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Aemetis transitions from corn ethanol to advanced biofuels at Keyes plant
Tweet In California, Aemetis announced that its 60 million gallon per year capacity ethanol facility in Keyes, CA has completed maintenance and Advanced Biofuels retrofit, and is now restarting production. Last December, the EPA issued a final rule, determining that ethanol made from grain sorghum at dry mill facilities qualifies as a Renewable Fuel under [...]
Pacific Ethanol confirms sorghum imports replacing corn
Tweet In California, Pacific Ethanol has confirmed that it has been importing sorghum to supplement its corn supply for ethanol production, both to qualify as an advanced biofuels and to offset high corn prices. Reuters says that grain traders had heard rumors the company was importing sorghum from Argentina earlier this month. The company has [...]
Chromatin signs sorghum deal with POET
Tweet In Illinois, Chromatin has entered into an agreement with POET to use sorghum grown in South Dakota in the production of ethanol. Chromatin said the agreement covers up to 4,400 acres of sorghum grain that will be grown in South Dakota. It will be used in POET’s Chancellor plant, which is located about 20 [...]
Chromatin Signs Sorghum Pact with POET
Tweet Chromatin, Inc., a leading provider of innovative crop breeding technology, sorghum seed products and feedstocks, said today it has entered into an agreement with POET, LLC, one of the world’s largest ethanol producers, to use sorghum grown in South Dakota in the production of ethanol. Chromatin said the agreement covers up to 4,400 acres [...]
Sorghum may be next ethanol feedstock of choice in Nebraska
Tweet In Nebraska, Trenton Agri-Products is among the local ethanol plants pushing for more local sorghum production to help compensate for high corn prices. The facility can easily switch between corn and sorghum for its 50 million gallons of annual production without having to do any refitting. In the past it has substituted up to [...]
Chromatin and Calgren Renewable Fuels agree on sorghum deal
Tweet In California, Chromatin and Calgren Renewable Fuels, a leading ethanol producer located in Pixley announced an alliance to develop a local supply chain for sorghum for the production of fuel ethanol and distiller’s grains. The multi-year agreement covers up to 30,000 acres of sorghum grain to be grown and supplied to Calgren, which produces [...]
The Biorefinery Project of the Future — Today
Tweet A major biomass deal between Pacific Ethanol and Chromatin heralds a trend towards advanced biofuels in the US ethanol fleet. Is the Bioenergy Project of the Future here? Who’s doing what, where? 5 Paths to Advanced Biofuels in play now. As we highlighted this week in the Digest, Chromatin and Pacific Ethanol announced that [...]
The 2013 Renewable Fuel Standard: Biofuels Digest’s 10-Minute Guide
Tweet The 2013 RFS2 proposed standards are out – what do they mean? Who’s in clover, who’s in trouble? Our 10-Minute Guide details the Volumes, the Issues and the Opportunities. In Washington, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) issued its proposed 2013 Renewable Fuel Standards (RFS2). The proposal will be open for a 45-day public comment period [...]
VBS to build six grain ethanol plants in Brazil
Tweet In Brazil, Biofuels International is reporting that “Brazilian biofuels producer Vinema Biorefinarias do Sul (VBS) is planning to build the country’s first ethanol fuel mills that use grain as raw material.” The company is seeking to raise $20 million in equity for its first plant, in Cristal, as part of an overall $352 capital [...]
Sugar Rush: Sweetwater, Front Range ink $100M cellulosic biofuels deal
Tweet Front Range becomes third ethanol plant in 3 weeks to head for cost reductions, RIN opportunities with advanced feedstocks, technology. Sweetwater Energy’s deal-flow-a-go-go. In New York, Sweetwater Energy announced a 15-year commercial agreement with Colorado-based Front Range Energy, to supply renewable sugars for up to 3.6 million gallons of cellulosic ethanol per year during [...]
