Eco-Energy has announced additional growth to its global ethanol platform with the signing of a new multiyear marketing agreement with Heron Lake BioEnergy, located in Heron Lake, Minn. Eco-Energy now markets for 18 plants across North America.
Greenbelt Resources Corp. and its subsidiary Diversified Ethanol Corp. have announced their investment in a research effort with California Polytechnic State University at San Luis Obispo focused on fermentation testing related to ethanol feedstocks.
Brazil's Agricultural Trade Office has filed its annual biofuels report with the USDA Foreign Agricultural Service's Global Agricultural Information Network, providing ethanol production, supply and demand forecasts for 2013 and 2014.
U.K.-based Element Energy recently published a report finding that biofuels offer a more cost-effective way to reduce greenhouse gas emissions over the next 17 years, when compared to electric vehicles. The report was commissioned by BP.
The Renewable Fuels Association has announced the election of officers to the board of directors at their annual membership meeting held in Minneapolis, Minn. The RFA re-elected Neill McKinstray as chairman of the RFA board of directors.
Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack has announced funding for projects in 22 states to help reduce energy consumption and cost as well as for increasing the use of renewable technologies, including a handful of biofuels- and biomass-related projects.
Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, has sent a letter to U.S. EPA Administrator Gina McCarthy, requesting that the agency take action to increase transparency in the renewable identification number (RIN) market.
The U.S. EPA has published renewable fuels standard (RFS) compliance data for August, reporting that more than nearly 2.89 billion renewable identification numbers (RINs) were generated during the month.
Twenty-four new stations began offering E85 in the last week. News of these new E85 stations come on the heels of a study that finds expanded E85 consumption could meet future 2014 and 2015 renewable fuel standard (RFS) mandates.
ICM Inc. has announced that Lincolnway Energy LLC of Nevada, Iowa, has purchased its patent-pending Selective Milling Technology, which is a value-added ICM platform technology that increases ethanol yield and increases oil recovery.
Sen. Debbie Stabenow, D-Mich., has issued a letter to Gary Gensler, chairman of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, requesting an investigation of possible manipulation of the markets for renewable identification numbers (RINs).
Consumers are saving 50 cents to $1.50 per gallon on gasoline as a result of increased ethanol production under the renewable fuel standard (RFS), according to a new analysis by renowned energy economist Philip K. Verleger.
Six gas stations in North Dakota now offer consumers E15, making it ninth in line among the states that offer the higher ethanol blend. "We are committed to offering our customers choice at the pump," says Kent Satrang, CEO of Petro Serve USA.
The rollout of Syngenta's Enogen corn benefits both farmers growing the hybrid grain and ethanol plants using it to produce biofuel.
Considering the prospects for the corn and ethanol markets ahead.
Rick Tolman examines stereotypes, praises NASCAR as industry spokespeople and pushes for a 300-bushel national yield average, as head of the National Corn Growers Association.
Stepping back to compare the agricultural boom of the 1970s to the current period brings new perspective to the discussions swirling around food, fuel and the environment.
The USDA's Farm Service Agency has made a second solicitation under the Feedstock Flexibility Program for Bioenergy Producers. Approximately 830 million pounds of sugar are being offered for sale under the program. Bids are due Sept. 26.
Airgas Inc. has announced that its subsidiary, Airgas Carbonic, has signed a long-term agreement for the supply of liquid carbon dioxide from Fox River Valley Ethanol's recently acquired plant in Oshkosh, Wis.
After surveying more than 1,000 U.S. citizens, Fuels America released its polling results, which discovered 82 percent of U.S. citizens support the availability of E15 ethanol blends at their local gas stations.
The U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled that California's low carbon fuel standard (LCFS) program is constitutional, overturning a prior ruling that it violates interstate commerce laws. The court published its opinion on Sept. 18.
Novozymes announced that it has entered into a collaboration agreement with Raizen Energia S/A. As part of the agreement, Novozymes will supply enzyme technology to Raizen's first commercial-scale cellulosic ethanol plant in Brazil.
A proposed project in California that will produce advanced ethanol, renewable power and pipeline-quality biogas is one step closer to fruition. On Sept. 10, the Imperial County Board of Supervisors voted to approve seven resolutions for the project.
Green Plains Renewable Energy Inc. announced the pricing of its offering of $100 million aggregate principal amount of convertible senior notes due 2018, which was upsized from the previously announced $75 million aggregate principal amount of notes.
Today officially marks the 1,000th day in a row that gas prices have been above $3 per gallon. While ethanol provides drivers savings while filling up, AAA says that these gas prices are here to stay.
Ron Lamberty, senior vice president of the American Coalition for Ethanol, is warning consumers that recent changes in fuel supplied to the Midwest by oil companies will reduce the quality of gasoline available in many states.
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