ETHANOL BUSINESS

Daily Mail: There are blobby chocolate buttons. Chocolate hazelnuts. Orange creams. Walnut whips whose whirls have gone a little bit wonky. Not to mention disintegrating flakes, chipped chocolate caramels and enough squished family-sized bars to send Augustus Gloop, the greediest child in Charlie And... More

Science Daily: In a finding that could reduce the cost of ethanol fuel, researchers in Brazil report success in using low frequency magnetic waves to significantly boost the amount of ethanol produced through the fermentation of sugar. While bioethanol (ethanol produced from corn and other plants) is... More

******* 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... More

Chicago Tribune: If you are smart enough to invent a bright, highly energy-efficient, solid-state “light package” to replace the 60-watt bulb, you might qualify for a $10 million federal prize. A similar invention to replace halogen bulbs could carry a $5 million award. These “Bright... More

The Energy Blog: Iowa Congressmen Leonard Boswell has introduced bipartisan legislation to increase the availability of alternative fuels at gasoline stations across the country. The legislation calls for funding a study to find out whether underground pipelines would be a good way to transport ethanol... More

DesMmoinesRegister: A plan to recycle energy at a Wisconsin ethanol plant is turning into a fishing expedition with hopes for a big catch. Owners of Renew Energy plan to harvest about 4.5 million pounds of tilapia at an ethanol plant under construction in Jefferson. The plant would be among the world’s... More

Farm News: A New Zealand gas-to-ethanol company has secured a strategic partnership to the value of $US3.5m. Initially the alliance between NZ-based LanzaTech and Khosla Ventures will focus on the conversion of of waste industrial gases into ethanol.The project is also being supported by two existing... More

Grand Haven Tribune: The name Broin has been a major player in ethanol for decades, but its biorefineries’ varying names have kept them listed separately in industry trade group lists. With the recent rebranding of Broin Cos. as Poet and the renaming of all of its ethanol plants this past week,... More

Virtual Entrepreneur: Ethanol production could provide additional revenues for Central Oregon’s agricultural and wood products industries and a renewable fuel source for its consumers, but the technology that would combine crops and wood waste into ethanol is still a few years away, ag industry leaders... More