A U.S. Department of Agriculture report said the Japanese policy change could create a market opportunity for U.S.
ethanol producers of 366 million liters, valued at around $ 170 million.
A U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) report said the Japanese policy change could create a market opportunity for U.S.
ethanol producers of 366 million liters, valued at around $ 170 million.
Not exact matches
It's one
of the nation's leading
producers of corn and
ethanol but has yet to begin any utility - scale biomass electricity generation.
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.
«Many factories are celebrating their ten - year anniversaries,» says Emily Skor, the CEO
of Growth Energy, an organization that represents
producers and supporters
of ethanol, «and if you look at the risks they took the ups and downs and peaks and valleys they went through... it's really remarkable.
His chief patron is Bruce Rastetter, CEO
of the sprawling Summit Agriculture Group, a major Iowa pork and
ethanol producer with interests in Brazil.
The MaRS Cleantech Fund is pleased to announce the completion
of a venture deal with Woodland Biofuels, positioned to become North America's lowest - cost
producer of ethanol.
SAO PAULO — Brazil
ethanol producers stand to lose a big chunk
of their largest market, Japan, to U.S. agribusiness, after Tokyo bent to pressure from U.S. President Donald Trump and tweaked requirements for gasoline additives.
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.»
The platform, which uses microbes to glean
ethanol from glycerol and has the added benefit
of cleaning up the wastewater, will allow
producers to reincorporate the
ethanol and the water into the fuel - making process, said Gemma Reguera, MSU microbiologist and one
of the co-authors.
But one industry group —
ethanol producers — is noting Pruitt's past differences with Trump on another hot - button EPA issue: the law that mandates the use
of the crop - based gasoline additive.
(Brazil is a big
producer of sugar, and the country's
ethanol is made from sugar cane.)
The 2015 Survey
of Non-Starch
Ethanol and Renewable Hydrocarbon Biofuels
Producers provides an inventory
of the domestic advanced biofuels production industry as
of the end
of calendar year 2015, documenting important... Read more →
The National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) updated its annual survey
of US non-starch
ethanol and renewable hydrocarbon biofuels
producers.
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.
The bill also extends through 2011 the $ 0.10 / gallon
producer tax credit for small
ethanol producers producing no more 60 million gallon
of ethanol a year.
The U.S. is also the world's largest
producer of ethanol, with Brazil following at a close second.
But the study comes at a time when farmers and
producers are already receiving federal subsidies to grow more corn for
ethanol under the Energy Independence and Security Act
of 2007.
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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The «market conditions» that these
ethanol producers are referring to is the fact that the average price
of ethanol has dropped some 30 percent since May, as market subsidies combined with a lack
of infrastructure for its delivery and use have created a surplus
of the renewable fuel.
Add in the rising cost
of corn, and some
ethanol producers have been pushed to the brink
of bankruptcy in recent months.
ARB's faulty analysis will have real and significant impacts on US corn
ethanol producers and the ability
of regulated parties to comply with the LCFS.
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.
It's been a tough week for corn
ethanol producers and supporters
of the federal Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS).
Ethanol producers want Secretary
of State John Kerry to trumpet the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) at the big Paris climate conference later this month.
NorAg's operations include the purchase and resale
of agricultural commodities from grain elevators and large - scale
producers, to food processors,
ethanol and feed manufacturers.
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.
It's now all but certain that the
ethanol tax credit will expire at the end
of the year, and the
ethanol producers continue to claim credit for «giving it up» despite that it was obviously lost due to larger political considerations, and the fact that they lobbied initially for its extension and then eventually for a substitute which would have still funneled money into their industry.
According to
Ethanol Producer Magazine (EPM), Toronto, Ontario - based SunOpta Inc. has sold a continuous process system for the conversion of biomass - to - ethanol to Dedham, Mass. - based Celunol Corp (formerly BC Internat
Ethanol Producer Magazine (EPM), Toronto, Ontario - based SunOpta Inc. has sold a continuous process system for the conversion
of biomass - to -
ethanol to Dedham, Mass. - based Celunol Corp (formerly BC Internat
ethanol to Dedham, Mass. - based Celunol Corp (formerly BC International).
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.
One
of these is Poet, the largest
producer of corn
ethanol, and Poet may well «win the race».
Finally, because high temperatures can simultaneously increase fuel demand and the cost
of growing corn, the supply response
of ethanol producers to temperature - induced demand shocks would likely be weaker than that
of gasoline
producers.
Ethanol producers should «bear the burden
of market adjustments, along with domestic food
producers and corn export customers.»
Current
ethanol policy has increased and destabilized corn and related commodity prices to the detriment
of both food and fuel
producers.
And all this time I thought that the purpose
of the
Ethanol mandate was to transfer wealth to corn
producers.
But
ethanol producers worry that the loss
of the quota will undermine the
ethanol industry and do little for corn farmers but drive down the price
of their stunted harvest.
Besides using their technology to bring specific types
of fuel such as high - performance jet fuel or sulfur - free gasoline to market within four or five years, officials at LS9 plan on licensing it to other companies, particularly
ethanol producers that could use it to improve the profitability and efficiency
of their production capacity.
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.
Indonesia, the world's largest
producer of palm oil, and Brazil, one
of the most successful places where
ethanol has been produced from sugarcane, have agreed to
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.
Back at the beginning
of November, the world's largest
producer of ethanol, VeraSun filed for bankruptcy.
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.
The original claim was «
Ethanol producers are close to supplying 10 %
of the US liquid fuel requirments.»
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».»