ethanol

Jan 25th, 2011

Biofuels

Overview From the earliest days of internal-combustion engines, technological visionaries dreamed that engines would run on fuel made from plants. Experiments conducted in the 19th century showed that it was possible, and both Henry Ford and Rudolf Diesel supported the notion. Interest has waxed and waned for decades. These days, it is running high once again,...

May 25th, 2010

Despite Brazil’s Attempts, U.S. Ethanol Proves Itself

While Brazil spends millions of dollars to persuade Americans otherwise - the facts show that American ethanol is superior to - and actually cheaper than - Brazilian ethanol. The Renewable Fuels Association reports a gallon of gasoline mixed with 10-percent ethanol from the U.S. would be 11 cents cheaper than a gallon of gas with...

May 10th, 2010

Ethanol Industry: Too Big to De-Subsidize?

The ethanol lobby has been extremely successful over the course of the last decade in growing the industry into one of Washington’s favorite pet projects. A reported 76 percent of each dollar in subsidies to renewable energies is allocated to ethanol, including $5 billion in annual tax credits. Auto companies historically have been supportive of...

Apr 21st, 2010

Green Plains to Acquire Agribusinesses

US-based ethanol producer Green Plains Renewable Energy is set to purchase numerous agribusiness companies located in west Tennessee, US. These include five grain elevators situated in Como, Dyer, Kenton, Trenton, and Union City, Tennessee, and have the capacity to store 11.7 million bushels. A wholly-owned subsidiary of Green Plains Renewable Energy, Green Plains Grain Company TN,...

Mar 23rd, 2010

Ethanol is Not the Fuel of the Future for U.S.

Tennessee Voices The Tennessee Voices article on ethanol by Jaime Dachelet (”Ethanol provides many benefits,” March 10) reads like a free advertisement for Eco-Energy, a business that markets ethanol. The writer, their director of public relations, dismisses as “bugaboo” any engine problems related to this form of alcohol distilled from corn. Yet, as my friend and mechanic of...

Feb 18th, 2010

Methanol: 2010 World Market Outlook and Forecast Been Recently Released by MarketPublishers.com

LONDON – Within Chemicals & Petrochemicals Reports Package 2010, a newly updated market report “Methanol: 2010 World Market Outlook And Forecast” has been recently issued by Market Publishers, Ltd. The report features important aspects of Methanol market, provides its full and thorough analysis, focusing on the regional, country and world markets. It is broken into...

Feb 16th, 2010

Ethyl Acetate (ETAC): 2010 World Market Outlook And Forecast Been Recently Released by MarketPublishers.com

LONDON – Global Ethyl Acetate (ETAC) demand is expected to grow at 3-4%/year due to the demand for surface coatings, moreover, ETAC is to replace the restricted solvents. Global demand for industrial coatings is estimated to grow at around 3% a year from 2010 to 2015 with China, Japan, and South Korea leading the way....

Feb 12th, 2010

Vero Beach to own Florida’s first bioethanol plant

Vero Beach, a joint venture between New Planet Energy and INEOS BioEnergy, will soon find out how much it will cost to build Florida’s first bioethanol plant. Valero Beach has been planning to acquire Ocean Spray Cranberries’ former grapefruit-processing plant and turn it into a biofuels refinery. If the construction of the plant goes ahead, it is...

Feb 9th, 2010

POET VP to discuss how co-products can expand options for ethanol producers

San Diego, Calif. - New ethanol co-products can help ethanol plants become true biorefineries, unlocking the additional potential of each kernel of corn. POET Vice President of Commercial Development Scott Weishaar will discuss opportunities and challenges of adding such co-products to the ethanol production process at the Next Generation Bio-Based Chemicals Summit this week at the...

Feb 5th, 2010

Ethanol 2010 World Market Outlook And Forecast Been Recently Released by MarketPublishers.com

LONDON – Within Chemicals & Petrochemicals Reports Package 2010, a newly updated market report “Ethanol: 2010 World Market Outlook And Forecast” has been recently issued by Market Publishers, Ltd. The report features important aspects of ethanol market, provides its full and thorough analysis, focusing on the regional, country and world markets. It is broken...

