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California legislator proposes dropping ethanol mandate from RFS
Tweet In California, Assemblymember Kristin Olsen (R- Modesto) introduced AJR 21, which would urge Congress to swiftly enact House Resolution 1462, the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) Reform Act of 2013, to revise the requirements of the Renewable Standard program in order to alleviate the impact of rising feed costs. The RFS Reform Act will eliminate corn-based [...]
“How Farm Waste May Make Biofuels Matter Again.”
Tweet Today on Twitter: PalmOilFarmer: .@TheOilPalm explains how the EU’s biofuel policy can hurt small #palmoil farmers in #Malaysia BioFuelsChat Analysis finds 41% of Canada’s ethanol came from the U.S -> johanmelchior How Farm Waste May Make Biofuels Matter Again
Poet halts corn deliveries at Indiana plant but continues ethanol production
Tweet In Indiana, Poet halted corn deliveries last week at its plant in Alexandria as it dealt with a maintenance issue but is expected to start receiving corn again this week. Despite the halt in corn deliveries, it continued to produce ethanol at the 68 million gallon facility. Reuters reported the story in response to [...]
Ag Processing to permanently shut ethanol plant in Hastings, Neb.
Tweet In Nebraska, Ag Processing says it is permanently closing its only ethanol plant after margins failed to improve. The 52 million gallon ethanol plant in Hastings was originally located in Jasper, Tennessee when it was purchased in 1994 and then transported to Nebraska. It came online in 1995 and runs on what is considered [...]
Pannonia Ethanol blew the whistle on Platts’ energy pricing
Tweet In Hungary, Reuters reports that Pannonia Ethanol blew the whistle on Platts’ energy prices reporting to the European Commission which led to the surprise searches at Shell, BP and Statoil as well as Platts last week. Pannonia started asking questions when it tried to secure access to Platts’ market on close prices and kept [...]
World Rally Championship to race on gas-ethanol-methanol blend
Tweet In the UK, the World Rally Championship is switching its rally cars to run on biofuel beginning with the Acropolis Rally of Greece on May 31. The company who supplies the Ford Fiesta cars for the races, M-Sport, did trial runs on GEM fuel last year. GEM fuel is a blend of gasoline, ethanol [...]
Mexico and US talking over sugar-for-ethanol trade deal
Tweet In Washington, the American Sugar Alliance says the US and Mexican governments are in discussions about the possibility of using some of Mexico’s surplus sugar as ethanol feedstock that is later re-exported back to Mexico. Under NAFTA, Mexican sugar enters the US market duty-free but with an over-supplied sugar market at the moment, the [...]
Biofuels Digest Index flat at 74.60 despite ethanol drop
Tweet The Biofuels Digest Index, an index of publicly traded biofuels stocks, was flat at 74.60 as ethanol equities ebbed. For the day, Sacom (SAM.MI) jumped 6.50 percent to $10.65, while Amyris (AMRS) fell 4.21 percent to $2.96. Among other equities, Aventine Renewables (AVRW) dumped 16.00 percent to $21.00. Overall, advances led declines 2 to [...]
CNBC publishes article highlighting cellulosic biofuels
Tweet In New York, CNBC published an article highlighting cellulosic biofuels, including the sector’s growth potential as ethanol fuel is projected to grow 40% over the next decade. Peder Holk Nielsen, CEO of Novozymes, was cited saying that the renewable fuels sector is “maturing…. is not phantom technology, it does exist.” The article did discuss [...]
GranBio closes financing for 22mgy ethanol plant
Tweet In Brazil, GranBio’s financing round is complete for Brazil’s first commercial scale second generation ethanol plant. The company’s subsidiary, Bioflex Agroindustrial, received a $149 million loan from BNDES, Brazil’s National Social and Economic Development Bank. The project will use Beta Renewables’s technology for the 22 mgy bagasse and sugarcane crop residue plant. The BNDES [...]
