Archive for January, 2010
US Ethanol Supply Up in November as Plants Boost Run Rates
Submitted by DTN Ethanol Blog
Total U.S. ethanol production jumped 636,000 bbl, or 45,884 bpd, to 23.592 million bbl, or 786,400 bpd, in November as plants boosted run rates by 6.08 percent to an average of 92.53 percent of operable capacity, according to a Telvent DTN analysis of its own data as well as data out [...]
Poet Cellulosic Ethanol Project Receives Iowa Grant
Submitted by DTN Ethanol Blog
The Iowa Department of Economic Development approved an agreement for the final $5.3 million in financial assistance to Poet LLC’s cellulosic ethanol project underway in Emmetsburg, Iowa, according to a news release. The company is building a commercial-scale cellulosic ethanol plant that will produce ethanol from corn cobs.
Poll: 68 Percent Support [...]
EIA Sees Better Margins for Ethanol Producers This Year
Submitted by DTN Ethanol Blog
U.S. ethanol producers may fare better this year than they did in the first half of 2009 as demand for ethanol blend fuel grows, according to a new government report.
Ethanol Profits Rebound - 1
Ethanol New Profits Expected To Rise
Water Use Falls at Poet Minn. Plant
Nebraska Corn Board Slams CARB Rule
Kinder Morgan [...]
Nebraska Corn Board Slams CARB Rule
Submitted by DTN Ethanol Blog
California’s passage of the low-carbon fuel standard is likely to have a “major negative impact on Nebraska corn ethanol should the rules be rolled out as planned,” according to a news release from the Nebraska Corn Board.
Kinder Morgan Buys 3 Ethanol Terminals from US Dev. Group
Court Denies Ethanol Plant Sale Motion
Valero [...]
Court Denies Ethanol Plant Sale Motion
Submitted by DTN Ethanol Blog
The U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Western District of Wisconsin on Thursday denied ALL Fuels’ motion to reconsider the sale of a Jefferson, Wis., ethanol plant to Valero Energy Corp.
Valero Completes Purchase of Ethanol Plants from ASA
Magellan, POET Plan Midwest-East Coast Ethanol Pipeline
Biofuels Tech Firm Qteros Hires John McCarthy as New [...]
Brazil Briefly Cuts Ethanol Blend Ratio to 20% From 25%
Submitted by DTN Ethanol Blog
Brazil will reduce the ratio of ethanol blend in all domestic retail gasoline to 20 percent from 25 percent for 90 days starting Feb. 1, the energy ministry said in a news release.
US Biodiesel Industry in Shut-Down Mode
New Blending Terminal Opens in Miss.
Ethanol Plant Sale Closing Delayed
GreenShift to Lease Corn Oil [...]
US Biodiesel Industry in Shut-Down Mode
Submitted by DTN Ethanol Blog
After federal lawmakers allowed the biodiesel blenders tax credit to expire, US plants are showing signs of economic trouble.
New Blending Terminal Opens in Miss.
Ethanol Plant Sale Closing Delayed
GreenShift to Lease Corn Oil Technology to Global Ethanol
Biodiesel Blender’s $1 Per Gallon Tax Credit to Expire Thursday Night
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New Blending Terminal Opens in Miss.
Submitted by DTN Ethanol Blog
Omaha-based Green Plains Renewable Energy, Inc. said in a news release Wednesday that a new Blendstar terminal has opened in Collins, Miss.
Ethanol Plant Sale Closing Delayed
GreenShift to Lease Corn Oil Technology to Global Ethanol
Biodiesel Blender’s $1 Per Gallon Tax Credit to Expire Thursday Night
Biomass-to-Fuel Firm Faces Lawsuit
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Court Stays Sale of WI Ethanol Plant
Submitted by DTN Ethanol Blog
A U.S. bankruptcy court judge on Wednesday stayed until Jan. 6 the Valero Energy Corp. purchase of a Wisconsin ethanol plant made at a recent bankruptcy auction.
RIN SERIES - 11
A Recap of the RFS and RINs
Ethanol Groups Challenge Calif.’s Carbon Emissions Plan
Nebraska Ethanol Plant Sells at Auction
Argentina Plans to Mandate 3% [...]
What I Learned This Decade
Submitted by R-Squared Energy Blog
In this, my last posting of the decade, I thought I would write something profound. Then I realized I don’t really have anything profound to say today, so at the risk of violating Point 9 below, I thought I would summarize some of the things I have learned since starting this [...]
