Garst Seed Company has announced the grand prizewinners in its Blue + Yellow = Green (BYG) sweepstakes. Eleven growers won free one-year leases for new Chevy 1500 Flex Fuel pickup trucks and Garst awarded 110 first-place prizes of $100 ethanol certificates. David Witherspoon, head of Garst says, “This initiative is part of our continuous efforts to provide seed and traits …
BIO Urges Federal Cellulosic Research Funding
As Energy Secretary Samuel Bodman appeared before the House Energy and Commerce today to testify about the Bush Administration’s 2008 proposed budget, the Biotechnology Industry Organization (BIO) urged House and Senate budget writers to invest in research and development and support commercialization of ethanol from cellulose as outlined in the budget. A BIO release quotes President and CEO Jim Greenwood …
Ethanol Company Chooses Illinois Plant Site
Ethanex Energy Inc. has selected Waltonville, Illinois as the location for a new 132 million gallon per year ethanol plant. According to a press release, this is the Kansas-based company’s third planned facility in the region along with Ethanex at SEMO and Ethanex at Northeast Kansas. This plant will incorporate the Company’s proprietary fractionation technology making it one of the …
Team Ethanol Le Mans Entry
Not only will ethanol enrich the fuel for this year’s American Le Mans Series (ALMS), it will also sponsor one of the entries. In conjunction with the announcement Wednesday that ALMS will begin using a ten percent ethanol blend this season, Rahal Letterman Racing announced that ethanol, through the Ethanol Promotion and Information Council (EPIC), will be sponsoring their entry …
US and Brazil Seek Ethanol Partnership
Officials from the world’s two largest ethanol producers, the United States and Brazil, have been meeting this week to discuss the possibility of a new “energy partnership.” According to a Washington Post report, U.S. officials said they expect to sign accords within a year that would promote technology-sharing with Brazil and encourage more Latin American neighbors to become biofuel producers …
First Wood-Based Ethanol Plant Announced
Georgia Governor Sonny Perdue has announced that Range Fuels, Inc., a Colorado-based cellulosic ethanol company, will build Georgia’s first wood-based cellulosic ethanol plant in Treutlen County. “Georgia will be a national leader in cellulosic ethanol, and Range Fuel’s investments here will be a major step forward helping us address our state’s long-term energy issues,” said Governor Perdue at the Georgia …
American Le Mans Goes With Ethanol Blend
The American Le Mans Series has partnered with the Ethanol Promotion and Information Council to make E10, “the official ethanol-enriched fuel” of the series. Scott Atherton, President and CEO of the American Le Mans Series, considers this a perfect fit for the platform that is the American Le Mans Series. “We’ve often described the American Le Mans Series providing a …
Closing Bell Grand Opening
The closing bell on the NASDAQ rang in New York Wednesday from Albert City, Iowa at the site of the U.S. BioEnergy plant grand opening ceremony. Gordon Ommen (center), CEO and Chairman of US BioEnergy (USBE) rang the NASDAQ remote closing bell along with Bruce Aust (far right), Executive Vice President of NASDAQ to celebrate the plant’s opening and the …
Market Ethanol to Women
A new survey indicates that the ethanol industry might want to consider getting women more pumped up about ethanol. The survey was conducted by sending 9,000 emails to women readers of magazines published by Meredith Corporation, which includes some of the oldest and most popular, such as Better Homes and Gardens, Ladies Home Journal and Family Circle. Of the 17 …
Interview with GM Executive
Mary Beth Stanek, GM’s director for Environment and Energy, has been making the midwest rounds recently talking about ethanol and the auto industry. This week she was in Des Moines at a biofuels forum sponsored by Successful Farming magazine. Last month she hit the Jackpot – Jackpot Junction, that is – in Morton, Minnesota where she attended the Minnesota Ag …