Archive for April, 2009
Propel to Supply Sacramento Enterprise Rentals with E85
Submitted by DTN Ethanol Blog
Propel Fuels, a Sacramento-based company that owns and operates a network of fueling stations in California and Washington offering renewable fuels, announced in a news release a partnership with Enterprise Rent-A-Car to fuel the car rental’s fleet in Sacramento with E85.
BNSF Railway Recognizes Eight Poet Plants for Safety Records
Bartow Ethanol Plant [...]
BNSF Railway Recognizes Eight Poet Plants for Safety Records
Sioux Falls, S.D.-based ethanol producer Poet received the Burlington Northern Sante Fe Annual Product Stewardship Award for 2008, which recognizes Poet for its safety record, according to a news release from Poet.
Bartow Ethanol Plant in Fla. Returns after Friday’s Fire
Oregon Moves to Loosen RFS Program, Mandate Biodiesel
Action on Iowa Biodiesel Mandate Delayed to January 2010
Iowa [...]
Bartow Ethanol Plant in Fla. Returns after Friday’s Fire
Submitted by DTN Ethanol Blog
An ethanol production plant in central
Florida, is back in operation after a tank exploded Friday (4/24), causing a temporary shutdown, a company source said.
Oregon Moves to Loosen RFS Program, Mandate Biodiesel
Action on Iowa Biodiesel Mandate Delayed to January 2010
Iowa May Not Pass Biodiesel Mandate
CARB Points to New Funds Available for [...]
Bias in California’s Low Carbon Fuel Standard
Submitted by BIOconversion Blog
California’s Low Carbon Fuel Standard (LCFS) is a good initiative but it is flawed in its current form. Consider:
Ethanol is an alcohol with a fairly simple, universal formula regardless of how it is made. The great thing about all ethanol is that it is miscible in gasoline, oxygenates gasoline so that it [...]
CARB Points to New Funds Available for Low Carbon Fuels
Submitted by DTN Ethanol Blog
In announcing its decision to adopt the Low Carbon Fuel Standard, the California Air Resources Board said funding to assist in the early deployment of the most promising low carbon fuels would be available under the newly approved Alternative and Renewable Fuel and Vehicle Technology Program.
Growth Energy Disappointed by Calif.’s LCFS [...]
TN Bill Requires Unblended-Fuel Supply
Submitted by DTN Ethanol Blog
The Tennessee General Assembly is working through a bill that would require refiners and major product suppliers to provide unblended gasoline and diesel fuel to the state in order for wholesalers in Tennessee to blend ethanol and biodiesel into the fuel, officials said.
CARB Could Hurt Corn Fuel
AE Biofuels, Pearson Sign Agreement [...]
CARB Could Hurt Corn Fuel
Submitted by DTN Ethanol Blog
The California Air Resources Board decision set for Thursday on a proposed low-carbon-fuel standard could shrink the market for corn-based ethanol due to indirect-land-use rules.
AE Biofuels, Pearson Sign Agreement on Ethanol Supply
Iowa Senate OKs 5% Biodiesel Mandate
RFA: Tesoro Lawsuit Against CARB over E10 to be Dismissed
Study Calls for Investment on US [...]
Iowa Senate OKs 5% Biodiesel Mandate
Submitted by DTN Ethanol Blog
The Iowa Senate last week passed a bill that would mandate a 5 percent biodiesel blend into diesel used in the state.
RFA: Tesoro Lawsuit Against CARB over E10 to be Dismissed
Study Calls for Investment on US Ethanol Infrastructure
EPA Seeks Public Comments on E15 Waiver
Nebraska’s First Ethanol Blender Pumps to Open
Poet Cuts [...]
RFA: Tesoro Lawsuit Against CARB over E10 to be Dismissed
Submitted by DTN Ethanol Blog
A lawsuit filed by Tesoro Refining and Marketing Co. against the California Air Resources Board seeking to prevent the use of up to 10 percent ethanol in each gallon of gasoline sold in California will be dismissed with prejudice, according to a news release from the Renewable Fuels Association.
Study Calls for [...]
Nebraska’s First Ethanol Blender Pumps to Open
Submitted by DTN Ethanol Blog
The company opening the first ethanol blender pump in Nebraska is scheduled to hold a grand opening Friday in Grand Island, Neb., according to a news release from the Nebraska Corn Board.
Poet Cuts Water use at Minnesota Ethanol Plant
Magellan Plans 5 Midwest Hubs, Pipeline
IRS Delays Biodiesel Blender’s Credit Deadline to Oct. [...]
Poet Cuts Water use at Minnesota Ethanol Plant
Submitted by DTN Ethanol Blog
Sioux Falls, S.D.-based ethanol producer Poet’s plant in Bingham Lake, Minn., has eliminated water discharge through new technology, according to a news release from the company.
