Ethanol Production Articles & Analysis

Brazilian media have reported that by 2012, investment in the ethanol production in Brazil will touch nearly 36 Billion reais, (US$ 18.80 Billion) as new plants will be constructed in the country together with the expansion of existing ones, as published by Macauhub. Presently, Brazil has over 300 ethanol and sugar plants and to construct new facilities, the demand for sugarcane plantation area ...

By RNCOS

Following recent calls for the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to waive the current volume goals of the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS), Growth Energy and the Renewable Fuels Association (RFA) will be holding a joint press conference to discuss the current drought, ethanol production and the unnecessary calls to waive the RFS. Additionally, RFA and Growth Energy will discuss the built in ...

By Growth Energy

The ProSonix OptiShear Jet Cooker is the Next Generation in Jet Cooker design for starch cooking applications. Typical application include Wet Milling processes, Ethanol production, Sweetner & Alcohol production, and Industrial starch processing such as Wet End & Coating for Paper Mills.The OptiShear's ungique Jet Cooker design assures proper alignment of the internal steam injector to ...

By ProSonix LLC

Synenergy Limited, LLC, a global green solutions provider, today announced their distributorship with Allard Energy, Inc. (formerly, Allard Research and Development LLC), a leading innovator for small to medium scale ethanol production. Allard Energy will provide research, development, and manufacturing services to support Synenergy's ongoing distribution of ethanol production refineries and ...

By CSRwire - Corporate Social Responsibility Newswire

Updated analysis conducted by economists at Iowa State University and the University of Wisconsin shows that the domestic ethanol industry has become an integral part of the U.S. transportation fuels sector. Ethanol production has reduced wholesale gas prices by 25 cents per gallon on average over the past decade, the paper's authors concluded. Previous analysis showed a 14-cent-reduction in gas ...

By BBI International

Extending the tax incentives for ethanol, regardless of feedstock, would save 112,000 jobs from being lost. That is nearly 30% of the 400,000 jobs ethanol production helps support today. Failure to extend the Volumetric Ethanol Excise Tax Credit (VEETC) would reduce U.S. ethanol production capacity by 38% and eliminate tens of thousands of jobs in rural communities already hemorrhaging employment ...

By Renewable Fuels Association (RFA)

Anguil Environmental Systems Inc., a Milwaukee based air pollution control supplier has been awarded a multi-million dollar contract to assist an ethanol plant in meeting Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) regulatory requirements. A 42 million gallon expansion at the ethanol production plant in Nebraska was certain to put the dry mill out of emission compliance for Hazardous Air Pollutants ...

By Anguil Environmental Systems, Inc.

Kemin Biofuels hires Chemical Engineer Jim Kacmar Ph.D. as a Senior Field Technical Sales Manager as a part of its commercial team. Jim will focus on the company’s growing portfolio of enzymes and fermentation aids with emphasis on cellulosic ethanol production. “We are very excited to announce that Jim has joined our team. His broad industry experience coupled with rigorous ...

By Iowa Renewable Fuels Association (IRFA)

On May 23, 2016, USDA announced that a team of U.S. ethanol industry leaders would travel to Mexico with Acting Deputy Secretary of Agriculture Michael Scuse to explore opportunities to expand the United States' and Mexico's renewable energy industries. The trip occurred on May 24-25, 2016, with mission participants sharing their experiences with ethanol production and developing renewable fuel ...

By Bergeson & Campbell, P.C.

Ethanol if obtained through cellulose, a material found in cornstalks, trees, and grass that doesn’t carry any agricultural value, can help reduce corn’s demand and also curb the appetite of US for more and more foreign crude oil. Ethanol, produced from the cellulose of plants, has chemical properties that are same as in Ethanol obtained through sugar cane or corn. However, Ethanol can be ...

By RNCOS

BP and Verenium Corporation (Nasdaq: VRNM), have announced the creation of a strategic partnership to accelerate the development and commercialization of cellulosic ethanol. The partnership combines a broad technology platform and operational capabilities in an effort to advance the development of a portfolio of low-cost, environmentally-sound cellulosic ethanol production facilities in the ...

By BP - British Petroleum

Those lonely cornstalks—called corn stover—left behind in the fields after the grain harvest is complete could someday become valuable raw material for the production of cellulosic ethanol. In the meantime, Agricultural Research Service (ARS) soil scientist Doug Karlen is determining which portion of the plant would work best for cellulosic ethanol production. He's also studying the amount of ...

By The Agricultural Research Service (ARS) - USDA

World Bioenergy is truly a global event. There are confirmed speakers from 32 countries from all continents, and a couple more may be added in the coming days. An example of the many speakers from outside Europe is Abbas Almodares from University of Isfahan in Iran. He will speak about bioethanol production from dried sweet sorghum stalks. Professor Almodares is an expert on sorghum, a plant ...

By Elmia AB

This week, President Obama will deliver his first State of the Union Address that will focus in large measure on job creation. The President will rightly target new public and private investments in clean energy and green jobs. As a longtime supporter of American biofuels such as ethanol, he knows that these investments reap rich returns in employment opportunities, economic growth, energy ...

By Renewable Fuels Association (RFA)

The Global Renewable Fuels Alliance (GRFA) today released its 2010 production forecast for ethanol and the future continues to look positive for growth in the industry. Total ethanol production for 2009 was 73.9 billion litres (19.5 billion gallons) according to data assembled by F.O. Licht. The GRFA predicts global production will reach 85.9 billion litres (22.7 billion gallons) in 2010 growing ...

By Renewable Fuels Association (RFA)

September 20, 2007. Bio-fuels and oil sands are doing big business in North America—they’re seen as a way to escape a dependent relationship with foreign imports of oil. But these industries demand more water than we have to spare.  Ethanol, a growing industry in areas like the U.S. Midwest, uses massive amounts of water in the fermentation and cooling stages of production. According to the ...

By Actual Media

Education is a critical aspect of all successful innovations and fundamental to efforts to change the way things have always been done. Our nation’s current energy crisis is no exception. That is why the Renewable Fuels Association (RFA) and the Renewable Fuels Foundation (RFF) are partnering with teachers and the National FFA Organization to provide tens of thousands of high school students ...

By Renewable Fuels Association (RFA)

IGPC Ethanol Inc.’s fuel ethanol facility in Aylmer, ON has now produced over one billion litres of ethanol, a substantial milestone in IGPC’s history. For over six years of operation, IGPC Ethanol Inc. has been a significant contributor to Canada’s domestic supply of ethanol, producing in excess of 170 million litres of corn-based ethanol per year. “The success of this ...

By Renewable Industries Canada

WASHINGTON, DC, October 10, 2007 (ENS) - If U.S. ethanol production continues to rise, the effect on water quality could be considerable and water supply problems could develop, says a new report today from the National Academy of Sciences' National Research Council. Increased pressure on local aquifers used to grow and refine corn into ethanol, high levels of nitrogen in groundwater from ...

By Environment News Service (ENS)

Iowa Governor Kim Reynolds, who has been on the front lines of the fight against refinery exemptions to the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) while working diligently on a state level to grow biofuels use in Iowa, will address the 2020 Iowa Renewable Fuels Summit this January. “With the RFS under constant attack, Governor Kim Reynolds has been relentless in her efforts to restore integrity to ...

By Iowa Renewable Fuels Association (IRFA)