E2 report highlights biofuel, bioenergy job creation

Ethanol Producer Magazine

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Advanced biofuels industry: Policy instability hurts

Biomass Magazine
By Sue Retka Schill
August 29, 2012

2012 Ethanol Industry Outlook and Pocket Guide to Ethanol Now Available

Biofuels Journal
Date Posted: February 22, 2012

Orlando—The U.S. ethanol industry is creating jobs, increasing national security, expanding the global marketplace and putting money back into consumers’ pockets.

These and other accomplishments of the industry are highlighted in the 2012 Ethanol Industry Outlook and 2012 Pocket Guide to Ethanol.

Both publications were released this week at the 17th Annual National Ethanol Conference in Orlando, FL.

“2011 was an historic year for America’s ethanol industry,” said RFA President and CEO Bob Dinneen.

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70,000 Directly Involved in U.S. Ethanol Industry

domesticfuel.com
Posted by Joanna Schroeder – February 28th, 2011

According to an economic analysis from Cardno ENTRIX, unveiled during the 2011 National Ethanol Conference, John Urbanchuk 70,600 Americans are employed directly in the production of ethanol and in industries providing goods and services to ethanol producers. Today, there are ethanol plants either operational or in construction in 29 states, and as a result of the economic activity generated by ethanol production, more than 400,000 Americans have been able to keep their jobs or find new ones.

Also according to the report, ethanol production is contributing to our nation’s financial well-being. In 2010, the report calculated that ethanol production contributed $53.6 billion to the national Gross Domestic Product and added $36 billion to American household incomes. It also discovered that the increased economic activity and income generated by America’s ethanol industry added nearly $12 billion to federal, state and local governments through increased tax revenue.

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Urbanchuck finds substantial economic impact from ethanol in 2010

Ethanol Producer Magazine
By Susanne Retka Schill February 28, 2011

More than 70,000 direct jobs are provided by the U.S. ethanol industry in the agriculture, manufacturing and services sectors, and when total economic activity is considered more than 400,000 jobs are created, according to a study by Cardno Entrix economist John Urbanchuck, commissioned by the Renewable Fuels Association.

Released in late February at the time of RFA’s National Ethanol Conference, the report gives a snapshot of the economic impact of the industry in 2010. As with employment, the direct impact on income by the ethanol industry is limited to the manufacturing and construction sectors, but the most significant impact is to increase the income to farmers, according to Urbanchuck’s report.

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Cunning Capitalists Go Blazing Into Biofuels

Forbes.com
Sep. 24 2010 - 1:04 pm
Posted by Hilary Kramer

There’s a new wave of capitalists with a conscience at the helm of tomorrow’s green energy revolution. These entrepreneurs are trailblazing into areas of clean technology that will ultimately be integral and fundamental aspects of the plastics, chemicals and fuel industries. These promising, clean and cost-efficient new areas of growth are known as the bioproduct and biofuel markets.

Companies are using proprietary technology that takes inputs as diverse as algae, willow trees and sugar cane to produce oils and biomaterials in standard fermentation facilities quickly, cleanly, inexpensively and on a large scale.

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Back to School With Biomass

Biomass Magazine
August 2010
By Bruce Folkedahl

Returning from a business trip on a flight from Memphis to Minneapolis, my boss sat next to a young man who was traveling to be in a friend’s wedding. He was using a “diamond traveler” ticket earned with air miles accumulated mostly from his job as a turbine repair technician. Gas turbines for electrical power have been installed around the clock for several years because of cheap gas, lower capital costs, rapid construction and the goal of greater efficiency and lower carbon dioxide emissions. This young traveler was living the American dream. He attended a technical college in Minnesota for one year, was snatched up early by an energy business, and has been flying to strange lands experiencing cultures and people he had only read about on Wikipedia.

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Cutting VEETC would mean lost jobs

Ethanol Producer Magazine
April 2010
By Holly Jessen
Posted March 23, 2010

If the ethanol tax incentive isn’t extended at the end of the year it will have serious consequences to jobs, ethanol production and more, according to a report that came out late last week.

The report, prepared for the Renewable Fuels Association by John M. Urbanchuk of Entrix Inc., says that more than 112,000 jobs would be lost, including jobs created directly by ethanol production, and jobs supported by economic activity generated by the industry. This would mean a reduction in household income by $4.2 billion dollars. “It is important to note that this economic loss will be disproportionately felt by largely rural communities where ethanol plants are located and supply the grain, utilities, labor and other services needed to produce ethanol,” wrote Urbanchuk, a technical director for Entrix, an environmental and natural resource management firm.

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Ethanol industry warns of 112,000 jobs at risk

BrighterEnergy.org
Friday March 19, 2010 By James Cartledge

The renewable fuels industry has claimed that unless federal tax incentives for ethanol are extended, 112,000 jobs could be lost.

