Ethanol producers in particular believe that the science behind the assessment of land - use change impacts was not thoroughly reviewed enough, and that other biofuels were not adequately scrutinized for similar land - use change emissions.
Therefore, food producers, which compete directly with
ethanol producers in the upstream market for purchasing corn, will have to pay more for corn.
Representing a Brazilian
ethanol producer in a US$ 100 million ICC arbitration sited in London concerning a dispute arising out of the construction of an ethanol plant in Brazil.
Not exact matches
Much of the ETBE used
in Japan is already made
in the United States using Brazilian sugarcane
ethanol, so the new rules should make it easy for
producers to switch quickly to U.S. corn - based sources.
His chief patron is Bruce Rastetter, CEO of the sprawling Summit Agriculture Group, a major Iowa pork and
ethanol producer with interests
in Brazil.
It is an effort ``... to support
ethanol producers, many of whom are facing bankruptcy because of heavy debts and DIFFICULTIES COMPETING WITH SUBSIDISED PETROL PRICES
IN BRAZIL.»
There was a story
in the Financial Times about the Brazilian government cutting the tax on
ethanol producers.
Enzyme leader Codexis,
ethanol producer Green Plains, and bioprocess powerhouse Repligen all have killer advantages
in their respective niches.
The United States produced 16.2 billion liters of fuel
ethanol in 2005, nearly surpassing Brazil to become the world's largest fuel
ethanol producer.
The production of
ethanol is concentrated
in the Central and Southeast regions of the country, which includes the main
producer, São Paulo State.
New Zealand - based Lanzatech, the developer of gas fermentation technology for producing
ethanol and high value chemicals (e.g.: MEK, Butadiene) from industrial waste gases, has signed a memorandum of understanding with one of the largest coal
producers in China, Henan Coal and Chemical Industrial Corporation, to build a demonstration plant to... Read more →
Almost as bad are regulations requiring the use of corn
ethanol, which clearly only benefit corn
producers and processors at the expense of gasoline users and illustrates how government interference
in private markets can be used by special interests to reallocate income to themselves.
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Add
in the rising cost of corn, and some
ethanol producers have been pushed to the brink of bankruptcy
in recent months.
In 2005, the U.S. overtook Brazil as the world's largest
ethanol producer.
VeraSun is referring to what we chronicled yesterday: an
ethanol surplus has caused a drop
in prices, which, combined with a spike
in the price of corn, has created hard times for
ethanol producers.
Two years later, VeraSun (VSE), the
ethanol producer that had been planning to build a 110 - million - gallon - per - year
ethanol biorefinery
in Reynolds, says it will suspend construction of the refinery due to current market conditions.
The EPA and
ethanol producers celebrated the announcement, but they seem to be the only ones as most other interest groups oppose the mandate
in its current form.
There's just one problem: Despite Washington's mandates — which fall on refiners and
producers of motor fuels like ExxonMobil — cellulosic
ethanol doesn't actually exist
in any meaningful volumes.
Producers generally sell directly to fueling stations, which explains why
ethanol has taken root
in the Midwest, center of U.S. corn production, or send it by rail to terminals to be blended with gasoline.
Since
ethanol producers» goal is more
ethanol use, and an EPA pullback on E15 would get
in the way of that goal, attacks on both studies — such as those by the Renewable Fuels Association — aren't surprising.
Russia, the world's second - largest oil
producer and exporter, will start building its first major
ethanol plant
in 2007, according to a regional official speaking at Russia's first Fuel Bioethanol conference
in Moscow.
Iowa is one of the nation's leading
producers of corn - based
ethanol, and many people
in my state have an economic stake
in the expanded use of corn - based
ethanol.
Brazil is attractive to Amyris because it is the second - largest
producer of
ethanol in the world; while the company will make hydrocarbons, not
ethanol, it will use the country's existing infrastructure for growing and processing sugarcane.
In 2005, it eclipsed Brazil, formerly the world's leading
ethanol producer.
Plantations
in Brazil, the world's biggest
producer of
ethanol from sugar cane, haven't encroached on land used for food cultivation or on the Amazon rainforest, he asserted.
It will reduce the disposable income of consumers, who will forever be forced to subsidize renewable resources (just as they must now subsidize corn
ethanol producers)-- all
in the name of» green energy».»
On Monday POET, a privately held company that is the country's largest
ethanol producer, announced details of an $ 8 million pilot cellulosic -
ethanol plant
in the company's home state of South Dakota, which started production
in December.
Mr. Ketzback also represents a diverse spectrum of alternative and renewable energy clients, including projects
in the following sectors: co-generation and biomass, independent power
producers, waste to energy, coal to liquid,
ethanol, biodiesel, district heating and cooling, and wind.