Ethanol

Market Analysis

America’s Green Fuel Is Likely to Escape Negative Prices

The American ethanol industry has been absolutely pummeled in the last year, forcing a wave of production shutdowns across the Midwest.

Biobattery

Fuel Demand Rout Sends U.S. Ethanol Output to Lowest in a Decade

The American ethanol industry is cutting production like never before as coronavirus lockdowns keep drivers off the roads, crushing demand for fuel.

Energy Storage Battery

Simple Metal Films Give Fuel Cells a Boost

Direct methanol fuel cells (DMFCs) promise efficient energy generation with low emissions but the methane oxidation reaction (MOR) on which they rely is slow.

China Starts to Reopen Gates to US Ethanol

China will offer tariff exemptions of nearly 700 types of goods from the US, including fuel ethanol, the Chinese government announced Tuesday, but traders are c…

The Brazilian Bioenergy Firm to help Zambia Develop the Biofuel Industry

The Brazilian Bioenergy, Ethanol and Sugarcane Association has pledged to support Zambia with technological advancements in its quest to develop the Biofuel Ind…

U.S. Agriculture Dept. Creating Incentive Program to Boost Ethanol & Biodiesel Sales

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is seeking input from biofuel stakeholders as it works to create the Higher Blends Infrastructure Incentive Program (H…

Ammonia

An Easier And Greener Way to Create Syngas

Syngas (the term is short for "synthesis gas") is a mixture of carbon monoxide and hydrogen gases. It is used to make ammonia, methanol, other industrial chemic…

Zambia Looks to Brazil for Help in Biofuel Industry

Zambia’s Ambassador to Brazil, Dr. Alfreda Kansembe has held bilateral talks with Brazil’s Sugar, Ethanol and Energy companies in an effort to find partners t…

CCS

Carbon Capture And Storage Projects Advancing at Ethanol, Coal plants

As a Richardton ethanol facility gears up to store its carbon emissions underground, the company that runs a coal-fired power plant north of Washburn has secure…

New Research Investigates Methanol as a Potential Green H2 Storage Option

Curtin University researchers want to make hydrogen (H2) extraction from methanol a cleaner process.

Greenhouse Gas Emissions

New Ethanol Conversion Approach Can Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions 40%-96%

One way of increasing sustainability is to reduce carbon fuel emissions within transportation. In 2017 greenhouse gas emissions (GHG) from this sector surpassed…

​Greenfield Global, Hy2Gen to Set up 29-MW Green hydrogen Plant in Quebec

Canadian ethanol producer Greenfield Global Inc and Hy2gen Canada on Wednesday announced plans for a 50/50 joint venture to build a 29-MW green hydrogen product…

Big Oil, Big Corn both Blast Trump Biofuel Plan

Corn farmers, ethanol producers, refinery representatives, energy traders and state and local officials from the Midwest all blasted the Trump administration’s…

Trump's EPA Grants 31 Small Refinery Waivers from Biofuel Laws

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has granted 31 small refinery biofuel waivers for 2018 on Friday, infuriating the ethanol and corn producers who blamed…

Is Algal Biofuel A Lost Cause?

"So the notion of converting algae into fuel isn't far-fetched. However, executing this process in real time is quite expensive.”write Robert Rapier explained …