Archive for April, 2008
Bill Extends Ethanol Tariff
Submitted by DTN Ethanol Blog
Congress plans to extend a tariff on imported ethanol as the biofuel’s defenders face more critics. President Bush, however, said Tuesday he remains steadfast in his support of ethanol production.
Focus on Fuels 4-28-08
Coskata Selects Pa. for Demonstration Ethanol Plant
POET Opens Second Ethanol Refinery in Ind.
Ethanol Credit Cut
Texas Governor Mulls RFS Waiver
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Texas Governor Mulls RFS Waiver
Submitted by DTN Ethanol Blog
Texas Gov. Rick Perry’s office says it fears that use of corn-based ethanol is driving up food prices, and therefore, the governor is considering seeking an exemption to a national standard that requires renewable fuels use.
Ethanol Plants Cut Water, Energy Use
Senate Details Tax Plan
Focus on Fuels 4-21-08
Center Ethanol’s Illinois Plant Begins [...]
Wednesday, April 23, 2008
Submitted by DTN Ethanol Blog
I live in Missouri, and I’ve noticed gasoline prices around here are always considerably less than the national
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Focus on Fuels 4-21-08
Submitted by DTN Ethanol Blog
Crude oil seems to have no trouble moving higher and higer. That may mean $4.00 per gallon gasoline isn’t far behind, according to DTN’s Man on the Floor of the CBOT and CME Gary Wilhelmi.
Center Ethanol’s Illinois Plant Begins Start-up
Pacific Ethanol Idaho Plant Begins Operations
Focus on Fuels 4-14-08
Experts Differ on Food [...]
Center Ethanol’s Illinois Plant Begins Start-up
Submitted by DTN Ethanol Blog
Center Ethanol LLC’s 54-million-gallon-per-year ethanol production plant in Sauget, Ill., began operations Tuesday, a company spokesman said Wednesday.
Pacific Ethanol Idaho Plant Begins Operations
Focus on Fuels 4-14-08
Experts Differ on Food Inflation
Green Plains Closes Merger with Great Lakes Cooperative
POET to Use Methane as Energy Source at S.D. Ethanol Plant
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Focus on Fuels 4-14-08
Submitted by DTN Ethanol Blog
DTN’s Man on the Floor of the CBOT and CME Gary Wilhelmi is noting some confluence problems in the factors that form value in the crude oil market.
Experts Differ on Food Inflation
Green Plains Closes Merger with Great Lakes Cooperative
POET to Use Methane as Energy Source at S.D. Ethanol Plant
Brazilian Ethanol Makers [...]
Today in Biofuels: Landmark algae project underway; NY Times calls for end to ethanol subsidies; Florida ethanol pipeline by 3rd quarter
Submitted by Biofuels Digest Blog
Top Story:In Iowa, Green Plains Renewable Energy received a $2.19 million grant from the Iowa Power Fund for algae-related development. Details over licensing and royalties remain to be worked out in coming weeks. The grant will fund 75 percent of a $2.8 million, 195-day algae production trial that will produce 1.6 [...]
Today in Biofuels: UN Sec-Gen calls for biofuels review, bowing to food pressure; D1 Oils to exit UK; new low-cost enzymes discovered
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Top Story:The UN secretary-general, Ban Ki-moon, has called for a review of land-use conversion by biofuel producers, in response to the global increase in food prices. Ban, who placed climate change at the top of the UN agenda, is responding to internal pressure from UN food agencies facing a crisis over [...]
Today in Biofuels: Two research teams report cellulose-to-gasoline breakthrough; NY Times op-ed calls for “pushback against biofuels”
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Top Story:In Massachusetts, a group of researchers at the University of Massachusetts announced, in the latest edition of Chemistry & Sustainability, Energy & Materials, a new “green gasoline” process that directly converts plant cellulose into the chemical components of gasoline, while a companion article by researchers at the University of Wisconsin [...]
Focus on Fuels 4-7-08
Submitted by DTN Ethanol Blog
World economic news shaping day-to-day volatility in crude, not scientific advances, according to DTN’s Man on the Floor of the CBOT and CME Gary Wilhelmi.
US Q1 Ethanol Output Seen up 37%
Center Ethanol’s Ill. Ethanol Facility to Begin Ops Soon
Otter Tail Fergus Falls Ethanol Plant Begins Operations
Albany Renewable to Build Ethanol Plant [...]
Today in Biofuels: US gas prices hit record, more on the way; China re-starts ethanol approvals; jatropha starts take-off in US
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Top Story:US gasoline prices rose to a record $3.31 per gallon this week, according to the nationwide Lundberg survey. The survey’s editor said that spring gasoline reformulations would keep prices rising. Meanwhile, Nigeria, one of the world’s major crude oil exporters, is experiencing a gasoline shortage crisis after 13 ships were [...]
US Q1 Ethanol Output Seen up 37%
Submitted by DTN Ethanol Blog
The opening of several new distilleries boosted U.S. ethanol production during the first three months of 2008 nearly 37 percent from a year earlier to 1.9 billion gallons, an industry watcher said on Friday.
Center Ethanol’s Ill. Ethanol Facility to Begin Ops Soon
Otter Tail Fergus Falls Ethanol Plant Begins Operations
Albany Renewable to [...]
Today in Biofuels: Writers, scientists cross swords over biofuels; Boeing completes hydrogen-powered test flight; US ethanol production up 37 percent
Submitted by Biofuels Digest Blog
Top Story:A new section debuts in Biofuels Digest today - World Opinion, in recognition of the growing debate over biofuels. Biofuels producers, financiers, policymakers, friends and foes alike should pay increasing attention to the editorial page chatter about biofuels.
Today, Michigan State materials professor Bruce Dale addresses what he terms “recycled canards” [...]
Global biofuel demand to double by 2011
Submitted by Biofuels Digest Blog
Freedonia Group released its projection that global demand for biofuels will increase 140 percent annually to 92 million tons between 2006 and 2011. According to Freedonia, ethanol will drive demand growth over the next three years, with the Asia-Pacific region expected to grow at a 35 percent annual rate, Western Europe [...]
Today in Biofuels: TIME “scam” biofuels cover story draws fire, kudos; India proposes 20 percent renewable fuel mandate; gas prices 45 cents lower due to ethanol
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Top Story:An article on biofuels in Time Magazine titled “The Clean Energy Scam” has drawn strong reaction from around the globe. In the article, author Michael Grunwald, says “Corn ethanol, always environmentally suspect, turns out to be environmentally disastrous. Even cellulosic ethanol made from switchgrass, which has been promoted by eco-activists [...]
Today in Biofuels: USDA projects US corn acreage to decrease 8 percent in 2008; EU propsoes new sustainability directive; Range Fuels raises $130 million
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Top Story:The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) released 2008 report on crop plantings, projecting that US corn acreage would drop 8 percent to 86.0 million acres. Soybean production is expected to rise 18 percent to 74.8 million acres. Wheat production will rise 6 percent to 63.6 million acres. “This news is [...]
