Archive for March, 2009
Biofuel Energy Corp. Reports Losses
Submitted by DTN Ethanol Blog
Ethanol producer Biofuel Energy Corp. reported nearly $41 million in net losses in 2008 at its two 115-million-gallon plants in Wood River, Neb., and Fairmont, Minn., according to a news release filed with the U.S. Securities Exchange Commission Friday.
Gulf Alternative Energy Expands Beyond Ethanol Technology
Landfill Gas Now Powers Poet Plant
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Iowa Senate Committee OKs Biodiesel Mandate
Submitted by DTN Ethanol Blog
A bill that would mandate a 5 percent biodiesel blend into diesel used in the state of Iowa passed through a key committee in the Iowa Senate on Thursday and is now up for a full Senate vote next week.
Key Iowa Senate Committee Debates 5% Biodiesel Mandate
Arkansas Bill Mandating 5% Biodiesel [...]
Fuel Oil Supply Deal made with Biodiesel Byproducts Inked
Submitted by DTN Ethanol Blog
XcelPlus Global Holdings Inc., which makes a renewable fuel oil supplement called GlyClene from biodiesel byproducts using a waste-to-oil process, said it entered into a contract to supply the product valued at $40 to $60 million, depending on market conditions.
Academic Association Launches Energy Initiative
Bankruptcy Court Approves Sale of Northeast Biofuels, LP
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Bankruptcy Court Approves Sale of Northeast Biofuels, LP
Submitted by DTN Ethanol Blog
The Bankruptcy Court in New York has approved the sale of assets of ethanol maker Northeast Biofuels, L.P. through an auction next month, the company said on Tuesday.
Delta Chemical Inks Contract with New Generation Biofuels
CME Group Launches Rotterdam Biodiesel Swaps Contract
Gulf Ethanol Changes Name to Gulf Alternative Energy Corp
Lenders Give Biodiesel [...]
Lenders Give Biodiesel Producer a Week on Loan Payment
Submitted by DTN Ethanol Blog
Biodiesel producer and marketer Nova Biosource Fuels, Inc. said in a news release that lenders under a $41 million senior secured construction, term and working capital credit facility, have agreed to waive certain covenant defaults for one week as parties evaluate the credit facility and the project’s financial condition and working [...]
Economic Impacts of Biofuel Development
Submitted by BIOconversion Blog
The impact of biofuel development should be significant to the economy of any nation that successfully deploys it. By becoming more energy self-sufficient, the balance of trade of otherwise energy-dependent nations should improve dramatically - as it has in Brazil.
However, the impact on the economy of the region producing the biofuels is [...]
VeraSun Plants Draw Interest
Submitted by DTN Ethanol Blog
By bidding in bankruptcy court to takeover six plants, AgStar Financial Services has kept options open for various investor groups to buy local ethanol plants formerly owned by VeraSun Energy Corp. and put them back in operation.
Enerkem Plans Biofuel Production Facility in Miss.
Court Approves Bids in VeraSun Auction
VeraSun Sells 17 Plants
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Court Approves Bids in VeraSun Auction
Submitted by DTN Ethanol Blog
The U.S. Bankruptcy Court in Delaware Wednesday approved bids from Valero and AgStar on 14 of the 17 VeraSun Energy Corp. ethanol plants, along with separate bids on the three other VeraSun plants. Altogether, the bids totaled nearly $1 billion.
VeraSun Sells 17 Plants
Encore Energy to Acquire Biodiesel Plant
Malaysian Biofuels Developer Claims [...]
Malaysian Biofuels Developer Claims Texas Company ‘Fraudulent’
Submitted by DTN Ethanol Blog
A Malaysian biofuels company with plans to use palm waste as a feedstock has sued Baytown, Texas-based Sustainable Power Corp. and its owner, John H. Rivera, asking him to return some $1.1 million the company invested in Rivera’s technology, according to a complaint filed in the U.S. Southern District Court of [...]
Everyone Hates Ethanol?
Submitted by BIOconversion Blog
It is a sad day when even the Wall Street Journal takes a page from the petroleum industry playbook and chop blocks the only national defense that makes a dent in their monopoly on supplying fuel to Americans (accounting for less than 5% of transportation fuels sold here). Offensive foul - intentional [...]
