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News from November 2008
Gas prices dip to near E85 levels
By Steve Porter
November 20, 2008 --
A slide in the demand for gasoline in recent months has resulted in the price of unleaded at the pump dipping below $2 for the first time in years and nearly equaling the cost of E85 corn-based ethanol.
The price difference at the few stations in Northern Colorado that sell both unleaded gas and E85 was about 10 cents per gallon on Nov. 13. Normally, the price advantage for E85 is closer to 50 cents or more.
House Ag Committee Chairman Backs Nationwide E15 Blend
Reuters. Congress should move to approving a 15% ethanol blend in gasoline (E15), said Representative Collin Peterson (D-MN), the chairman of the House of Representatives Agriculture Committee, in an interview with Reuters.
“I’d like to see us do nationwide a 15 percent blend,” said Peterson. He said President-elect Barack Obama “will be supportive of whatever we (Congress) come up with.”
Four ethanol plants planned for Southeast
Nov 10, 2008 11:03 AM, By Roy Roberson
Farm Press Editorial Staff
East Coast Ethanol, LLC recently announced plans to build 110 million gallon per year ethanol plants in Chester, S.C., Seaboard, N.C., Jesup, Ga. and Campbellton, Fla, making the company the largest supplier of ethanol in the Southeast and the sixth largest in the U.S.
In addition to producing over 400 million gallons of ethanol annually, the multiple plants will produce 1.4 million tons of distiller’s dry grains (DDG) and $3-5 million annually in carbon dioxide sales.
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