ethanol production News
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Expiration of ethanol tax incentives would hurt states all across America
Ethanol production is an unparalleled economic engine in hundreds of small communities all across America. But tens of thousands of the jobs ethanol helps support are in peril if Congress fails to extend key tax incentives for the use and production of ethanol, many in non-traditional ethanol producing states like California, Texas, Georgia, Colorado, and Tennessee. According to additional ...
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2009 ethanol production exceeds 10.7 billion gallons
U.S. ethanol production reached yet another all time high in December 2009 at 787,000 barrels per day (b/d), according to data from the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA). That is an increase of 131,000 b/d from December 2008. Ethanol demand, as calculated by the Renewable Fuels Association, fell to 750,000 b/d in December. EIA also reports fuel ethanol imports of 504,000 gallons in ...
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Synenergy Limited LLC and Allard Energy, Inc. to revolutionize medium-scale distributed ethanol fuel refineries
Synenergy Limited, LLC, a global green solutions provider, today announced their distributorship with Allard Energy, Inc. (formerly, Allard Research and Development LLC), a leading innovator for small to medium scale ethanol production. Allard Energy will provide research, development, and manufacturing services to support Synenergy's ongoing distribution of ethanol production refineries and ...
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Brazil – Investing Liberally in Ethanol Production
Brazilian media have reported that by 2012, investment in the ethanol production in Brazil will touch nearly 36 Billion reais, (US$ 18.80 Billion) as new plants will be constructed in the country together with the expansion of existing ones, as published by Macauhub. Presently, Brazil has over 300 ethanol and sugar plants and to construct new facilities, the demand for sugarcane plantation area ...
By RNCOS
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Growth Energy and RFA to Hold Joint Press Conference on the Renewable Fuel Standard
Following recent calls for the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to waive the current volume goals of the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS), Growth Energy and the Renewable Fuels Association (RFA) will be holding a joint press conference to discuss the current drought, ethanol production and the unnecessary calls to waive the RFS. Additionally, RFA and Growth Energy will discuss the built in ...
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OptiShear jet cooker
The ProSonix OptiShear Jet Cooker is the Next Generation in Jet Cooker design for starch cooking applications. Typical application include Wet Milling processes, Ethanol production, Sweetner & Alcohol production, and Industrial starch processing such as Wet End & Coating for Paper Mills.The OptiShear's ungique Jet Cooker design assures proper alignment of the internal steam injector to ...
By ProSonix LLC
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112,000 jobs at risk without ethanol tax incentive extension
Extending the tax incentives for ethanol, regardless of feedstock, would save 112,000 jobs from being lost. That is nearly 30% of the 400,000 jobs ethanol production helps support today. Failure to extend the Volumetric Ethanol Excise Tax Credit (VEETC) would reduce U.S. ethanol production capacity by 38% and eliminate tens of thousands of jobs in rural communities already hemorrhaging employment ...
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Keeping Ethanol Production Green
Anguil Environmental Systems Inc., a Milwaukee based air pollution control supplier has been awarded a multi-million dollar contract to assist an ethanol plant in meeting Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) regulatory requirements. A 42 million gallon expansion at the ethanol production plant in Nebraska was certain to put the dry mill out of emission compliance for Hazardous Air Pollutants ...
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Ethanol Reduces Gas Prices by $1.37 per Gallon
Updated analysis conducted by economists at Iowa State University and the University of Wisconsin shows that the domestic ethanol industry has become an integral part of the U.S. transportation fuels sector. Ethanol production has reduced wholesale gas prices by 25 cents per gallon on average over the past decade, the paper's authors concluded. Previous analysis showed a 14-cent-reduction in gas ...
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POET increases production capacity by 25 million gallons
Three POET biorefineries will expand ethanol production capacity by a combined total of 25 million gallons in 2016. POET Biorefining – Hanlontown (Iowa), POET Biorefining – Hudson (South Dakota) and POET Biorefining – Caro (Michigan) each filed separate expansion permits within their respective states and will soon be producing at the level their RIN permit allows. “POET ...
