Category: Producer News
Agco Challenger combine: harvesting grain, baling stover, straw simulteneously
Share In Kansas, the Challenger combine from Agco can harvest wheat and bale straw for biomass energy production at the same time without straw ever hitting the ground. The machine can be used to the same effect for corn, switchgrass or miscanthus harvest. Feedstox, owned by Kansas Alliance for Biorefining and Bioenergy and partially funded [...]
US ethanol production up, corn prices tumble, as bumper crop hopes grow
Share In Washington, the Energy Information Agency says that ethanol production rose 1.7% in the past week to 919,000 bpd while stocks rose 3.7% to 21.4 million barrels. At the same time, ethanol futures in Chicago fell by 3.7%, the most in four months, as corn prices fell 5.7% on the expectation that rains will [...]
AFS BioOil opens wastewater algae plant for customers, strategic partners
Share In California, AFS BioOil has announced that its state-of-the art facility located at a wastewater treatment plant in the San Francisco Bay Area is open for tours for strategic partners and customers. The volume of the system is 150 m3; the annual nameplate capacity is 55 tons of algae biomass. The installed bioreactor is [...]
Ag Processing restarts 60 million gallon biodiesel plant in Iowa
Share In Iowa, Ag Processing has officially re-started the mothballed 60 million gallon per year biodiesel plant formerly known as East Fork Biodiesel in Algona. Now known as AGP Algona, the company bought the facility in 2011. Total installed capacity for the company is now 120 million gallons annually.
OriginOil revenues up, loss widens in Q1 as company expands
Share In California, OriginOil reported losses of $1.78 million for the first quarter, up from $0.97 million for Q1 2011. Revenues jumped from $0.10 million in Q1 2011 to $0.54 million for Q1 2012, reflecting systems sales to MBD Energy. This week, the company also filed for filed two patents with the USPTO describing its [...]
Now hiring: Pennsylvania ethanol project nears re-start
Share In Pennsylvania, ethanol production is expected to re-start in late June or early July at the former Bionol plant in Clearfield that Pennsylvania Grain Processors recently purchased. The deal has closed and operations are underway to get the facility back online. The company is looking to hire several positions including production operator, security guards, [...]
Eco-Energy, Quad County Corn Processors ink ethanol marketing agreement
Share In Tennessee, Eco-Energy, Inc., a leading bio-fuel supply chain company, announced the execution of an ethanol marketing agreement with Quad County Corn Processors, a 35 million gallon plant located in Galva, Iowa. Eco-Energy markets for 15 ethanol plants across North America and is focused on adding value by vertically integrating the supply chain, from [...]
Better Fuels Moment episode looks at advanced biofuels, military
Share In Washington, the Better Fuels Moment online video news series of the Advanced Biofuels Association has released a new segment. This episode of the Better Fuels Moment takes a closer look at the robust and effective partnership advanced biofuels has with America’s Armed Services, building better fuels for our nation and putting Americans back [...]
On the Move in Biofuels: Virent, SG Biofuels
Share In California, SG Biofuels has appointed Jerry Caulder, Ph.D., as chairman of the board. Dr. Caulder, currently chairman of Finistere Ventures, has a distinguished track record in the plant sciences industry and is often referred to as the ‘father of agricultural biotechnology.’ In Wisconsin, Virent announced that John D. Rice has joined its Board [...]
Navy invites civic, academic, military online participants for three-day alternative energy wargame, based on 2022 scenario
Share In Washington, the Navy’s Energy and Environmental Readiness Division and Office of Naval Research are inviting civic and military collaboration in energyMMOWGLI (Massive Multiplayer Online Wargame Leveraging the Internet). The game will build on efforts to improve the U.S. Navy’s combat capability and energy security, particularly by promoting energy efficiency and diversifying its energy [...]
