All Entries Tagged With: "ethanol"
UNICA says sugarcane ethanol “is a better alternative fuel for the environment than electricity.”
In Brazil, the LA Times is reporting on the Brazilian sugar and ethanol’s continuing push to open up US markets for its ethanol. According to the report, the sugar and ethanol trade association UNICA is suggesting that sugarcane ethanol “is a better alternative fuel for the environment than electricity.” The article also reports on the [...]
BP outlines 3-pronged biofuels strategy, says biobutanol plant will open at commercial scale in 2013
In the UK, BP outlined a three-pronged strategy for biofuels: “growing a material sugarcane ethanol business in Brazil, building a cellulosic biofuel business in the U.S. and developing advanced molecules like biobutanol,” according to BP spokeswoman Thea Sherer.
A report in Ethanol Producer confirmed that the Vericipia plant — a joint venture between BP and Verenium, [...]
Greenfield signs MOU for offtake from Chernobyl biofuels project
In Belarus, Greenfield Project Management announced an offtake MOU with Litasco for ethanol produced in Phase I of Greenfield’s bioenergy complex at Mozyr. The companies said they are working on finalizing a pricing formula before signing the definitive offtake agreement.
The Greenfield complex in Belarus will initially produce 50 Mgy of ethanol, rising to 150 Mgy [...]
Iowa’s ethanol love affair with ethanol fades? State trails national average in E10 usage
In Iowa, figures from the Iowa Department of Revenue show that Iowans are choosing E10 gasoline blends 71 percent of the time, compared to 80 percent nationally.
Monte Shaw of the Iowa Renewable Fuels Association said “While the rest of the country has steadily increased ethanol use since 2006, Iowa has at best held even and [...]
The song remains the same: Bioenergy producers plea for US help on finance; feedstock stability a key; solutions in the student loan response?
In Washington, USDA Agriculture Undersecretary Dallas Tonsager said in congressional testimony that the credit crunch for advanced biofuels developers has much to do with lender disaffection with first-generation ethanol following the VeraSun bankruptcy, and the upside down economics of the 2008-09 feedstock and fuel markets. He also said that, while two more USDA loan guarantees [...]
Cargill picks up unfinished 110 Mgy Altra ethanol plant in Nebraska in auction
In Nebraska, Cargill won the auction for the assets of the as-yet uncompleted 110 Mgy Altra Nebraska ethanol facility in Carleton.
According to a Cargill statement, construction on the Altra facility began in 2006 and was approximately half complete in November 2007 when work stopped after its owners were unable to secure additional financing. Cargill will [...]
Ethanol crush spread strengthens after corn falls, ethanol flat, oil rising
In Illinois, corn retreated from last week’s high prices, while oilis rising and ethanol was flat — another strong wee for the ethanol “crush spread” between the price of corn and ethanol.
For the week, the December corn contract finished at $3.66, down $0.31 for the week, while ethanol was at $1.935, down $0.02 for the [...]
Bunge to build up Itaqui as alternative Brazilian ethanol port
In Brazil, Vale and Bunge have announced a partnership to transport 26 Mgy of Bunge ethanol in 2010 via Vale rail to the Itaqui port in Maranhao state. The port will be an alternative to the more southerly ports of Santos and Paranagua.
Bunge is expected to ship up to 79 Mgy through Itaqui by 2012.
Abengoa to complete three new ethanol plants in Netherlands, US in Q1 2010, expands global capacity to 687 Mgy
In Spain, Abengoa Bioenergy said that its three new ethanol plants will become operational in Illinois, Indiana and the Netherlands in the first quarter of 2010. The Rotterdam-based plant will have a capacity of 126 Mgy, while the two US-based plants will have 100 Mgy in capacity.
Overall, Abengoa’s capacity will increase to 687 Mgy, and [...]
PetroVietnam orders ethanol equipment, engineering solutions from Alfa Laval for cassava ethanol plants
In Sweden, Alfa Laval announced that it had received a repeat order from PetroVietnam for $14 million in equipment and engineering solutions for a PetroVietnam ethanol plant in northern Vietnam using cassava as feedstock.
Alfa Laval’s heat exchangers will be used in a starch-based fermentation, distillation and dehydration process of the ethanol plant. Delivery is [...]
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