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Lincolnway Energy hires new process engineer
RFA releases 2017 Ethanol Industry Outlook
Mike Nepple has joined Lincolnway Energy LLC, in Nepple Nevada, Iowa, as process engineer. Nepple grew up on a small farm outside Carroll, Iowa, and attended Iowa State University where he earned a chemical engineering degree. Following an internship with Bunge in Council Bluffs, he spent five years working as a process engineer at Penford Products in Cedar Rapids. At Lincolnway, Nepple will join a team responsible for the plant’s process systems. He will contribute to the staff’s process optimization efforts, working to improve product quality, lower costs and maximize throughput. “I am thrilled to be a member of the team and excited about the opportunities here at Lincolnway Energy,� he said. Lincolnway Energy is a 50 MMgy ethanol plant that’s been in operation for nearly 11 years.
The Renewable Fuels Association’s annual summary of production and markets is now available. Included in the 2017 Ethanol Industry Outlook are data on ethanol and coproduct production, capacity and trade. The report also includes overviews of ethanol’s economic impact, its octane and energy security value, and a special focus on the 2016 election. As a convenient counterpart to the report, the RFA has made available a Pocket Guide to Ethanol, an abridged reference tool. Both publications provide readers with facts and analysis on last year’s record-breaking production, the expansion of E15 and higher blends, exports and more. The publications are available online. To order hard copies, contact Matt Stuckey at mstuckey@ethanolrfa.org.
Neil Koehler receives RFA’s Industry Award Pacific Ethanol CEO Neil Koehler received the Renewable Fuels Association’s 2017 Koehler Industry Award at the trade group’s annual gathering in February. Koehler, who is also vice chairman of the RFA board of directors, accepted the award at the 22nd Annual National Ethanol Conference in San Diego. Before launching Pacific Ethanol, Koehler cofounded and managed Parallel Products, California’s first ethanol production company, which made ethanol from beverage waste. He also founded Kinergy Marketing, an ethanol marketing company. Pacific Ethanol, founded in 2003, is now comprised of eight ethanol plants in five states with a combined production capacity of 515 MMgy. The company is known as a progressive, early adopter of technologies associated with clean energy and cellulosic ethanol.
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