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NEW FUEL PRICE DATA SHOWS ETHANOL’S COST SAVINGS FOR CONSUMERS

Categories: Bio Fuels

NEW FUEL PRICE DATA SHOWS ETHANOL'S COST SAVINGS FOR CONSUMERS

Oil companies are taking note of ethanol's blending economics. Last week Marathon Oil Corp. announced that beginning in May, it will switch to an all-ethanol product slate at 16 of its Midwestern terminals, offering only E10 and no longer offering any unblended product. ExxonMobil also announced a similar move, stating that beginning in May, the company is eliminating conventional gasoline at some of its terminals and moving to pre-blended E10 instead.

http://www.ethanol.org/news/index.php?newsid=31

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U.S. Ethanol Production 6.48 Billion Gallons in 2007

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U.S. ethanol fuel production averaged 423,000 barrels per day in 2007, an increase of more than 34% over 2006 production, according to the Renewable Fuels Association (RFA).

Ethanol fuel production totaled 6.48 billion gallons in 2007, far above the 4.7 billion gallons of renewable fuel required by the Energy Policy Act of 2005.

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Ace Ethanol manages price risk with Planalytics

Categories: Bio Fuels

Ace Ethanol LLC has licensed the EnergyBuyer service offered by Planalytics Inc. to help monitor natural gas market prices, and identify when it’s a good time to buy or hedge natural gas. “With the volatile commodity markets we have today, we have to have the best information we can get,” explained Bob Sather, chairman of Ace Ethanol. “How we manage these commodity markets affects our bottom line.” EnergyBuyer recommendations are derived from market fundamentals, technical analysis, future weather forecasts, and market trading factors that impact prices on both the New York Mercantile Exchange and CME Group’s Globex platforms.

http://ethanolproducer.com/article.jsp?article_id=3803

 

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BIODIESEL PRODUCTION IN WISCONSIN

Categories: Bio Fuels, Education

Biodiesel is an alternative to petroleum diesel that is made from a varierty of feedstocks through a process called transesterification. Biodiesel can be used as a pure fuel (B100) or blended with petroleum and can be used in any diesel engine with little or no engine modifications.

In 2004, Wisconsin’s first biodiesel refining facility began production on a small scale at 2 million gallons per year.  Within three years the state has reached the annual production capacity of 53 million gallons.  By end of 2008, production may exceed 40 million gallons per year.

Sanimax Energy in De Forest and BEST Biodiesel in Cashton are currently the state's largest, most state of the art biodiesel production facilities. For more information visit them online.

Sanimax Energy
http://www.sanimax.com/products/energy.htm

BEST Biodiesel
http://www.bestenergies.com/

 

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March Bio Power Meeting

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Wisconsin Bio Industry Alliance – March Bio Power Meeting
 
Wednesday, March 12, 2008
Meeting: 2:00 p.m. – 3:30 p.m.
 
Location:
 
Whyte Hirschboeck Dudek
33 E. Main St.
Suite 300
Madison
 
Time and Date:
 
The Wisconsin Bio Industry Alliance (WBIA) is holding the first meeting of the newly-formed WBIA Bio Power Committee on Wednesday, March 12, 2008 from 2:00 p.m. to 3:30 p.m.
 
Details:
 
While the WBIA has been primarily focused on the development of the bio fuels industry up to this point, the organization is planning to renew efforts to grow the bio power sector of Wisconsin’s bio industry. 

Doug Litwiller with Alliant Energy will present to the group, discussing the combustion of ethanol plant byproducts in a fluidized bed reactor to reduce natural gas costs.

All parties related to the bio power industry that are interested in attending should contact Joshua Morby at  info@wisconsinbioindustry.com.

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