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Fun fact: How many of my readers are aware that my 2 year old was born at home, with her daddy, a midwife and a doula there supporting me? And, yes, to answer the question I get asked when I say I had a home birth, it was on purpose.
The Sunoco Fulton Ethanol manufacturing facility in Volney, New York, has received a Central New York Regional Economic Development Grant in the amount of $700,000 to help fund a new $9.1 million barley malting facility.
On Dec. 18, President Obama signed a $1.1 trillion spending bill and accompanying legislative package of tax extenders into law. The legislation includes two-year extensions of several tax credits that benefit the bioenergy sector.
The U.K. Department of Energy and Climate Change has released renewable energy statistics for the second quarter of 2015, reporting ethanol accounted for 57 percent of biofuel consumption during the three-month period.
Members of the global coarse grains, ethanol and coproducts markets will gather under one roof in October at the Export Exchange 2016 in Detroit, Michigan. The event is cosponsored by the U.S. Grains Council and the Renewable Fuels Association.
Oak Ridge National Laboratory published an article in Scientific Reports on its new method to directly convert biomass-derived ethanol to a hydrocarbon blendstock and is continuing work with Vertimass LLC to commercialize it.
Members of Congress have passed a $1.1 trillion spending bill and accompanying legislative package of tax extenders that includes two-year extensions of tax credits that benefit biofuels and bioenergy. President Obama is expected to sign the bill.
Use your head, not your heart, when making decisions in the coming year, writes Donna Funk. This column appears in the January issue of EPM.
The U.S. Grains Council's ethanol export promotion program has seen an early success with a U.S. exporter confirming sales of 10 million gallons of U.S. ethanol to Peru, valued at more than $15 million, following a trade team's visit.
Gevo Inc. announced an update on the certification process for to its alcohol-to-jet product. A meeting of the ASTM D02.J6 subcommittee was held on Dec. 9 to discuss the revision of ASTM D7566 to include alcohol-to-jet synthetic paraffinic kerosene.
For the second time in history, the U.S. ethanol industry's daily average production has reached 1 million barrels per day. Ethanol production averaged 1 million barrels per day the week ending Dec. 11, nearly meeting the record set in November.
Pacific Ethanol Inc. announced it is now producing cellulosic ethanol at its Stockton, California, facility using Edeniq Inc.'s pathway technology, which converts corn kernel fiber to fermentable sugars.
CARB readopts standards, and sets time lines and treatment for legacy pathways. This contribution appears in the January issue of EPM.
Optimism about the ethanol industry's future is high, despite challenges. This article appears in the January issue of EPM with the headline, "Moving into 2016."
Joule and HeidelbergCement have announced a partnership to explore application of Joule's technology to mitigate carbon emissions in cement manufacturing. The partnership could result colocation of Joule's technology at HeidelbergCement sites.
Chempolis Ltd. has entered into partnership with Avantha Group's research wing Avantha Centre for Industrial Research & Development to offer technology to India to extract ethanol from various agricultural residues.
Federal lawmakers have released the text of a $1.1 trillion spending bill that will fund the U.S. government through October 2016. An accompanying legislative package of tax extenders aims to extend certain bioenergy tax incentives for two years.
Long-time political commentators Mike Murphy and Paul Begala have been scheduled to speak at the 2016 National Ethanol Conference. They will engage in a point-counterpoint luncheon discussion about the 2016 election.
In mid-December, Kum & Go and Growth Energy are partnering to bring E15 to the residents of Greater Little Rock, Arkansas. During two promotions, customers can fuel up with E15 for only $1.15 per gallon, as well as learn more about the fuel blend.
The Federal Trade Commission has issued its 2015 Report on Ethanol Market Concentration. As in prior years, the report concludes that any unilateral or coordinated attempt to exercise market power in the U.S. ethanol industry is highly unlikely.
The National Renewable Energy Laboratory has released its 2014 Data Book, showcasing increased use of renewable energy. According to the report, renewables accounted for approximately 11.1 percent of U.S. energy production in 2014.
UNICA, Brazil's sugarcane industry association, has announced rains slowed the pace of the sugarcane crush during the second half of November. The association also reported reduced demand for hydrous ethanol.
DuPont and The Dow Chemical Co. have announced plans to combine in an all-stock merger of equals into DowDuPont. The parties intend to subsequently pursue a separation of DowDuPont into three independent, publicly traded companies.
Two U.S. Grains Council members recently traveled to Saudi Arabia to participate in consultations with sophisticated grain buyers and USGC's local consultant, demonstrating the value of distillers dried grains with solubles (DDGS).
Laurel BioComposite LLC has earned the USDA Certified Biobased Product Label for its Bio-Res PLA with 97 percent biobased content; Bio-Res PE with 62 percent biobased content and Bio-Res powder with 100 percent biobased content.
The USDA has announced a conditional commitment for a $70 million loan guarantee to help build a 20 MMgy cellulosic biorefinery under development by an affiliate of Ensyn Corp. in Georgia. The facility will produce a renewable fuel oil product.
On Dec. 10, Marquis Energy celebrated reaching the milestone of 1 billion gallons of ethanol production. The total facility capacity is expected to be over 300 million gallons per year when the south unit comes online in the coming weeks.
The Finnish Market Court has ruled in an infringement suit filed by Neste against UPM. According to the court's decision, the process used at the UPM Lappeenranta Biorefinery is not within the scope of Neste's patent (FI 100248).
The USDA's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service has announced a genetically engineered corn developed by Monsanto for increased ear biomass is no longer considered a regulated article under certain APHIS regulations.
The makers of beer, wine, biofuels and other products that depend on yeasts may soon have many more strains of the microorganism to work with, thanks to a new method for making interspecies yeast hybrids in the lab.
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