The U.S. Department of Energy on April 24 announced plans to award funding to a carbon capture and storage project under development at an Illinois ethanol plant. The agency is also soliciting applications for a new round of CCUS project funding.
Rep. Abby Finkenauer, D-Iowa, on April 28 announced the introduction of the Clean Fuels Deployment Act of 2020. The bill aims to provide funding for installing and converting fuel pump infrastructure to deliver higher blends of ethanol and biodiesel.
BBI International has announced that the 2020 International Fuel Ethanol Workshop & Expo has been moved due to the outbreak of COVID-19. Originally scheduled for mid-June in Minneapolis, the FEW is now rescheduled to take place Aug. 24-26 in Omaha.
ACE is urging President Trump demonstrate his leadership in support of America's farmers and the renewable fuels industry by directing his Cabinet to provide a much-needed boost to ethanol producers and rural America.
Ethanol blends save lives through reduced vehicle emissions. That is the conclusion of a new peer reviewed technical paper that validates previous research efforts by the UAI that find when ethanol is added to gasoline, it reduces toxic emissions.
Granite Falls Energy LLC filed an 8-K with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on April 27 announcing its 62 MMgy ethanol plant in Granite Falls, Minnesota, will remain idle through at least May 18.
The Canadian government announced on April 24 it will delay publication of proposed regulations for the liquid fuel class of its Clean Fuel Standard until fall 2020 due to extraordinary circumstances caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.
ADM announced on April 23 it is idling ethanol production at the company's corn dry mill facilities in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, and Columbus, Nebraska, due to impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic. Approximately 90 employees will be furloughed.
The Renewable Fuels Association has received the TRANSCAER National Achievement Award in recognition of extraordinary achievement by the organization or a team in support of the TRANSCAER initiative.
The U.S. EPA has released renewable identification number (RIN) generation data for March, reporting that 1.58 billion RINs were generated during the month under the Renewable Fuel Standard, including 34.4 million cellulosic RINs.
Analysis released by the National Corn Growers Association on April 21 showed cash corn prices have declined by 16 percent on average since March 1. The analysis projects a $50 per acre revenue decline for the 2019 corn crop.
U.S. ethanol production fell 1 percent the week ending April 17, to an average of 563,000 barrels per day, according to EIA data. While production is down significntly from February, the recent freefall in production levels seems to be flattening.
UNICA, the Brazilian sugarcane industry association, recently announced mills in the south-central region of the country produced a record volume of ethanol during the 2019-'20 harvest season, which began April 1, 2019, and ended March 31, 2020.
A new study by the Center for Agricultural and Rural Development at Iowa State University projects economic impacts of the COVID-19 outbreak will mean steep losses for Iowa agriculture, including over $2 billion each for the hog and ethanol sectors.
In celebration of Earth Day, the RFA and RFN announced that Trenton Agri Products in Trenton, Nebraska will become the first demonstration site for a new ethanol industry initiative to expand pollinator habitat in key production regions.
The API on April 6 sent a letter to U.S EPA Administrator Andrew Wheeler petitioning the agency to reconsider and revise its final rule that set 2020 RVOs under the RFS and the 2021 RVO for biomass-based diesel.
The U.S. Supreme Court is scheduled to consider whether it will review a challenge to the Renewable Fuel Standard point of obligation on May 15. Court documents related to the challenge were distributed to the Justices on April 22.
Pacific Ethanol Inc. announced April 16 it has closed on its agreement to sell its 74 percent ownership interest in Pacific Aurora LLC to Aurora Cooperative Elevator Co. for a total valuation of $52.8 million.
The U.K. government recently released updated energy statistics that show liquid biofuel consumption reached 2.351 billion liters (621.07 million gallons) last year, up approximately 24 percent from 2018.
Iowa's E15 sales grew by 38 percent last year, reaching a record high of 47.4 million gallons, according to data released by the Iowa Department of Revenue in April. Sales of E30 and E85 blends also reached record highs.
The governors of Iowa, Minnesota, Nebraska and South Dakota sent a letter to Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue on April 17 urging the agency to allocate funding to the biofuel sector to help address the economic harm caused by COVID-19.
As the COVID-19 pandemic and crude oil glut continue to ravage world fuel markets, U.S. ethanol sales in 2020 could fall by more than $10 billion and the industry's contribution to gross domestic product (GDP) could drop by nearly one-third.
The USDA on April 17 announced a $19 billion COVID-19 relief program to assist farmers, ranchers and consumers. Despite requests from representatives of the biofuels industry, the package provides no relief for ethanol producers.
The RFA estimates half of U.S. ethanol production capacity is offline. During a conference call held April 20, representatives of the ethanol industry discussed the impact COVID-19 is having on biofuel producers and stressed the need for federal aid.
Fluid Quip Technologies Maximum Stillage Co-Products MSC has begun operations at Green Plains' ethanol plant in Shenandoah, Iowa. The MSC protein separation system began operations producing 50 percent Still Pro 50 protein within 24 hours of startup.
Granite Falls Energy LLC filed an 8-K with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on April 17 announcing it's 62 MMgy ethanol plant in Granite Falls, Minnesota, will remain idle through the end of April.
The oil refining industry's latest attempt to undermine the Renewable Fuel Standard should be rejected immediately, RFA President and CEO Geoff Cooper said in an April 17 letter to U.S. EPA Administrator Andrew Wheeler.
The U.S. EPA released update small refinery exemption (SRE) data on April 16, reporting that one additional SRE petition has been filed under the Renewable Fuel Standard for compliance year 2019.
In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, researchers and production staff at Poet have been working around the clock to produce an all-natural ethanol-based sanitizer to tackle the severe local shortage.
UNICA, the Brazilian sugarcane industry association, is asking the Brazilian government to take action to help prevent the nation's sugar and ethanol industry from collapsing due to impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic.
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