Austin Dillon shares his earliest memories of a life spent in motorsports, his love of dirt track racing and the role ethanol plays in NASCAR's sustainability push.
Six blender fuel pumps are featured at a new gas station in Velva, N.D. The Farmer's Union Oil Co. convenience store was financed with more than $3 million in loans and grants, including a grant of $159,000 from the Rural America for Energy Program.
Independent producers will require new strategies to stay viable.
The U.S. Supreme Court has decided not take up the petroleum industry's E15 appeal, which was filed by the American Petroleum Institute, Grocery Manufacturers Association and a consortium of other organizations in February.
A representative of Pella, Iowa-based Vermeer Corp. advocated for a more open, transparent trade relations with Brazil during a recent U.S. House of Representatives Ways and Means Trade Subcommittee hearing.
Enerkem Inc., a waste-to-biofuels and renewable chemicals company, has announced the closing of a $50 million financing, which brings total equity investment raised by Enerkem in 2013 to $87 million.
The National Council of Chain Restaurants has launched a new campaign to repeal the renewable fuels standard (RFS). Representatives of the ethanol industry have been quick to criticize the action and dispute NCCR's claims.
Siemens Metals Technologies and LanzaTech have signed a 10-year cooperation agreement to develop and market integrated environmental solutions for the steel industry worldwide. The collaboration will utilize LanzaTech's ethanol production technology.
The Raizen Energia business unit, which focuses on the production and sale of sugarcane products, operated 24 sugar, ethanol and cogeneration mills during the fourth quarter of FY 2013, producing 1.9 billion liters of ethanol.
Gevo Inc. has announced that it has resumed commercial production of isobutanol at its Luverne, Minn., plant in single train mode, successfully utilizing its proprietary Gevo Integrated Fermentation Technology (GIFT).
On June 19 an American Motorcycle Association-organized group of motorcyclists will descend on Capitol Hill to talk about the dangers of E15 for use in motorcycles and all-terrain vehicles. E15, however, isn't approved for use in those vehicles.
A recent FarmDocDaily post shows increased ethanol prices over the past three months has moderated the impact of high corn prices and put the ethanol industry into positive margins again.
The U.S. Energy Information Administration has published data showing that ethanol production has partially recovered since last year's drought. Production is expected to increase after the third quarter, and average 930,000 barrels per day in 2014.
It's my first full day back to work after FEW and my mind is still filled with the many interesting things I learned about.
Purified Renewable Energy LLC's 18 MMgy ethanol plant in Buffalo Lake, Minn., will sold at bankruptcy auction on August 8. The plant filed for chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in Marcy. The IR1 Group LLC is handling the sale.
Glacial Lakes Energy recently installed Arisdyne Systems' patented controlled flow cavitation system at its Aberdeen Energy facility. The companies demonstrated that the system increased daily average ethanol production by more than 1.5 percent.
The National Association of Convenience Stores has released the results of a survey on E15 and E85 it conducted. The survey reveals that approximately three out of five consumers said they would consider using E15 if priced the same as gas.
The USDA has published a notice in the Federal Register announcing the availability of $98.6 million for payments under the Advanced Biofuel Payment Program. A separate notice announces increased funding for the Rural Energy for America Program.
The benefits of Enogen trait technology from Syngenta Corp. are piquing the interest of ethanol plants now more than ever. Interest is also expanding among farmers, with nearly 300 growers contracted to grow more than 64,000 acres this season.
USDA researcher Kevin Hicks and ICM Inc. employee Dan Schwartzkopf, an advocate for ethanol as a race fuel, were honored with the Award of Excellence and High Octane Award, respectively, at the International Fuel Ethanol Workshop & Expo.
Bryan Bush, an employee at Little Sioux Corn Processors, and Rachel Hayes, a recent high school graduate, are recipients of $2,000 Kathy Bryan Memorial Scholarships for college awarded as part of the 2013 International Fuel Ethanol Workshop & Expo.
Cellulosic ethanol is at the cusp of commercialization, the 1,700-plus attendees learned during the opening session of the 29th Annual International Fuel Ethanol Workshop & Expo, underway this week in St. Louis, Mo.
The leaders of Growth Energy, the Renewable Fuels Association and the American Coalition for Ethanol, all came together on stage during the June 11 general session of the 29th Annual International Fuel Ethanol Workshop & Expo in St. Louis, Mo.
On June 10, the Renewable Fuels Association released a new set of guidelines on rail transportation safety focused on hinged and bolted manway in conjunction with the start of the 2013 International Fuel Ethanol Workshop and Expo.
Novozymes has announced the launch of new enzyme technology that can increase ethanol yield from corn by up to 5 percent. The technology also increases corn oil extraction by 13 percent, while saving 8 percent energy.
Lallemand Biofuels & Distilled Spirits and Mascoma Corp. have announced the introduction of their next generation advanced yeast product, TransFerm Yield+, a bioengineered drop-in substitute for conventional fermenting yeast.
The 29th International Fuel Ethanol Workshop & Expo officially kicked off June 10 with a ribbon cutting ceremony by Jeff Broin, of Poet LLC, and Tim Portz, executive editor of Ethanol Producer Magazine.
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