According to this Indianapolis Star article in the Des Moines Register, the Indy Racing League is getting better fuel mileage this year on ten percent ethanol. “Of course, the league’s cars aren’t known for their fuel efficiency; traditionally, they burn through a gallon in less than two miles.” Next year, the league will fill its cars with 100 percent fuel-grade …
Earth Biofuels News
Earth Biofuels Inc. subsidiary, Earth Ethanol, has agreed to buy half of South Louisiana Ethanol LLC, which owns an old ethanol production facility near New Orleans. The plan is to reconstruct the plant, located in Plaquemines Parish, to produce at least 65 million gallons of ethanol per year. The plant is located on the Mississippi River and within the Gulf …
Broin High on Ohio
Broin Companies is officially announcing plans this week to build a $100 million ethanol production facility near Leipsic, Ohio with Summit Ethanol. In addition, Broin is exploring three other Ohio locations for ethanol facilities, two of which are Marion and Fostoria, both located in northwest Ohio as is Leipsic. According to Bob Berens, Broin Companies Director of Site Development. “We …
Chinese Ethanol
Reuters reports that China is emerging as a global ethanol exporter. According to the article, exports of Chinese ethanol – made from either corn or cassava (tapioca) – have gone from zero to over 500,000 tons this year. China is the world’s third largest ethanol producer, behind Brazil and the United States, even though it only had four plants in …
Center Ethanol
Illinois Corn Growers Association representatives were on hand to witness the groundbreaking of Center Ethanol Company in Sauget last week. The plant will use 19.2 million bushel of corn annually and will be able to produce 54 million gallons of ethanol per year. “The current boom in ethanol is still reliant on entrepreneurs and local business leaders like those here …
Illinois River Energy Expansion
Here’s another from the “Better Late Than Never” file. Okay, so it’s only a couple of weeks old… sent August 18. Illinois River Energy announced plans to double the size of its ethanol production facility under construction near Rochelle, from 50 million gallons of ethanol per year to 100 million gallons annually. The plant hasn’t even opened yet and already …
US Farms Ethanol
It’s a holiday so I am cleaning out my email and catching up on some posts that should have been done already. Like this one – received on August 10 – better late than never! US Farms of San Diego established a wholly owned subsidiary – Imperial Ethanol – dedicated to establishing a leading ethanol processing facility located in Imperial …
Fuel of the Future
Here are a couple of recent editorials from the Des Moines Register that hit on the issue of corn ethanol being only the beginning for curing our addiction to oil. “Ethanol is just the beginning” notes the obvious – “grain-based ethanol cannot be anything more than a supplement. It can never totally replace gasoline.” It then goes on to say …