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Tuesday, November 6th, 2007
Grainnet:
Myth: With cash corn prices hovering near $3.60 a bushel and the price of ethanol down to $1.70 a gallon, financial institutions are shying away from financing new ethanol plants.
Fact: John May, Vice President of Stern Brothers and Co., St. Louis, a financial services company which acts as financial advisor to producers and developers […]
Crist Aims To Boost Ethanol Trade With Brazil With 6-Day Trip
Monday, October 29th, 2007Vero Beach Press-Journal:
When Gov. Charlie Crist leads a Florida business mission to Brazil this week, he’ll find South America’s largest nation enjoying its best moment in years, perhaps in decades. Brazil’s economy is humming, its democracy is strengthening and its ethanol industry is a model for alternative energy.
Nearly 200 business and government leaders, including dozens […]
U.S. Ethanol Industry Expands And Creates Export Potential For Distillers’ Dried Grains
Friday, October 26th, 2007Grainnet:
Scott Richman, senior vice president of Informa Economics discussed the U.S. ethanol and distillers’ dried grains (DDG) situation and outlook with nearly 600 participants from 17 different countries at the first-ever International Distillers Grains Conference in Schaumburg, IL, sponsored by the U.S. Grains Council in partnership with BBI International.
Richman said 2007 has been an interesting […]
Bright Future For JB Ethanol, Says Levy
Wednesday, October 17th, 2007Jamaica Observer:
Jamaica Broilers Chairman Robert Levy has shaken off the hiccups of prevailing depressed ethanol prices in the US and questionable trading in shares, painting a rosy picture for the future of his JB Ethanol venture.
Ethanol prices are falling as manufacturers in the US Midwest corn belt were forced to drop their prices in order […]
Biorefining Signs Licensing Deal
Friday, October 5th, 2007Washington Business Journal:
Biorefining Inc., a firm that has developed technology to tackle the food-vs.-fuel dilemma facing the ethanol industry, has inked its first licensing deal, forming a joint venture with a North Dakota engineering and construction firm.
The Golden Valley company has developed a “biomilling” process that allows ethanol producers to separate the portions of corn […]
Hydrogen-Powered Chevy, Saturn Hybrid To ECOFEST
Monday, September 24th, 2007WebWire:
Chevrolet Unveils First of Fuel-Cell SUVs that will be Tested by Real Drivers in New York this Winter, Saturn Shows Manhattan its Award-Winning Aura
Visitors to Manhattan’s ECOFEST 2007 will witness the first of a fleet of fuel-cell Chevrolet SUVs that will soon be driving across metropolitan New York, fueled by hydrogen and emitting nothing more […]
Ethanol A ‘Major Boondoggle’ - It’s All About Politics And Big Money
Thursday, September 13th, 2007Whec.com:
Dale and Rob Root are fifth generation farmers in Orleans County who make no attempt to stifle their optimism over the soon-to-open ethanol fuel plant in Shelby.
“It’s the best thing for farmers since the invention of the Model-T Ford,” said Dale Root, president of the Orleans County Farm Bureau. “We need this.”
Rob Root says he […]
Sweden, Brazil Sign Biofuels Deal During Lula Visit
Wednesday, September 12th, 2007Servihoo:
Sweden agreed Tuesday to abolish a tax on ethanol, which it currently purchases from Brazil, under a biofuels accord signed here during a visit of Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, officials said.
“We have signed an agreement regarding science and cooperation concerning bioenergy,” Swedish Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt told a press conference.
“We intend to […]
Ethanol Entrepreneurs Making Their Moves
Monday, September 10th, 2007The Associated Press:
The newspaper publisher, the watermelon farmer, the metal fabricator and the housewife gathered about a year ago and decided to take the plunge into the business of biofuels.
Yes, the nearest ethanol pump to their central Georgia town of Dublin was 45 miles away. And yes, they didn’t know much about the ethanol industry. […]
Brazil’s Ethanol Market Report – The Flexi-Fuel
Monday, September 3rd, 2007Business Wire:
Research and Markets has announced the addition of Brazil’s Ethanol Market to their offering.
