Tag Archives: ethanol

Corn, ethanol, RIN prices, and the blend wall!

Posted on March 22, 2013 by

As we’ve hinted at before, some interesting things are starting to happen with high corn prices, high RIN prices, the blend wall and ever compounding RFS requirements! We all know that corn prices have been high – so high in … Continue reading →

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The blend wall and what we will do with all the cellulosic ethanol

Posted on February 24, 2013 by

While we’ve discussed production issues with cellulosic a bit on this site (here and here), if John is right and we do scale up in the next couple years, whatever are we going to do with it all? http://farmdocdaily.illinois.edu/2013/02/ethanol-blend-wall-biodiesel-RFS.html They … Continue reading →

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Colorado goes cellulosic!

Posted on January 28, 2013 by

Via Paul, and article in Biofuels Digest highlighting how our local corn ethanol plant (Front Range Energy in Windsor, CO) will soon be transitioning to cellulose-derived sugars for a fraction of its feedstock: http://www.biofuelsdigest.com/bdigest/2013/01/16/sugar-rush-sweetwater-front-range-ink-100m-cellulosic-biofuels-deal/ This is a very exciting development!  … Continue reading →

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thoughtful opinions on the major questions w/ the future of biofuels..

Posted on December 13, 2012 by

Some insightful and honest opinions about some of the major questions about the future of biofuels. Def worth the 5 min read.. http://www.biofuelsdigest.com/bdigest/2012/12/13/15-burning-questions-and-answers-for-biofuels-in-2013/

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Biofuels mandates around the world

Posted on November 22, 2012 by

Here is a list of biofuels mandates around the world: http://www.biofuelsdigest.com/bdigest/2012/11/22/biofuels-mandates-around-the-world-2012/ Happy Thanksgiving from the blog group!

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Bioenergy + CCS: happening sooner than you think?

Posted on May 19, 2012 by

In fact, it’s already happening, with carbon capture and storage (CCS) systems recently deployed at an ethanol plant in Illinois and one in Saskatchewan. This is a big deal!  Bioenergy coupled with CCS has the potential to be net carbon-negative, … Continue reading →

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Researchers develop bacteria that can turn seaweed into ethanol

Posted on January 20, 2012 by

Beautiful description of the development of a strain of E. coli that can convert sugars in macroalgae (seaweed) into ethanol or other fuels: http://www.sciencemag.org/content/335/6066/273.full

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DDGS impacts from expired tax credit for ethanol?

Posted on January 18, 2012 by

One of several potential impacts of the expired tax credit for making corn ethanol: http://nationalhogfarmer.com/marketing/ethanol-tax-and-tariff-changes-likely-affect-ddgs-value

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On Ethanol and Import Tariffs

Posted on December 9, 2011 by

Seems like a really great summary of the current ethanol trade situation towards the end of this article:   http://www.ethanolproducer.com/articles/8389/congressman-proposes-ethanol-import-tariff-extension

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Clean cooking: the convergence of traditional and modern bioenergy in developing countries

Posted on December 4, 2011 by

One of the great ironies of bioenergy is that,  despite the rapid proliferation of 1st-generation ethanol fuel production in the US/Brazil and the vast resources being devoted to the development of cellolosic ethanol and advanced drop-in renewable fuels, the majority … Continue reading →

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