According to the NACS, the ability to sell E15 gives retailers the chance to offer their customers a wider range of fuel options. More retailers are expected to offer the fuel blend once it can be sold year round.
A group of 10 trade associations, including the Advanced Biofuels Association and National Biodiesel Board, are urging Congress to pass a multiyear extension of the biodiesel and renewable diesel tax credit.
The Renewable Fuels Association is using its "superpowers" to help fuel retailers verify the compatibility of underground storage tanks, dispensers and other infrastructure as they consider offering higher blends of ethanol.
As the EPA prepares its rule to allow year-round sales of E15, ACE will be bringing experienced E15 retailers to a variety of fuel marketer and c-store conferences this spring to help retailers understand how easy and affordable it is to offer E15.
Next Renewable Fuels Inc. and Shell Trading (US) Co. have entered a long-term purchase and sale agreement for the purchase of renewable diesel from Next's planned 600 MMgy facility in Westward, Oregon.
The ENplus certification program is undergoing a major overhaul—and everything is fair game.
Skeena Sawmills Ltd. and Pacific BioEnergy Corp. have entered into a long term off-take agreement for wood pellets under which PacBio will purchase all of the pellets produced at Skeena Sawmills' new pellet plant in Terrace, British Columbia.
On Feb. 5, the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works voted 11 to 10 to advance the nomination of Acting EPA Administrator Andrew Wheeler to fill the post of administrator of the agency. The full Senate will now consider his nomination.
C-Capture, the designer of world-leading chemical processes for carbon dioxide removal, has raised £3.5 million in new equity funding in a round led by BP Ventures, Drax, and IP Group. The company is conducting a demonstration project at Drax.
Fluid Quip Process Technologies has completed the installation and startup of its patented Selective Grind Technology at the 150 million gallon per year CHS ethanol facility located in Rochelle, Illinois.
On Feb. 5, the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works voted 11 to 10 to advance the nomination of Acting EPA Administrator Andrew Wheeler to fill the post of administrator of the agency. The full Senate will now consider his nomination.
On Feb. 5, Archer Daniels Midland Co. released fourth quarter 2018 financial results, reporting ethanol margins and volumes were down during the period in a continued weak industry pricing and margin environment.
American drivers continue to rely on earth-friendly and engine-smart E15 to fuel their lives. Consumers across the U.S. have logged a total of 7 billion miles on the fuel and show the resounding success of E15.
Democratic members of the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works are urging the U.S. EPA to reopen and extend comment periods for all pending regulatory decisions impacted by the partial government shutdown, including its wood heater rule.
One challenge the industry faces today is that the knowledge that has been acquired over several decades is about to get lost with the first generation of managers, operators and service engineers.
Growth Energy has filed a petition in the Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit challenging the U.S. EPA's failure to address small refinery exemptions in its 2019 RVO rulemaking, which was issued late last year.
Denmark-based power producer Orsted has released 2018 financial results and published its 2018 sustainability report. Within both documents, the company highlights its bioenergy achievements and goals.
On Feb. 4, Aemetis Inc. announced that the California Energy Commission has issued a notice of proposed award (NOPA) for a $5 million grant to support the company's proposed 12 MMgy cellulosic ethanol plant under development in Riverbank, California.
NIB and wastewater treatment company Vestfjorden Avløpsselskap have signed a 15-year loan agreement to finance capacity improvements at Norway's largest wastewater treatment plant south of Olso that will enable increased biogas production.
During its first quarter meeting, the American Coalition for Ethanol board of directors elected its officers and executive committee members for 2019. Duane Kristensen was re-elected as president of the ACE board.
A University of Saskatchewan research team's quest to extract protein from thin stillage at Saskatchewan's ethanol plants has yielded something far more valuable—a compound used in many countries to slow cognition loss in Alzheimer's patients.
DuPont Industrial Biosciences officially broke ground Jan. 24 on its new site at the Leiden Bio Science Park in Oegstgeest, the Netherlands. The building will serve as the new EMEA (Europe, Middle East and Africa) headquarters for the company.
On Jan. 31, Valero Energy Corp. released fourth quarter and full-year 2018 financial results. The company's ethanol segment reported a $27 million operating loss for the quarter and $82 million in operating income for the full year.
By DuPont Industrial Biosciences
February 01, 2019
DuPont Industrial Biosciences officially broke ground Jan. 24 on its new site at the Leiden Bio Science Park in Oegstgeest, the Netherlands. The building will serve as the new EMEA (Europe, Middle East and Africa) headquarters for the company.
DuPont Industrial Biosciences officially broke ground Jan. 24 on its new site at the Leiden Bio Science Park in Oegstgeest, the Netherlands. The building will serve as the new EMEA (Europe, Middle East and Africa) headquarters for the company.
Drivers in the U.S. have reached another milestone: they've logged over 7 billion miles on E15. Mike O'Brien, Growth Energy's vice president of market development, said the milestone proves E15 is a blend that consumers purchase time and time again.
Novo Power, a 28 MW biomass power plant located in Snowflake, Arizona, is urging the U.S. EPA to quickly process applications to allow biomass power producers to participate in the Renewable Fuel Program.
A new study led by Vatsan Raman, an assistant professor of biochemistry at the University of Wisconsin–Madison, unveils a biosensor that may light the way to the best microbial candidates for biofuel production.
The Renewable Fuels Association is calling on the U.S. EPA to use its upcoming RFS “reset� rule to reallocate renewable volume obligations (RVOs) impacted by recent small refinery exemptions, a 2016 lawsuit, and a recent bankruptcy settlement.
The Renewable Fuels Association is calling on the U.S. EPA to use its upcoming RFS “reset� rule to reallocate renewable volume obligations (RVOs) impacted by recent small refinery exemptions, a 2016 lawsuit, and a recent bankruptcy settlement.
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