For over three decades, Brazil has been a global leader in the production and use of sugarcane-based ethanol or ethyl alcohol, a fuel additive that reduces the country’s petroleum consumption. Two years after the first global energy crisis in 1973, the […]
Methanol Opportunities Highlighted At Forum
Thursday, August 30th, 2007Brunei Direct:
The Brunei Economic Development Board (BEDB) conducted a roundtable forum on the uses of methanol and how it can help develop local businesses, especially small and medium-sized enterprises, at the Sheraton Utama Hotel yesterday.
The roundtable was attended by SME business-people, who heard that the main goal of the BEDB is to create employment and […]
US BioEnergy Snaps Up Millennium Ethanol
Tuesday, August 28th, 2007BizJournals:
US BioEnergy Corp. announced late Monday that it would pay $133.3 million in cash and stock to acquire Millennium Ethanol.
St. Paul-based US BioEnergy said the deal for the the Marion, S.D.-based ethanol producer would include about $11.8 million in cash and 11.5 million shares of common stock valued at $10.57 per share.
The companies had first […]
Politicians Love Ethanol Despite Doubters
Monday, August 20th, 2007The Politico:
There are four views of Iowa, at least according to a local joke: corn on the left and soybeans to the right; soybeans left and corn right; corn on both sides; soybeans on both sides.
The old joke needs an update, says Bill Sells, production manager at the Hawkeye Renewables ethanol plant in Iowa Falls. […]
ALL Fuels & Energy Optimistic Ahead Of Weekend’s Ace Ethanol Member Vote
Thursday, August 16th, 2007CNNMoney:
ALL Fuels & Energy Company announced today that it expects its proposed $102.5 million acquisition of Ace Ethanol, LLC to be approved by the members of Ace, at an August 18, 2007, special meeting. Ace Ethanol operates a 46 million (MM) gallon per year production facility in Stanley, WI, with $100 million in revenues and […]
Oil Firms Eye Brazilian Shores For Acquisition Of Ethanol Acreage
Tuesday, August 14th, 2007Economic Times:
Acquisition of sugarcane acreage in Brazil is next on the agenda for oil companies such as BPCL, IOC, HPCL and ONGC Videsh, who have so far been engaged in acquiring oil and gas assets abroad. Domestic oil companies plan to form a joint venture with a two-pronged strategy, greenfield development as well as acquisition […]
Cellulosic Ethanol: A Fuel For The Future?
Tuesday, August 14th, 2007CNET News:
In the pine forests of rural Georgia, Devon Dartnell sees a path into the global fuel economy.
As the biomass program manager for the Georgia Forestry Commission, Dartnell is impatiently waiting for construction to begin next month of a plant that will convert forestry wastes into ethanol, a car fuel.
The facility is an important test […]
Making More Than BioFuels
Monday, August 13th, 2007*******
The Sietch:
Biofuel can be pretty interesting stuff, when made from the proper feed stock. But there is a problem. When you are done you have some left overs, in the case of biodiesel you have glycerin, with ethanol you have a mash of plant matter left over. These products do have useful properties.
Glycerin for instance […]
Brazil Ethanol Industry Goes Green For The Money
Friday, July 6th, 2007Reuters:
Brazil’s ethanol industry is cutting out the dirty habits that contribute to global warming and environmental degradation. But it’s not just a noble effort — it makes good financial sense, too.
Billionaire George Soros, who is investing hundreds of millions of dollars in Brazilian ethanol production, is in the forefront of the effort.
“If ignored, global warming […]
Ethanol Conference To Attract 5000 Visitors
Friday, June 22nd, 2007Washington Business Journal:
More than 5,000 people are scheduled to attend the 23rd Annual International Fuel Ethanol Workshop & Expo in St. Louis at America’s Center June 26 to 29.
The conference is estimated to have a local economic impact of $2.8 million, according to the St. Louis Convention and Visitors Commission.
Biofuels and biomass service company BBI […]
Software Company Profits From Ethanol Boom In The US
Wednesday, June 20th, 2007Biopact:
Large companies are the driving forces in the biofuels sector. Both agribusinesses and oil companies have a big stake in the production of feedstocks and their conversion into liquid fuels. But what often goes unnoticed is the large number of small and medium enterprises that are benefiting tremendously from the global expansion of biofuels. Ethanol […]