ACE CEO Brian Jennings has expressed his disappointment in the EPA for taking no action to follow through on ACE's request to issue an interim final rule by July 1 to increase the RVO for 2020 to ensure 20.09 billion gallons of biofuel is blended.
The U.S. Department of Energy on July 2 announced the selection of seven projects totaling $1.94 million to conduct research and development to accelerate the adoption of performance-advantaged biofuel blendstocks.
Statkraft has extended a power purchase agreement (PPA) to continue the offtake of power from Greencoat Capital's 34 MW Sleaford Biomass plant. The PPA was originally set to expire in 2027 but has been extended to 2034.
A bipartisan group of 32 members of the U.S. House of Representatives on July 2 sent a letter to President Trump calling on his administration to deny 52 gap year SRE petitions that have been filed in an attempt to circumvent a recent court ruling.
Harvestone Group has added four plants owned by Glacial Lakes Energy to its marketing, logistics and trading platform. The four plants represent 360 MMgy of production capacity. Harvestone's platform now handles more than 850 MMgy of production.
Growth Energy Senior Vice President of Regulatory Affairs Chris Bliley has submitted comments to the U.S. EPA on the agency's review of the national ambient air quality standards for particulate matter (PM NAAQS).
RFA: New video spotlights ethanol's important coproducts
By Renewable Fuels Association
July 02, 2020
A new video from the Renewable Fuels Association and Kansas Corn provides a clear introduction to other important products that come from ethanol production, including distillers grains, distillers oil, and captured carbon dioxide.
The Urban Air Initiative has filed comments with the EPA calling the agency's decision not to tighten air quality standards for particulate matter (PM) a shortsighted and technically flawed decision.
U.S. ethanol production was up approximately 1 percent the week ending June 26, while weekly ending stocks of fuel ethanol fell by more than 4 percent, according to data released by the U.S. Energy Information Administration on July 1.
The Urban Air Initiative filed comments with the EPA calling on the agency to correct several crucial provisions impacting ethanol blends as part of a new rule designed to streamline regulations governing gasoline and diesel fuels.
Avista, a utility serving regions in Washington, Oregon and Idaho, announced on June 26 it is seeking proposals from renewable energy project developers for up to 120 aMW of power production. Biomass projects are among those eligible to apply.
A broad coalition of ag and ethanol groups are challenging the Trump administration's recent fuel efficiency rulemaking, on that grounds that it ignores the efficiency and of higher ethanol blends and fails to realize the promise of increased octane.
U.S-Mexico-Canada Agreement officially entered into force on July 1. The agreement represents a culmination of years of work to update and improve NAFTA, offering improved agricultural market accesses and fairer trade between the countries.
ACE has announced the first few in a series of short fuel marketer-focused videos on the flexfuelforward.com website and is launching a broader digital advertising campaign to help fuel retailers navigate that application process for HBIIP.
The U.K. government has announced that applicants to the non-domestic RHI scheme will have an extra 14 months to complete projects delayed by COVID-19. The government also confirmed that a third allocation for the non-domestic RHI will open in July.
The U.S. EPA on June 27 posted a document to its guidance portal that explains how fuel ethanol plants that are producing hand sanitizer to help combat the COVID-19 pandemic can do so without invalidating an existing efficient producer pathway.
If you've been thinking about stepping up, standing out from the competition, and growing your profits with higher ethanol blends, there may be no better time to make the change, according to the American Coalition for Ethanol.
Believe it or not, we're already at the halfway point in the 90-day application window for the USDA Higher Blends Infrastructure Incentive Program. RFA's Cassie Mullen reviews lessons that have been learned so far.
Ways2H Inc., a waste-to-hydrogen producer, and EPC company Ford, Bacon & Davis, have announced a a joint collaboration to design and build waste-to-hydrogen facilities in California and other U.S. locations.
Growth Energy Senior Vice President of Regulatory Affairs Chris Bliley submitted written comments to the U.S. EPA on its proposed “Fuels Regulatory Streamlining Rule.� He cautioned against changes that could impact market access to E15 and E85.
Southwest Iowa Renewable Energy, an ethanol plant in Council Bluffs, Iowa, has donated 1,000 bottles of its proprietary SIREtizer hand sanitizer to the Renewable Fuels Association, for free distribution at upcoming events.
The House Select Committee on the Climate Crisis on June 30 unveiled a climate crisis action plan that aims to serve as a congressional roadmap to help the U.S. reach net-zero emissions by 2050. Biomass, biogas and biofuels will help meet that goal.
The City of Boulder has finalized an agreement with Western Disposal for the sale of renewable natural gas (RNG) generated at the city's Water Resources Recovery Facility. The RNG will fuel up to 38 of Western Disposal's vehicles.
The House Select Committee on the Climate Crisis on June 30 unveiled a climate crisis action plan that aims to serve as a congressional roadmap to help the U.S. reach net-zero emissions by 2050. The plan shows ethanol can help meet that goal.
Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds on June 30 signed a bill that will extend Iowa's biofuel tax differentials for six years and announced her intention to use $7 million of Iowa's federal CARES Act funding to expand the Iowa's biofuel infrastructure program.
Greenlane Renewables Inc. on June 29 that its wholly-owned subsidiary, Greenlane Biogas North America Ltd., has signed $20.6 million (US$15.2 million) in new supply contracts using Greenlane's pressure swing adsorption (PSA) biogas upgrading system.
Midwest AgEnergy Group, the parent company of Blue Flint, announced on June 25 the company has received a $3.4 million grant from the North Dakota Industrial Commission and is moving forward with a CO2 capture and storage project.
The National Grain and Feed Association, National Farmers Union, and Hemp Industries Association have joined the Biogenic CO2 Coalition, a group pressing the U.S. EPA for fair, science-based treatment of annual crops.
Rex American Resources Corp. filed an 8-K with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on June 29 announcing it has resumed production at its NuGen Energy facility, a 150 MMgy ethanol plant located in Marion, South Dakota.
U.S. Gain has announced that after only eight months that its digester at S&S Jerseyland Dairy in Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin, is now transforming animal waste into renewable natural gas (RNG) for use as a transportation fuel.
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