While Cindy and thousands of people involved in ethanol production are attending the FEW in Nashville, I thought I’d share an interview I did at the recent Corn Utilization and Technology Conference. While we’re focused on ethanol as a fuel and that seems to be its primary use, some research is being done on other products ethanol can be used …
Moving Beyond 10 Percent Ethanol
Moving beyond ten percent ethanol offers both opportunities and challenges for the industry. On a panel addressing the issue at the 2008 Fuel Ethanol Workshop Tuesday was Robert White with the Ethanol Promotion and Information Council (EPIC). White has spearheaded the nationwide pump branding and E85 program for EPIC and he talked about some of the success stories they have …
Ethanol High Octane and Excellence Awards
The ethanol industry honored two of its own Tuesday for excellence in research and promotion during the 24th annual Fuel Ethanol Workshop in Nashville. The annual “High Octane Award” was presented to David Kolsrud, president and CEO of DAK Renewable Energy in Brandon, SD. “He is an advocate for this industry,” said BBI International president Mike Bryan in presenting the …
Ethanol Industry Winners
Two ethanol plants were honored by the Environmental Protection Agency on Tuesday with the Energy Star Combined Heat & Power Award. POET Biorefining in Ashton, Iowa, and East Kansas Agri-Energy, LLC in Garnett, Kan., were recognized with the award for reducing energy consumption and greenhouse gas emissions. In April 2004, POET began full production at an ethanol plant in Ashton. …
Achieving Energy Victory with Ethanol Choice
Ethanol is now the fuel of choice in Brazil, while gasoline is the alternative, and one advocate believes that with one simple law passed by Congress the same thing could happen in the United States. According to Dr. Robert Zubrin, author of “Energy Victory,” who was the keynote speaker at the opening session of the 2008 Fuel Ethanol Workshop Tuesday …
Hoosier Ag Spotlights Team Ethanol
Hoosier Ag Today has featured Team Ethanol IndyCar Driver Ryan Hunter-Reay in its HAT Podcast Channel this month. It’s the first podcast in a series HAT will produce that will be focused on Team Ethanol. The “Eye on the Ethanol Car” will feature weekly updates with Ryan, which will be available online each Thursday. In last week’s podcast, Ryan describes …
Consumers Choose Ethanol in Brazil
Gasoline is now the “alternative fuel” in Brazil. “In the beginning of February of this year, ethanol consumption surpassed that of gasoline,” Joel Velasco of the Brazilian Sugar Cane Industry Association said during an update on Brazil’s ethanol industry at the 2008 Fuel Ethanol Workshop in Nashville Tuesday. “My friends, that is a big victory. The oil company now is …
25 Stations to Offer E85 Discount in Iowa
In celebration of the Iowa Corn Indy 250, E85 will be sold at a discount at 25 location on Thursday, June 19. This promotion will take place at 15 Kum & Go stations and 10 additional stations throughout the state. Kum & Go will discount E85 at the following locations from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Ethanol Industry Urged to Submit EPA Comments
Several thousand ethanol industry representatives were urged Tuesday to fight back against the attacks on ethanol in two ways. “One, would be to take pen to paper and write your own op-ed to your local paper and let them know what ethanol means to your company and your local community and begin to fight back,” said Renewable Fuels Association president …
Ethanol Industry Stands up for Farmers
The ethanol industry is mad and they’re not going to take it anymore. That’s how BBI International president Mike Bryan summed up his feelings about the attacks on ethanol during the opening general session of the 2008 International Fuel Ethanol Workshop on Tuesday in Nashville. “What bothers me most is the abuse that agriculture is taking,” Bryan said. “We cannot …