Comments on: Ethanol Deathwatch: Pacific Ethanol Suspends Madera Plant

By: Feds Hand Out $600M for Next-Gen Biofuel Plants

Feds Hand Out $600M for Next-Gen Biofuel Plants — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 18:52:33 +0000

[...] the crumbling of the first generation of biofuel projects (corn-based ethanol), the U.S. government is in full support of the next [...]

By: Corn Ethanol Takes Another Hit With Pacific Ethanol Plant Suspensions « Earth2Tech

Fri, 27 Feb 2009 20:01:41 +0000

[...] plants in Burley, Idaho, and Stockton, Calif., just a few weeks after the company suspended another facility in California, a 40-million gallon plant in [...]

By: Poet Churning Out Cellulosic Ethanol At Pilot Plant « Earth2Tech

Poet Churning Out Cellulosic Ethanol At Pilot Plant « Earth2Tech — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 17:00:20 +0000

[...] 9:00 am in Biofuels If your core business is making corn ethanol, you’ve got to evolve. Companies producing ethanol made from corn are canceling plant plans and struggling to stay afloat. Poet is one of the larger corn ethanol makers, and it has been [...]

By: Biofuels Brazil » Fuel Fight: Ethanol Woes Presage a Scrum for Subsidies

Biofuels Brazil » Fuel Fight: Ethanol Woes Presage a Scrum for Subsidies — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 06:27:42 +0000

[...] the meantime, big name ethanol producers are continuing to batten the hatches. In recent days, Pacific Ethanol temporarily suspended production at a California plant, bankrupt VeraSun shut down three other [...]

By: Environmental Capital - WSJ.com : Fuel Fight: Ethanol Woes Presage a Scrum for Subsidies

Mon, 12 Jan 2009 20:43:46 +0000

By: Julian Haber

Julian Haber — Mon, 12 Jan 2009 18:18:01 +0000

Very 2009 to be monitoring the demise of overextended businesses, but it’s not all doom and gloom for the 2nd generation cellulosic producers. Just read a press release from Enerkem (www.enerkem.com) announcing its first commercial-scale biofuels and biochemicals plant is coming on stream soon. (http://www.enerkem.com/index.php?module=CMS&id=14&newlang=eng)

By: Clean Future Energy - Clean Future Energy

Clean Future Energy - Clean Future Energy — Mon, 12 Jan 2009 07:09:31 +0000

[...] yet, but it seems like only a matter of time. Given that the news from the Corn Ethanol sector is so dire, these developments are very [...]