The Renewable Fuels Association said yesterday that nearly 30% of the industry’s workers could be out of a job if the 45-cents-per-gallon Volumetric Ethanol Excise Tax Credit is not continued.

US ethanol production capacity would be cut by 38%, with the difficulties especially hard for the nation’s rural communities, which are “already haemorrhaging employment opportunities”, the RFA said.

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2010 Outlook for Renewable Energy

BusinessWire.com
February 09, 2010 11:00 AM Eastern Time

Industry Leaders Call for Immediate Passage of Key Policies To Create Jobs and Maintain American Competitiveness

WASHINGTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Today, top executives in the renewable energy sector gathered to applaud 2009’s strong renewable energy development but emphasized the need for Congress to swiftly enact key policies to continue accelerated growth across the entire sector in order to add jobs and boost economic growth in 2010.

“Policy matters in tapping hydropower’s tremendous growth potential in every state, which will lead to the creation of well-paying, family-supporting jobs”
.Executives stressed that if these policies are not enacted, the renewable energy sector could face a downturn in investment and jobs in 2010. Participants in today’s press conference represented the full scope of the renewables sector, including Denise Bode, CEO, American Wind Energy Association (AWEA); Linda Church Ciocci, Executive Director, National Hydropower Association (NHA); Robert Cleaves, President and CEO, Biomass Power Association (BPA); Karl Gawell, Executive Director of the Geothermal Energy Association (GEA); and Rhone Resch, President and CEO, Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA).

The renewable energy leaders called for Congress to pass a strong national renewable energy standard (RES) with clear near- and long-term goals, along with expansion and extension of credit incentives, and comprehensive legislation. These policies will maintain American competitiveness and attract tens of billions of dollars of investment in clean energy production and manufacturing facilities. A major new study conducted by Navigant Consulting, Inc. reveals that a 25% by 2025 national RES would result in 274,000 more renewable energy jobs than a no-national RES policy scenario.

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Stronger National Renewable Electricity Standard Needed for Significant Clean Energy Job Stability and Growth, Study Finds

The Wall Street Journal Market Watch
press release
Feb. 4, 2010, 10:02 a.m. EST

Higher near- and long-term targets would support 274,000 additional jobs nationwide; Southeast, traditional manufacturing states to benefit most

WASHINGTON, D.C., Feb 04, 2010 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- CEOs representing America's renewable energy industries announced a major new study showing that a 25% by 2025 national Renewable Electricity Standard (RES) would support hundreds of thousands of new American jobs and prevent a near-term collapse in some industries. Job growth in the wind, solar, biomass, waste-to-energy and hydropower industries would particularly benefit the Southeastern U.S. and manufacturing states whose Senators have questioned the viability of renewable electricity.

The "Job Impacts of a National Renewable Electricity Standard" study, conducted by independent firm Navigant Consulting, Inc. /quotes/comstock/13*!nci/quotes/nls/nci (NCI 13.33, -0.16, -1.19%) and released by the RES Alliance for Jobs, found that a 25% by 2025 national RES would support an additional 274,000 renewable energy jobs - the equivalent of a cumulative 2.36 million job-years of work -- over a no-national policy option. This total is also significantly higher than the expected jobs supported in the current House and Senate provisions under consideration in Congress.

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Obama's 2011 budget includes green jobs funding

Mother Nature Network
by Melissa Hincha-Ownby
Tue, Feb 02 2010 at 12:52 PM EST

President Obama has set aside millions of dollars for green jobs training in his fiscal year 2011 budget.

Green jobs training programs received a significant boost in funding thanks to the 2009 American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA). The ARRA legislation provided funds for a variety of clean energy job training programs and also funded the Green Jobs Act of 2007. Although ARRA funding is still making its way to green jobs training programs across the nation, President Obama has set aside millions of dollars from the fiscal year 2011 budget to continue the trend.

The new budget allocates $85 million for green job training programs. This is inline with Obama’s commitment to expanding our nation’s clean energy economy, which was one of the focal points of his 2010 State of the Union address. In addition to the $85 million for green jobs training, the FY2011 budget also includes hundreds of millions of dollars to continue and expand clean energy research.

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Green jobs' growth potential is limited, economist cautions

DesMoinesRegister.com
By PHILIP BRASHER • pbrasher@dmreg.com • January 16, 2010

Ethanol production and wind-turbine manufacturing have been two of the biggest sources of new green jobs in Iowa, but the state's biggest growth opportunity may be in research and development, an economist said.

David Swenson, an economic development specialist at Iowa State University, said that ethanol production is leveling off and that there is stiff competition among states for manufacturing of wind turbine parts. Meanwhile, wind farms make little dent in employment because they require relatively few people for maintenance.

Iowa had 1,308 jobs in ethanol production in 2008, up from 141 in 2003, according to a study coordinated by Iowa Workforce Development. The turbine manufacturing sector grew from 136 in 2003 to 1,101 in 2008. By comparison, 82 people were listed as working in alternative power generation, including wind, in 2008. That's even though the state ranked No. 2 in its wind-generation capacity, which grew nearly six-fold from 2003 to 2008.

