In Georgia, LanzaJet, Inc., has fully operated and produced fuels at its LanzaJet Freedom Pines Fuels facility in Soperton, Georgia– marking both the world’s first production at a commercial-scale plant of jet fuel using ethanol as a feedstock, and the first renewable solution, compatible with today’s aircraft, that does not rely on lipids or oils. […]
In Nebraska, ADM has marked the start of operations for a new carbon capture and storage project at its Columbus, Nebraska Corn Processing Complex, making the complex the largest bioethanol carbon capture facility in the world. The project leverages Tallgrass’s Trailblazer pipeline to transport captured carbon dioxide (CO2) from ADM’s ethanol plant in Columbus to […]
In Washington, a newly updated ethanol education program for high schoolers, presented by the Renewable Fuels Foundation, is now available for teachers and others, to help students in grades 9–12 learn about ethanol and understand the value of the lower-cost, American-made renewable fuel. In the course of four stops on a GPS-style map, students learn what […]
In Washington, Brownsfield Ag News reports ethanol production broke a new record last week at an average of 1.123 million barrels, up 32,000 bpd over the week prior. The corn harvest is wrapping up in key areas, making feedstock readily available for distillers. Even with favorable supply conditions, the crush margin eroded slightly but has […]
In Romania, Economica reports Corden BioChem bought this year the decommissioned Clariant bioethanol factory in Podari, Dolj County. Now the company could resume production of bioethanol, after the Competition Council authorized the takeover by the industrial giant of the firm that supplies the steam and electricity plant. The Competition Council has authorized the transaction through […]
In Colorado, Gevo, Inc. has completed the sale transaction of Agri-Energy, LLC (“Agri”), a wholly owned subsidiary of Gevo, to A.E. Innovation, LLC. The transaction includes Agri’s 18-million-gallon-per-year ethanol-production facility and a portion of the adjacent land, located in Luverne, Minnesota. For Gevo, this is a divestiture of a non-core asset that provided $2 million […]
In India, K2 Ethanol has awarded ANDRITZ a contract to build integrated ethanol and animal-feed production plants in India. The project will include the country’s first ethanol plant powered by agro-residue, supporting India’s renewable energy goals and the sustainable use of agricultural residues. The greenfield project covers an ethanol distillery with a capacity of 150,000 […]
In Germany, scientists wondered how do you turn toxic waste into fuel? Ask the microbe. A team of scientists from the Max Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology, together with a colleague from the Max Planck Institute of Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics, experimentally demonstrates the molecular tricks used by the gas-converting microbe Clostridium autoethanogenum to […]
In Egypt, the Egypt Independent newspaper reports the Prime Minister inaugurated the $4 million “Kemet for Integrated Industries” ethanol plant in Sokhna Industrial Zone of the Suez Canal Economic Zone last Sunday. The facility will use sugarcane and beet molasses feedstock to produce 2 million liters of ethanol per year. The ethanol, which will be […]
In Brazil, National Bank for Economic and Social Development (BNDES) approved financing of R$ 300 million to expand the corn plant of Neomille S.A. in Chapadão do Céu (GO). The supported investments will allow the unit to increase its capacity of ethanol production of corn to up to 527,000 m3 per crop, of DDGS (dry […]
