ACE's Ron Lamberty discusses why his organization likes to hear from retailers who think they hate ethanol and stresses that many ethanol haters become vocal advoates for higher ethanol blends once they understand the fuel's many benefits.
Local safety personnel, emergency responders and others are invited to one of several ethanol safety seminars planned for three locations in South Carolina. The free events are being held by the RFA, TRANSCAER and the Federal Railroad Administration.
IFF's Health & Biosciences division announced June 2 that it has entered into an agreement to offer advanced yeasts for first generation ethanol production developed by DSM Bio-based Products & Services.
UNICA, the Brazilian sugarcane industry association, has announced that anhydrous ethanol production was up significantly during the first half of May. Ethanol sales for the period were up more than 10 percent when compared to the prior year.
U.S. fuel ethanol production expanded by more than 2 percent the week ending May 28, according to data released by the U.S. Energy Information Administration on June 3. Ethanol stocks were up by more than 3 percent.
The prices of RIN credits—the compliance mechanism used for the RFS program administered by the U.S. EPA—sharply increased through April of this year, and they are now higher than at any time during the 13-year history of the RFS program.
Two studies examining purported cropland expansion in the Midwest are based on a flawed methodology that “suffers from accuracy and certainty issues,� according to a review of the studies by researchers at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville.
The RFA's Robert White discusses the economic benefits of fuel retailers sourcing E85 directly from ethanol plants. Some ethanol producers are currently selling pre-blended E85 via rail cars to retailers on both coasts, he says.
President Biden on May 28 released his proposed budget for fiscal year (FY) 2022. The budget includes proposed support for biofuels; biorefinery, renewable chemical and biobased product manufacturing; renewable energy; and sustainable aviation fuel.
The U.S. EPA is seeking nominations for its Mobile Sources Technical Review Committee, including nominations for individuals who have experience related to renewable fuels, biofuels and clean energy.
Growth Energy's Will Beck outlines his efforts to help expand the sale of E15 in the Northeast U.S. and dicusses five questiosn he is freequently asked regarding equipment compatitiblity issues with higher blends of ethanol.
The U.S. Energy Information Administration released data on May 28 that shows 20.577 billion gallons of U.S. biofuel production capacity was in place in March, down slightly from 20.64 billion gallons in February.
Poet LLC announced on June 1 it has acquired the ethanol assets of Flint Hills Resources in their entirety, including six ethanol plants, two terminals and Flint Hill's NexPro animal feed ingredients business.
The U.S. Grains Council recently participated in the biannual Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI) Maize Summit. Representativers of the USGC and U.S. corn producers dicussed the potential for corn ethanol at the event.
As fuel demand continues to increase and more consumers are returning to the roads this summer, the Renewable Fuels Association is again sponsoring the “Ethanol Days of Summer� contest, which begins Memorial Day.
The USDA recently released its Grain Crushings and Co-Products Production report for May, reporting that corn use for fuel ethanol in March was up when compared to both the previous month and March 2020.
Aemetis Inc. announced May 26 the grant of a second patent for technology exclusively licensed to Aemetis that enables the production of low carbon intensity renewable fuels from waste wood feedstocks.
Rex American Resources Corp. released fiscal first quarter financial results on May 26, reporting a profitable three-month period for its ethanol segment. Ethanol production and sales volumes were up significantly when compared to Q1 2020.
U.S. fuel ethanol production fell by 2 precent the week ending May 21, but remained above 1 million barrels per day, according to data released by the U.S. EIAon May 26. Ethanol stocks fell by 2 percent, hitting a nearly five-year low.
Battelle and Catahoula Resources announced on May 25 an agreement to jointly develop solutions for the capture, transport and sequestration of carbon dioxide produced at ethanol facilities in Nebraska.
Following the decision by the Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals to vacate and remand three SREs granted by EPA to Sinclair Oil Corp. on the eve of President Biden's inauguration, the RFA has asked the courts to dismiss its challenge to the three SREs.
Sens. Joni Ernst, R-Iowa, Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, and Reps. Randy Feenstra, R-Iowa; Ashley Hinson, R-Iowa; and Mariannette Miller-Meeks, R-Iowa, sent a letter to President Biden on May 25 urging him to uphold his promise to support biofuels.
Sens. Deb Fischer, R-Neb., and Tammy Duckworth, D-Ill., on May 25 introduced the bipartisan Renewable Fuel Standard Integrity Act, which aims to bring additional transparency and predictability to the U.S. EPA's SRE process.
LanzaTech, with partners from the University of Michigan and Oak Ridge National Laboratory, announced May 18 that it was awarded $4.1 million in funding from ARPA-E for its carbon negative chemical production platform.
ADM and the University of Illinois announced on May 19 the successful completion of the Illinois Basin - Decatur Project, a carbon capture and storage (CCS) project designed to evaluate and test the technology at commercial scale.
The U.S. EPA has released data that shows 1.57 billion renewable identification numbers (RINs) were generated under the Renewable Fuel Standard in April, up from 1.06 billion generated during the same month of 2020.
Aemetis Inc. has been notified of a grant from the U.S. Forest Service toward the commercialization of a patented process that extracts cellulosic sugars from waste orchard wood, waste forest wood, and other biomass.
Rep. Brad Schneider, D-Ill., on May 20 introduced the Sustainable Skies Act, which aims to create a tax credit to encourage blending of sustainable aviation fuel (SAF). The credit's value would be based on GHG emission reductions.
The U.S. EPA on May 20 published updated small refinery exemption (SRE) data, reporting that two additional SRE petitions have been filed for RFS compliance year 2020. The agency also changed the status of three previously filed SRE petitions.
Aemetis Inc. announced on May 19 that its Aemetis Biogas subsidiary reached a significant milestone by starting construction of the dairy biogas cleanup and compression unit for the Aemetis Biogas Central Dairy Digester Project.
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