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POET has Indiana biorefineries in North Manchester, Alexandria and Portland.

InsideIndianaNews.com

SIOUX FALLS, SD and TULSA, OKLA (January 13, 2010) – A proposed ethanol pipeline would be an economic boost for the U.S., a new report demonstrates, creating almost 80,000 direct, indirect and induced jobs across the country.

POET and Magellan Midstream Partners, L.P. have formed a joint venture to assess the feasibility of a 1,800-mile ethanol pipeline from ethanol production facilities in the Midwest, starting at Davison County, S.D., to distribution outlets in the northeast U.S., ending in Linden, N.J. Once the feasibility study is complete, the pipeline would be operational as early as 2014.

A recent report from the consulting firm LECG shows that the majority of the jobs created will be in the construction and transportation industries. More than 50,000 jobs will come from construction alone.

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Thanks for the energy security – Uh, How Many Jobs Is That?

Biofuels Digest
December 17, 2009 Jim Lane

In Florida, according to a representative sample of 34 biofuels international projects and studies analyzed by Biofuels Digest, an average of 0.57 jobs are created for every $1 million invested in bioprocessing capacity, and that 15.80 jobs are created for every 1 million gallons of biofuels capacity, including farm jobs.

Excluding farm jobs, 1.53 jobs were created for every million gallons of processing capacity.

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White House Mulls Tax Credits for Jobs

WebCPA
Washington, D.C. (December 3, 2009)
By WebCPA Staff

The White House convened a jobs summit in which President Obama heard from business and union leaders about various proposals for reducing unemployment, including tax incentives for job creation.

“It’s an idea we find worthy of further consideration,” said Obama.

Obama sat in on some of the discussions, including roundtables on infrastructure investment and green jobs. “There’s a broad consensus that the infrastructure is not where it needs to be,” he said. “How can we measure the costs and benefits of infrastructure investment and make sure that shovel ready means shovel ready.” Obama also heard ideas about how workers can be hired to retrofit buildings with more energy-efficient windows and technology.

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Gen. Wesley Clark to Speak at White House Jobs Summit

DomesticFuel.com
Posted by Joanna Schroeder – December 3rd, 2009

Ret. General Wesley K. Clark, who is the Co-Chairman of Growth Energy, will be speaking at the White House jobs summit today.

“Green Jobs” has been a hot topic since the new administration took office; yet not much traction has been gained in turning around unemployment rates, which are currently the highest since 1983. The summit was convened by President Barack Obama who took office during one of the country’s worst ever economic recessions. The goal of the forum is to conjugate business executives, economists and labor leaders to discuss ways to improve the economy and create jobs.

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Job openings expected in the bioenergy industry: industry needs HR support

CNW Group

OTTAWA, Sept. 17 /CNW Telbec/ - Canada's growing bioenergy industry represents job opportunities for Canadians, but the relatively small size of companies in the sector means they need support to recruit, retain and develop that talent according to the report Generating opportunity: Human resources needs in the bioenergy, biofuels and industrial biotechnology subsector released by BioTalent Canada today.

Increasing public demand for cost-efficient alternative energy sources and the federal government's mandate to include at least five per cent ethanol in gasoline by 2010, means that bioenergy companies are central to a resurgent Canadian economy. The report confirms that success is dependent, in part, on having the necessary skilled and job-ready talent.

"Canadians who've lost their manufacturing jobs can look to the biofuels and bioenergy sector as a real option," said Colette Rivet, executive director of BioTalent Canada. "The biofuels industry will be looking for job-ready talent with transferable skills."

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Biofuels Digest launches biofuels job portal

Biofuels Digest
September 11, 2009 Jim Lane

Producer, academic, research, policy, construction jobs now online

Biofuels Digest has launched its Biofuels Jobs portal, in partnership with Simply Hired, at biofuelsdigest.jobamatic.com.

Through the portal, Digest readers will be able to access jobs posted directly with Biofuels Digest, as well as a database of 6 million jobs which have been filtered down to present biofuels-related career opportunities for analysts, engineers, finance, marketing, management, technicians and staff scientists.

Opportunities available include jobs for plant managers, supervising engineers, post doc research associates, O&M Managers, cost controllers, fuel calibration technicians, DDGs sales reps, research scientists, supply chain management, and operations management.

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Where the Cleantech jobs are

Biofuels Digest.com
Jim Lane September 11, 2009

Earth2Tech has published a map that locates more than 101 cleantech startups representing 12 different industries, and Triple Pundit has authored an article to accompany that maps, entitled “Maps Are Worth Ten Thousand Words: Where Cleantech Jobs are in the U.S.”

The article is by Carol McClelland, author of Green Careers for Dummies. The Earth2Tech map was last updated in 2008, and highlights the concentration of cleantech in the Northeast and California.

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