The Brazilian government plans to exempt fuel ethanol of certain taxes that if approved by regulators could be equivalent to 10 per cent of the pump price, the Valor Economico newspaper reported on Monday.
The government could lift the so-called PIS/Cofins taxes applied to the biofuel as soon as April, the newspaper said without saying how it acquired the information.
Valor Economico reported that the plan merely needs the signature of Energy Minister Edison Lobao, who in February said the government was considering the tax break to revive investments in the cane ethanol industry.
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Tuesday, March 5, 2013
Wisconsin Plant May Produce Cellulosic Ethanol
A Wisconsin ethanol plant could break into the cellulosic ethanol market thanks to a partnership with a New York-based cellulosic sugar producer.
Ace Ethanol of Stanley, which opened in 2002 as Wisconsin’s first large-scale corn ethanol production facility, has signed a long-term commercial agreement with Sweetwater Energy, Inc., from Rochester, N.Y., to generate cellulosic ethanol at Ace’s plant for up to 16 years.
Sweetwater’s process will convert non-food biomass such as crop residues, energy crops and woody biomass into highly fermentable sugar, which Ace will ferment into ethanol.
The contract has a potential value in excess of $100 million
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Ace Ethanol of Stanley, which opened in 2002 as Wisconsin’s first large-scale corn ethanol production facility, has signed a long-term commercial agreement with Sweetwater Energy, Inc., from Rochester, N.Y., to generate cellulosic ethanol at Ace’s plant for up to 16 years.
Sweetwater’s process will convert non-food biomass such as crop residues, energy crops and woody biomass into highly fermentable sugar, which Ace will ferment into ethanol.
The contract has a potential value in excess of $100 million
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Another Clueless Ethanol Supporter
Of all the ethanol articles I've read, this one is probably the most ignorant I've ever seen.
For example, this silly, misguided elitist person talks down to people in Tennessee, saying they need more ethanol education there because gas station owners were marketing gas that had no ethanol in it.
She asks this meaningless question: "So how does a fuel like ethanol remain a fuel choice for more than 100 years if it is so harmful? If that were the case, than how has oil remained a fuel choice for more than 100 years?"
The 100 year nonsense is a reference to her saying Model T's from long ago used ethanol in them. I wonder how many operating Model T's survived that disastrous practice.
Also pointed out is the assertion E15 is the most tested fuel in American history. So what? Those very tests have found that E15 does do damage to many cars. Testing it is irrelevant. The results of those test are what count, and E15 is a disaster by any metric.
Even E10 is a disaster, as it has done enormous damage to all sorts of machinery using small engines; including lawn mowers, chainsaws, and even snowmobiles, among many others.
She makes it sound like people want ethanol in their cars and other machinery. It's not true whatsoever. Americans are forced to use ethanol by law, and if it was taken out of the market tomorrow, only a few goofy, radical environmentalists would care.
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For example, this silly, misguided elitist person talks down to people in Tennessee, saying they need more ethanol education there because gas station owners were marketing gas that had no ethanol in it.
She asks this meaningless question: "So how does a fuel like ethanol remain a fuel choice for more than 100 years if it is so harmful? If that were the case, than how has oil remained a fuel choice for more than 100 years?"
The 100 year nonsense is a reference to her saying Model T's from long ago used ethanol in them. I wonder how many operating Model T's survived that disastrous practice.
Also pointed out is the assertion E15 is the most tested fuel in American history. So what? Those very tests have found that E15 does do damage to many cars. Testing it is irrelevant. The results of those test are what count, and E15 is a disaster by any metric.
Even E10 is a disaster, as it has done enormous damage to all sorts of machinery using small engines; including lawn mowers, chainsaws, and even snowmobiles, among many others.
She makes it sound like people want ethanol in their cars and other machinery. It's not true whatsoever. Americans are forced to use ethanol by law, and if it was taken out of the market tomorrow, only a few goofy, radical environmentalists would care.
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Monday, January 21, 2013
GraalBio Gets $294 Million from BNDES
GraalBio cellulose ethanol plant, to be based in Brazil, has reportedly received investment capital from BNDES, the state development bank of Brazil, garnering $294 million. The plant is scheduled to open in the early part of 2014.
The investment arm of the bank, BNDESPar, will provide the financing for the project. BNDES will receive
15 percent of the company and one seat on the board of directors of the company.
Ethanol production on an annual basis will be able to reach 22 million gallons, and would be the first second generation ethanol facility located in the southern hemisphere. Second generation ethanol refers to the use of plant material not used for food in producing fuel, otherwise known as cellulose ethanol.
Many believe, as far as ethanol goes, that cellulose will be more widely adopted as a biofuel because it doesn't interfere with the food supply.
Early in 2012 Novozymes said it'll be providing enzymes to GraalBio.
The investment arm of the bank, BNDESPar, will provide the financing for the project. BNDES will receive
15 percent of the company and one seat on the board of directors of the company.
Ethanol production on an annual basis will be able to reach 22 million gallons, and would be the first second generation ethanol facility located in the southern hemisphere. Second generation ethanol refers to the use of plant material not used for food in producing fuel, otherwise known as cellulose ethanol.
Many believe, as far as ethanol goes, that cellulose will be more widely adopted as a biofuel because it doesn't interfere with the food supply.
Early in 2012 Novozymes said it'll be providing enzymes to GraalBio.
