In Iowa, the Sierra Club and Worldwatch published Destination Iowa, which found that a 50 Mgy corn ethanol plant creates 133 direct and indirect jobs. The Des Moines Register reported that local communities who backed ethanol plant construction had predicted that up to 1,000 jobs per plant would be created.
The report recommended increased attention to supporting second-generation biofuels to spur greater job creations, with policies such as: incentives to energy plants using biomass; use of grasses rather than corn stalks for cellulosic ethanol; lower subsidies for corn ethanol; increased quotas for use of renewable energy by utilities, and restrictions on construction of new coal-burning power plants and the purchase of power from coal-fired plants.
In South Dakota, KL Energy announced that it has been able to increase its overall glucose recovery rate by 56% per dry ton of wood while simultaneously reducing its enzyme rate by 22%. Testing for gl...
The Iowa Renewable Fuels Association report that E10 usage in Iowa is up to 74 percent in 2007, over 69 percent in 2006, while noting that Minnesota and Missouri have reached 100 percent usage of E10....
An industry researcher speaking at the International Corn Industry Conference in Dalian, China, projected US ethanol production capacity will increase from 6.7 billion gallons today to 20.43 billion g...
Even in Iowa, E85 is tough to find, and the general manager of the East Central Iowa Cooperative said "I don't think flex-fuel even passes through someone's head when they are buying a vehicle around ...
In Iowa, Xethanol has shelved plans for a 35 Mgy corn ethanol plant in Blairstown, citing high commodity prices and disarray in the financial markets. Xethanol originally broke ground on the plant in ...
Stocks were expected to open lower as investors awaited a report on service sector growth. Major stock indices were trading down 0.1% this morning in the stock futures market.
In biofuels, investor...
Raya Widenoja | Oct 10, 2007 | Reply
The figure of 133 direct and indirect jobs referenced in the report refers to research published in 2006 by Professor Dave Swenson of Iowa State University. See: Dave Swenson, “Input-Outrageous: The Economic Impacts of Modern Biofuels Production†(Ames, IA: Iowa State University, 2006).