Not exact matches
An
ethanol and biodiesel
refinery to be built in Innisfail promised to be the largest
of its kind in North America.
Colorado - based Range Fuels received an $ 80 million loan guarantee from the USDA to help fund its
refinery, which began production by making methanol instead
of ethanol last year.
Preliminary ORNL analysis in collaboration with the National Renewable Energy Laboratory in Colorado shows the catalytic technology could be retrofitted into existing bio-alcohol
refineries at various stages
of ethanol purification.
«Our method
of direct conversion
of ethanol offers a pathway to produce suitable hydrocarbon blend - stock that may be blended at a
refinery to yield fuels such as gasoline, diesel and jet fuel or commodity chemicals,» Narula said.
Monroe Energy, a subsidiary
of Delta Air Lines that operates the Trainer
refinery complex in Pennsylvania, said the EPA's decision not to cut 2013 biofuel targets did not take into account that companies might need to carry over some
ethanol credits for use in 2014, when it finalized the 2013 targets.
In the last few years, some
refineries began converting the inedible parts
of corn plants into
ethanol, Chundawat said.
The EPA allows small oil
refineries to apply for hardship exemptions from the RFS
ethanol blending requirements, with «small» meaning capacity 10,000 tons
of biomass per day, producing at least 20,000 barrels
of fuel per day.
Capturing the nearly pure stream
of CO2 emitted from corn
ethanol refinery fermentation processes is cheaper however, and footing the bill for the added costs associated with carbon capture can be further offset by taking advantage
of the market for CO2 availed by EOR.
Reaching a goal
of zero net deforestation will require reducing the pressures to deforest that come from population growth, rising affluence, the construction
of ethanol distilleries and biodiesel
refineries, and the fast - growing use
of paper.
Current estimates, which I documented in the afore - mentioned article, put the cost
of a biomass gasification plant at about 7 times the per barrel cost
of a conventional oil
refinery or grain
ethanol plant, and double the costs
of a coal - to - liquids plant.
A successful deforestation ban may require a ban on the construction
of additional biodiesel
refineries and
ethanol distilleries.
As
of mid-2007, growth in investment in
ethanol and biodiesel was losing momentum as feedstock prices rose for both
ethanol distilleries and biodiesel
refineries and as soaring grain prices sounded alarm bells for food consumers everywhere.
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.
BIOFUELS: An overhaul
of the nation's Renewable Fuel Standard will include fewer waivers for small
refineries and allow
ethanol exports to count toward federal biofuels quotas, according to a source.
They see small - scale cellulosic
refineries located near switchgrass grown on empty fields, beside pulp paper mill plants, or linked to municipal landfills, producing
ethanol and using leftover biomass for co-generation
of heat.
By the time you harvest Brazilian sugarcane by hand, burn it for production power, burn what's left over in the field, ship it from
refineries to the dock, load it onto ocean going ships burning bunker, the dirtiest fuel available, then ship it thousands
of miles to terminals in California and distribute it to retail outlets — It's Not going to be environmentally superior to shipping American
ethanol from the Corn Belt.
Today, amid an anemic economy and joblessness far worse than official government figures admit, President Obama balks at approving the Keystone XL pipeline, cancels leasing and drilling on federal lands, tells our budget - sequestered military to buy $ 26 to $ 67 - per - gallon ship and jet fuel, punishes
refineries for not buying cellulosic
ethanol that doesn't exist, and happily lets EPA shut down coal - fired power plants and kill countless thousands
of mining, utility and other jobs.
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.
Ending deforestation may require a ban on the construction
of additional biodiesel
refineries and
ethanol distilleries.
Though, you'll have to get off your high horse and start pushing to get more
of the
ethanol and biodiesel
refineries in your state.
This spring, Pacific
Ethanol Inc. began construction of what I believe will be the first ethanol refinery in Oregon, according to an article in Sustainable Industries Journal
Ethanol Inc. began construction
of what I believe will be the first
ethanol refinery in Oregon, according to an article in Sustainable Industries Journal
ethanol refinery in Oregon, according to an article in Sustainable Industries Journal (SIJ).
Eventually, enough
refineries will go out
of business, and use up enough reserves, to allow the price
of ethanol to climb (because its use is mandated, the price is not locked to global oil prices).
Many corn
ethanol refineries have been operating in the red this year because the price
of corn is so high.
Furthermore, by leaving 35 % water in the
ethanol at the
refinery, up to 60 %
of the cost to distill it is saved.
A «remarkably small operational adjustment» in
refineries» product mix — a 1.8 % increase in gasoline production — could have covered an
ethanol shortfall
of 400,000 bbl / d in 2011.
Two
of those projects, at an
ethanol refinery in Decatur, IL and a municipal solid waste incinerator in Oslo, will help demonstrate the concept
of bioenergy with carbon capture and storage (known as «BECCS» for short), which climate scientists see as a prime candidate for delivering large - scale carbon removal in the future.
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.
As corn prices have risen,
refineries have scaled back production, idled dozens
of plants and sold
ethanol inventories.
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 ef
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 ef
ethanol refineries: CO2, waste heat, production power exhaust, and corn rinse effluent.
Expand Locally - Owned Biofuel
Refineries: Less than 10 percent of new ethanol production today is from farmer - owned r
Refineries: Less than 10 percent
of new
ethanol production today is from farmer - owned
refineriesrefineries.
Directing pipe fitting and welding projects as foreman including a project with Gem Industrial involving the remodeling and repair
of a new
ethanol plant
refinery's sulfur unit.