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Kansas Gets First U.S. Cellulosic Ethanol Plant
HUGOTON, Kansas, August 28, 2007 (ENS) - A Spanish energy company has selected the town of Hugoton in southwestern Kansas as the site of the first U.S. plant to turn corn stalks, switchgrass and other woody biomass into ethanol. Abengoa Bioenergy announced the $400 million ethanol project on Thursday. The facility will include an 85 million gallon per year corn-to-ethanol production plant as ...
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POET Never Satisfied Scholarship application deadline Feb. 1
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (Jan. 24, 2019) – Students who are passionate about changing the world for the better can get up to $5,000 to support their education through POET’s Never Satisfied program. Scholarship applications close on Friday, Feb. 1. POET, the world’s largest producer of biofuels, is offering scholarships to students enrolled in any two- or four-year post-secondary ...
By Poet, LLC
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POET-DSM hires Corporate Contoller
POET-DSM Advanced Biofuels has hired Michael Nealon as the new Corporate Controller. Nealon is responsible for planning, organizing, directing, and controlling the consolidated accounting and financial reporting function for POET-DSM Advanced Biofuels, LLC. The joint venture, created by POET and DSM, is constructing a 20 million-gallon-per-year cellulosic ethanol plant, ramping up to 25 million ...
By Poet, LLC
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Construction of First D3max Plant nears completion
Construction of the first commercial-scale D3MAX plant at Ace Ethanol in Stanley, Wisconsin, is nearly complete. “It has been a long haul since July of 2015 when we created D3MAX to commercialize the corn fiber-to-ethanol technology developed by BBI, to where we are today,” says Mark Yancey, vice president of BBI International and CTO of D3MAX. “Record snowfall in Stanley last ...
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Commercial Cellulosic Ethanol Plant Underway in Iowa
SIOUX FALLS, South Dakota, October 5, 2007 (ENS) - POET Energy and the U.S. Department of Energy, DOE, have signed a cooperative agreement for a commercial cellulosic ethanol project in Emmetsburg, Iowa that will produce ethanol from corn cobs. Cellulosic ethanol is produced from biomass with starches that are difficult to convert to fuel; sources including corn stover, grasses, wood chips, ...
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POET: EPA proposal must be backed by E15, no large refinery waivers
Proposed biofuel volumes are meaningless when the EPA continues to hand out waivers to the largest and most profitable companies in the world SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (June 26, 2018) – POET Sr. Vice President of External Affairs and Communications Kyle Gilley today responded to the EPA’s proposed rule on the 2019 Renewable Volume Obligations under the Renewable Fuel Standard. ...
By Poet, LLC
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POET-DSM hiring team to run first commercial cellulosic ethanol plant
POET-DSM Advanced Biofuels is now hiring full-time, quality team members to operate its 20 million-gallon-per-year cellulosic ethanol plant, which is set to open in early 2014. Project LIBERTY is a cellulosic biorefinery under construction today in Emmetsburg, Iowa that will use crop residue (corn cobs, leaves, husk, some stalk) to produce 20 million gallons of ethanol per year, later ramping up ...
By Poet, LLC
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POET responds to EPA Renewable Volume Obligatio
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (Nov. 30, 2018) – POET Sr. Vice President of External Affairs and Communications Kyle Gilley responded to the EPA announcement today on the 2019 Renewable Volume Obligations under the Renewable Fuel Standard. “The 2019 biofuel volumes coupled with year-round sales of E15 show a clear path forward for America. Growth in biofuel use will boost U.S. farmers, rural ...
By Poet, LLC
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POET-DSM to detail Project Liberty Progress at National Ethanol Conference
Steve Hartig, General Manager – Licensing with POET-DSM Advanced Biofuels, will provide an update on the joint venture’s progress in bringing cellulosic ethanol production to commercial scale during a session Tuesday at the National Ethanol Conference. Hartig will take part in the session titled “Advanced Ethanol: Building Plants, Coming Online,” at 2:15 p.m. in the ...
By Poet, LLC
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Enerkem and GreenField Ethanol Announce Quebec`s First Waste-to-Biofuels Production Facility
At a news conference in Varennes today, the Government of Québec announced its plan to inject $27 million in Québec's first full-scale commercial cellulosic ethanol plant through the Ministry of Natural Resources and Wildlife and Investissement Québec. This facility will be built and operated by a joint venture partnership formed by Enerkem (www.enerkem.com), a ...
