Third quarter sales reports of E85 in Iowa indicate that 2011 sales have already exceeded total sales during 2010, according to the Iowa Renewable Fuels Association. As of September, Iowa retailers sold 9.8 million gallons of E85 during the first nine months of 2011, exceeding the 9.3 million total gallons sold last year. The Iowa Department of Revenue says sales …
POET Continues to Cut Water Use at Ethanol Plants
POET is now more than 75 percent of the way to achieving its water reduction goal of one billion gallons annually by 2015 at the company’s ethanol plants. This year POET reduced water use by more than 770 million gallons compared to 2009 by using the company’s Total Water Recovery System at their 18th ethanol production facility, POET Biorefining in …
Growth Energy Adds to Marketing Development Team
Mike O’Brien has joined Growth Energy as vice president of marketing development. He will help develop the ethanol market by assisting fuel retailers with delivering higher blends of ethanol to consumers through increased flex fuel pumps. Growth Energy continues to advocate for opening the fuels market to ethanol through infrastructure investment. Their market development team will educate consumers about the …
US and Brazil Spar Over Ethanol Trade Policy
Brazilian and U.S. ethanol interests are challenging each other over ethanol trade policy. The U.S./Brazil Council and the U.S. Chamber of Commerce wrote a joint letter to Congress last week asking that the U.S. secondary tariff on imported ethanol be allowed to expire as scheduled at the end of the year, together with the Volumetric Ethanol Excise Tax Credit (VEETC). …
New Ethanol Production Record Set
Ethanol production hit an all time high last week, according to the latest figures from the Energy Information Administration. For the week ending December 2, ethanol production averaged 954,000 barrels per day (b/d) – or 40.068 million gallons daily, which is 24,000 barrels more than the previous week and a new record. Getting close to the end of the year …
Verenium Markets Enzyme for Biodiesel Production
Verenium Corporation is now marketing its successful Purifine® phospholipase C (PLC) enzyme product for use in the pretreatment of oil for biodiesel production. The Purifine® PLC enzyme is designed to improve yields and overall economics of edible oil and biodiesel production. “Since the initial launch of our Purifine® PLC enzymatic degumming process, we have seen rapid adoption and success within …
Petroleum Equipment Group Joins E85 Coalition
The Petroleum Equipment Institute (PEI) has joined the Coalition for E85 – a group of retailers, producers, equipment manufacturers and other supporters of E85 fuel. PEI executive vice president Robert Renkes says the goal of the Coalition is to protect the investments of 2,500 small businesses and stop a multimillion-dollar tax hike on consumers. “Fuel marketers, equipment manufacturers and the …
American Ethanol Celebrates Great First Year
The partnership between NASCAR and ethanol is officially one year old and it has been a great year for racing on the renewable fuel. It was one year ago last week at the NASCAR Champions Week in Las Vegas that American Ethanol was announced, a partnership that includes Growth Energy and the National Corn Growers Association. Throughout the 2011 NASCAR …
Iowa Renewable Fuels Partners with Petroleum Marketers
The Iowa Renewable Fuels Association (IRFA) and the Petroleum Marketers and Convenience Stores of Iowa (PMCI) have formed the Renewable Fuels Partnership where representatives of both groups will serve in an advisory capacity to exchange ideas on advancing the availability and use of renewable fuels in Iowa. The goal of the partnership is to bring more renewable fuels to Iowa …
Looks Like Income Pretty Steady For Most
The slices on this ZimmPoll pie are almost the same size! In our latest ZimmPoll we asked the question, “With net farm income up this year, how is your income?” The idea for the question came from the recent USDA Economic Research Service Net Farm Income Forecast that showed a 28% increase over 2010. The responses to our question were …