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Ethanol
Judge OKs sale of Indiana's oldest ethanol plant
February 6, 2013
Associated PressA joint venture bought the New Energy Corp. plant at auction last week for $2.5 million. New Energy had hoped the auction
would cover the company's $54 million in debt. A large portion of that debt is owed to the U.S. Department of Energy, which
guaranteed the original loans.
MoreBioTown still dependent on grid eight years later
February 3, 2013
Associated PressEight years after being nicknamed Biotown USA, the town of Reynolds is as dependent on the energy grid as it ever was, and
is likely to become more so.
MoreIndiana's oldest ethanol plant shuts down, idling 40
November 6, 2012
Associated PressHigh corn prices, large ethanol inventories, lower gas prices and lower fuel demand were factors cited for the shutdown.
MoreIndiana ethanol plant resumes operations
September 19, 2012
Bloomberg NewsValero Energy Corp., the third-largest U.S. ethanol producer, has restarted distilleries in Nebraska and Indiana, as profit
margins for the fuel improved.
MoreGroups ask for ethanol law break as corn hits record
July 30, 2012
Bloomberg NewsLivestock and poultry producers formally asked the Obama administration Monday to suspend the nation’s renewable fuels
standard because it is causing “severe economic harm” as corn prices surged to a record.
MoreDrought deals blow to ethanol industry
July 7, 2012
Chris O'MalleyIndiana’s 13 plants distilling the automotive fuel ethanol could soon be sputtering as drought dries up the supply and
boosts the price of corn, their main ingredient.
MoreHigh gas prices leading to lower demand for ethanol
April 6, 2012
Bloomberg NewsWaning demand for gasoline is putting the United States on course to miss a target for ethanol use for the first time, signaling
no let-up in the slide in prices.
MoreDaniels, hopefuls support Indiana corn ethanol
April 3, 2012
Associated PressThe Democrat and Republican running to replace Gov. Mitch Daniels spent most of their Tuesday morning talk with Indiana corn
growers and ethanol producers outlining their similarities, starting with the fact that their campaign vehicles run on E85
ethanol blends.
MoreEPA moves closer to approval of 15-percent ethanol gas
April 2, 2012
Associated PressThe federal government announced Monday it has taken a step toward wide distribution of fuel containing 85 percent gasoline
and 15 percent ethanol by allowing manufacturers to register as suppliers.
MoreEthanol makers shrug off expiration of key tax credit
January 6, 2012
Chris O'MalleyIt looks like motorists, not ethanol makers, stand to feel the pain of a federal tax credit that expired at the end of last
year.
MorePurdue professor says ethanol consumption has its limits
January 8, 2011
IBJ StaffCurrent infrastructure for delivering the alternative fuel isn't adequate to use all that the federal government says must
be produced.
MoreIndianapolis-based Xylogenics licenses yeast strain to ethanol producer
August 28, 2010
IBJ StaffXylogenics claims its yeast strain, developed at the Indiana University School of Medicine, can increase yields and lower
costs of producing corn ethanol.
MoreLocal racing-fuel supplier expands territory to 26 states
August 26, 2010
Scott OlsonNational Biofuels Distribution LLC, a subsidiary of Carmel-based Telamon Corp., signs two distribution contracts to expand
its distribution reach. The company began marketing its ethanol-based racing fuel, Ignite, about a year ago.
MorePromising ethanol yeast nears market launch
June 19, 2010
Chris O'MalleyA firm that may have developed a breakthrough yeast for ethanol production has landed new investment and high-octane board
members. Two-year-old Xylogenics Inc. also says it plans to license its first bioengineered yeast later this year.
MoreTelecom supplier Telamon hopes to 'ignite' racing industry
November 6, 2009
Scott OlsonCarmel-based Telamon Corp. rose to become one of the largest minority-owned businesses in the area largely by serving telecommunications
giants. Now it is veering off its traditional course to supply racing teams with an ethanol-based fuel made from Indiana corn.
