In Nebraska, Trenton Agri-Products is among the local ethanol plants pushing for more local sorghum production to help compensate for high corn prices. The facility can easily switch between corn and sorghum for its 50 million gallons of annual production without having to do any refitting. In the past it has substituted up to 30% […]
In California, Chromatin and Calgren Renewable Fuels, a leading ethanol producer located in Pixley announced an alliance to develop a local supply chain for sorghum for the production of fuel ethanol and distiller’s grains. The multi-year agreement covers up to 30,000 acres of sorghum grain to be grown and supplied to Calgren, which produces over […]
In Brazil, Biofuels International is reporting that “Brazilian biofuels producer Vinema Biorefinarias do Sul (VBS) is planning to build the country’s first ethanol fuel mills that use grain as raw material.” The company is seeking to raise $20 million in equity for its first plant, in Cristal, as part of an overall $352 capital commitment. […]
Last month, Ceres announced that it has signed a sweet sorghum market development agreement with Syngenta. The companies will work together to support the introduction of sweet sorghum as a source of fermentable sugars at Brazil’s 400 or more ethanol mills. Last season, Brazilian mills planted Ceres sweet sorghum on more than 3,000 hectares (7,400 […]
In South Africa, the Dept. of Energy expects that ethanol prices will be set by the middle of 2013 and will be determined by a break-even price for sorghum-based ethanol produced at an efficiently sized plant. There are two sweet sorghum-based ethanol projects under development but are waiting to see what the established price will […]
The Underdog feedstock is getting Big Mo’, getting’ its due, with sorghum-based ethanol making the grade under optimal conditions as an advanced biofuel pathway, and EPEC landing new investment. What’s up? What’s next? New pathways, plus country-by-country yield data. Sorghum. It’s a feedstock right out the pages of the old South — sorghum syrup served […]
In South Africa, Grain SA says that the country’s new biofuel blending policy could boost sorghum production by six-fold to 950,000 metric tons by 2020. He said that the country could supply the ethanol needed for an E10 blend without risking food security.
In Washington, amid the ongoing negotiations surrounding the Farm Bill, industry stakeholders representing nearly the entire supply chain for Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) – including seven major airlines – called on Agriculture Committee leaders in the House and Senate to boost the role of American farms in fueling low-carbon aviation. “SAF, which can be produced from renewable […]
In Washington, D.C., ethanol has played a key role in the success of California’s Low Carbon Fuel Standard and is poised to make even greater contributions to the state’s climate policy objectives if certain regulatory actions are taken to allow greater market access, the Renewable Fuels Association (RFA) said in comments submitted this week to […]
In Australia, the Dalby biorefinery producing ethanol from grain sorghum has pulled back from the edge of disaster thanks to the implementation of the E10 blending policy in Queensland and has been running at full capacity ever since it came online earlier this month. With expected demand of 200,000 metric tons of sorghum this year, […]
