Business news and industry announcements from the December issue of Ethanol Producer Magazine, including ADM's pending sale of its Peoria dry mill; Novozymes' new yeast launch; Alto's entrance into hi-pro feed; and SD Corn's new executive director.
The House Ag Committee's Subcommittee on Commodity Exchanges, Energy and Credit on Nov. 16 hosted a hearing on the renewable economy. The event featured testimony on the importance of biofuels, the RFS, year-round E15, and biobased products.
POET, a global leader in the production of bioproducts, South Dakota State University and South Dakota Mines held a groundbreaking ceremony on Nov. 10 for the POET Bioproducts Institute at the Research Park at SDSU.
Enerkem has announced a major breakthrough in converting carbon from forest biomass into SAF using its proprietary thermochemical process. The milestone was achieved at Enerkem's Innovation Centre in Westbury, Quebec.
Officials from Gevo Inc. discussed progress on the development of the company's proposed Net-Zero 1 biorefinery during a Q3 earnings call. The facility will be located in Lake Preston, South Dakota, and produce 45 MMgy of renewable hydrocarbons.
Representatives of Aemetis Inc. discussed progress with the company's biogas, ethanol, cellulosic biofuel and carbon capture and storage (CCS) initiatives during a third quarter earnings call, held Nov. 11.
Alto Ingredients Inc. CEO Mike Kandris discussed the recent sale of the company's Stockton, California, ethanol plant and ongoing work to expand the company's essential ingredients business during a third quarter earnings call, held Nov. 9.
Increasing the production of sustainable aviation fuels (SAF) is one component of the U.S. Aviation Climate Action Plan unveiled on Nov. 9 by U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg at the UN Climate Change Conference.
Praj Industries Ltd. and Indian Oil Corp. Ltd. have inked an MoU to explore opportunities to fast-track India's transition to cleaner and greener sources of energy by exploring avenues such as the production of alcohol-to-jet (ATJ) fuels.
The U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy has announced its intent to issue a second funding opportunity to support the scale-up of biofuel and bioproduct biorefineries.
Green Plains Inc. released third quarter financial results on Nov. 4, calling the three-month period challenging, but noting conditions are improving in Q4. Green Plains also discussed progress with ultra-high protein, clean sugars and CO2 capture.
The U.S. exported 75.84 million gallons of ethanol and 853,751 metric tons of distillers grains in September, according to data released by the USDA FAS on Nov. 4. Exports of both products were down when compared to September 2020.
The USDA recently released its Grain Crushings and Co-Products Production report for October, reporting that corn use for fuel ethanol in August was down from the previous month, but up when compared to August 2020.
Aemetis Inc. has entered into an agreement with engineering and construction firm CTCI America to conduct permitting and engineering work for the Carbon Zero renewable jet/diesel plant to be built in Riverbank, California.
A series of public informational meetings will be held in Iowa starting in late November to inform landowners about a proposed large-scale carbon capture pipeline under development by Navigator Heartland Greenway LLC.
To elaborate on how corn and distillers dried grains with solubles (DDGS) factor into cattle and swine rations in Canada, the U.S. Grains Council partnered with Gowans Feed Consulting to host a webinar series in late September.
ADM is making a leading equity investment in Acies Bio, a Slovenia-based biotechnology company specializing in R&D and manufacturing services for developing and scaling synthetic biology and precision fermentation technologies.
Spray Engineering Devices Ltd., a multidisciplinary engineering company dedicated to sustainable development, is partnering with LanzaTech in a first of a kind bagasse to ethanol project in India.
Federated Co-operatives Ltd. has signed an MOU with Whitecap Resources. Under the planned agreement, CO2 emissions captured from the Co-op Refinery Complex and Co-op Ethanol Complex will be sequestered as part of Whitecap's Wyburn Unit.
Rep. Randy Feenstra, R-Iowa, on Oct. 19 introduced the Biojet Fuel Research Act, which directs the Federal Aviation Administration to establish a working group focused on identifying research and development needs to produce biojet fuel.
Valero Energy Corp. released third quarter financial results on Oct. 21, reporting startup of the Diamond Green Diesel expansion project is underway. Work is also progressing on a CCS project that will benefit the company's ethanol segment.
DOE: SAF from low-carbon ethanol production
By Jim Spaeth, DOE's Bioenergy Technologies Office
October 20, 2021
To assess whether and how the ethanol-to-jet (ETJ) pathway may reach net-zero emission targets, Argonne scientists performed a life-cycle analysis (LCA) of corn to ethanol and then to jet fuel, using the GREET model.
The North Dakota Industrial Commission on Oct. 19 approved the state's first Class VI well for CO2 sequestration. The approval will allow Red Trail Energy LLC to geologically store CO2 produced at its ethanol plant near Richardton, North Dakota.
Alto Ingredients Inc., a leading producer of specialty alcohols and essential ingredients, will install Harvesting Technology, LLC's patented CoPromax protein system at Alto Ingredients' Magic Valley, Idaho facility.
The U.S. Department of Energy on Oct. 15 announced $20 million in funding to four projects working to accelerate the regional deployment of carbon capture, utilization, and storage (CCUS). The projects represent all four corners of the country.
On Oct.12, Poet announced the completion of its first Poet Solar Farm, which will help power the company's corporate headquarters in Sioux Falls and showcase its ability to construct similar projects for others.
Navigator CO2 Ventures has obtained the necessary board approvals to proceed with its proposed carbon capture pipeline system, the Heartland Greenway. Permitting activities are underway with commissioning scheduled to begin in late 2024.
The Food and Drug Administration on Oct. 13 announce the withdrawal of three guidance documents that created temporary policies related to the production of alcohol-based hand sanitizer during the COVID-19 pandemic, effective Dec. 31, 2021.
Early in the pandemic, U.S. exports of ethanol and DDGS declined. While exports haven't quite reached pre-pandemic levels, they're back up, and growing demand for low-carbon fuel and protein should support increased use of both products worldwide.
On Oct. 7, U.S. EPA Administrator Michael S. Regan announced the appointment of Rod Snyder to become EPA's Agriculture Advisor. Snyder will lead outreach and engagement efforts with the agricultural community for EPA.
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