In Idaho, the Idaho Ethanol Processing plant reopened in Caldwell. The plant, which closed in 2004, makes 1.5 Mgy of ethanol, and will be expanded by new owners Westway Holdings to produce 15 Mgy.
The reopening comes as six plants in the US and Australia have been idled by low ethanol prices, biodiesel plants in Asia were idled by high palm oil prices, and biodiesel plants in Europe were idled by dumping practices by US exporters.
Last week in Idaho, Biorefinery Partners advanced to a second round with the Department of Energy loan guarantee program for cellulosic ethanol production. The Shelley, Idaho plant would produce 18 Mgy of ethanol from straw from barley, rice, wheat, corn stover, and switchgrass.
In Iowa, East Fork Biodiesel has opened its 60 Mgy soy-based biodiesel plant in Algona. The plant will be Iowa's largest and bring the state's biodiesel capacity to 250 Mgy.
In October, the Freedom...
In Canada, the city of Collingwood has filed suit to shut down ethanol production at Collingwood Ethanol, over a smell described as "ranging from burned toast to vomit". City officials say that the et...
In Oklahoma, Green Country Biodiesel in Chelsea filed for liquidation after Cargill cut off soybean oil deliveries after the company fell behind on payments.
In the past month, at least five other ...
In Illinois, the CEO of the National Biodiesel Board told Reuters that there would be a "cooling off peiod" in biodiesel capacity development following a period of "irrational exhuberance". Joe Jobe s...
In Iowa, the Freedom Fuels biodiesel plant in Mason City has shut down production due to the high cost of soybean oil. The plant has a capacity of 30 Mgy of biodiesel, and hopes to resume production i...
Goldman Sachs predicted that, in 2008, soybean prices will reach $14.50 per bushel and corn will increase to $5.30 per bushel by December 2008, and recommended that its clients buy corn and sell wheat...
