Is U.S. farm boom sitting on an ethanol bubble?
Grain farmers in the Midwest may want to pinch themselves. In recent years they have been buoyed by a dream scenario. Record high prices. Record high profits. Record high farmland values. Near record...
View ArticleBy Train, By Truck, or By Boat – How ethanol moves and where it goes
2011 will go down in history as being one of the best years for U.S. ethanol exports in the industry to date. In July alone, U.S. producers sent 127.4 million gallons of ethanol out of the country,...
View ArticleCheap ethanol assets a thing of the past – Green Plains
The days of snapping up undervalued ethanol plants for expansion are over, Green Plains Renewable Energy’s chief executive told investors on its most recent conference call. Plants with the right...
View ArticleNovozymes enzyme plant readies to supply biofuel plants
The leading maker of the enzymes used to produce biofuels says the declining political support for ethanol hasn’t diminished the long-term prospects for the industry making fuel from plants. Novozymes...
View ArticleThe Garbage Anomaly: What is a Dirty Murf and what can you do about it?
There is widespread disappointment in the rate of progress towards commercialization of cellulosic biofuels, and industry is lagging substantially behind RFS2 annual targets. Feedstock limitations are...
View ArticleEU’s top wheat ethanol plant ‘to reopen next year’.
The answer to one of the biggest questions in UK agriculture – when will the Ensus wheat ethanol plant restart – may be “another four months”, farm officials have said in a restatement of grain...
View ArticleUS – Enzyme study shows DDGS dewatering applications
A one-month plant trial showed a commercial enzyme could help extract water from distillers grains, saving natural gas, electricity and water used in the ethanol process. More work needs to be done,...
View ArticleLIT – Environmental and economic assessment of international ethanol trade...
An environmental and economic assessment of the trade of fuel ethanol (EtOH) from Brazil (sugarcane), United States (corn) and France (wheat and sugar beet) has been performed. The fuel is supposed to...
View ArticleUS – Ethanol production capacity over 14 billion gallons
The U.S. biofuels industry has more than 14 billion gallons in annual production capacity for fuel ethanol, according to new industry and government data, but growth has hit a plateau and experts see...
View ArticleSA – Latin America Strives to Become the Greenest Continent
Latin America is one of the world’s largest continents, with abundant, untapped energy resources. It also boasts several countries with rapidly growing economies such as Brazil and Mexico. In fact...
View ArticleFuel efficiency and biofuels driving down gas demand
Fuel efficiency and biofuels driving down gas demand The price of gasoline keeps rising for Americans, but it’s not because of rising demand from consumers. Since the first Arab oil embargo of the...
View ArticleStudy points out ethanol generated savings
Study points out ethanol-generated savings A new study conducted by university economists shows that Midwestern drivers saved $1.69 per gallon of fuel last year because of domestic ethanol production...
View ArticleBrazilian ethanol exports to U.S. likely to grow
Exports of Brazilian ethanol to the U.S. market are likely to grow, while still allowing Brazil to increase its blend of the biofuel in gasoline in early 2013, local sugar and ethanol analyst Datagro...
View ArticleCanadian going fast in biofuel racecar
Kevin Therres displayed the “world’s first, biodiesel, jet-powered funny car” in a booth for the first time at the Northern Ag Expo in Fargo at the end of November. Kevin Therres is going fast on...
View ArticleEthanol Production Drops
For the third straight week in a row, ethanol inventory levels continue to drop. Total supplies were listed at 646 million gallons, and 20.1% lower than year-ago levels. This is a reduction of 4.2...
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