Feb 2nd, 2010

US Gas Consumption Down, Biofuels Replacing Oil

Three years ago, petroleum-based gasoline consumption was the highest the U.S. had ever seen. But thanks in part to biofuels, including biodiesel and ethanol, the amount of gas we use has actually gone down since the peak of 2007. This article in the Kansas City Star says that while the recession and the increased popularity of...

Jan 18th, 2010

Plans for 1,800-mile ethanol pipeline across eastern U.S. unveiled

These numbers describe a new ethanol pipeline plan unveiled last week by Poet Ethanol Products and Magellan Midstream Partners. If built, this would be the first long-distance pipeline in the U.S. (pictured above is the Trans Alaska-Alyeska Oil Pipeline) and would run from the midwest to the east coast. In some areas, the biofuel pine...

Dec 24th, 2009

Eastern Petroleum opposes 20% ethanol tariff proposal

IN an effort to shield consumers from bearing the brunt of paying for expensive fuel with ethanol additive, Eastern Renewables and Fuels Corp. said it does not totally support petitions to impose a 20-percent tariff for ethanol. Fernando Martinez, Eastern Petroleum chairman and chief executive, said he does not fully support the calls to increase the...

Dec 24th, 2009

Petro Giants of Brazil, China Sign MoU on Feasibility of Ethanol Projects

Brazil’s state-owned oil and gas conglomerate Petrobras on Wednesday signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Chinese oil giant PetroChina to assess the technical and economic feasiblity of launching ethanol production projects in Brazil. According to the document, projects of ethanol production in Brazil would be developed in partnership between PetroChina and Petrobras’ subsidiary, Petrobras...

Dec 18th, 2009

Valero Renewables to Acquire Three Ethanol Plants

US chemicals firm Valero Renewable Fuels said it will acquire three ethanol plants, for roughly 41% of their estimated replacement cost. Valero will buy VeraSun’s Linden and Bloomingburg ethanol plants, each with an annual production capacity of 110 million gallons, at a cost of $200m. Valero will also acquire Renew Energy’s 110 million g/y ethanol facility located...

Dec 17th, 2009

Sniace Plans Spanish Ethanol Plant

Spain’s Sniace SA plans to build a $147m (€100m) ethanol plant at its main site in the northern Spanish city of Torrelavega. The construction of the new plant is expected to start before the end of 2010 after winning clearances from regional and local authorities. The company expects the plant to generate more than €20m in earnings...

Jul 14th, 2009

Sipchem and Hanwha Chemical Sign Joint Venture Agreement for Polymers Projects

Saudi International Petrochemical Company (Sipchem) and Hanwha Chemical Corporation of South Korea announced that they have signed a Joint Venture Agreement today to establish a new petrochemical company in Al-Jubail Industrial City, Saudi Arabia that will be owned 75% by Sipchem and 25% by Hanwha Chemical. The new polymers venture comprises of a 200,000 metric...

Jul 7th, 2009

BASF, Sinopec Get Govt Nod for Expansion

The Chinese central government has approved the Joint Feasibility Study Report submitted by BASF and SINOPEC for the expansion of their joint venture, BASF-YPC Co., Ltd. (BYC), in Nanjing, China, as of July 1, 2009. BASF and Sinopec will jointly invest approximately $1.4 billion in state-of-the-art technologies to produce downstream specialty chemicals for the Chinese market,...

Jun 15th, 2009

Huntsman and Laffans Join Forces for Specialty Chemicals Manufacturing in India

Huntsman Corporation (USA) and Laffans Petrochemicals Ltd. (India) have signed a Letter of Intent to finalize a collaboration agreement to share know-how, expertise and resources for specialty chemicals. The parties intend to leverage each other’s capabilities and resources for surfactants and amines manufacturing in India. Laffans’ responsibilities would include manufacturing and raw material sourcing, while...

May 29th, 2009

Overcapacity Looms Large in Some of China’s Petrochemical Sub-Sectors

China’s petrochemical industry faces an overcapacity problem in some sub-sectors, according to statistics from China Petroleum and Chemical Industry Association (CPCIA ). The operating rates of equipment in the ethylene, sodium carbonate, caustic soda, carbide, polyvinyl chloride, methanol and phosphate and refining sectors all ran below capacity in April. Feng Shiliang, vice secretary of CPCIA, suggested that...