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Novozymes explores seaweed-to-ethanol in India

BY Kris BevillNovozymes has entered into a one-year exploratory research agreement with India’s Sea6 Energy to develop a process to convert seaweed to ethanol. READ MORE

February 02, 2012

Construction of five-acre algae farm begins at ethanol plant

BY Kris BevillBioProcess Algae and Green Plains Renewable Energy formally broke ground Feb. 1 on a five-acre algae production facility in southwest Iowa at the site of Green Plains’ 65 MMgy ethanol plant near Shenandoah, and should be complete in the fall. READ MORE

February 02, 2012

CRFA says report wrong on connection between ethanol, livestock

BY Canadian Renewable Fuels Association Ethanol and grain producers in Canada reacted to a report by the George Morris Centre charging it misinterprets the connection between clean-burning, renewable ethanol and the livestock and meat markets. READ MORE

February 02, 2012

IATP paper probes deeper implications of ILUC debate

BY Susanne Retka SchillLooking for a middle ground where environmentalists and ethanol advocates could meet, the Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy released a paper by Julia Olmstead reflecting on the the debate over indirect land use change. READ MORE

February 02, 2012

Senate energy outlook hearing focuses on fossils first

BY Kris BevillHoward Gruenspecht, acting EIA administrator, testified in a Senate energy committee hearing that while domestic crude oil production is expected to grow by more than 20 percent in the next decade, biofuels production will also grow steadily. READ MORE

February 02, 2012

Re-opened Aventine plant will provide much-needed jobs

BY Holly JessenThe long and frustrating wait for ethanol production at the 38 MMgy ethanol plant built in Canton, Ill., appears to finally be coming to an end. Aventine Renewable Energy Holdings Inc. announced Jan. 31 that it was resuming work to restart the plant. READ MORE

INDUSTRY EVENTS

National Ethanol Conference

February 22-24, 2012
Gaylord Palms Resort
Orlando, Florida

International Biomass
Conference & Expo

April 16-19, 2012
Colorado Convention Center
Denver, Colorado

International Fuel Ethanol
Workshop & Expo

June 4-7, 2012
Minneapolis Convention Center
Minneapolis, Minnesota

Algae Biomass Summit

September 24-27, 2012
Sheraton Denver Downtown Hotel
Denver, Colorado

International Biorefining
Conference & Trade Show

November 27-29, 2012

Houston, Texas