By Enerkem
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POET’s JIVE improves, rejuvenates asphalt in roads across the US
Proprietary corn oil product is lower cost, better performing than petroleum modifiers SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (Jan. 29, 2019) – POET has entered the asphalt market with its newest green alternative to fossil-fuel products. POET’s “JIVE” is a proprietary corn-oil-based product now being used by construction companies across the US to modify or rejuvenate asphalt in roads. ...
By Poet, LLC
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POET welcomes Secretary Perdue, Senator Rounds, Rep. Noem to Chancellor
CHANCELLOR, SD (Oct. 25, 2018) – POET welcomed Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue, Senator Mike Rounds and U.S. Rep. Kristi Noem to POET Biorefining - Chancellor on Thursday to discuss opportunities to grow U.S. grain demand and expand markets for American-made biofuels. During the visit, representatives from POET and South Dakota ag groups thanked the South Dakota leaders for their ongoing ...
By Poet, LLC
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Federal Loan Guarantees Open to 16 Clean Energy Projects
WASHINGTON, DC, October 8, 2007 (ENS) - The federal government is supporting clean energy projects using innovative technologies with a loan guarantee program finalized Thursday by the Department of Energy. The program is based on the Energy Policy Act of 2005. Energy Secretary Samuel Bodman has invited 16 project sponsors, who submitted pre-applications last fall, to submit full applications ...
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Utility CO2 mitigation markets will grow at double-digit rates
Operators of coal-fired power plants are committing billions of dollars in expenditures to reduce the quantities of CO2 per kilowatt of power produced. These expenditures are accelerating at double-digit rates. Forecasts of the revenues for CO2 capture, efficiency improvements and research are provided in the new Utility CO2 Mitigation Markets published online by the McIlvaine Company. The ...
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POET makes Fast Company annual list of
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (Feb. 20, 2019) – POET and its new JIVE asphalt product have earned the No. 3 spot in this year’s Fast Company “World’s Most Innovative Companies.” POET made the annual ranking in the transportation category thanks to its new proprietary asphalt rejuvenator and modifier, now being used to pave roadways in states across the U.S. “Our ...
By Poet, LLC
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Montana Governor Signs Clean Energy Bills
HELENA, Montana (ENS) – Montana Governor Brian Schweitzer Tuesday signed into law two bills that provide tax incentives for future development and transmission of clean and renewable energy. The incentives support the development of new transmission lines, carbon dioxide sequestration pipelines to prevent emission of this greenhouse gas into the atmosphere, liquid fuel pipelines, power plants, ...
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POET begins construction on new facility in Shelbyville, Indiana
SHELBYVILLE, IN (Oct. 26, 2018) – Following a strong directive from Pres. Trump to lift the outdated regulations stifling E15 fuel, POET is moving forward with full construction of a new biofuel facility in Shelbyville, Indiana. Final permit approval came this week for the planned 80 million-gallon-per-year facility. With full construction started, the expected completion date for the ...
By Poet, LLC
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Project LIBERTY construction on target for startup in early 2014
Construction of POET-DSM Advanced Biofuels’ first commercial cellulosic bio-ethanol plant is on schedule to start up in early 2014, POET-DSM executives said at the Fuel Ethanol Workshop today in St. Louis, Mo. POET-DSM’s Project LIBERTY will use bales of corn cobs, leaves, husks and some stalk to produce 20 million gallons of cellulosic bio-ethanol annually, later ramping up to 25 ...
By Poet, LLC
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POET, Sioux Falls renew partnership
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (Feb. 25, 2019) – POET and the City of Sioux Falls today renewed a contract to power POET Biorefining – Chancellor with waste methane generated at the Sioux Falls Regional Landfill. For the last 10 years, the landfill has transported methane to POET via an 11-mile pipeline, offsetting fossil fuel use at the 120 million gallon-per-year facility. The new contract ...
By Poet, LLC
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World Bio Markets Brazil 2013
Green Power Conferences announces the 2013 Sustainable Brazilian Bio Awards are to take place during the 3rd World Bio Markets Brazil Conference and Exhibition at the Grand Hyatt Sao Paulo on the 16-18 September 2013. The Awards celebrate excellence in the Brazilian biofuels and bio-based chemicals community and will take place during the Evening Cocktail Reception at the end of the conference ...
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