ethanol price
With the price of crude oil having fallen to below US$60/barrel, it looks as if the great enthusiasm among investors for vegetable ethanol, especially in the US, is cooling. Perhaps diluting is a better word. Last week, one blue-eyed newcomer, Hawkeye Holdings, decided – due to a lack of interest – to postpone its […]
October 8th, 2006 – Posted in General
The first coal-fired ethanol plant in Minnesota is expected to soon be in operation in Heron Lake, Minn. High natural gas prices are leading new ethanol plant owners to embrace coal power, the St. Paul Pioneer Press reported.
“The country is investing in ethanol not only as a way to reduce our reliance on oil, but as […]
March 14th, 2007 – Posted in Coal
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 […]
December 26th, 2006 – Posted in General
DTN, a leading business-to-business provider of real-time information services, October 13 launched the DTN Ethanol Information Center, a new Web site with comprehensive current market data and background information on ethanol from around the world.
The Web site … http://www.dtnethanolcenter.com/ … is available to the public and includes DTN’s industry-leading agriculture and energy market analysis, the […]
October 22nd, 2006 – Posted in General
Billionaire Peter Branson, the British business mogul who owns Virgin Atlantic Airways, says he’s going to burn cellulosic ethanol in his 100-plane fleet within the next five or six years.
Made from organic waste generated by farming and forestry, cellulosic ethanol is made from cellulose, rather than sugars and starches as is normal ethanol. In a […]
October 8th, 2006 – Posted in General
U.S. ethanol prices have risen to their highest point in almost two months, extending a rally amid surging corn costs and higher demand for the gasoline additive.
Corn prices have climbed almost 50 percent since the start of September after hot, dry weather in July damaged the U.S. crop, and ethanol production rose to a record. […]
November 12th, 2006 – Posted in Alternative Energy, General
Corn prices have more than doubled over the last year as the demand for ethanol has increased, and that’s left dairy farmers with a hefty price tag for feed. Earlier this year, dairy farmer Hank Van Exel paid $117 for a ton of corn. Now, he’s paying nearly $200 a ton. The reason?
Twenty percent of America’s corn […]
January 27th, 2007 – Posted in Alternative Energy
Shares of ethanol producers fell Friday after an analyst cut his rating on two companies and slashed his price target for a third, citing concerns about weakening pricing power for the industry.
Ian Horowitz of Soleil Securities Group trimmed his expectations for the price producers will receive for ethanol through 2008, “due to both the overall […]
October 8th, 2006 – Posted in Mining Stocks
Growing demand for ethanol has boosted prices for the corn-based fuel additive, worrying ethanol supporters just as they’re making inroads getting motorists interested in the alternative fuel. Greg Boesch, who owns Fred’s Mini Mart in Shadeland, said when he began selling E85, it was between 30 cents and 40 cents a gallon cheaper than gasoline.
Now, he’s […]
October 24th, 2006 – Posted in Alternative Energy
Growing demand for ethanol has boosted prices for the corn-based fuel additive, worrying ethanol supporters just as they’re making inroads getting motorists interested in the alternative fuel. Greg Boesch, who owns Fred’s Mini Mart in Shadeland, said when he began selling E85, it was between 30 cents and 40 cents a gallon cheaper than gasoline.
Now, he’s […]
December 26th, 2006 – Posted in Alternative Energy
Sioux Falls-based Broin Cos., the nation’s largest dry mill ethanol producer, announced Tuesday that the grand opening for its latest plant will be Dec. 2.
The opening of Prairie Ethanol near Loomis, north of Mitchell, will begin with the Vanguard Squadron, the world’s only 100 percent ethanol-powered aerobatic fleet, performing flyovers at 10:15 a.m. The speaking […]
November 22nd, 2006 – Posted in General
Penford Products Co. will break ground next Tuesday for a new ethanol production facility in Cedar Rapids.
Penford Corp., owner of Penford Products, announced plans in June to build a $42 million ethanol plant with the capacity to produce up to 45 million gallons of ethanol per year. The plant will be located adjacent to Penford […]
November 22nd, 2006 – Posted in Alternative Energy
