Archive for May, 2008
End-of-March Ethanol Supply Increases on Jump in Output
Submitted by DTN Ethanol Blog
End-of-March ethanol supplies held at production plants, refineries and blending facilities totaled 11.391 million bbl, a 926,000 bbl increase from the prior month, according to data released Wednesday by the Energy Information Administration.
Verenium Faces Financial Obstacles
BIO Lauds Energy Provisions
Bill Calls for Ethanol Mandate Freeze
Focus on Fuels 5-19-08
MN Governor Hikes Biodiesel Mandate [...]
BIO Lauds Energy Provisions
Submitted by DTN Ethanol Blog
The energy provisions in the farm bill are expected to spur a shift in ethanol development from corn-based feedstuffs to cellulosic materials.
Bill Calls for Ethanol Mandate Freeze
Focus on Fuels 5-19-08
MN Governor Hikes Biodiesel Mandate to 20% by 2015
Kreido Granted Permits for NC Biodiesel Plant
VeraSun Revenues Soar to $516.5M on Higher Output, [...]
Bill Calls for Ethanol Mandate Freeze
Submitted by DTN Ethanol Blog
Texas Republican Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison introduced legislation on Monday to freeze the federal mandate for corn-based ethanol at this year’s current level of 9 billion gallons.
Focus on Fuels 5-19-08
MN Governor Hikes Biodiesel Mandate to 20% by 2015
Kreido Granted Permits for NC Biodiesel Plant
VeraSun Revenues Soar to $516.5M on Higher Output, [...]
MN Governor Hikes Biodiesel Mandate to 20% by 2015
Submitted by DTN Ethanol Blog
Minnesota Governor Tim Pawlenty on Tuesday signed legislation increasing the state’s 2 percent biodiesel mandate to 20 percent by 2015, according to information on the governor’s website.
Kreido Granted Permits for NC Biodiesel Plant
VeraSun Revenues Soar to $516.5M on Higher Output, Prices
BioBlend Renewable Announces 2nd Round of Funding by ADM
Indiana Offers Nearly [...]
BioBlend Renewable Announces 2nd Round of Funding by ADM
Submitted by DTN Ethanol Blog
Manufacturer and marketer of biobased lubricants BioBlend Renewable Resources in a news release announced a second-round venture capital funding from Archer Daniels Midland Co., which in exchange for its support, will gain a minority position in BioBlend.
Indiana Offers Nearly $1M to Install E85 Pumps
Focus on Fuels 5-12-08
Tolman Defends Ethanol, Again
Output at [...]
Ethanol’s Mixed Record
Submitted by DTN Ethanol Blog
With crude oil prices gushing past $123 a barrel, you’d think the influx of ethanol in 2008 would be welcome news for consumers. But energy economists are divided on whether ethanol actually has reduced prices at the pump.
UBS to Provide VeraSun $125M Revolving Credit Facility
Conn. Calls for RFS Waiver, End to [...]
UBS to Provide VeraSun $125M Revolving Credit Facility
Submitted by DTN Ethanol Blog
VeraSun Energy Corp. said in a news release Monday that it has entered into a revolving credit facility commitment letter with UBS Investment Bank of up to $125 million.
Conn. Calls for RFS Waiver, End to Ethanol Import Tariff
Florida Ethanol Blending Standard Takes Effect May 6
Congress Has Corn Ethanol in Its Sights
Poet [...]
Latest DTN Ethanol News
Submitted by DTN Ethanol Blog
Higher prices at the pump and on the grocery store shelf continue to give doses of shocking reality, according to DTN’s Man on the Floor of the CBOT and CME Gary Wilhelmi.
CARD: Ethanol Keeps Gas Prices in Check
Pacific Ethanol Completes Startup of Idaho Ethanol Plant
Gateway Ethanol Terminal Set for Startup in [...]
CARD: Ethanol Keeps Gas Prices in Check
Submitted by DTN Ethanol Blog
Ethanol is becoming a bigger part of the U.S. fuel supply at a time when gasoline demand is waning as a result of higher prices.
Pacific Ethanol Completes Startup of Idaho Ethanol Plant
Gateway Ethanol Terminal Set for Startup in Mid-May
NC Fuel Standards for Ethanol Blending Set for June 1
Bill Extends Ethanol Tariff
Focus [...]
Coskata to build demonstration plant near Pittsburgh
Submitted by BIOconversion Blog
Coskata announced today that they are building a demonstration-sized (40,000 gallon per year) cellulosic ethanol plant. This is significant because it could represent the first scale-up of a syngas-fermentation (SF) pilot technology in the world.
The other possible scale-up of this advanced technology is the BRI process that is a party to the [...]
