Take Biofuels To The Non-Bank Bank

It was more a wavering non-waver than another government oldie but goodie, a non-denial denial. Still, nothing in the U. S. Environmental Protection Agency’s Dec. 1 delay to grant the ethanol industry’s request to boost the current 10 per cent ethanol limit in gasoline to 15 per cent suggested it won’t happen – and soon.

U. S. Sees Ethanol Output Eventually Meeting Target

U. S. ethanol production could eventually top 14.5 billion gallons a year, up 16 per cent from output capacity at the beginning of 2009 and enough to blend 10 per cent of the fuel into every gallon of the nation’s gasoline, the U. S. government said Nov. 18. U. S. ethanol output capacity stood at


Canada Biofuels Sector Seeks Bigger Fuel Mandate

Canada’s biofuels industry will ask the government early in 2010 to expand fuel blending mandates and production incentives, even as plants rapidly boost capacity to meet incoming targets, the president of the Canadian Renewable Fuels Association said Nov. 12. “We absolutely would be looking at all those instruments as a way of ensuring we build

Canada Will Need To Import Ethanol

Canada will need to import ethanol in order to meet its 2010 ethanol production target of two billion litres per year, according to an official with the Canadian Renewable Fuels Association (CRFA). Ethanol output in Canada is currently in the 1.731-billion-litre range. The five per cent national renewable fuels mandate that will be implemented by


Agricultural Energy Expansion Must-Haves

The expanding renewable energy sector offers incredible opportunities for Manitoba producers. What we need now are the right policy tools and information on diversifying into new agricultural-based energy solutions such as biomass, wind power, and renewable fuels. Keystone Agricultural Producers (KAP) recently updated a policy paper regarding agricultural energy, which outlines our vision for the

Water Worries Cloud Future For U. S. Biofuel

“We really have to ask ourselves, do we want to be driving with renewable fuels or with gasoline made from petroleum resources?” – BRENT ERICKSON, EXECUTIVE VICE-PRESIDENT, BIOTECHNOLOGY INDUSTRY ORGANIZATION It’s corn-planting time in the U. S. Plains, and that means Kansas corn farmer Merl “Buck” Rexford is worrying about the weather – and hoping


Bioeconomy Remains Important To Farmers’ Future

Biofuels and the fledgling bioproducts industry continue to provide an important economic opportunity for farmers despite troubles the industry has experienced in the past year, says Gordon Quaiattini, president of the Canadian Renewable Fuels Association. A recent report from the International Energy Agency should clear up charges biofuels are a greater source of greenhouse gases

U. S. Ethanol Sector Faces Grim Prospects

Hard times have hit the once-robust U. S. ethanol sector amid the economic recession, with as much as 15 per cent of production capacity likely standing idle, USDA chief economist Joseph Glauber said Feb. 25. It was a sobering assessment of the fledging industry that was once bursting with optimism and financial gains as the


One-Fifth Of U. S. Ethanol Capacity Idled

U. S. ethanol producer and grain processor Archer Daniels Midland Co. said Feb. 3 nearly 21 per cent of U. S. ethanol production capacity has been shut due to weak demand and poor margins. U. S. ethanol plants with a production capacity of 10.2 billion gallons per year are currently operating, down from a peak

U. S. ethanol industry wants diversification

Developing non grain sources of ethanol should be a priority for the administration of President Barrack Obama, the U. S. Renewable Fuels Association says. Chairman Chris Standlee and CEO Bob Dinneen told reporters in a conference call that the Obama administration should provide loan guarantees for next-generation technologies to make the ethanol industry less dependent