Magellan Plans 5 Midwest Hubs, Pipeline
IRS Delays Biodiesel Blender’s Credit Deadline to Oct. 1
McMartin: RIN Trade Not to Blame for Reduced Ethanol Demand
Ethanol Minimally Adds to [...]
Join ACORE’s Biomass Coordinating Council
Submitted by BIOconversion Blog
The Biomass Coordinating Council of the American Council of Renewable Energy is an ever-present resource and meeting place for biomass professionals - or anyone who wishes to be engaged in the issues at the heart of emerging biomass renewable energy industries. At the helm of the council is the renowned Bill Holmberg. [...]
Magellan Plans 5 Midwest Hubs, Pipeline
Submitted by DTN Ethanol Blog
Products pipeline operator Magellan Midstream Partners, L.P. plans to have five gathering stations for ethanol that would be transported by a proposed ethanol pipeline from the Midwest to the East Coast, a company spokesman told DTN on Monday.
IRS Delays Biodiesel Blender’s Credit Deadline to Oct. 1
McMartin: RIN Trade Not to Blame [...]
McMartin: RIN Trade Not to Blame for Reduced Ethanol Demand
Submitted by DTN Ethanol Blog
Trading in renewable fuel credits is not to blame for the failures of some ethanol producers, an administrator for Renewable Identification Numbers or RINs said Thursday.
Ethanol Minimally Adds to Food Prices
Aventine Files Chapter 11
California Details Funding Ethanol, Biodiesel Projects
Poet Plants Recognized for Safety Record
Indebted Biofuel Energy Warns of Possible Bankruptcy
Rating 3.00 [...]
Aventine Files Chapter 11
Submitted by DTN Ethanol Blog
Ethanol producer Aventine Renewable Energy Holdings has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy, but the company president said the firm intends to remain in business for the long term.
California Details Funding Ethanol, Biodiesel Projects
Poet Plants Recognized for Safety Record
Indebted Biofuel Energy Warns of Possible Bankruptcy
Valero Assumes Corn Contracts
Pacific Ethanol Might File for [...]
Poet Plants Recognized for Safety Record
Submitted by DTN Ethanol Blog
Four Poet ethanol plants will receive the 2009 Union Pacific Chemical Transportation Safety Pinnacle Award, according to a news release from Sioux Falls, S.D.-based Poet.
Indebted Biofuel Energy Warns of Possible Bankruptcy
Valero Assumes Corn Contracts
Pacific Ethanol Might File for Bankruptcy
EIA: January US Ethanol Output, Stocks Down
Valero Closes on VeraSun Plants
Rating 3.00 out [...]
Indebted Biofuel Energy Warns of Possible Bankruptcy
Submitted by DTN Ethanol Blog
Denver-based ethanol producer Biofuel Energy Corp. warned this week that it may seek bankruptcy protection if its current financial situation doesn’t improve.
Valero Assumes Corn Contracts
Pacific Ethanol Might File for Bankruptcy
EIA: January US Ethanol Output, Stocks Down
Valero Closes on VeraSun Plants
IEA Report: Ethanol Use Reducing Greenhouse Gas
Rating 3.00 out of 5
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Valero Assumes Corn Contracts
Submitted by DTN Ethanol Blog
Valero Energy Corp. has decided to honor more than 80 corn contracts for a total of about 18.9 million bushels at former VeraSun plants it bought. More contracts remain in the balance.
Pacific Ethanol Might File for Bankruptcy
EIA: January US Ethanol Output, Stocks Down
Valero Closes on VeraSun Plants
IEA Report: Ethanol Use Reducing [...]
Pacific Ethanol Might File for Bankruptcy
Submitted by DTN Ethanol Blog
Pacific Ethanol, Inc. in a filing with the Securities Exchange Commission on Tuesday stated it has only enough capital to fund operations through approximately April 30.
EIA: January US Ethanol Output, Stocks Down
Valero Closes on VeraSun Plants
IEA Report: Ethanol Use Reducing Greenhouse Gas
Nova Biosource Files for Bankruptcy
Rating 3.00 out of 5
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Valero Closes on VeraSun Plants
Submitted by DTN Ethanol Blog
Valero Energy Corporation has 30 days from April 1 to decide which corn contracts it wants to honor or reject at some former VeraSun Energy Plants it purchased.
IEA Report: Ethanol Use Reducing Greenhouse Gas
Nova Biosource Files for Bankruptcy
Biofuel Energy Corp. Reports Losses
Gulf Alternative Energy Expands Beyond Ethanol Technology
Rating 3.00 out of [...]
