The American Coalition for Ethanol meeting in Kansas City featured the governors of rival states, one Democrat and one Republican, who both agree on the importance of ethanol to the economy. Kansas Governor Kathleen Sebelius told the record crowd attending the 19th annual ACE conference that to be successful, “our commitment to biofuels has to be real. It can’t just …
Senator Talent Receives ACE Award
Missouri Senator Jim Talent was on hand today to help promote the Paseo Biofuels/Cargill biodiesel plant announcement in Kansas City. He was certainly the biofuels Senator today.
So Many Plants, So Little Time
Here’s a brief run-down of some recent plant related announcements: Indiana – Premiere Ethanol and the Broin Companies broke ground August 3 on a state-of-the-art 60 million gallon per year ethanol biorefinery near Portland, Indiana. When fully complete, Premiere Ethanol will use 21 million bushels of corn and produce 356,000 tons of Dakota Gold Enhanced Nutrition Distillers Products™. New York …
Fast Action
Media stories about Badger State Ethanol in Wisconsin being badgered by state officials about selling E85 too cheap prompted Governor Jim Doyle to declare that ethanol is not subject to the state’s 1930s-era minimum markup law which requires wholesalers to charge gas stations at least three percent more than they paid.
Off to ACE
Domestic Fuel will be in Kansas City on Wednesday for the American Coalition for Ethanol 19th Ethanol Conference & Trade Show. This event is SOLD OUT with 1500 participants – no on-site registrations will be accepted. So, if you have not registered and want to know what’s happening there, you can find out here on DF. We expect to bring …
USDA Energy Paper Released
During a visit to Sioux City, Iowa on Tuesday, Agriculture Secretary Mike Johanns released the latest farm bill forum theme paper – this one on USDA’s role in renewable energy and energy efficiency programs. “During the Farm Bill Forums, we heard real enthusiasm from producers about the potential for agriculture to unleash new sources of energy and income,” said Johanns. …
Happy Anniversary Energy Bill!
It was one year ago today that President George W. Bush signed the Energy Policy Act of 2005 at the Sandia National Laboratory in Albuquerque, New Mexico. At the signing ceremony, the president said the bill had three main objectives – energy conservation; making more productive use of domestic energy resources, including coal, and nuclear power, and oil and natural …
FFA Today to Feature Biofuels
This month’s FFA Today! show on RFD-TV will present a special episode featuring bio and renewable fuels initiatives in the United States. The show will feature an interview with Agriculture Undersecretary Thomas Dorr in Washington, D.C., and a segment on “BioTown, USA” in Indiana. Along the way, you’ll see how FFA is riding the leading edge of the renewable fuels …
NCGA Participates in Biofuels Workshop
The National Corn Growers Association participated in a two-day workshop in Washington, D.C. last week aimed at setting initiatives to reduce the nation’s dependence on imported oil by increasing the usage of renewable fuels like ethanol in the transportation sector, according to an NCGA release. The workshop was hosted by the U.S. Department of Energy’s Office of Energy Efficiency and …
Aventine News
Aventine Renewable Energy Holdings, Inc., has finalized its purchase of land from the Aurora Cooperative in Aurora, Neb. to build a 220 million gallon per year ethanol plant. The site is adjacent to an existing 50 million gallon ethanol facility operated by Nebraska Energy, LLC., of which Aventine is a majority partner/owner. Aventine has also announced that it will be …