The third annual Florida Farm-to-Fuel Summit was a huge success with more than 460 participants, exceeding last year’s attendance according to organizers. Presentations are now available online at the conference website. The wide variety of presentations includes some very interesting information about alternative biofuels feedstocks, such as sweet sorghum, sugarcane, jatropha, perennial grasses and even sweet potatoes. Organizers of the …
Georgia Ethanol Plant Progress
Construction on what is expected to be the nation’s first commercial cellulosic ethanol plant in southeast Georgia is making good progress, according to plant officials. Range Fuels senior vice president of business development Bill Schafer gave an update on the project at last week’s Ethanol Conference and Trade Show in Omaha. “We expect to be producing ethanol next year,” Schafer …
Citizens for Energy Freedom Conference
A group dedicated to energy independence and fuel choice is holding a conference to bring other like-minded Americans together to “organize and win the battle against the oil cartel.” The Founding Conference of the Citizens for Energy Freedom in Des Moines, Iowa on September 13-14. The group is pushing for congress to pass a law requiring that all new cars …
Continuation of RFS Good for Consumers
The decision by the Environmental Protection Agency earlier this month to deny a request that would have cut the Renewable Fuels Standard in half was obviously good news for corn growers and ethanol producers. But it was also good news for consumers, according to the Ethanol Promotion and Information Council. In this edition of “Fill Up, Feel Good,” EPIC executive …
Galva Holstein Opens Iowa’s First Blender Pump
“With the assistance of IDED (Iowa Department of Economic Development) grants,” said Anne M. Johnson of Galva Holstein Ag., “which we are truly grateful for, we were able to add blender pumps this summer to this location and are now dispensing E10, E30, and clean-burning E85. All of us at Galva Holstein Ag are delighted to be a part of …
Ethanol Branding at the Pump
A new fuel station in Colwich, Kansas could be the poster child for ethanol branding. TJ Convenience store, which is supported by local ethanol plant designer ICM, offers four different ethanol blends – E10, E20, E30 and E85. The higher blends can only be used in flex-fuel vehicles (FFVs). Senator Sam Brownback (R-KS) helped ICM president Dave Vander Griend cut …
Ethanol Hearing in Nebraska
Senator Ben Nelson (D-NE) brought the Senate Agriculture Committee to the heartland Monday to get to the heart of the food vs. fuel debate. The hearing was the culmination of a statewide energy tour Nelson kicked off last week that also included stops at an E85 fuel station in Omaha and an ethanol plant in Hastings. During the hearing held …
Kansas Launches Ethanol Blender Pump Program
Kansas is now the second state to lead the nation in raising public awareness for higher blends of ethanol as the Ethanol Promotion and Information Council (EPIC), ICM and the Kansas Corn Commission Monday launched a blender pump incentive program for the Sunflower State. EPIC Deputy Director Robert White says the blender pumps will allow gas stations to sell more …