ethanol

POET Biorefinery re-opens after 3 month closure

Turner Twyman — Fri, 03 May 2013 19:51:11 +0000

The POET Biorefinery ethanol plant in Macon reopened April 15 after being shut down for nearly three months.

Idle ethanol plants wait for new fuel standards

Grant Gerlock — Tue, 19 Mar 2013 19:25:18 +0000

Ethanol is an up and down industry, and right now it’s down. Ethanol plants in at least 13 states have stopped running over recent months because of higher corn prices and lower demand for the biofuel. The industry is trying to change the equation by putting more of the ethanol in gasoline. But as Grant Gerlock of Harvest Public Media reports, ethanol critics are pushing back.

On revised fuel standards and the benefits of pet ownership

Rehman Tungekar — Thu, 14 Mar 2013 23:10:35 +0000

This week, we'll hear about efforts to increase the amount of ethanol added to gasoline, and learn about out the potential benefits of owning a dog.

What the temporary POET plant closure means for Macon

Jenn Cooper — Mon, 04 Feb 2013 23:56:23 +0000

One of the largest economic engines in Macon, Mo. has temporarily halted production. High corn prices forced the Macon POET Biorefining’s ethanol plant to temporarily close.

Missouri ethanol plant to be idled due to high corn prices

Abbie Fentress Swanson — Fri, 01 Feb 2013 13:56:54 +0000

Seventeen ethanol plants nationwide have been idled since last June because of a scarcity of affordable corn due to the drought and a weak market for the corn-based fuel. On Friday, a plant in Macon, Mo., took the hit — and brought the number to 18.

On fuel and fellowships

Rehman Tungekar — Fri, 14 Dec 2012 00:35:00 +0000

On this week's show, we’ll hear about changes in the ethanol industry and talk to the recipient of a prestigious science fellowship.

Cellulosic ethanol is coming, future uncertain

Amy Mayer — Thu, 13 Dec 2012 23:44:56 +0000

About a decade ago, concerns about energy independence, greenhouse gas emissions and the need to boost rural economies led Congress to launch policies in support of biofuels – corn ethanol, most notably. But the idea was that eventually more U.S.-produced fuel would be cellulosic – derived from corn residue, wheat straw or other biomass.

Higher percentage: ethanol in gas, hogs sent to market

Kristofor Husted — Wed, 19 Sep 2012 21:44:55 +0000

There’s a new kind of gas on the market, with more ethanol in it than the gas we usually put in our cars. That’s beneficial for corn farmers who grow the corn that ethanol is made from and want more of it in your gas. But while the ethanol industry fought for years to bring this fuel to the market, now that they’ve won… good luck finding it. Even in Corn Country, pickings are slim.

Gas with more ethanol available at some pumps

Jeremy Bernfeld — Wed, 19 Sep 2012 21:02:30 +0000

Head to your local filling station and you might see a new blend of gas at the pump. After a three-year regulatory process, the Environmental Protection Agency approved E15 – gas made with 15 percent ethanol – this summer.

Most gas we pump is already blended with ethanol, sometimes it contains as much as 10 percent, but the ethanol industry fought hard to bring E15 to the market. For ethanol backers and the farmers who feed the ethanol industry, getting drivers to pump gas with 50 percent more ethanol is a big win.

Livestock producers want less corn in your gas

Rehman Tungekar — Thu, 30 Aug 2012 23:14:32 +0000

Livestock producers are watching their feed costs rise with corn prices and taking their concerns to Washington D.C. The Environmental Protection Agency is under pressure from livestock groups and some rural lawmakers to curb corn prices and ease livestock producer worries by suspending the federal ethanol mandate.