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April 2012 News

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NCERC News

Updated 04/13/2012

• Check out our Director’s Notes for the latest NCERC news and updates.
• NCERC is now hiring! We’re looking for an Assistant Director for Biofuels Process Research and an Assistant Ethanol Plant Scientific Analyst. A job description and application instructions are available on the NCERC Careers page.
• Be sure to check out Where We Are to see the conferences and events NCERC staff will be attending in 2012!
• National Corn-to-Ethanol Research Center expands mission with advanced equipment

Research and Academia

• Policies, learning by doing, played important role in reducing ethanol costs
• Rocket developer, EERC begin testing solids pump for gasification
• Antibiotics in ethanol grains: glass half-empty or half-full

Industry

• Ethanol co-product gains foothold in oil country
• New biofuel could have an edge over ethanol
• Ethanol: off the radar but bigger than ever
• Groups make push for farm-raised renewable energy
• Shell to pioneer advanced biofuels from crop waste
• U.S. waste conversion market will see exponential growth in commercial-scale projects
• On the road to Gobig: refinery intermediates offer scale for advanced biofuels
• Proterro: field tests show that 10 cent renewable sugars are feasible

Government

• Biofuels groups support RFS in federal law suit
• Encourage the EPA to support biofuels
• Though costly, military’s utilization of biofuels represents step forward
• Vilsack defends biofuels

Global and Trade News

• Indo-U.S. effort picks Cept University for clean energy research
• Qantas launches Australia’s first commercial biofuel flight

NCERC News

Updated 04/06/2012

• Check out our Director’s Notes for the latest NCERC news and updates.
• NCERC is now hiring! We’re looking for an Assistant Director for Biofuels Process Research and an Assistant Ethanol Plant Scientific Analyst. A job description and application instructions are available on the NCERC Careers page.
• Be sure to check out Where We Are to see the conferences and events NCERC staff will be attending in 2012!

Research and Academia

• Distributed biomass waste-to-energy technology for a sustainable future
• The next biomass hotbed
• Genetic sensor boosts biofuel production
• Sugar beets-to-ethanol

Industry

• Research shows value of ethanol co-product for dairy
• A shotgun marriage? Ethanol and old outboard boat engines
• Ethanol’s day far from over
• Isobutanol a lifeline for struggling Minnesota ethanol plants
• RPT-Oil, biofuels companies evolve into uneasy “frenemeies” 
• The game changer

Government

• EPA allows ethanol makers to register E15, moving closer to approval of 15% ethanol
• EPA approval of E15 applauded
• USDA, DOE, Navy to co-host roundtable

Global and Trade News

• Brazil urges talks on ethanol to refuel J’Can producers
• Solazyme, Bunge form JV for commercial-scale renewable oils plant in Brazil