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Great Plains Institute’s Latest Report: The Digest’s 2020 Multi-Slide Guide to A Clean Fuels Policy for the Midwest

April 9, 2020 | Helena Tavares Kennedy

The Midwestern Clean Fuels Initiative, facilitated by the Great Plains Institute, is a broad coalition of fuels producers and marketers, nonprofit and research organizations, scientists and engineers, and agriculture and industry stakeholders. The coalition works to create economic benefits for the region through policy, research, and education on the production and use of cleaner fuels.

Ag banks concerned ethanol industry may have peaked but watching situation closely

February 13, 2020 | Meghan Sapp

Across the Midwest, American Banker reports that agriculture lenders are watching the ethanol sector closely, concerned that it may have peaked, but banks are not yet pulling away from funding producers. What they are doing, however, is tracking closely the policy decisions made by the Trump Administration that are directly impacting the clients they lend […]

What China does on corn, ethanol and DDGS seen driving market in 2019

January 1, 2019 | Meghan Sapp

In the Midwest, Platts reports that if China decides to continue its retaliatory tariffs on US soybeans, it would see farmers switch planting this spring to more corn than soybean which would in turn depress corn prices and increase margins. Improved margins would then not only boost ethanol production but also demand for DDGS, also […]

New 45Q tax credit for CCS could stimulate ethanol plants to invest

July 10, 2018 | Meghan Sapp

In the Midwest, the Great Plains Institute believes the new 45Q tax credit for carbon capture and storage could be a major incentive for ethanol plants to invest in CO2 capture as well as infrastructure such as pipelines to transport it, either for underground storage or to petroleum companies. The institute believes the ethanol industry […]

DOE researchers find drought-hit biomass produces toxic compounds rather than fuels

September 12, 2017 | Meghan Sapp

In the Midwest, Department of Energy researchers examined the effect of weather on biofuel production by comparing switchgrass and corn stover harvested after a year of major drought and after 2 years of normal precipitation. They found that the plants produced more sugar, but the sugar changed during pretreatment and produced toxic compounds rather than […]

Ethanol crush margins continue to increase despite higher production and growing stocks

August 15, 2017 | Meghan Sapp

In the Midwest, ever-stronger crush margins thanks to falling corn prices ahead of a bumper crop have producers cranking out ethanol despite ethanol prices remaining range-bound for the past several weeks. Ethanol production remains well over a million barrels per day. Platts reported that the crush margin was around 28.39 cents/gal on Monday, up 2.59 cents/gal from […]

Ethanol production breaks record again at an average of 1.029 million bpd

July 21, 2016 | Meghan Sapp

Across the Midwest, ethanol production continues to break records with the week of July 15 seeing an average of 1.029 million barrels per day, higher than the last record of 1.013 million barrels per day the week ending June 10. It was the eighth time production passed an average production of more than a million […]

Midwest ethanol prices on the rise ahead of Memorial Day weekend

May 26, 2016 | Meghan Sapp

In the Midwest, with the Memorial Day holiday fast approaching, ethanol prices for fuel loaded on trucks in Minnesota and Wisconsin. In Minneapolis, prices rose three cents per gallon from Monday to Thursday, a typical move ahead of holiday weekends when fuel will need to be blended on the go to keep holiday travelers moving. […]

US ethanol production seen returning to 1 million b/d after maintenance season

May 4, 2016 | Meghan Sapp

In the Midwest, ethanol production is expected to ramp back up to 1 million barrels per day after maintenance season finishes despite margins remaining thin. Production passed 1 million barrels per day in January but has wound down to 927,000 b/d in the week ended April 22 while Platts expects production was 935,000 b/d in […]

Ethanol market seen recovering as producers shut down for maintenance

March 28, 2016 | Meghan Sapp

Across the Midwest, annual maintenance season for ethanol plants will be in full swing the next week or two which is expected to help reduce record-breaking stocks across the country and start to support prices ahead of summer driving season. With thin margins plaguing many producers, some plants may look to do more maintenance this […]

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Tag: Midwest

Great Plains Institute’s Latest Report: The Digest’s 2020 Multi-Slide Guide to A Clean Fuels Policy for the Midwest

Ag banks concerned ethanol industry may have peaked but watching situation closely

What China does on corn, ethanol and DDGS seen driving market in 2019

New 45Q tax credit for CCS could stimulate ethanol plants to invest

DOE researchers find drought-hit biomass produces toxic compounds rather than fuels

Ethanol crush margins continue to increase despite higher production and growing stocks

Ethanol production breaks record again at an average of 1.029 million bpd

Midwest ethanol prices on the rise ahead of Memorial Day weekend

US ethanol production seen returning to 1 million b/d after maintenance season

Ethanol market seen recovering as producers shut down for maintenance

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Cellulosic Fuels with Clariant, Chemtex

Cannabinoids with Amyris

151 new technologies in 60 Minutes with IndieBio

Renewable DME fuels for heavy transport.

Fermentation Frontiers, yeast-enzymes-in-one.

Hydrothermal Liquefaction for BioCrude.

ESG Project and Technology Financing.

Biofuels Mandates Around the World

The Pyromaniax and Advances in Pyrolysis

California, Here I Come

What's the King Tech?

Algae, Cellulosic Ethanol

Renewable Diesel.