Ethanol & Biofuels Featured Stories

5/16/2012 - While its foundation is in the petrochemical industry, UOP has, with precision, successfully established itself as a leading process technology provider for the advanced biofuels industry. The company provides novel process technology offerings such as its trademarked Ecofining technology, which can cost-effectively and efficiently process a number of virgin and waste oil residues into a clean, drop-in renewable diesel.

5/9/2012 - American farmers may have grown too much corn this year, leading commodities traders to predict further devaluation of ethanol prices for the second half of 2012 – and maybe beyond. How low can prices go?

5/2/2012 - One big U.S. agricultural company that has burrowed deeply into the ethanol market seems to have gotten a short-term financial boost from the federal government's E-15 approval as a registered fuel.

4/25/2012 - Brazil is curbing its U.S. ethanol imports fairly significantly, at least on a seasonal basis, which marks a change from previous years. While U.S. exporters may absorb a short-term hit, theyshould gain ground again as demand rises beyond what Brazilian biofuels producers can generate for consumers.

4/18/2012 - Kinder Morgan has plans to use its New Jersey pipeline to move biofuels to shipping docks for transport to foreign countries – where demand for cheap natural gas is skyrocketing.

4/11/2012 - A look at how some biofuel sectors may benefit from the April 2 EPA ruling that allows 15% renewable fuel (specifically ethanol) to be blended into gasoline.

4/4/2012 - One giant air transport manufacturer has seen the future of aviation fuel and is starting to make sure it leaves its own imprint on the airline market.

3/28/2012 - Investors are taking a second look at ethanol amid a market environment where production is climbing – with production levels rising significantly in 2011. What does it mean for ethanol and biodiesel companies and the investors who fund them?

3/21/2012 - Colorado-based advanced biofuels company Gevo is experiencing a big upward swing in its stock price, which has advanced 12% in March trading alone.

3/21/2012 - Beginning with this edition of Ethanol & Biofuels News you’ll notice a few updates to the newsletter to continue to provide you with unique and timely news, analysis and pricing data.

3/14/2012 - Carbon emissions are a reality that industry around the world must address. Governments at the federal, state/provincial and local levels are stepping in to help mandate those emissions down to pre-established targets, with several programs set to enter effect this year and next.

3/7/2012 - Carbon emissions are a reality that industry around the world must address. Governments are at the federal, state/provincial and local levels are stepping in to help mandate those emissions down to pre-established targets, with several programs set to enter effect this year and next.

2/29/2012 - Among the many feedstocks now under development in the biofuels space, seaweed is now receiving tremendous praise for its promise as a commercially viable biofuel feedstock as a result of work now being done at Bio Architecture Lab.

2/22/2012 - Frederick L. Potter, noted clean-fuels advocate and Hart Energy executive, died February 18 at his home in Virginia following a two-year battle with colon cancer. He was 54. Potter was Hart Energy’s executive vice president and a member of the company’s board of directors.

2/8/2012 - Biodiesel is booming, according to industry leaders who gathered in Orlando for the National Biodiesel Board’s (NBB) annual National Biodiesel Conference and Expo, February 5-8.

2/8/2012 - Ethanol & Biofuels News will not be published on February 15 as it is a scheduled skip week. The next issue of Ethanol & Biofuels News will be published on February 22.

2/1/2012 - The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) on January 27 published its “Notice of Data Availability Concerning Renewable Fuels Produced From Palm Oil Under the RFS Program,” which provides an opportunity for the industry to comment on the EPA’s analyses of palm oil used as a feedstock for biodiesel and renewable diesel under the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS).

1/25/2012 - During last night’s annual State of the Union Address, U.S. President Barack Obama focused in on rebuilding America’s economy, “an economy built on American manufacturing, American energy, skills for American workers, and a renewal of American values,” he said.

1/18/2012 - Representatives from Boeing, Honeywell’s UOP and United Airlines joined with U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack for a roundtable discussion on January 16 at Boeing’s Chicago corporate offices on the role of American-produced biojet fuels in civilian and military aviation use.