Energy » John Davis

California has an ethanol industry that is growing in size and importance. That’s why members of the National Corn Growers Association’s Ethanol Committee went to Sacramento last week to meet...

https://energy.agwired.com/2016/02/12/ethanol-cmte-looks-at-cals-green-fuel-industry/

A U.S. senator’s support of ethanol and the Renewable Fuel Standard has garnered him the inaugural “Friend of Farmers” Award from the Indiana Soybean Alliance and Indiana Corn Growers Assoc...

https://energy.agwired.com/2016/02/09/donnelly-friend-of-farmers-for-support-of-ethanol-rfs/

A group of Minnesota soybean farmers recently made the trip to New York City to see how one of their products, biodiesel, is making a big splash in the Big Apple. This article from the Minnesota ...

https://energy.agwired.com/2016/02/08/minnesota-biodiesel-looks-to-make-it-in-big-apple/

Biodiesel is getting a boost at a college in New Jersey, thanks to a grant from Pfizer. This article from the Morris (NJ) NewsBee says the College of Saint Elizabeth has received the grant throug...

https://energy.agwired.com/2016/02/05/pfizer-grant-boosts-biodiesel-at-nj-college/

Biodiesel giant Renewable Energy Group got a little bit bigger. This company news release says REG bought Sanimax Energy, LLC’s 20 million gallon nameplate capacity biodiesel refinery located i...

https://energy.agwired.com/2016/02/04/reg-buys-sanimax-biodiesel-plant/

A bill that has the backing of Democrats, Republicans and Independents in the U.S. Senate would clarify and simplify federal rules on biomass. This news release from Maine Sen. Susan Collins says...

https://energy.agwired.com/2016/02/04/senate-bill-looks-to-clear-simplify-rules-on-biomass/

Alternative energy maker Enviva will begin construction on a biomass wood pellet plant in North Carolina this year with a projected opening in 2017. This article from the Richmond County (NC) Jou...

https://energy.agwired.com/2016/02/03/enviva-building-nc-biomass-wood-pellet-plant/

Renewable energy technology company Gevo, Inc. has inked a deal with South American alcohol maker Porta Hnos S.A. to build several isobutanol plants in Argentina. This Gevo news release says they...

https://energy.agwired.com/2016/02/03/gevo-porta-building-isobutanol-plants-in-argentina/

A combination of low oil prices and incentives are making biodiesel sell for free… and in some cases even less! This article from Bloomberg.com says in some places are being paid to use the gre...

https://energy.agwired.com/2016/02/02/oil-prices-incentives-making-biodiesel-free/

An IndyCar pit crew will be the first ever to be powered by solar. IndyCar driver Stefan Wilson and the #ThinkSolar campaign team will be sponsored by the American Solar Energy Society (ASES) for...

https://energy.agwired.com/2016/02/01/indycar-pit-crew-to-run-on-solar-at-indy-500/