May 13, 2015 Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration, Monthly Energy ReviewNote: Ethanol volumes do not include gasoline that must be added to denature ethanol, rendering it undrinkable and therefore taxable as fuel rather than as beverage alcohol. In 2014, U.S. fuel ethanol production reached 14.3 billion gallons of ethanol fuel, the highest level ever. The […]
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March 26, 2015 Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration, Petroleum Supply Monthly According to EIA monthly supply data through December 2014, which EIA released in late February, U.S. exports of fuel ethanol in 2014 reached their second-highest level at a total of 826 million gallons. This level was second only to the 1.2 billion gallons exported […]
February 23, 2015 Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration, based on Oil Price Information Service, Thomson-ReutersNote: RBOB is reformulated blendstock for oxygenate blending. With the exception of two short periods in late 2013 and the first quarter of 2014, when , spot ethanol prices have consistently been lower than gasoline prices from December 2011 through October […]
October 27, 2014 Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration, Monthly Energy Review EIA has adjusted its estimates of the energy content of retail motor gasoline in the (MER) to reflect its changing composition. Ethanol and other oxygenates, which have lower energy content than petroleum-based gasoline components, have seen their share of total gasoline volumes increase from […]
September 5, 2014 Source: Republished with permission from POET-DSM On September 3, a joint venture company called POET-DSM Advanced Biofuels held the grand opening of its Project Liberty cellulosic ethanol plant in Emmetsburg, Iowa. The plant is the first of three commercial-scale cellulosic ethanol facilities under development in the Midwest that convert corn stover (corn […]
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There are some ominous signs that we are beginning to reach a point where it is less economic to look for and develop new supplies of oil, as costs rise, return on investment becomes less certain, and alternate opportunities exist for the funds that promise a better return with a lower initial investment. The problem, […]
