An ethanol plant here is finally up and running.
The Red Trail Energy LLC plant began grinding corn Tuesday to start making ethanol, chief executive officer Mick Miller said.
“We are up and running, the plant is online,” Miller said. “We will stay running and start up more and more of the plant as we go.
“The combustors […]
The manager of a Richardton ethanol plant says he expects the plant will have ethanol ready to sell after the first of the year.
Mick Miller is the chief executive officer of the Red Trail Energy plant. He says it’s now up and running, after some delays to make sure everything was working.
Miller says the Red […]
A Malawi project investigating ethanol-based fuels is conducting road tests on an ethanol-propelled vehicle.
Supporters of the project argue that a switch to ethanol fuel would not only benefit the environment but also increase employment in the country’s sugarcane industry and save on foreign exchange spent on fuel imports.
According to Freeman Kalirani, a lead researcher on […]
Construction of two new ethanol plants in Iowa will offer area farmers stronger local demand for their corn.
Bill Todorof, chairman of Cedar River Ethanol LLC, and Unity Ethanol LLC, made double announcements Wednesday, Dec. 27 of his companies’ plan to construct two ethanol plants - one in Ottumwa and the second near Ainsworth/Columbus Junction, IA.
Technology […]
The men and women who shepherd cattle from birth to the slaughterhouse door like the idea of ethanol — just not so much of it so fast.
A jump in corn prices — fueled largely by the demand from ethanol refiners — has made it more expensive to feed cattle.
“This has been a monumental change in […]
Government agencies are urging consumers to fuel their cars with ethanol, which eventually could have a negative impact on the agriculture industry.
Michigan uses one-third of its corn crop each year to create ethonol.
The agriculture industry is breaking even on corn prices for the first time in years.
The Iowa Renewable Fuels Association says the state will produce a record 1.5 billion gallons of ethanol in 2006.
The trade group says Iowa ethanol plants will turn out 36% more corn-based fuel in 2006 than last year, when 1.1 billion gallons was made.
In producing the record amount of ethanol, Iowa’s ethanol plants processed over 550 […]
SunOpta Inc. announced that it has signed a 50-50 joint venture agreement with GreenField Ethanol Inc., formerly known as Commercial Alcohols Inc., Canada’s leading producer of fuel ethanol.
Both companies will develop and implement commercial scale processes for the production of cellulosic ethanol from wood chips, including the planned establishment of one or more […]
Michigan corn growers are finding their fields turning to gold as prices rise rapidly because of the growth of ethanol production.
Many farmers complained when rain kept them out of the fields and delayed the harvest.
But the wait is paying off, as corn prices rose from $1.85 per bushel in August to $3.50 per bushel in […]
Construction began Thursday on an ethanol plant that will produce 100 million gallons of the alternative fuel annually.
Alpha Holdings, the parent company of Tama Ethanol LLC, expects to begin producing ethanol in 2008 near Tama’s east side.
Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, Congressman Leonard Boswell, D-Iowa, and about 80 others attended groundbreaking ceremonies Thursday.