MoreBallard trip to explore clean energy
April 6, 2009
Indianapolis Mayor Greg Ballard and other city officials will travel to Brazil in May to explore renewable-energy production,
in hopes of making the city a leader in the technology.
MorePotent potential for ethanol?
March 16, 2009
Poet Biorefining has four more Indiana ethanol plants on the drawing board, but they'll stay on paper until capital markets
and demand for the biofuel improve, an executive of the South Dakota company said on a recent trip to Indianapolis
MoreIUPUI startup eyes yeast as fuel for ethanol
January 5, 2009
Chris O'MalleyA firm hatched out of the Indiana University School of
Medicine has raised $150,000 toward bringing to market yeasts that could be a cure for one of the biggest bioengineering challenges
of the day.
MoreFund to fuel ethanol use out of gas
December 29, 2008
Chris O'MalleyA state fund supporting an 18-cent-a-gallon tax credit for gas stations selling E85 ethanol was exhausted in the first three
months of the state's new fiscal year.
MoreNew IRL ethanol deal with Brazil angers U.S. corn growers
December 1, 2008
Anthony SchoettleThe Indy Racing League suddenly finds itself at odds with Midwestern farmers over a decision to make a Brazilian consortium
its ethanol supplier starting next year.
MorePurdue University launches Center for Energy Systems and Policy to meld research, business, public policy
November 10, 2008
Chris O'MalleyLast month, Purdue University launched the Center for Energy Systems and Policy to make sure its researchers
are working early in the process with business and public-policy experts at the university.
MoreLocal engineering firm backing effort to turn garbage into ethanol
May 26, 2008
Chris O'MalleyIndianapolis-based engineering and consulting giant RW Armstrong has become lead investor in an upstart ethanol firm that
would apply novel technology to make the automotive fuel without using corn as the key ingredient. It would be the first big
commercial plant in Indiana to make the alcohol fuel with so-called cellulosic material--the holy grail, of sorts, in the
ethanol
industry.
MoreRoad getting bumpy for ethanol plants
December 10, 2007
Chris O'MalleyThe list of potential Hoosier ethanol plants is nothing short of astounding for a state that had just one ethanol-fuel distillery
as recently as 2005. Beyond the six ethanol plants now operating and six others under construction, Purdue University agricultural
economist Chris Hurt counts 27 others under consideration for Indiana.
MoreState offers red carpet to ethanol plants despite environmental concerns
November 20, 2006
Chris O'MalleyThe Indiana Department of Environmental Management proposes a change in regulations that could reduce the time it takes to
approve air permits for ethanol plants. The change would establish industry-specific control standards for emissions.
MoreBiofuel plans have suppliers stoked
September 18, 2006
Chris O'MalleyIndiana's plan to become the Middle East of biofuels could be a boon well beyond the rural towns that will welcome more than
a dozen refineries . Firms that make and supply parts and expertise needed to build the $1.8 billion in ethanol and biodiesel
plants--and related infrastructure--are gearing up.
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Laura-the festivals and tastings are free. What does is strengthen the sense of community with activities. What are those empty lots doing for the Village? it's sad you can't see the good that this progress can do for the area. No one is requiring anyone to shop there. I guess you'd rather see a Dollar store move in or no, we'd rather see the property stand empty b/c change is out of the question.
Read down to the part about Brizzi. Someone needs to subpoena his "purchases" of Red RockPictures and Cellstar and his corresponding bank records, I mean c'mon, I'd like to see his alcohol usage records, too. http://diana-vice.blogspot.com/2011_01_01_archive.html
Wonder if my neighborhood can advertise our "retention" pond and act like it is a beach too?
a new record at the '11 salebration until they realized that it was a futile effort to get their crapwagon moter and crapwagon car up speed. And then they just quietly slunk off into the night and never spoke of it again. Nothing to see here folks.
millions for putting a company's bumper sticker on one of its Lolas. But you gotta take what you can get.