In Brazil, Globo Rural reported that Brazil has reached the mark of 22 plants producing cereal ethanol, according to a survey by the National Corn Ethanol Union (Unem). The number was reached this week with the start of operations at a Neomille unit, in Maracaju, controlled by local firm Cerradinho Bioenergia. Currently, corn and cereal […]
In Maryland. Power Magazine reported that state-run media in China reported that a facility there has begun testing production of ethanol through the use of coal, rather than using crops such as corn or sugar cane to make the fuel. The plant in southeastern China, with an annual production capacity of 600,000 metric tons, is […]
In Argentina, TN reported that a report by the Rosario Grain Exchange stated that the production of ethanol production was expected to decline by 1% year-on-year in 2023 after three consecutive years of growth. Last year, this industry reached a record production of 1.16 million cubic meters. “This fall is far from being catastrophic, with […]
In China, Xinhua reported that ethanol production equipment with an annual output of 600,000 tons went into trial last week in Huaibei City, in east China’s Anhui Province. The equipment can convert coke oven gas into ethanol, according to the report. The equipment was jointly developed by the Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics (DICP) under […]
In China, Xinhua news agency reports that the world’s largest ethanol production facility, producing 600,000 metric tons of ethanol annually, is currently being trialed in Huaibei City, east China’s Anhui Province. The facility uses coke oven gas as feedstock using technology developed by the Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics (DICP) under the Chinese Academy of […]
In Washington, as 2023 draws to a close and we prepare to flip the calendar forward to 2024, RFA President and CEO Geoff Cooper sat down with “The Ethanol Report” podcaster Cindy Zimmerman to discuss the renewable fuels industry’s many accomplishments over the past year. In short, 2023 was a fantastic year for the industry, […]
In South Dakota, InForum reports that Ringneck Energy has come back online following an explosion in July. Ethanol production began again back in November, later than expected due to weather delays, which caused additional challenges. Farmers were forced to find additional storage for their corn while the plant was offline as corn bins were already […]
In Nebraska, the Lincoln Star newspaper reports that about 10% of the contaminated solid waste trapped under cement at the shuttered AltEn ethanol plant, more than 10,000 tons, has been successfully removed and taken to a local landfill. The environmental services company contracted to remove 24,000 tons of waste has run into challenges with securing […]
In North Dakota, Ethanol Producer Magazine reported that CoBank’s Knowledge Exchange released a report that predicts that both ethanol producers and soybean crushers will benefit from rising demand for biofuels in 2024. “The biofuel sector at large carries the momentum of historically large profit margins into the new year,” CoBank wrote in the report. With […]
In India, the Hindu Business Line newspaper reports the government may allow 280,000 liters of ethanol to be produced from sugarcane juice after banning its production earlier this month as it attempts to balance sugar production in light of a smaller cane crop. Already, about 150,000 liters has likely been produced before the Dec. 7 […]
