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Submitted by DTN Ethanol Blog
A new study from the Center for Agricultural and Rural Development said the biofuels industry is running out of reasons to defend government support.
CORRECTION: Biodiesel Tax Credit Bill Did NOT Pass Senate
Aventine Emerges From Bankruptcy
Biodiesel Tax Credit Extension Bill Close to Enactment
Biodiesel Producer REG Adds to Capacity With Acquisitions
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Growth Energy Joins Petroleum Equipment Institute
Submitted by R-Squared Energy Blog
Growth Energy, a pro-ethanol group, said in a news release Monday that it is now an official member of the Petroleum Equipment Institute, the leading authority for petroleum and energy-handling equipment.
UL’s Approval of DW’s Fuel Dispenser Boosts Ethanol Blends
Poet SD Plant System Saves Water
Global Partners to Add Ethanol Storage, Rail in [...]
Pilot Offers E85 Fuel at Three New Locations in Tennessee
Submitted by DTN Ethanol Blog
Pilot Travel Centers now offers E85, a fuel with an 85 percent ethanol and 15 percent gasoline ratio, at three new locations in Tennessee.
Biofuels Group Refutes New Report Critical of Biofuels
Ethanol Maker Green Plains Plans to Raise $68.8 Million
Iowa Push to Mandate Ethanol, Biodiesel Not Dead Yet
RFA Urges Congress to Fund [...]
Biofuels Group Refutes New Report Critical of Biofuels
Submitted by DTN Ethanol Blog
The Global Renewable Fuels Alliance on Friday responded angrily to a new report that questions the value of biofuels, with the report suggesting biofuels are a costly and ineffective alternative to fossil fuels.
Ethanol Maker Green Plains Plans to Raise $68.8 Million
Iowa Push to Mandate Ethanol, Biodiesel Not Dead Yet
RFA Urges Congress [...]
Iowa Push to Mandate Ethanol, Biodiesel Not Dead Yet
Submitted by DTN Ethanol Blog
Iowa lawmakers’ plan to mandate both ethanol and biodiesel demand in the state is not over yet, but it is hanging by a thread as the deadline for action nears. The drive for a state biofuels mandate also comes after a key committee of the state House of Representatives ran out [...]
David Glass EUEC Presentation 02 02 10
Submitted by BIOconversion Blog
I recommend biomass conversion readers check out David Glass, Ph.D.’s excellent SlideShare Presentation overviewing technologies and companies involved in Genetic Engineering for 2nd and 3rd generation biofuels production.
David Glass EUEC Presentation 02 02 10
View more presentations from David Glass.
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Imperial Petroleum to Acquire Full Control of e-biofuels
Submitted by DTN Ethanol Blog
Imperial Petroleum Inc. will acquire 100 percent of e-biofuels LLC’s stock, the oil and natural gas exploration and production company announced in a news release Thursday.
US Ethanol Supply Up in December as Plants Boost Run Rates
Sunoco’s NY Ethanol Plant Seen Starting Up in Summer
Vilsack: Administration Wants to Expand Biofuels
Poet Executive Appointed [...]
Vilsack: Administration Wants to Expand Biofuels
Submitted by DTN Ethanol Blog
Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack said he spoke to President Barack Obama on Monday about the role biofuels can play in lifting rural America out of the recession.
Poet Executive Appointed to CARB Panel
Green Plains 4Q 2009 Earnings up on Strong Ethanol Margins
Biodiesel Has Bright Future; Revenues to Grow
Investments Planned to Improve [...]
E85 Seen as Most Attractive Cure to Overcome Blend Wall
Submitted by DTN Ethanol Blog
Ethanol is nearing the 10 percent saturation point, referred to as the blend wall, in the gasoline blending market, with 10 percent the current maximum ratio that ethanol can be mixed into gasoline for non-flex-fuel vehicles in the United States.
Retailers May Balk at E15
Argentina Mandates 5 Percent Biodiesel, Rising to B10 [...]
Reid Strips Biodiesel Tax Credit Extension from Jobs Bill
Submitted by DTN Ethanol Blog
U.S. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid has stripped out a proposal extending the $1-a-gallon tax credit for U.S. biodiesel producers from the jobs bill expected to come for a vote once the session resumes on Feb. 22.
Valero Closes on Purchase of Wisconsin Ethanol Plant
New RFS Draws Mixed Reviews
ALL Fuels Says Valero [...]
Valero Closes on Purchase of Wisconsin Ethanol Plant
Submitted by DTN Ethanol Blog
Valero Energy Corp. has closed on the purchase of an ethanol plant in Jefferson, Wis., according to a news release from Valero.
New RFS Draws Mixed Reviews
ALL Fuels Says Valero Rejects $100M Offer for Renew Plant
Valero Announces Public Offering of Senior Notes
EPA Issues New Renewable Fuel Standard
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Valero Announces Public Offering of Senior Notes
Submitted by DTN Ethanol Blog
One of the largest ethanol producers in the U.S., Valero Energy Corp., announced plans to begin a public offering of senior notes in order to raise enough money to refinance debt, according to a news release from Valero.
EPA Issues New Renewable Fuel Standard
Shell Signs $12B Ethanol Project in Brazil
Biodiesel Industry Asks [...]
Shell Signs $12B Ethanol Project in Brazil
Submitted by DTN Ethanol Blog
Shell International Petroleum Co., a unit of oil major Royal Dutch Shell Group, on Monday said it signed a $12 billion deal to jointly produce and market ethanol fuel with Brazil’s Cosan, the world’s top ethanol and sugar processor.
Biodiesel Industry Asks Congress to Retroactively Extend Tax Credit
Challenging CARB 2 - Midwest [...]
Challenging CARB - 1 Poet Files Lawsuit in California
Submitted by DTN Ethanol Blog
Ethanol producer Poet and ethanol advocacy group Growth Energy say the California Air Resources Board did not include more than 1,800 documents in its rulemaking file, affecting its new low-carbon fuel standard.
US Ethanol Supply Up in November as Plants Boost Run Rates
New Biofuels Terminal in Collins, Miss., Receiving Product
Blendstar Launches New [...]
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 [...]
RIN SERIES - 11
Submitted by DTN Ethanol Blog
Profitability of today’s fuel supplier is affected by how well they understand the regulations that they operate within. Recognizing this, we have provided a series of briefings to help you better understand the regulatory arena you are operating in today, and that you face tomorrow.
Ethanol Groups Challenge Calif.’s Carbon Emissions Plan
Nebraska [...]