By Poet, LLC
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US: Corn Isn’t Enough for Ethanol Production in Future
Ethanol if obtained through cellulose, a material found in cornstalks, trees, and grass that doesn’t carry any agricultural value, can help reduce corn’s demand and also curb the appetite of US for more and more foreign crude oil. Ethanol, produced from the cellulose of plants, has chemical properties that are same as in Ethanol obtained through sugar cane or corn. However, Ethanol can be ...
By RNCOS
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Kemin Biofuels Hires New Senior Field Technical Sales Manager
Kemin Biofuels hires Chemical Engineer Jim Kacmar Ph.D. as a Senior Field Technical Sales Manager as a part of its commercial team. Jim will focus on the company’s growing portfolio of enzymes and fermentation aids with emphasis on cellulosic ethanol production. “We are very excited to announce that Jim has joined our team. His broad industry experience coupled with rigorous ...
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USDA Exploring Ways To Increase U.S. And Mexican Renewable Energy Sectors
On May 23, 2016, USDA announced that a team of U.S. ethanol industry leaders would travel to Mexico with Acting Deputy Secretary of Agriculture Michael Scuse to explore opportunities to expand the United States' and Mexico's renewable energy industries. The trip occurred on May 24-25, 2016, with mission participants sharing their experiences with ethanol production and developing renewable fuel ...
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BP and Verenium announce partnership to accelerate cellulosic ethanol commercialization
BP and Verenium Corporation (Nasdaq: VRNM), have announced the creation of a strategic partnership to accelerate the development and commercialization of cellulosic ethanol. The partnership combines a broad technology platform and operational capabilities in an effort to advance the development of a portfolio of low-cost, environmentally-sound cellulosic ethanol production facilities in the ...
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U.S. Leads Ranking of Top 25 Countries For Global Biofuels Production Capacity
HOUSTON, Texas (February 15, 2011) – The U.S. concluded 2010 as the top renewable ethanol producing country, according to the Global Biofuels Outlook to 2020, recently released from Hart Energy Consulting’s Global Biofuels Center (GBC). With more than 51 billion liters (13.47 billion gallons) of ethanol production capacity in operation, the U.S. is by far the leader, with South ...
By Hart Energy
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Confirmed speakers from 32 countries from all continents
World Bioenergy is truly a global event. There are confirmed speakers from 32 countries from all continents, and a couple more may be added in the coming days. An example of the many speakers from outside Europe is Abbas Almodares from University of Isfahan in Iran. He will speak about bioethanol production from dried sweet sorghum stalks. Professor Almodares is an expert on sorghum, a plant ...
By Elmia AB
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Protecting soils and producing biofuel with corn stover
Those lonely cornstalks—called corn stover—left behind in the fields after the grain harvest is complete could someday become valuable raw material for the production of cellulosic ethanol. In the meantime, Agricultural Research Service (ARS) soil scientist Doug Karlen is determining which portion of the plant would work best for cellulosic ethanol production. He's also studying the amount of ...
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Confirmed speakers from 32 countries from all continents
World Bioenergy is truly a global event. There are confirmed speakers from 32 countries from all continents, and a couple more may be added in the coming days. An example of the many speakers from outside Europe is Abbas Almodares from University of Isfahan in Iran. He will speak about bioethanol production from dried sweet sorghum stalks. Professor Almodares is an expert on sorghum, a plant ...
By Elmia AB
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State of the Union: Recognizing the impact of America`s original green industry
This week, President Obama will deliver his first State of the Union Address that will focus in large measure on job creation. The President will rightly target new public and private investments in clean energy and green jobs. As a longtime supporter of American biofuels such as ethanol, he knows that these investments reap rich returns in employment opportunities, economic growth, energy ...
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Global ethanol production to reach 85.9 billion litres (22.7 billion gallons) in 2010
The Global Renewable Fuels Alliance (GRFA) today released its 2010 production forecast for ethanol and the future continues to look positive for growth in the industry. Total ethanol production for 2009 was 73.9 billion litres (19.5 billion gallons) according to data assembled by F.O. Licht. The GRFA predicts global production will reach 85.9 billion litres (22.7 billion gallons) in 2010 growing ...
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