E15 is currently cleared for sale in a handful of states, with work ongoing to bring it to the rest of the U.S.
Kristy Moore recalls her beginnings in the ethanol industry, her fondness for American agriculture and the long road to bringing E15 to market.
Staying bullish on ethanol even in the trough of negative margins.
The Brazilian Development Bank (BNDES) approved the grant funding for Adecoagro Valley Ivinhema of R $488.6 million. The funds will be used in the implementation of a new sugar mill and ethanol in the municipality of Ivinhema, Mato Grosso do Sul.
Exports of U.S. ethanol and distillers grains hit the lowest level of the year in November, down 25 percent and 16 percent respectively, compared to October. Shipments of exported fuel ethanol totaled 40.4 million gallons in November.
The U.S. EPA has published data on the renewable fuel standard (RFS) for Nov. 2012. No D3 renewable identification numbers (RINs) were generated during the month for cellulosic biofuels. However, I,741 D7 RINs were generated for cellulosic diesel.
Three USDA reports issued within hours of each other increase global corn supplies slightly, ups the 2012 U.S. corn yield estimate to 123.4 bushels per acre and shows Dec. 1 corn stocks at 8 billion bushels.
LifeLine Foods Inc. has received the Safe Quality Food program certification, giving it a boost as it moves forward following a financial restructuring. The St. Joseph, Mo.-based 50 MMgy ethanol producer also manufactures a line of food products.
Germany-based ethanol producer CropEnergies AG has announced its operating profit more than doubled during its third fiscal quarter of 2012, which ended Nov. 30. The company attributes the increase, in part, to increased ethanol sales.
Nebraska now has about 80 flex-fuel pumps with the addition of two new ones at the Stop N Go in Hartington, Neb. In California, Pearson Fuels just received a grant to install E85 dispensing equipment at 19 existing locations.
A new post on the University of Illinois farmdoc daily website provide an update on how the reinstatement of the biodiesel tax credit might impact 2013 renewable fuel standard (RFS) compliance.
On Jan. 8, the U.S. Energy Information Administration released the January issue of its Short-Term Energy Outlook, which is the first to include forecasts for 2014. The EIA's analysis predicts that ethanol production will rebound in 2013 and 2014.
The American Coalition for Ethanol has reacted to the American Automobile Association's criticism of E15 by comparing and contrasting the organization's response to E15 with that of its response to the sale of 85 octane gas in South Dakota.
The U.S Energy Information Administration's weekly ethanol plant production statistics show that ethanol production dropped off slightly during the final week of 2012, to 807,000 barrels per day. The four-week average was 822,000 barrels.
The Iowa Renewable Fuels Association has announced that Fredericksburg Coop in Fredericksburg, Iowa now offers E15 as a registered fuel to 2001 and newer vehicles, becoming Iowa's second fuel retailer offering E15.
Ace Ethanol, will partner with Sweetwater Energy Inc., a Rochester, N.Y.-based cellulosic sugar producer to generate cellulosic ethanol at Ace's plant for up to 16 years. Sweetwater will place a cellulosic sugar facility adjacent to the plant.
Iowa State University''s Center for Agricultural and Rural Development recently published a policy brief on the outlook for ethanol and conventional biofuel renewable identification numbers (RINs) through 2014.
The Biomass Crop Assistance Program may have been extended through 2013 with the passing of the American Taxpayer Relief Act of 2012, but the program's usefulness in the coming year is still uncertain.
Japanese imports of U.S. dried distillers grains with solubles (DDGS) have increased fairly steadily since 2004, reaching an all-time high in 2012, according to a chart from U.S. Grains Council.
The Iowa Renewable Fuels Association announced that Iowa's 41 ethanol plants produced 3.7 billion gallons during 2012, matching 2011 production. It's estimated the state will have produced about 28 percent of U.S. ethanol in 2012.
In late December the U.S. Energy Information Administration released its latest monthly energy statistics. The most recent Fuel Ethanol Overview includes data gathered for the first nine months of 2012.
The European Commission has finalized its decision to apply no countervailing duties in the anti-subsidy case, which Ethanol Producer Magazine previously reported had been terminated.
News that a nearly 10 percent anti-dumping duty will likely be imposed on U.S. ethanol imports to EU countries was confirmed by a majority vote of EU member countries on Dec. 20, bringing the matter one step closer to finalization.
Green Plains Renewable Energy Inc. has announced that BlendStar LLC, its wholly-owned subsidiary, has completed construction and has begun operations at its 96-car unit train terminal in Birmingham, Ala.
Today, the Antidumping Advisory Committee, composed of representatives from the EU Member States, endorsed a 9.6 percent penalty on U.S. ethanol exports to Europe.
For the first time since the renewable identification number (RIN) system was established, there will be no RIN carryover on this year's production, due to high corn prices and reduced ethanol production levels, but stocks will not be depleted.
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