ETHANOL BUSINESS

The Republican Eagle: Ethanol fuel production discussions baffled Dale Tolifson during early meetings of Chippewa Valley Ethanol Co. more than a decade ago. “We could have just as well have been talking in German,” the corn grower recalled. “I didn’t understand what they were talking about.” It... More

CTV.ca: An environmental group has launched a new lawsuit against the federal government for failing to implement the Kyoto protocol, which could force a judicial review of Canada’s commitment to the plan. The group, Friends of the Earth, alleges that Environment Minister John Baird has broken... More

United Press International: U.S. congressional negotiators reportedly are nearing agreement on an energy bill that would boost vehicle efficiency standards and increase biofuel use. The auto industry and its advocate, House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman John D. Dingell, D-Mich., accepted achieving... More

Reuters: Gulf Ethanol Corporation announced today an AuburnUniversity study confirming the benefits of its ethanol feedstockprocessing technology. Gulf Ethanol has acquired the exclusive rightto a revolutionary new technology, developed by Meridian Biorefining,Inc., that creates a fungible cellulose... More

Xinhua: The United Nations Development Program (UNDP) on Tuesday suggested the removal of tariffs charged by developed countries on the Brazilian ethanol in a bid to reduce the world’s climate change effects. “The trade barriers and subsidies are, at the same time, elevating the costs with... More

Wall Street Journal: Little over a year ago, ethanol was winning the hearts and wallets of both Main Street and Wall Street, with promises of greater U.S. energy independence, fewer greenhouse gases and help for the farm economy. Today, the corn-based biofuel is under siege. In the span of one growing... More

Economic Times: The country’s cash-strapped oil marketing companies (OMC) could save a cool Rs 16 on every litre of petrol they replace with ethanol. This adds up to Rs 1,000 crore if just 5% petrol is replaced with ethanol. What’s more, the number could become bigger once local petrol prices are... More

Houston Chronicle: Environmental regulators on Tuesday set a new renewable fuels standard of nearly 4.7 percent for next year to meet a federal mandate that at least 5.4 billion gallons of ethanol be blended into transportation gasoline in 2008. The standard for 2007 was slightly more than 4 percent,... More

******* Does the federal government subsidize the production of ethanol?” You bet it does. The federal government provides a 51 cent subsidy for every gallon of ethanol that is produced in this country. The critics say, “See, it’s obvious that ethanol does not make economic sense because it needs... More

Business Wire: As oil prices rise and the debate over ethanol intensifies, trees are emerging as a better source for alternative fuel than corn, an expert in the forest products industry said Wednesday. “The future of ethanol resides in the organic feedstock used to produce the fuel, and Southern... More

Biopact: The Brazilian government’s ‘Environmental Protocol for the Sugar-Ethanol Sector’ has so far received [* in Portuguese] the signatures of 125 plants in São Paulo state, the country’s main sugarcane region. The protocol is aimed at phasing out the practise of burning... More

Domestic Fuel: The Midwest is getting three new ethanol production plants. Washington Group International has received $150 million worth of cost-reimbursable contracts from E85 Inc. for the construction of E85’s first three ethanol plants in the Midwest region. Washington Group will provide procurement,... More