Major yeast suppliers are offering new products, enhanced benefits and strain characteristics that reveal how the industry continues to evolve.
Researchers at Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz (JGU) have now presented a method for effectively converting carbon dioxide into ethanol, which is then available as a sustainable raw material for chemical applications.
Fluid Quip Technologies is pleased to announce that the São Martinho Boa Vista unit in Quirinópolis, Goiás, Brazil is exceeding projected performance including capacity and ethanol output.
The U.S. Department of Energy on Nov. 13 announced the release of its latest Pathways to Commercial Liftoff report, which underscores the near-term potential for sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) to meaningfully decarbonize the aviation sector.
While the actions U.S. ethanol producers are taking to decarbonize, from backing low-carbon farming to investing in CCUS, are almost entirely driven by domestic policy incentives, their benefits will be global.
The future of the ethanol industry in both the U.S. and Canada will be shaped by the industry’s ability to keep science-based carbon intensity at the forefront, specifically when it comes to life cycle carbon assessment (LCA).
A steam-generating heat pump technology available in an energy-as-a-service package is giving ethanol producers a zero-capex decarbonization solution.
EcoEngineers hosted two webinars in October on reducing ethanol plant emissions. Ultimately, getting into the high-value, low-CI ethanol market is now as much about climate-smart farming as energy-efficient production.
ICM has signed an EPC agreement to provide Absolute Energy LLC, with its patented FOT Oil Recovery technology, which enhances oil production while reducing natural gas consumption and improving the facility’s overall energy efficiency.
Bridgestone Americas on Oct. 22 announced it received a grant from the DOE’s Industrial Efficiency and Decarbonization Office to support the development of a pilot plant that will advance an innovative approach to obtaining butadiene from ethanol.
Whitefox Technologies has announced the successful installation of the Whitefox ICE XL membrane dehydration system at Western Plains Energy LLC ethanol plant in Oakley, Kansas. The solution enables the plant to reduce natural gas use by 50%.
DOE Agile BioFoundry and ABPDU partner with industrial microbes to successfully scale up biobased process
By Gayle Bentley, Technology Manager, Conversion Technologies, U.S. Department of Energy
October 30, 2024
U.S. DOE researchers have scaled up a process that converts ethanol into a valuable precursor for consumer products, such as paints, coatings, and diapers. The researchers worked with industry partner Industrial Microbes to develop the process.
IFF, an industry leader in food, beverage, health, biosciences, and scent, on Oct. 21 announced the launch of its OPTIMASH F200 and OPTIMASH AX enzyme solutions in combination to maximize corn oil recovery at fuel ethanol plants.
POET is deploying ImagoAI’s Galaxy mycotoxins testing technology across approximately 30% of its fleet. This new addition to POET’s testing regime will significantly reduce plastic and packaging waste and enhance the sustainability of its operations.
Lummus Technology and Next Wave Energy Partners LP announced the production of the world's first renewable alkylate. This renewable alkylate, derived from ethanol, is a biobased, low carbon intensity fuel blending component.
National Renewable Energy Laboratory scientists engineered a process for making β-ketoadipic acid from lignin for $2 per kilogram, approaching cost-competitiveness with petroleum-based chemicals used for making nylon today.
Comstock Inc. has announced the execution of an exclusive license agreement and cooperative research and development agreement with NREL involving technologies developed by NREL and MIT for conversion of lignocellulosic biomass into SAF.
Skyven Technologies has announced it will install its Skyven Arcturus, a steam generating heat pump, at Western New York Energy’s ethanol plant. The project will decrease the plant’s CO2 emissions by more than 20,000 metric tons per year.
NewEnergyBlue, the clean-technology designer of biomass refineries that turn agricultural waste into highly decarbonized biofuels and biochemicals, has finalized its purchase of Inbicon biomass-conversion technology from Ørsted.
Agricultural Secretary Tom Vilsack announced the release of a SAF Grand Challenge fact sheet on Sept. 11 at the North American SAF Conference & Expo. The DOE also opened a $12 million funding opportunity to support integrated biorefineries.
This 2024 October issue of Ethanol Producer Magazine delivers an eclectic mix of content with features on new markets and lower-CI farming bookended by articles about plant data—and, for good measure, a piece on measuring in-situ corn fiber ethanol.
Fluid Quip Technologies has announced strong results from their cutting-edge Low Energy Distillation (LED) and Grain Neutral Spirits (GNS) technologies after 12 months in operation at the Three Rivers Energy facility in Coshocton, Ohio.
The U.S. DOE has awarded Small Business Innovation Research and Small Business Technology Transfer Phase II funding to six bioenergy projects, including those focused on low-carbon liquid biofuels for aviation, marine and rail transportation.
Technology development, government investment and partnerships are coalescing for substantive on-farm emissions reduction via low-CI fertilizers.
Filtering through vast amounts of information and scenarios continuously, AI-powered dashboards help ethanol plants detect, diagnose and more quickly resolve issues.
Researchers break down the potential of in-situ cellulosic ethanol production and their analytical solution to determining the amount of cellulosic ethanol produced in-situ.
New research from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign demonstrates that near-infrared (NIR) spectroscopy and machine learning can provide quick, accurate, and cost-effective product analysis of corn kernels and sorghum biomass.
SAF Magazine has announced the six companies selected to pitch to a group of investors at Pitch Day at the 2024 North American SAF Conference & Expo, taking place Sept. 11-13 at the Saint Paul RiverCentre in Saint Paul, Minnesota.
USDA Agricultural Research Service scientists have devised an approach for using genetically modified baker’s yeast to prevent a top cause of costly ethanol plant shutdowns—namely, contamination by unwelcome bacteria.
The 2024 North American SAF Conference & Expo will consist of panels that describe the newest developments in the SAF Industry. Topics such as biofuel crops, federal policies, the increase of SAF usage worldwide, and more will be presented.
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