National Biodiesel Board CEO Joe Jobe (left) and Bob Dinneen (right), CEO & President of the Renewable Fuels Association have been recognized as “Friends of GROWMARK” – an agricultural cooperative and petroleum distributor. This story on Grainnet.com says the award came during the group’s annual meeting today in Chicago, Illinois: The company gives the award to individuals and organizations for …
South Dakota Plant Opening
Redfield Energy, LLC celebrated the start-up of production Thursday with a grand opening at the plant in South Dakota. Located outside Redfield, South Dakota, the facility will produce 50 million gallons of ethanol per year from 18 million bushels of corn. RE is a South Dakota LLC comprised of 657 members who represent two share classes. Class A equity shareholders …
Louisiana Gets E85
Louisiana has become the 41st state to have at least one retail E85 fueling station with the grand opening Thursday at a Pumpelly Oil station in Sulphur. According to the National Ethanol Vehicle Coalition, the facility is a partnership between CleanFUEL Distribution, CleanFUEL USA and Protec Fuel Management, and Pumpelly Oil. CleanFUEL USA manufactured the dispenser, CleanFUEL Distribution is providing …
Marketing at Top Speed
“Marketing at Top Speed” was the title of the presentation made to agrimarketing professionals this week in Kansas City by the executive director of the Ethanol Promotion and Information Council (EPIC), Tom Slunecka. Slunecka told the members of the National Agri-Marketing Association (NAMA) that ethanol has brought a major paradigm shift to agriculture that stands to benefit every segment of …
A Farmer’s Tale of Biodiesel
There’s a great feature story in the latest issue of the High Plains Journal that tells the story of how one Kansas Farmer took the journey in deciding to grow his own biodiesel crop… even refining his harvest into his own green fuel. Check out these excerpts: Luke Jaeger was fed up with high fuel prices. A few years ago, …
Florida Crystals Wins Bid for Cellulosic Plant
The University of Florida has selected Florida Crystals Corp. as the site to build a cellulosic ethanol plant that will produce 1 million to 2 million gallons of ethanol a year, university officials said. According to a South Florida Business Journal article, the plant is financed by a $20 million state grant and will operate as a research and development …
Lignol Seeks DOE Grant
The U.S. subsidiary of Canada’s Lignol Energy Corporation has filed a formal application for a $30 million U.S. Department of Energy grant to fund the development of a cellulosic ethanol commercial demonstration plant in Colorado. Lignol Innovations Inc. has also signed a Project Development Agreement with Suncor Energy Products Inc. and its affiliate Suncor Energy to jointly fund the project …
Cellulosic Ethanol Summit
The second annual Cellulosic Ethanol Summit in October will be a veritable “who’s who” in the rapidly accelerating industry of cellulosic ethanol. The keynote address will be given by Agriculture Secretary Mike Johanns. Among those on the multi-faceted program are Ross MacLachlan of Lignol Energy Corp. Doug Berven of POET, Jeff Passmore from IOGEN, Gerson Santos-Leon of Abengoa, Craig Evans …
First Indiana POET Plant to Open
POET has certainly been staying busy with groundbreakings and grand openings. Next month, POET plant #21 will open in Portland, Indiana – the first for the company in that state. The guest of honor on September 14 will be U.S. Senator Richard Lugar (R-IN), a huge ethanol supporter and biofuels industry expert. The event will also include a flyover from …
Ethanol Plant Investments Shifting Geography
Investments in ethanol plants are growing across the nation to areas with larger populations, according to a new report, “U.S. Ethanol,” by Rabobank. Grainnet reports by the first quarter of 2009, more than 200 ethanol plants are expected to be in production, which represents a capacity increase of more than 91 percent during a three-year time frame. Much of this …