Although
the U.S. ethanol industry rejected these findings, the results were confirmed in a 2009 report from the International Council for Science, a worldwide federation of scientific associations.
The U.S. ethanol industry is facing the most intense pressure to reform since the 2005 Renewable Fuel Standard was implemented.
«For the first time,
the U.S. ethanol industry will have the opportunity to compete for a portion of Japan's fuel blending market,» Emily Skor, head of Washington - based ethanol group Growth Energy, said in a statement.
Not exact matches
Corn is increasingly being used to convert into
ethanol in the
U.S. and in high demand in China where it it used to feed into the meat
industry, and it has yet to be seen how this year's significant loss in harvest will impact grain use across the globe.
WASHINGTON, DC — Today the Grocery Manufacturers Association (GMA), as part of a coalition of food, farm and oil
industry groups, filed a petition with the
U.S. Supreme Court asking that it reverse the DC Circuit Court's August 2012 decision to dismiss its challenge to the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) decision to allow gasoline containing 15 percent
ethanol («E15») to be sold for cars manufactured in the 2007 model year or later.
The oil
industry argues that it is impractical to add more
ethanol to the
U.S. fuel mix.
Then we looked at the
U.S. corn
ethanol industry, and how they separated the corn oil.
I find it shameful that the
U.S. subsidizes an unsustainable and polluting
industry like grain
ethanol, and punishes a sustainable
industry like sugarcane
ethanol.
The report claims that the corn
ethanol refinery
industry will not significantly offset
U.S. fossil fuel consumption without unacceptable environmental -LSB-...]
Also, it will move BlueFire closer to a debt financing agreement with the Department of Energy and
U.S. Department of Agriculture,» stated Arnold Klann, CEO of BlueFire Renewables, Inc. «This is one of the first cellulosic
ethanol contracts of its kind in the United States establishing BlueFire as a clear leader in the
industry.»
In 2012, the
U.S. biofuel
industry produced only 20,069 gallons of cellulosic
ethanol, according to Climatewire.
In the United States, the sugar - cane
industry has had little incentive to diversify into
ethanol production because import quotas support
U.S. sugar prices far above world levels.
The anti-
ethanol crowd likes to make this fun calculation despite the fact that no one in the
ethanol industry believes or promotes that all the corn in the
U.S. should / will / can be used for
ethanol production.