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Growth Energy Adds Three New Plant Members | 08/31/2011
Growth Energy Adds Three New Plant Members From Indiana and South DakotaAuthor: Growth Energy
WASHINGTON, DC – Growth Energy, the leading coalition of U.S. ethanol supporters, today welcomed three new ethanol plants as members, bringing Plant Membership to 72, 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).
“Growth Energy is a coalition of ethanol supporters – from farmers to ethanol producers to clean-air advocates – dedicated toward American energy independence. In just a few years, Growth Energy has established itself as the leading voice for the industry. With the addition of these members we are expanding our ability to engage and educate the public, the press and policymakers about the real benefits of American ethanol,” said Growth Energy CEO Tom Buis.
The ABE-Huron plant is located in South Dakota and produces 32 million gallons of ethanol per year. The plant has dual rail access via the Dakota, Minnesota and Eastern (DM&E) and BNSF railroads. The facility also produces and distributes both wet and dry distiller’s grains.
ABE-Aberdeen, located in northeast South Dakota in the James River Valley, is a 55 million gallon per year production capacity plant that began grinding corn on January 10, 2008. The additional rail capacity constructed at the site allows for shipments of unit trains of ethanol and Distillers Dried Grain with Solubles (DDGS).
“The potential for ethanol is only just being realized and we at Advanced BioEnergy are proud to be a part of Growth Energy to help accelerate innovation and development within the renewable fuels industry,” said Richard Peterson, Chief Executive Officer of Advanced BioEnergy LLC. “We have seen the important work that Growth Energy has done on behalf of the industry, including their efforts to open the fuels market to higher level blends, and we look forward to working with them to expand ethanol demand throughout the country.”
Iroquois Bio-Energy Co. (IBEC) operates a 40 million gallon per year dry mill ethanol plant near Rensselaer, Indiana in Jasper Co. IBEC began operations in January 2007 and will processes approximately 16.5 million bushels of corn annually. Additionally, the plant produces 125,000 tons of high quality DDGS, corn syrup, and corn oil.
“We are excited to join Growth Energy’s growing network of plants and associates to help communicate to the public the many benefits of ethanol,” said Gunner Greene, Chief Operating Officer of IBEC. “We share Growth Energy’s vision and we look forward to working with them to achieve greater economic and energy security through the increased use of ethanol.”
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Growth Energy represents the producers and supporters of ethanol who feed the world and fuel America in ways that achieve energy independence, improve economic well-being and create a healthier environment for all Americans now.
NASCAR Champ is Excited About Ethanol | 01/26/2011
Posted by Cindy Zimmerman – January 26th, 2011Former NASCAR champion Rusty Wallace may not be on the track racing himself anymore, but he is still a team owner and racing analyst and he is thrilled that every series in NASCAR will be using a 15 percent blend of ethanol this year.
“When we hit Daytona, get ready,” Wallace said. “Because NASCAR is the number one source of motor sports in the entire world and when NASCAR runs ethanol, it’s going to be on everybody’s radar.”
As the keynote speaker at the Iowa Renewable Fuels (IRFA) Summit on Tuesday, Wallace stressed the power of ethanol, the fuel efficiency, the clean burning of the fuel, and the extensive testing that has been done in the cars with ethanol blends. “All they did was take the E15 and put it into current race engines,” he said. “We have run the blend of ethanol up to 30 percent in our NASCAR engines. It keeps making more power the higher we go.”
Wallace gave a lot of credit for NASCAR’s use of ethanol to Growth Energy, the lead group in the American Ethanol partnership with NASCAR. “These guys have really worked their brains out with NASCAR putting this program together to get E15 on the racetrack,” he said. “Without Growth Energy this wouldn’t have happened.”
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U.S. senators eye bill to help boost ethanol use | 01/25/2011
* Bill would help pay for ethanol pumps, pipelines* Would require more new flex-fuel vehicles
WASHINGTON, Jan 25 (Reuters) - A bipartisan group of senior
farm-state senators planned to introduce a bill on Tuesday that
would put more ethanol-fueled vehicles on America's highways
and provide government aid for pipelines and pumps to dispense
the biofuel.
The legislation comes as the Obama administration said it
wants to boost the amount of ethanol in gasoline by 50 percent
for cars and trucks built in the last decade -- a goal
constrained by a lack of infrastructure for handling the
corn-based additive.
It also comes as Congress eyes the future of a 45-cent a
gallon tax credit for blending ethanol into gasoline, set to
expire at the end of this year. The American Farm Bureau
Federation and a major ethanol trade group Growth Energy have
said they support ending the credit if government supports
infrastructure for ethanol.
"With more than two-thirds of our petroleum supply consumed
by our transportation sector, there is a tremendous opportunity
to expand the production and use of biofuels, which is good for
our American security and for our economy," said Tom Harkin, a
Democratic senator from Iowa who is sponsoring the bill.
Co-sponsors of the legislation include Richard Lugar of
Indiana, a Republican, as well as Democrats Tim Johnson of
South Dakota, and Amy Klobuchar and Al Franken of Minnesota.
The bill would require half the new cars and light trucks
made in United States during 2014 and 2015 to be "flex-fuel"
vehicles that can run on higher blends of ethanol than regular
vehicles.
After 2015, 90 percent of new vehicles would need to be
"flex fuel" models, the bill proposed.
The legislation would require major fuel distributors to
install blending pumps at their service stations, and would
provide grants to smaller distributors to pay for up to half
the cost for pumps, tanks and related equipment.
Funding for these grants would be $50 million in 2012 and
gradually increase to $350 million in 2016.
The bill would also provide for loan guarantees for
pipelines to move ethanol around the country.
(Reporting by Tom Doggett and Chuck Abbott; Editing by Alden Bentley)
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How Taxpayers Subsidize Oil, Ethanol Industries | 10/21/2010
Oil receives more taxpayer dollar support than ethanol, but ethanol is more dependent on the subsidy dollars for survival. In this piece of a series on oil and ethanol subsidies, DTN's Todd Neeley shares the numbers and links to the sources he examined while preparing the main installments.EPA Approves Increased Ethanol in Fuel | 10/20/2010
NASCAR adds ethanol to fuel for 2011 | 10/19/2010
Ethanol plant CEO: rule cuts oil need | 10/15/2010
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