Nebraska Gov. Pete Ricketts recently signed a bill creating a renewable infrastructure grant program. The bill creates a grant program to provide financial assistance to retailers who undertake projects to dispense and store E15 or higher blends.
The EPA released its final E15/RIN market reform rule May 31. The rule extends the RVP waiver to E15. It also includes reforms to the RIN market compliance system, although those changes are less severe than those originally proposed by the agency.
The Nebraska Ethanol Board is pleased to announce that Roger Berry began working at the board May 28 and will assume the position as NEB's administrator following the next board meeting May 31. Barry previously served at the Nebraska Corn Board.
European renewable ethanol delivered an average of more than 71 percent greenhouse-gas savings compared to fossil fuels in 2018, well above the minimum legal requirements, according to new certified data from producers.
Vitol has renamed C&N Ethanol Marketing to Vitol Biofuels Marketing. The name change reflects Vitol's continued commitment to developing its ethanol business, both as part of its renewables portfolio and and its core gasoline offering.
SPX Cooling Technologies Inc. will showcase its mobile display trailer with displays of field-erected cooling tower components during the upcoming Fuel Ethanol Workshop, June 10-12 at the Indiana Convention Center in Indianapolis.
UNICA, the Brazilian sugarcane industry association, has announced sugarcane processing and ethanol production were both down during the first half of May. Sales of ethanol, however, remained strong.
Rex American Resources Inc. released fiscal first quarter 2019 financial results on May 30, discussing the impact of weather-related interruptions to the company's business and projecting continued low crush margins into the second quarter.
A recent analysis by the U.S. Grains Council shows non-beverage ethanol has been the fastest growing U.S. agricultural export over the past decade by a significant margin, growing 13 percent year-over-year over the past 10 years.
The Renewable Fuels Association has added Ken Colombini to its staff as its new communications director. Colombini has worked as a freelance communications consultant since 2016 and previously was employed by the National Corn Growers Association.
The U.S. EPA recently approved an efficient producer pathway for The Andersons Denison Ethanol LLC, allowing the facility to generate RINs for non-grandfathered volumes of ethanol. The 65 MMgy plant is located in Denison, Iowa.
The RFA is sponsoring the "Ethanol Days of Summer" contest for the third consecutive year. The contest encourages consumers to submit pump prices for ethanol fuels to E85prices.com to be entered in a daily drawing for a $50 fuel gift card.
This year marks the 19th year the Award of Excellence and the High Octane Award will be presented at the Fuel Ethanol Workshop and Expo. The awards aim to recognize individuals for their contributions to the ethanol industry.
Sen. Tammy Duckworth, D-Ill., asked the U.S. EPA OIG to launch an independent investigation into whether top EPA officials violated the law by inappropriately exempting a number of oil refineries from having to use legally required levels of biofuel.
Terra Grain Fuels and Federated Co-operatives Ltd. are pleased to announce that they have reached a mutual agreement in which FCL will acquire TGF's 150 MMly (39.63 MMgy) ethanol plant near Belle Plaine, Saskatchewan.
Plainview, Nebraska-based Husker Ag will produce its 1 billionth gallon of ethanol in May. The facility first started operations in 2003 with 20 million gallons of capacity. The plant has since expanded production capacity to 110 MMgy.
American Coalition for Ethanol Senior Vice President Ron Lamberty recently returned to Tijuana,Mexico, to discuss ethanol with fuel retailers. The trip marks his 11th ethanol marketing workshop in Mexico over the past year and a half.
Representatives of KCoe People discussed the importance of communication and culture in retaining talent at ethanol plants during a recent webinar. The event focused on training and coaching, delivering successful feedback and talent development.
Reps. Collin Peterson, D-Minn., and Dusty Johnson, R-S.D., introduced legislation May 23 that aims to increase transparency surrounding Renewable Fuel Standard small refinery exemptions (SREs) and ensure any waived volumes are reallocated.
The U.S. Department of Energy's Argonne National Laboratory recently released an updated version of its Water Analysis Tool for Energy Resources (WATER), an online computer model meant to help bioenergy developers preserve critical resources.
The USDA recently released its Grain Crushings and Co-Products Production report with data from March, reporting that corn consumed for fuel alcohol was up from the prior month, but down from March 2018.
The U.S. EPA has released renewable identification number (RIN) generation data for April, reporting that more than 1.69 billion RINs were generated during the month, including more than 33.68 million cellulosic RINs.
New 2018 data from the California Air Resources Board indicates that, to date, the state's LCFS has replaced 3.3 billion gallons of diesel with cleaner fuels. The data also shows fuel producers are in 100 percent compliance with the LCFS.
On May 17, Gov. Pete Ricketts proclaimed May as Renewable Fuels Month in Nebraska during a ceremony a local fuel station. Following the official proclamation, the governor stepped up to the pump to fill customers' tanks with E15.
ACE CEO Brian Jennings highlighted the scientific and economic opportunities U.S. farmers and biofuel producers hold to support climate change mitigation and get the rural economy back on track in a letter to Senate Ag committee leaders.
The House Biofuels Caucus sent a bipartisan letter to U.S. EPA Administrator Andrew Wheeler May 20 expressing support for year-round sales of E15 and urging the agency to complete its proposed RIN reforms in a separate rulemaking.
The U.S. EPA delivered its proposed Renewable Fuel Standard “reset� rule to the White House Office of Management and Budget May 20. OMB review marks a final step before a proposed rule is released for public comment.
FROM THE JUNE ISSUE: The U.S. EPA hasn't issued a new pathway approval in over a year, but technology providers for corn kernel fiber-to-cellulosic ethanol remain optimistic.
FROM THE JUNE ISSUE: Editor Lisa Gibson previews the magazine, including feature articles about D3 RIN pathway approvals, a summary of ACE's April fly-in, the 2019 FEW award winners, and more.
A court on May 17 denied a motion filed the ABFA last month seeking a preliminary injunction preventing the EPA from granting any additional small refinery exemptions (SREs) under the RFS until its pending lawsuit with the agency is resolved.
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