Washington Business Daily

Ethanol Production News

There’s Oil In Them TreesWednesday, September 8, 2010 @ 2:31PMIn a special session Aug. 27, the Mississippi Legislature passed a $45 million bond issue that will allow the state to loan $75 million to KiOR , a Houston-based startup that converts biomass into a crude-oil substitute.

Putnam pushes environmental policyWednesday, September 8, 2010 @ 1:30PMIncreasing access to fruits and vegetables, focusing on Florida seafood and energy producing crops other than corn top the list of priorities for Congressman Adam Putnam in his bid to make a career change.

Rex American Resources Profit Rises on Ethanol AcquisitionsWednesday, September 8, 2010 @ 12:25PMRex American Resources Corp. saw an increase in its second-quarter earnings as a result of a recent ethanol-production acquisition, the Wall Street Journal reported. The company reported a 47 percent increase in earnings as a result of a full quarter of production at One Earth Energy LLC, in which it has a controlling interest.

Fulcrum BioEnergy Begins Work on Ethanol PlantWednesday, September 8, 2010 @ 12:25PMFulcrum BioEnergy Inc. is set to start construction on a plant in Nevada that will convert household waste into ethanol, according to Bloomberg Businessweek. The Sierra Biofuels plant in Reno, Nev., is slated to begin ethanol production in 2012.

Microbial Breakthrough Impacts Health, Agriculture, BiofuelsWednesday, September 8, 2010 @ 12:11PMFor the first time ever, University of Illinois researchers have discovered how microbes break down hemicellulose plant matter into simple sugars using a cow rumen bacterium as a model."This is ground-breaking research," said Isaac Cann, associate professor in the U of I Department of Animal Sciences and member of the Energy Biosciences Institute (EBI) in the Institute for Genomic ...