Governor George E. Pataki announced nearly $6 million in State funding to assist Western New York Energy in the development of the first state-of-the-art dry mill ethanol plant in New York State. The $87.4 million facility is to be located on 144 acres in the Town of Shelby, Orleans County. BioEnergy International, a privately held, biotechnology company headquartered in Norwell, …
US BioEnergy to Build ND’s Biggest Ethanol Plant
Hankinson, ND is the designated location for a 100 million gallon per year ethanol plant to be built by South Dakota-based US BioEnergy, in partnership with local Gold Energy, LLC. A company press release (soon to be posted on their website), quotes North Dakota Governor John Hoeven saying, “We have put good programs in place and worked diligently with the …
Pioneer Developing Corn Traits To Increase Ethanol Yield
While Cindy is holding down the fort, I’m attending the Pioneer Hi-Bred, “Science of Solutions” media event in Johnston, IA. In the first interview I conducted ethanol came up. I was speaking with Bill Kuhn, Pioneer Research Director. Bill mentioned ethanol and I asked him how Pioneer is developing corn varieties that have traits that would increase ethanol production on a per bushel basis.
Leaner, Meaner, Greener
GreenShift Corporation today announced the consolidation of its various biofuels companies into a restructured Mean Green BioFuels Corporation
Coal Powered Ethanol Plants
Nevada, IA is the site for the second coal-powered ethanol plant in the nation.
Xethanol Plans Southeast Plants
Plants to make ethanol from wood biomass are planned for three Southeastern states
Ethanol Continues Record Setting Pace
Yet another new record for monthly ethanol production was set in November, and a new record for demand also.
Nationwide Ethanol Plant News
Here are links to some stories this week about ethanol plants in the news.
Adding More Value to Ethanol
New ethanol plant technology will be tested in Iowa
French Race for Ethanol Supremacy
France wants to be the number one ethanol producer in Europe