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U.S. ethanol exports sank in August, DDGS shipments down slightly

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By Ann Lewis, RFA research analyst

October 07, 2015

Business Markets Coproducts 

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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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Grants provide HazMat training for crude oil, ethanol incidents

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By U.S. Department of Transportatoin

October 02, 2015

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.

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RFA announces new officers for board of directors

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By Renewable Fuels Association

October 01, 2015

The Renewable Fuels Association has announced the election of officers for the board of directors at its annual membership meeting in Omaha, Nebraska.

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Annual safety summit kicks off Oct. 13 in Nebraska

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By Nebraska Ethanol Board

September 30, 2015

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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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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Gevo Inc. has announced key initiatives and targets for 2016 following the settlement with Butamax in August, including increasing isobutanol production by seven to 10 times above 2016 production levels and decreasing production costs by 50 percent.

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Sending out a press release is like baiting a hook and throwing it in the water. Don't do it if you aren't prepared to catch a fish.

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An Illinois Department of Agriculture-led tour begins Sept. 21, with stops at a variety of grain-related businesses around the state, including Marquis Energy LLC, a 140 MMgy ethanol plant in Hennepin, Illinois, and ADM's facility in Decatur.

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Farmers Co-op hosting grand opening of renewable fuels station

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By Iowa Renewable Fuels Association

September 18, 2015

Farmers Cooperative Co. announced a grand opening event will be held for a newly operational fueling station, located at 403 East South St. in Mount Ayr, Iowa. The new fueling station will offer a wide range of ethanol blends, including E15 and E85.

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Enerkem appoints new CFO

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By Enerkem

September 17, 2015

Enerkem Inc., a waste-to-biofuels and chemicals producer, announced today that Robert Shaw has joined its executive team as senior vice president and chief financial officer. He was most recently CFO of Southwest Oilfield Products.

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Within the next two years, Algenol Biotech LLC will have an 18 MMgy algae-to-ethanol plant in central Florida. The company and Protec Fuel Management LLC have entered into an agreement to sell the ethanol, initially in that state.

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MBI has received an innovative biomass pretreatment patent for its AFEX technology, which unlocks sugar in biomass and converts it into material that can be made into a source of cattle feed or biofuel or chemical feedstock.

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A new training tool called Novozymes Bioenergy University is available to the ethanol industry. Novozymes created the online training program to address the educational needs of the diverse workforce in the ethanol industry.

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Vertimass LLC announced today the company has chosen Technip to provide pilot testing, scale-up, and initial plant design for their novel technology for converting alcohol to renewable gasoline, diesel, and jet fuel blend stocks.

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Priming the pump for higher blends

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By Ray Defenbaugh

September 14, 2015

Prime the pump, an effort to grow the ethanol market to accelerate the build-out of higher blend retail infrastructure, has had tremendous success, writes Ray Defenbaugh. This column appears in the October issue of EPM.

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Ethanol production in Germany grew slightly more than 5 percent to a total of 370,484 metric tons from production during the same period, last year, the Federation of German bioethanol fuel industry said.

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Algenol and Protec Fuel have agreed to market and distribute ethanol from Algenol's Fort Myers, Florida., commercial demonstration module. The two will also offer Algenol's future production from a planned 18 MMgy facility for central Florida.

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Part three in a series of blogs about how the ethanol industry can work better with the media, is finally online.

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As producers close up the books on 2015, they need to carefully consider several key issues, writes Donna Funk of K-Coe Isom. This column is titled "Playing it smart at year-end" in the October issue of EPM.

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AGCO is well-equipped to aid the first U.S. cellulosic ethanol plants in devising efficient and effective feedstock supply chain models. This article is titled "From Blueprint to Baler" in the October issue of EPM.

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DENCO II, an ethanol plant in Morris, Minnesota, has received grant money it will use to improve the facility's energy efficiency.

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Leave light on for ethanol consumers

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By Ron Lamberty

September 11, 2015

Maybe people don't buy ethanol for the reasons we would like them to buy it, writes Ron Lamberty of ACE. But they buy it. This column appears in the October issue of EPM.

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The USDA announced that 21 states will receive grants to add infrastructure needed to supply more renewable fuel to America's drivers. The grants will support an estimated 5,000 pumps at over 1,400 fueling stations across the country.

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