With the technology we have today, it's a disgrace that we still largely depend on oil as our main source of energy, writes Mike Bryan. This column appears in the March issue of EPM with the headline, "Puppets on a string."
Dinneen: State of the ethanol industry remains strong
By Renewable Fuels Association
February 16, 2016
Speaking before more than 1,000 attendees at the National Ethanol Conference in New Orleans Feb. 16, Renewable Fuels Association President and CEO Bob Dinneen declared that the domestic ethanol industry remains strong.
A little more than a year ago I'd never even heard the term fusel oils. Now I get emails about it periodically from people wanting to know what I can tell them on the subject.
Green Plains Inc. has released fourth quarter financial results, reporting a net loss of $3.6 million, or a loss of 9 cents per share, for the three-month period. The company, however, produced a record 261 gallons during the quarter.
The Andersons reported a disappointing overall year for 2015. Positive results in its rail and ethanol segments were offset by losses in the grain, plant nutrient and retail segments.
The U.S. Energy Information Administration has released the February edition of its Short-Term Energy Outlook, predicting ethanol production will average approximately 965,000 barrels per day this year and next year.
Eighty-nine ethanol producers west of the Mississippi River prepare for the revised LCFS. This article appears in the March issue of EPM.
Some stories are more interesting and fun to write than others. For me, the one that just went live on our website, about opportunities for optimized vehicles and midlevel ethanol blends, was one of the good ones.
The Renewable Fuels Association has released a new summary of ethanol trade statistics, reporting the U.S. ethanol industry exported 836 million gallons of ethanol last year valued at approximately $18 billion.
Developers make progress towards renewable aviation fuels. This contribution appears in the March issue of EPM.
Widely introducing consumers to 'super premium' ethanol blends could offer substantial benefits, but the barriers to making it happen are significant as well. This article appears in the March issue of EPM.
Ethanol continues to maintain its status as the low-cost octane enhancer, in spite of low oil prices. The biggest threat, say University of Illinois economists Scott Irwin and Darrel Good, would be a shortfall in U.S. corn production.
The U.S. Senate is currently considering the Energy Policy Modernization Act of 2015. To date, lawmakers have introduced more than 275 amendments to the bill, including several that would impact biofuels and bioenergy.
The Imperial County, California, board of supervisors recently approved a modified loan for California Ethanol and Power, a company developing a sugarcane and sweet sorghum ethanol plant in the region.
A recent U.S. Grains Council mission to Argentina offered participants the chance to meet with local grain industry representatives just as new President Mauricio Macri has begun implementing changes that could impact grain markets.
A team of U.S. Grains Council staff and two ethanol industry representatives traveled to Japan, Korea and Taiwan last month to review the ethanol markets in these countries and evaluate potential for ongoing export promotion programs in the region.
Readers may remember a story from the July issue of EPM, about Poet partnering with an organization bringing clean-burning ethanol cook stoves to Haiti. Here's more about what's happening now, in Haiti and with other similar projects.
Flint Hills Resources is moving forward with a project to build its first ethanol terminal in Texas. Construction will begin this month and the terminal is expected to be operational by December 2016.
The USDA has released a report detailing the impacts investments made by its Rural Development team have had on rural America. Bioenergy investments are among those highlighted in the document.
The February issue of EPM is now online, including a story about growing export markets. Tom Bryan writes that today's total ethanol exports adds up to the amount of ethanol produced by all the ethanol plants in Ohio and Missouri combined.
Global trade for U.S. ethanol has been trending up in the past decade, becoming an important part of the industry's growth strategy. This article appears in the February issue of EPM.
Off to a slow start, 2015 margins improved, thanks to exports and strong driving demand. What will 2016 bring? This article appears in the February issue of EPM.
RFA membership has made growing export market opportunities one of our top priorities, writes Bob Dinneen. This column appears in the February issue of EPM.
The anticipated USDA report released in January was friendly for the soy complex and that supported corn. However, overall world economics, growing global grain stocks and a decline in energy prices have limited upside movement in grains/oilseeds.
In a letter to U.S. EPA Administrator Gina McCarthy Jan. 19, the entire Iowa Congressional delegation urged the agency to set the next round of renewable fuel standard (RFS) volume levels in line with the statute.
A recently retired ACE board member helped the organization focus in on the wants and needs of the target market, writes Ron Lamberty. This column appears in the February issue of EPM.
Active pressure continued in most commodity markets with concerns coming from commercial and investment traders through early January. Global worries created widespread stock market pressure in the United States and several foreign markets.
December 2015 was the warmest December on record across the United States. Natural gas prices responded in line with the warm weather and the prompt-month NYMEX futures contract plunged to a 16-year low.
UNICA, the Brazilian sugarcane industry association, has announced that with the harvest season almost finished, the sugarcane crush in the south-central region reached approximately 594.08 million tons at the end of December.
The big news is that the Chinese government did decide to proceed with their anti-dumping case vs. U.S. ethanol producers. The only good news is that it is a now known fact, with a more definitive timeline.
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