In Washington, a coalition of the nation’s leaders in advanced and cellulosic biofuels thanked President Trump for his commitment to the RFS, which “has attracted billions of dollars of investment in first-of-a-kind technologies in the advanced and cellulosic biofuels industry.” They also express concerns about the EPA’s July proposal to reduce White House-approved growth in […]
In Iowa, Quad County Corn Processors, Lallemand Biofuels & Distilled Spirits and Taurus Energy have established an industrial-scale trial for Taurus’ XyloFerm in the Cellerate process. After preliminary lab-scale trials of XyloFerm in the CellerateTM process and obtained GRAS status for the XyloFerm yeast strain Quad County Corn Processors, Lallemand Biofuels & Distilled Spirits and […]
In Iowa, DuPont Industrial Biosciences and Quad County Corn Processors announced a new multi-year contract to supply the enzymes that enable QCCP’s Cellerate process in the production of cellulosic biofuel from corn kernel fiber. In 2014, QCCP produced the nation’s first cellulosic ethanol gallons and the world’s first gallons from corn kernel fiber with a […]
In Iowa, the first ever gallons of commercial-scale cellulosic ethanol produced in Iowa flowed from Quad County Corn Processor’s distillation unit this week, according to the Iowa Renewable Fuels Association. This marks the commissioning of the farmer-owned ethanol plant’s Adding Cellulosic Ethanol (ACE) project, a new “bolt-on” process that adds the capability to convert the […]
In Iowa, Quad County Corn Processors has broken ground at its Galva ethanol production facility on an $8.5 million upgrade that will allow it to produce cellulosic ethanol from corn kernel fiber. The upgrade will mean an additional 6% ethanol production from the same amount of corn currently processed to produce 35 million gallons of […]
In Tennessee, Eco-Energy, Inc., a leading bio-fuel supply chain company, announced the execution of an ethanol marketing agreement with Quad County Corn Processors, a 35 million gallon plant located in Galva, Iowa. Eco-Energy markets for 15 ethanol plants across North America and is focused on adding value by vertically integrating the supply chain, from producer […]
In North Carolina, Syngenta has licensed Quad County Corn Processors to supply its ethanol plant with grain from Enogen after a three-month trial period. The grain has been modified with an output trait that allows ethanol production to be more efficient. Syngenta is currently collaborating with the QCCP to recruit growers for Enogen grain.
