The U.S. exported 155.64 million gallons of ethanol and 992,827 metric tons of distillers grains in December, according to data released by the USDA Foreign Agricultural Service on Feb. 7. Exports of both products were up.
According to new statistical reports released on Feb. 8 by the Renewable Fuels Association, the value of the U.S. ethanol industry’s exports soared to a record level of just over $7.1 billion in 2023.
In a major step forward for the future of agriculture and biofuels, POET and Summit Carbon Solutions announced a groundbreaking partnership connecting the world’s largest biofuel producer with the world’s largest carbon capture and storage project.
The U.S. exported 115.94 million gallons of ethanol and 829,911 metric tons of distillers grains in November, according to data released by the USDA on Jan. 9. Exports of both products were up when compared to the prior year.
USGC leaders traveled to Senegal in December to examine the results of recent training and market development programs the USGC has sponsored over the past five years and to learn more about the local agricultural industry and domestic policies.
Harvestone Low Carbon Partners’ Blue Flint Ethanol plant in North Dakota has brought its carbon capture and storage operation online—and with it, it’s vision for what’s to come.
Building a 500,000-square-foot plant next to an ADM wet mill in southeastern Minnesota, Solugen is poised to make a big impact on the biomanufacturing sector.
The POET Bioproducts Center at South Dakota State University has opened its doors to support innovation in bioprocessing, expand the bioeconomy, and prepare a new generation of bioproduct manufacturing professionals.
U.S. Grains Council staff traveled to Turkey in November to support and learn more about the country’s growing interest in aquaculture cultivation and the associated need for corn-fermented protein and high-protein DDGS.
The USDA recently released its Grain Crushings and Co-Products Production report for December, reporting that corn use for fuel ethanol production in October was up when compared to both the previous month and October 2022.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection on Dec. 22 announced that it would reopen two rail crossings in Texas. Growth Energy CEO Emily Skor expressed gratitude to biofuel champions on the Hill who helped ensure the crossings were reopened.
Corn consumption for fuel ethanol production in September was down slightly when compared to the previous month, but up significantly when compared to the same month of 2022, according data released by the USDA in November.
A high-profile, multi-participant project in Brazil is poised to demonstrate ethanol-to-hydrogen technology.
The U.S. exported 120.49 million gallons of ethanol and 1.03 million metric tons of distillers grains in September, according to data released by the USDA Foreign Agricultural Service on Nov. 7. Exports of both products were up.
Green Plains Inc. released Q3 financial results on Oct. 31, reporting significantly improved earnings and expanding high-protein sales. The company also expressed confidence in its CCS projects and confirmed the sale of its Atkinson facility.
One Earth Sequestration LLC on Oct. 18 filed an application with the ICC seeking an Certifiate of Authority to Construct and Operate a 7.34 mile pipeline to transport and sequester CO2 produced at One Earth Energy LLC.
Corn use for fuel ethanol production in August was down when compared to the previous month, but up when compared to August 2022, according to the October edition of the USDA NASS's Grain Crushings and Co-Products Production Report.
The latest issue of Ethanol Producer Magazine tackles thermal energy storage, the rise of all-renewable E85, ACE’s annual conference, the return of a familiar face, and a wild new use for distillers grains.
An affiliate of Navigator CO2 Ventures LLC on Oct. 10 filed a motion with the Illinois Commerce Commission requesting to voluntary withdraw a permit application to build nearly 300 miles of CO2 pipeline within the state.
Nexus PMG and Chapul Farms have paired up to make insect-based protein. They plan to feed distillers grains to bug larvae, which, in turn, will become livestock feed.
The U.S. Grains Council’s Latin America (LTA) Regional Ethanol Consultants Freddy Villao and Juan Sebastian Diaz traveled to El Salvador in September to discuss terms of an MOU to assess an ethanol blending program in the country.
Corn use for fuel ethanol production in July was up when compared to both the previous month and the prior year, according to the September edition of the USDA National Agricultural Service’s Grain Crushings and Co-Products Production Report.
GETEC Group will build a plant for climate-neutral energy supply and the supply of steam and compressed air on the site of the Zeitz Chemical and Industrial Park in Elsteraue for a subsidiary of CropEnergies AG.
A group of some of the largest shrimp producers in Ecuador recently attended the Distillers Grains Technology Council's Distillers Symposium in Iowa with the USGC. The event provided an overview of the U.S. distillers’ industry.
European renewable ethanol association (ePURE) members produced produced 5.9 million metric tons of food and feed coproducts and 4.5 million metric tons of ethanol in 2022, according to an audit released Sept. 6.
USGC’s Southeast Asia and Oceania office recently held a Philippine DDGS Opportunity Tour, in which experts from around the world discussed ways to optimize Philippine animal feed rations, including DDGS.
Sugar Valley Energy, a subsidiary of California Ethanol & Power LLC, and STARS Technology Corp. are collaborating to delploy hydrogen production technology at SVE’s planned, fully permitted biorefinery in California.
Fluid Quip Technologies has announced that its patented Distillers Corn Oil (DCO) Technology is achieving record distillers corn oil yields for Ace Ethanol in Stanley, Wisconsin, with increases of over 20 percent above historical rates.
Braskem and SCG Chemicals are forming a joint venture that aims to produce bio-ethylene from bio-ethanol dehydration and to commercialize I’m green biobased polyethylene (PE), using the EtE EverGreen technology.
In late July, the U.S. Grains Council’s Mexico office sponsored a pet food seminar where industry representatives in the country learned more about the use of sorghum and DDGS as ingredients for pet food.
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