Tag: Iowa
Iowa Senate approves ethanol tax break extension
Tweet In Iowa, the Senate has approved a tax break for ethanol that continues the current rate of taxation, $0.20 per gallon, for another year. Without the extension, the fuel would be taxed at $0.21 per gallon. The House has yet to approve the change. The House has also seen an amendment that would gradually [...]
REG to acquire Soy Energy’s Mason City plant
Tweet In Iowa, Renewable Energy Group executed a purchase agreement to acquire a 30-million gallon per year capacity biodiesel plant from Soy Energy, LLC. Pursuant to the agreement, REG will acquire the Mason City, Iowa biorefinery for $11 million in cash and the issuance of a $5.6 million promissory note to Soy Energy. The acquisition [...]
Iowa State launches online survey of DDGS use among livestock producers
Tweet In Iowa, Iowa State University has launched a survey among livestock producers to analyze their use of ethanol co-products in animal feed. Producers can participate in the online survey through June 19 at http://humansciences.ethanolcoproducts.sgizmo.com/s3/
Farmers get 40-cent premium for Enogen corn to offset stewardship costs
Tweet In Iowa, farmers are earning a 40-cent per bushel premium on Enogen corn that replaces the need for the alpha amylase enzyme in ethanol production. The premium is also meant to compensate for farmers having to have a 30-foot border of non-Enogen corn around each field. Stewardship and contracting was done online last season, [...]
BioProcess Algae gets $6.4 million DOE grant for military biofuels
Tweet In Iowa, BioProcess Algae LLC has been selected to receive a grant of up to $6.4 million from the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), as part of an innovative pilot-scale biorefinery project related to production of hydrocarbon fuels meeting military specification. The project will use renewable carbon dioxide, lignocellulosic sugars and waste heat through [...]
“Brazil Said to Plan Ethanol Tax Cut, Low-Cost Loans for Mills.”
Tweet Today on Twitter: dgcpt Could Biofuels Help Power Jets? KimReynoldsIA: Proud to share Iowa’s vibrant biotech & biofuels industries during today’s panel @BIOConvention. Thomas_Haugaard: #Brazil Said to Plan Ethanol Tax Cut, Low-Cost Loans for Mills
REG releases white paper promoting food security side of biodiesel
Tweet In Iowa, the Renewable Energy Group has released a white paper called “Food THEN Fuel: American Biodiesel’s Role in Strengthening Food Security” that seeks to demonstrate how biodiesel supports the nation’s food supply chain in a number of important ways: giving farmers a market-based incentive to boost overall meat and grain production, adding economic [...]
RINAlliance Wins Clean Energy Innovation Category
Tweet In Iowa, RINAlliance, a cloud-based software utilized by renewable fuel blenders across the United States, was recognized as the winner of the 2013 Prometheus Clean Energy Innovation award. The Prometheus Awards showcase Iowa’s top technology innovators and entrepreneurs and is sponsored by the Technology Association of Iowa. Winners were announced at the annual awards [...]
Iowa biodiesel sales triple since 2010
Tweet In Iowa, biodiesel sales have tripled since 2010 with 23.3 million gallons sold during 2012, up from just 7.4 million gallons in 2010. Biodiesel blends were found in 42.6% of all biodiesel sales last year with an average of 8.1% biodiesel, up from less than 10% of diesel sold in 2010 that contained biodiesel, [...]
DuPont, Vilsack sign corn stover collection agreement
Tweet In Iowa, USDA Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack and DuPont signed an agreement on Friday to establish guidelines for corn stover collection. The agreement directs the USDA’s Natural Resource Conservation Service to work with DuPont and Iowan farmers for give years to set standards for the percentage of stover that can be collected without [...]
