Category: Producer News
VIASPACE and Grain Hill sign joint development agreement
Tweet In California, VIASPACE announced the signing of a joint development agreement with Grain Hill/AGRICORP. Under the agreement, a new special purpose company will be established to develop, build, own and operate a 2,100 acre Giant King Grass plantation and a co-located 12 MW biomass power plant on the AGRICORP Agricola Miramontes plantation on the [...]
CME Group announces first trade of ethanol RINs futures
Tweet In New York, the CME Group announced the first Ethanol Renewable Identification Number futures contract was cleared yesterday over CME ClearPort. This trade was brokered by StarFuels Inc. “As the most actively traded market for North American gasoline, ultra-low-sulfur diesel and ethanol futures contracts, our new RINs products make a good complement to our [...]
US ethanol production edges up
Tweet In Washington, the EIA reports that ethanol production averaged 875,000 barrels per day (b/d) — or 36.75 million gallons daily. That is up 18,000 b/d from the week before, the highest weekly average since the week ended 6/22/2012. Stocks of ethanol stood at 16.2 million barrels. That is a 1.5% decrease from last week. [...]
Kansas ethanol plant in the middle of bizarre residency scam
Tweet In Kansas, the Nexsun Ethanol plant in Ulysses is in the center of a bizarre swindle deal whereby the project’s promoter sold US residency visas to a Chinese family via the EB-5 visa program for large-scale investment by foreign investors. The project’s promoter have since been sued by the Chinese couple to recoup their [...]
Puma Energy launches ethanol blending trial in Puerto Rico
Tweet In Puerto Rico, Swiss oil company Puma Energy Caribe says it is starting an ethanol blending trial at 56 of its gas stations around the island beginning Wednesday. The blend level nor the origin of the ethanol for the pilot project was indicated. If the trial goes well, it will extend the blending to [...]
EPA proposes new rulemaking for RFS
Tweet In Washington, the EPA proposed rulemaking for modifications to the Renewable Fuel Standard program, E15 misfueling mitigation regulations, ultra low sulfur diesel survey requirements as well as other technical amendments.
On the Move in Biofuels: Sapphire Energy
Tweet In California, Sapphire Energy announced that Dr. Matthew Croughan will join the company as Chief Technology Officer. Dr. Croughan most recently served as Director of the Amgen Bioprocessing Center at Keck Graduate Institute. Previously, Dr. Croughan was the chief scientist for Genentech’s cell culture facility in Vacaville, CA, built for the production of therapeutic [...]
Colorado companies team up for new biodiesel plant in Boulder
Tweet In Colorado, Bio Plant Technologies LLC and GHP Biodiesel USA Inc. signed an agreement to join forces and are setting up a new biodiesel plant in Boulder. The plant has an annual capacity of 11.5 million gallons and is fully integrated in the joint used cooking oil (UCO) collection business. ClearEcos uses the byproducts of the biodiesel [...]
Genscape’s QAP-A RIN gets EPA approval to help avoid RIN fraud
Tweet In Kentucky, Genscape’s QAP-A RIN replacement backstop was reviewed and approved by the EPA for the interim period. Genscape’s QAP-A RIN replacement mechanism is further backed by the company’s multi-billion dollar parent company, Daily Mail and Group Trust (DMGT). As part of the EPA Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) for RIN integrity, QAP providers [...]
Supermarket giant uses 55,000 tons of food waste to produce energy
Tweet In California, the country’s largest supermarket company, Cincinnati-based Kroger has invested an undisclosed amount in an energy facility at its Compton-based distribution center that will process up to 55,000 tons of organic food waste annually. The facility eliminates half a million miles in truck trips per year that used to transport the food waste [...]