Thursday, September 6, 2012
Ethanol: U.S. Politicians Ignore Global Calls to Suspend Ethanol Mandate
With the presidential elections in the U.S. just a short couple of months away, you would think one of the candidates and/or political parties would tackle the horrendous ethanol scam. But alas that's not going to happen.
According to Robert Bryce at The Daily Beast, it's all about votes, even though the devastating practice and support and enablement from the U.S. government continues.
He said this:
We at Ethanol Fix vehemently oppose the ethanol racket, and call for the abandonment of this outrageous and damaging environmental, and more importantly - people-harming practice.
The ethanol mandate in America not only needs to be suspended, it needs to be ended and the industry shut down.
People in America should decide whether or not they want the harmful ethanol in their vehicles, as well as be forced to use it in their small equipment.
According to Robert Bryce at The Daily Beast, it's all about votes, even though the devastating practice and support and enablement from the U.S. government continues.
He said this:
The two presidential candidates dare not call attention to the corn-ethanol scam despite the drought that is ravaging the Corn Belt and sending corn, and other grain prices, to record highs. Mitt Romney and Barack Obama apparently want voters to forget that last month both the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization and the International Food Policy Research Institute called on the U.S. to suspend the mandates that require gasoline sellers to blend increasing amounts of corn ethanol into their fuel. (This year those mandates will require those fuel sellers to mix 13.2 billion gallons of corn ethanol into our gasoline. By 2015 the mandate will increase to 15 billion gallons.)How about whether or not corn-based ethanol affects food prices?
On Tuesday the FAO, in conjunction with the World Food Program and the International Fund for Agricultural Development, warned that because of soaring grain prices, the world faces “a repeat of the 2007–2008 world food crisis.” The nations of the world need to “act urgently to make sure that these price shocks do not turn into a catastrophe hurting tens of millions” of people. The statement said the countries of the world “need to review and adjust” policies that “encourage alternative use of grains” including, of course, “biofuel mandates.”
What accounts for the silence of the candidates in the face of such urgent appeals? One logical answer can be found in a simple number: 27. That’s the number of Electoral College votes at stake in three key states: Iowa, Minnesota, and Indiana. Those three states, which account for more than one third of all domestic ethanol production capacity, have exactly 10 percent of the electoral votes needed to clinch the race for the presidency. And those 27 votes are critical for both candidates.
At least 17 studies—done by organizations ranging from Purdue University to the World Bank—have exposed the link between increasing biofuel production and higher food prices. Last year the Farm Foundation, a nonprofit entity formed in 1933 that focuses on agriculture issues, issued a report saying that the ethanol mandate creates a “large, persistent and non-price responsive demand for corn.” The report went on, saying “there is little doubt that biofuels play a role in the corn price level and variability, and this has spilled over into other commodity markets.”
Thanks to Obama’s EPA, the food-versus-fuel problem is going to get worse. The agency is expected to approve the use of sorghum for ethanol production. Like corn, sorghum is a feed grain. But the agency is planning to designate ethanol made from sorghum an “advanced” biofuel, which will allow distilleries to sell it for a premium price. (Sorghum requires less water than corn but yields about the same amount of ethanol per bushel.)
We at Ethanol Fix vehemently oppose the ethanol racket, and call for the abandonment of this outrageous and damaging environmental, and more importantly - people-harming practice.
The ethanol mandate in America not only needs to be suspended, it needs to be ended and the industry shut down.
People in America should decide whether or not they want the harmful ethanol in their vehicles, as well as be forced to use it in their small equipment.
Thursday, July 12, 2012
Ethanol Production Drops to Two-Year Low
Ethanol production plummeted last week to 821,000 barrels a day, a decline of 4.2 percent in the United States. That the lowest ethanol production level since July 2010, according to an Energy Department report.
With corn prices surging towards $8 a bushel, over the next couple of months we could see ethanol demand plunge even more.
Because there is little hope of rain coming soon, the drought will continue to devastate the corn in the Midwest, with a drop of a little over 1 percent daily as to the quality rating of the crop.
On the Chicago Board of Trade denatured ethanol for August delivery fell 2.8 cents, or 1.1 percent, to $2.44 a gallon
For the cash market, U.S. Gulf ethanol was down to $2.47 a gallon in Chicago, a loss of 5.5 cents, or 2.2 percent. In Chicago it fell 5 cent to $2.41, a decline of 2 percent.
New York ethanol was down to $2.53, falling 5 cents or 1.9 percent. On the West Coast it fell to $2.63, down 4 cents or 1.5 percent.
Corn took a breather, with December delivery in Chicago declining to $7.0475 a bushel, sliding 12.75 cents, or 1.8 percent.
With corn prices surging towards $8 a bushel, over the next couple of months we could see ethanol demand plunge even more.
Because there is little hope of rain coming soon, the drought will continue to devastate the corn in the Midwest, with a drop of a little over 1 percent daily as to the quality rating of the crop.
On the Chicago Board of Trade denatured ethanol for August delivery fell 2.8 cents, or 1.1 percent, to $2.44 a gallon
For the cash market, U.S. Gulf ethanol was down to $2.47 a gallon in Chicago, a loss of 5.5 cents, or 2.2 percent. In Chicago it fell 5 cent to $2.41, a decline of 2 percent.
New York ethanol was down to $2.53, falling 5 cents or 1.9 percent. On the West Coast it fell to $2.63, down 4 cents or 1.5 percent.
Corn took a breather, with December delivery in Chicago declining to $7.0475 a bushel, sliding 12.75 cents, or 1.8 percent.
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