"Ethanol refineries" refers to facilities where ethanol, which is a type of alcohol, is produced from raw materials such as corn, sugarcane, or other plant sources. These refineries use a process called distillation to purify and concentrate the ethanol, making it suitable for use as a fuel additive or in the production of alcoholic beverages.
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The report claims that the corn
ethanol refinery industry will not significantly offset U.S. fossil fuel consumption without unacceptable environmental -LSB-...]
We had long been working to reveal and oppose large scale industrial and commercial scale bioenergy in various forms ranging
from ethanol refineries to soy and palm oil biodiesel to coal plants converting over to burn wood.
Coal -
powered ethanol refineries can lead to higher greenhouse gas emissions than the fossil fuel ethanol is intended to replace.
Indeed, a number
of ethanol refineries reported losses this week for the most recent fiscal quarter, citing rising prices as a result of the corn shortage.
The report claims that the
corn ethanol refinery industry will not significantly offset U.S. fossil fuel consumption without unacceptable environmental and economic consequences.
While higher commodity prices and cooperatively owned
ethanol refineries could be a boon to independent farmers, unregulated ethanol industry growth will further concentrate agribusiness, threatening the livelihood of rural communities.
The most advanced corn
ethanol refinery is being built in central New York, a game changer.
For example, if farm tractors,
ethanol refineries, locomotives or long haul trucks - were converted to run on 50 - 50 ethanol - water, processed onboard into hydrogen, that would change the environmental footprint of Corn Belt biofuels shipped into California.
Many corn
ethanol refineries have been operating in the red this year because the price of corn is so high.
Also, you might not be aware that
ethanol refineries were taking corn up to 23 % waterweight.
At issue is whether to suspend a five - year - old federal mandate requiring more ethanol in gasoline each year, a policy that has diverted almost half of the domestic corn supply from animal feedlots to
ethanol refineries, driven up corn prices and plantings and created a desperate competition for corn as drought grips the nation's farm belt.
In Vicksburg AZ is
an ethanol refinery integrated with a dairy farm getting a 10 to1 return, producing milk, ethanol, biodeisel, distillers grains, and methane production power.
Ethanol and biodeisel will also soon be made from algae, which will be grown on (among other things) the waste products of existing corn
ethanol refineries: CO2, waste heat, production power exhaust, and corn rinse effluent.