Category: Refiner News
GreenShift corn oil patent case set to begin
Share In Indiana, a US district court judge will begin hearing arguments on the consolidated case for alleged GreenShift patent infringements on Aug. 22. Reports show that 15 ethanol plants have been named in the case including those by ICM, GEA Westfalia Separator, GEA Mechanical, and Flottweg Separation Technology that claim the companies infringed on [...]
Albany Renewable Energy abandons $350M ethanol project
Share In New York, Albany Renewable Energy has cancelled their lease with the Port of Albany. Originally, Albany Renewable had planned to build a $350 million ethanol plant at the sight, but has not been able to meet deadlines outlined in their twenty year lease. Rick Hendrick, Albany Port General Manager stated that the Port [...]
Three more ethanol plants join Growth Energy trade group
Share In Washington, Growth Energy announced three new ethanol plants as members, bringing Plant Membership to 71, with another 55 Associate Members. Joining Growth Energy are two plants, ABE-Huron and ABE-Aberdeen, operated by Advanced Bio-Energy, LLC, as well as a plant operated by Iroquois Bio-Energy Co. (IBEC). The ABE-Huron plant is located in South Dakota [...]
Valero to add corn oil extraction at three Iowa plants
Share In Texas, Valero says it will install corn oil extraction systems at its ethanol plants in Albert City, Charles City, Fort Dodge and Hartley, Iowa in an effort to improve margins from the previously Verasun facilities. The company says the system will recover a quarter-liter of oil per bushel of processed corn that will [...]
New $40M corn ethanol project to debut in Argentina
Share In Argentina, Indagro SA along with Anta del Dorado, Las Lajitas SA, Combustibles del Norte and Omar Monaldi plan to invest $40 million in a corn-based ethanol plant in the Salta province. Production is expected to be 100 million liters annually from 250,000 metric tons of corn.
