure was introduced in the Minnesota House of Representatives and the Minnesota Senate in February.
Retailers selling E15 say business is up, consumers are satisfied and everyone is excited to help local economies, improve the environment and reduce our nation's addiction to foreign oil, writes Tom Buis of Growth Energy.
Introducing renewable natural gas, the new player in the cellulosic RINs market.
The Urban Air Initiative filed a new petition against the U.S. EPA as the next step in what UAI officials describe as their ongoing effort to challenge EPA's defective models and policies relating to ethanol.
Dyadic International Inc. recently released 2014 financial results, reporting revenue of $12.5 million, down from $17.1 million the prior year. The decrease is primarily attributed to a $6 million BASF upfront license fee in 2013.
Advanced biofuel projects present significant economic development opportunities.
What's holding up approvals for modified microorganisms?
In the current tight ethanol margin environment, strong distillers grains markets have partially offset some of the pressures of the energy market. Economists examine factors influencing distillers grains pricing in a recent FarmDoc Daily post.
Aemetis Inc. has released 2014 financial results, reporting record revenues of $208 million, up from $178 million in 2013. Record adjusted EBITDA was $30 million in 2014, up from $10 million in the prior year. Gross profit was $37 million last year.
Environmental Entrepreneurs (E2) recently released its fourth quarter and year-end 2014 jobs report, which shows continued growth of clean energy and clean transportation jobs in the U.S.
The same technology that can help an energy company develop or market energy resources, or a financial institution manage accounts could be compromised in a data security incident, potentially jeopardizing information security, writes Kathleen Rice.
The news media's only job is to find the truth, 100 percent of the time. Even when it's not the truth they find most interesting, writes Ron Lamberty of the American Coalition for Ethanol.
Joint BioEnergy Institute researchers have used advanced proteomic techniques to identify 1,750 unique proteins in shoots of switchgrass, a North American native prairie grass that is widely viewed as one of the most promising fuel crop candidates.
Although most U.S. trade with Cuba has been severely restricted since the 1960s, Cuba does buy limited amounts of agricultural products from the United States, including corn and distillers dried grains with solubles (DDGS).
Oregon Gov. Kate Brown has signed S.B. 324 into law. The bill removes the Dec. 31, 2015 sunset date from the state's Clean Fuels Program. By signing S.B. 324, Brown has allowed the program to be implemented past the end of this year.
UNICA's Leticia Phillips outlines proposed major revisions to California's Low Carbon Fuel Standard and the Brazilian Sugarcane Industry Association's take on them.
The three big U.S. cellulosic ethanol producers have different approaches to lignin and future coproduct possibilities.
A partnership between Iowa State University and the City of Cedar Rapids will explore opportunities for expanding the success of the region's agricultural and bioprocessing industries.
Fuels America recently hosted a media event featuring leaders in the U.S. ethanol industry responding to a call from the American Petroleum Institute, the Environmental Working Group and ActionAid to dismantle the renewable fuels standard (RFS).
Ergon BioFuels LLC recently announced that it has entered into a comprehensive services arrangement with Gavilon to originate and market grain at the company's Vicksburg, Mississippi, facility, which is expected to restart operations in May.
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