It is with heartfelt sadness that we report that Kathy Bryan, BBI International has passed away. We received the following alert from the Renewable Fuels Association. On Saturday, July 11, the ethanol industry lost one its true leaders and pioneers. Kathy Bryan, well-known to so many in agriculture and renewable energy, was a true pioneer for the ethanol industry. As …
Process Optimization Seminar
An interactive seminar focused on increasing ethanol plant process efficiency and profitability. Domestic Fuel is sponsoring a special seminar being held by Phibro Ethanol Performance Group, Fremont Industries, Fermentis and Novozymes. With today’s challenging ethanol market, there is nothing more important than maximizing every dollar spent in your operation. The decisions made in your lab on process aids and systems …
Phibro Ethanol Performance Group Knows FDA
For those of you not familiar with an FDA, Food Additive Petition (FAP), the folks at Phibro Chem’s Ethanol Performance Group can help you understand what it means to ethanol producers. They market the antimicrobial product, Lactrol. We normally think of the EPA when it comes to governmental regulations in this industry but FDA is getting more involved. That’s why …
Learn How To Pitch Your Story To Bloggers
If you’re interested in learning something about pitching stories to bloggers you might want to participate in a today’s webinar that’s part of the Communicating Renewables Webinar series. There’s still time to register. All the information is posted below. The things we’ll discuss are applicable to any industry but our focus will be on energy. I’m one of the presenters. …
Discussing Future of Ethanol Industry
At this week’s Fuel Ethanol Workshop we had a very large panel discussion titled, “Research, Technology and the Future of Ethanol Production.” This was a pretty serious group of industry leaders and thinkers that was introduced by Tom Bryan, BBI International. Included were: * Moderator: Per Falholt, Executive Vice President-Head of R&D, Novozymes * Dave Vander Griend, CEO, ICM Inc. …
FEW The Place For An Update From ACE
I’ll be leaving the Fuel Ethanol Workshop soon but have several interviews to post over the next several days. Today’s a travel day back home after a week on the road that included working with biodiesel in Nashville and ethanol in Denver! In the trade show last night I ran into Brian Jennings and Ron Lamberty, American Coalition for Ethanol. …
POET Announces POET Biomass
POET CEO, Jeff Broin, announced a new division for the company this morning at the Fuel Ethanol Workshop. POET Biomass will be “a division of POET devoted to managing harvest and transportation logistics for corn cobs – POET’s cellulosic feedstock – as well as waste wood and other feedstocks to be used for cellulosic ethanol and alternative energy projects at …
Bob Dinneen Energizes Ethanol Industry at FEW
He preached a powerful sermon this morning. He’s the Reverend of Renewable Fuels. He’s Bob Dinneen, CEO, RFA. Bob was on our program at the opening general session of the Fuel Ethanol Workshop. This is the 25th FEW and Bob has attended 21 of them now! As always, Bob provided a very positive outlook by starting out looking at the …
Kathy Bryan Receives High Octane Award at FEW
This morning, Kathy Bryan, BBI International, was presented with the FEW High Octane award for a lifetime of commitment to the industry. Unfortunately, due to health reasons, she could not be with us. It was an emotional scene as her son Tom accepted the award for her. We got to see a short slide show of photos of Kathy from …
General Wesley Clark Keynotes Fuel Ethanol Workshop
Gen. Wesley Clark, Growth Energy, provided the keynote speech this morning at the Fuel Ethanol Workshop. He gave a very “rouse the troops” speech which shows his ability to motivate our military troops when he was in active duty. I would characterize the theme of his remarks as targeting the importance of ethanol for our national security. He also hammers …