55 Mgy Highwater corn ethanol plant opens in Minnesota

In Minnesota, the 55 Mgy Highwater corn ethanol plant opened this past week in Lamberton, with plant owners selecting September 11th as the grand opening day to emphasize the plant’s potential contribution towards energy security. The project was initially announced in 2006.
The plant will utilize 6 million bushels of corn from the 3500 member Meadowland [...]

September 16, 2009 | Jim Lane | Comments 0

Minnesota state legislaure notes to reduce annual ethanol subsidies

In Minnesota, both the state house and senate passed legislation that will stretch subsidy payments to ethanol producers into the future, effectively cutting them by 20 percent. The bill was part of a legislative compromise on veterans and agricultural bill.s effectively stretching them into the future for a couple of years. Governor Pawlenty is expected [...]

May 15, 2009 | Jim Lane | Comments 0

Minnesota school buses stall in cold; B2 biodiesel to blame?

In Minnesota, the Bloomington Public School system closed last Friday after biodiesel fuel gelled in extreme cold conditions and made it impossible to start up 12 school buses. Rosemount-Apple Valley-Eagan School District commenced lessons two hours late due to the same problem. The buses converted to B2 biodiesel last year and are scheduled to convert [...]

January 21, 2009 | Jim Lane | Comments 1

Minnesota to consider new low-carbon fuels bill; Franken to be declared winner in close Senate race

In Minnesota, state legislators will consider a new low-carbon bill next week that would mandate automakers with reducing tailpipe emissions by 10 percent by 2020.
Meanwhile, local officials are reportedly set to confirm former Saturday Night Live writer Al Franken as the new senator from Minnesota, defeating incumbent Senator Norm Coleman. Coleman is set to challenge [...]

January 05, 2009 | Jim Lane | Comments 0

5 Mgy Mid-Atlantic Biodiesel plant in Minnesota to be auctioned January 22nd

In Delaware, Maas Companies announced that the 5 Mgy Mid-Atlantic Biodiesel plant will be auctioned on January 22nd. The plant was opened in 2007 and ran for six months before being idled by economic conditions.
The plant is in “move-in” condition, according to the auctioneers, and the winning bidder will be required to assume a lease [...]

December 24, 2008 | Jim Lane | Comments 0

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