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ZeaChem signs EPC deal for demo plantZeaChem Inc. announced it has awarded the engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contract for its demonstration-scale cellulosic ethanol facility to Burns & McDonnell, an employee-owned engineering firm headquartered in Kansas City, Mo.READ MORE AltEn LLC to restart closed-loop ethanol plantSpectrum Business Ventures Inc. of Kansas City, Mo., and its affiliate, AltEn LLC of Kansas, are the new owners of the former E3 Biofuels ethanol plant in Mead, Kan., which they plan to restart. The questions of when and how, however, are still up in the air, said former E3 Biofuels CEO Dennis Langley.READ MORE Gavilon names Ives director, ethanol servicesThe Gavilon Group, LLC today announced that Randy Ives has joined Gavilon as director of ethanol services. Ives will be responsible for promoting Gavilon's physical margin management services, including ethanol and dried distillers grain with solubles (DDGS) marketing, and corn procurement.READ MORE Mendota Bioenergy gets $1.4 million grantA 33 MMgy energy beet-to-ethanol biorefinery being considered for Mendota, Calif., was recently named one of six grant winners by the California Energy Commission. The $6.3 million in funding went to projects that will "reduce petroleum use, cut pollution and provide California jobs by advancing the manufacture of biofuels and the use of alternative fuels and electric vehicles," according to a CEC press release. Also receiving grant money were two biodiesel production projects, electric vehicle components, natural gas from forest waste and biomethane.READ MORE Poet's Broin says E27 is needed to satisfy RFSPoet LLC CEO Jeff Broin told attendees at a recent energy conference that the U.S. will need to eventually utilize the equivalent of E27 in the nation's fuel supply in order to meet renewable fuel standard (RFS) targets.READ MORE UNICA threatens WTO intervention over tariffThe Brazilian Sugarcane Industry Association, UNICA, said it will encourage the Brazilian government to initiate dispute settlement proceedings at the World Trade Organization if currently proposed legislation to continue the ethanol import tariff passes the U.S. Congress.READ MORE Grassroots effort launched for VEETC 'yes' voteAs soon as word was received that U.S. Senate draft legislation includes a one-year extension to the Volumetric Ethanol Excise Tax Credit, ethanol industry groups began work to convince U.S. House of Representatives members to leave the extension in a final bill.READ MORE Senate bill calls for 1-year extension of VEETCA U.S. Senate bill released the night of Dec. 9 includes key ethanol provisions. The "Reid Tax Relief, Unemployment Insurance Reauthorization and Job Creation Act of 2010" extends the Volumetric Ethanol Excise Tax Credit, the Small Ethanol Producer Tax Credit and the Secondary Tariff on ethanol imports at their current levels through 2011.READ MORE |
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