Malaysian Biofuels Developer Claims Texas Company ‘Fraudulent’
Submitted by DTN Ethanol Blog
A Malaysian biofuels company with plans to use palm waste as a feedstock has sued Baytown, Texas-based Sustainable Power Corp. and its owner, John H. Rivera, asking him to return some $1.1 million the company invested in Rivera’s technology, according to a complaint filed in the U.S. Southern District Court of [...]
Virginia Naval Air Station Opens Public/Private E85 Pump
Submitted by DTN Ethanol Blog
The U.S. Navy is getting involved in renewable fuels, as the Navy Exchange Command at the Oceania Naval Air Station in Virginia Beach, Va., is installing an E85 pump on base, according to a news release from the Renewable Fuels Association.
Imperium to Lay off 24 at Grays Harbor Biodiesel Plant
Poet Donates [...]
Poet Donates Emergency Equipment to South Dakota County
Submitted by DTN Ethanol Blog
Sioux Falls, S.D.-based ethanol producer Poet donated a response trailer with an estimated value of $20,000 to Lincoln County Emergency Management, according to a news release from the company, to assist emergency personnel in battling hazardous waste spills.
CME Group Plans Three Rotterdam Biofuel Swaps Contracts
EU Duties Weigh on US Biodiesel
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Bid for E15 Waiver Meets Resistance
Submitted by DTN Ethanol Blog
A petition by ethanol trade groups urging the Environmental Protection Agency to hike the legal limit for ethanol blends in gasoline from 10 percent to 15 percent is drawing vocal concern from the industry that makes small engines for forestry, lawn and garden equipment.
Encore Energy Systems Targets Biodiesel Production Plants
Vilsack Pushes [...]
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Submitted by DTN Ethanol Blog
The Environmental Protection Agency is examining whether to increase the allowable ethanol blend rates in most automobiles from 10 percent to a higher blend level. Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack said Monday he has had a number of conversations with EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson “encouraging her and her team to take [...]
EPA Introduces New RIN Reporting System to Limit Errors
Submitted by DTN Ethanol Blog
A typo in a renewable fuel credit sold to one of Sandra Dunphy’s clients last December took so much time, effort and expense to correct that she got upset with the U.S. government system that tracks how much ethanol is used in the country.
Four Rivers BioEnergy Completes Kreido Acquisition
Iowa Addresses Grain [...]
Iowa Addresses Grain Contracts
Submitted by DTN Ethanol Blog
A bill introduced in the Iowa House of Representatives would help protect farmers when end-users don’t fulfill their obligations under grain contracts.
Growth Energy: CARB’s ILUC Policy Penalizes Biofuels
Study: E15 Would Create Jobs
Aurora Biofuels: Successful in Producing Algae-to-Biodiesel
Motiva Continues US Expansion in Ethanol Infrastructure
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Aurora Biofuels: Successful in Producing Algae-to-Biodiesel
Submitted by DTN Ethanol Blog
Aurora Biofuels, Inc. announced Wednesday that it has successfully operated a pilot biodiesel plant in Florida, for 18 months, proving its technology can now be used for commercial production of cellulosic biofuels.
Motiva Continues US Expansion in Ethanol Infrastructure
Experts: Ethanol Supply-Demand Equilibrium at Least Two Years Away
Scientists Decry CARB Ethanol Proposal
Companies Consider [...]
Companies Consider Cellulose Ethanol Production in Saskatchewan
Submitted by DTN Ethanol Blog
KL Energy Corp. and Prairie Green Renewable Energy announced Monday that the companies plan to build a cellulosic ethanol plant near Hudson Bay, Saskatchewan, according to a KL news release.
Cellulosic Clearing Technology Hurdles
Panel: Proper Hedging Holds Rewards for Ethanol Producers
EPA Looks at Biofuel Life Cycle
Pipeline Operators Look to Ethanol Shipment for [...]
Cellulosic Clearing Technology Hurdles
Submitted by DTN Ethanol Blog
Various ethanol company representatives at last week’s National Ethanol Convention said the cellulosic-ethanol industry continues to make advancements, despite a tough economy.
Panel: Proper Hedging Holds Rewards for Ethanol Producers
EPA Looks at Biofuel Life Cycle
Pipeline Operators Look to Ethanol Shipment for Growth
Pacific Ethanol Suspends Ethanol Ops at Burley, Stockton
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