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EPA wavers on E15 waiver deadline, as ethanol awakens: overcapacity looming anew?
The Long and short of ethanol production: first-gen ethanol may be long again, while cellulsoic ethanol continues to look short on 2010 production targets.
According to a report in Reuters, the EPA is reportedly warning that it may not meet an expected December 1st deadline for a decision on allowing E15 ethanol to be blended with [...]
Today in Biofuels Opinion: “E15 ethanol: Yes or No”
E15 NO: Andrew P. Morriss, University of Illinois: “Corn-based ethanol, the type used in the United States, is a terrible transportation fuel whose production has serious environmental consequences and raises food prices for the world’s poor while delivering few net environmental benefits.Requiring higher blends of it to be put into engines not designed to handle [...]
Licht projects tighter ethanol fuel stocks in 2010
F.O. Licht has forecast a global ethanol surplus of around 185 million gallons in 2010, based on projected global consumption of 20.2 billion gallons. Licht managing director Christoph Berg told Reuters that “This surplus is desperately needed in order to maintain the supply chain; we need surpluses in order to keep the stocks-to-use ratio unchanged,” [...]
Genome Research article identifies opportunities for more robust ethanol yeast strains, higher yields
In the online journal Genome Research, two studies have identified genomic properties of industrial fuel yeasts that likely gave rise to more robust strains. The group’s work revealed that portions of the genome are plastic compared to other yeast strains, specifically the peripheral regions of chromosomes, where they observed a number of sequence rearrangements.
According to [...]
Growth Energy co-chair Clark calls for legislation on E15 if EPA does not approve
In Iowa, Growth Energy co-chairman, Gen. Wesley Clark issued a call for legislators to step in and mandate E15 ethanol, if the EPA does not issue a ruling to allow increase blending of ethanol into the US gasoline supply by the December 1st deadline.
According to a report in the Des Moines Register, ethanol production increased [...]
UNICA says sugarcane ethanol “is a better alternative fuel for the environment than electricity.”
In Brazil, the LA Times is reporting on the Brazilian sugar and ethanol’s continuing push to open up US markets for its ethanol. According to the report, the sugar and ethanol trade association UNICA is suggesting that sugarcane ethanol “is a better alternative fuel for the environment than electricity.” The article also reports on the [...]
BP outlines 3-pronged biofuels strategy, says biobutanol plant will open at commercial scale in 2013
In the UK, BP outlined a three-pronged strategy for biofuels: “growing a material sugarcane ethanol business in Brazil, building a cellulosic biofuel business in the U.S. and developing advanced molecules like biobutanol,” according to BP spokeswoman Thea Sherer.
A report in Ethanol Producer confirmed that the Vericipia plant — a joint venture between BP and Verenium, [...]
Greenfield signs MOU for offtake from Chernobyl biofuels project
In Belarus, Greenfield Project Management announced an offtake MOU with Litasco for ethanol produced in Phase I of Greenfield’s bioenergy complex at Mozyr. The companies said they are working on finalizing a pricing formula before signing the definitive offtake agreement.
The Greenfield complex in Belarus will initially produce 50 Mgy of ethanol, rising to 150 Mgy [...]
Iowa’s ethanol love affair with ethanol fades? State trails national average in E10 usage
In Iowa, figures from the Iowa Department of Revenue show that Iowans are choosing E10 gasoline blends 71 percent of the time, compared to 80 percent nationally.
Monte Shaw of the Iowa Renewable Fuels Association said “While the rest of the country has steadily increased ethanol use since 2006, Iowa has at best held even and [...]
The song remains the same: Bioenergy producers plea for US help on finance; feedstock stability a key; solutions in the student loan response?
In Washington, USDA Agriculture Undersecretary Dallas Tonsager said in congressional testimony that the credit crunch for advanced biofuels developers has much to do with lender disaffection with first-generation ethanol following the VeraSun bankruptcy, and the upside down economics of the 2008-09 feedstock and fuel markets. He also said that, while two more USDA loan guarantees [...]
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