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.
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.
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, 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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
A new article in the American Journal of Agricultural Economics finds no evidence to support earlier concerns about large indirect land use change effect of corn ethanol causing expansion in cropland and reduction in grasslands and forests.
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.
Poet has entered the asphalt market with its newest green alternative to fossil-fuel products. Poet's Jive is a proprietary corn-oil-based product now being used by construction companies across the U.S. to modify or rejuvenate asphalt in roads.
The U.S. Department of Energy's Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy recently awarded nearly $6 million to four projects under its OPEN+ program for the Sensors for Bioenergy and Agriculture cohort team.
Growth Energy and the U.S. Grains Council recently submitted joint comments to the Canadian Province of Ontario supporting the expansion of biofuels blending in the Made-in-Ontario Environment Plan, which calls for the adoption of E15 by 2025.
In Iowa, two companies were recently recognized with biofuel marketing awards. Casey's General Stores received the 2019 Ethanol Marketing Award, while Quick Oil Co. was awarded the 2019 Biodiesel Marketing Award.
Gevo Inc. recently announced it has developed a proprietary catalytic process to convert low-value fusel oils into renewable isoprene. Fusel oils are a mixture of alcohols that are produced as a byproduct from fermentation processes.
The 2019 season of the Crappie Masters Tournament Trail begins later this week, with the Renewable Fuels Association and the National Corn Growers Association signed on as co-title sponsors for the third consecutive year.
UNICA, the Brazilian sugarcane industry association, has announced mills in the country's south-central region sold 1.26 billion liters (332.86 million gallons) of ethanol during the first half of January, up 21 percent from the same period of 2018.
Federal forecasts in the U.S. EIA's newly released Annual Energy Outlook 2019 (AEO2019) underscore the importance of delivering cleaner, lower cost options to the fuel pump, said Chris Bliley, vice president of regulatory affairs at Growth Energy.
Gevo Inc. recently made two announcements regarding its efforts to expand the use of sustainable aviation fuel (SAF). The company supplied its fuel to an airport in California and signed on to an existing coalition that aims to expand the use of SAF.
Construction recently began on a pilot cellulosic biorefinery in Australia. The plant is a collaboration between the University of Newcastle's Newcastle Institute for Energy and Resources and Ethanol Technologies (Ethtec).
Attis Industries Inc. has announced a partnership with Iowa State University to develop carbon fibers for use in a wide variety of applications derived entirely or predominately from lignin produced at Attis' planned biorefineries.
Novozymes has released fourth quarter and full year 2018 financial results, reporting strong sales growth for its bioenergy segment. Overall the company's sales grew by 4 percent organically when compared to 2017.
FROM THE FEBRUARY ISSUE: Retailers preparing for year-round E15 have options for pumps, financing and marketing.
FROM THE FEBRUARY ISSUE: With values better than 1.6 cents per gallon per point, driving down carbon intensity brings a nice payback in the Golden State.
FROM THE FEBRUARY ISSUE: The RFA looks forward to facing challenges and seizing opportunities at this year's NEC.
ExxonMobil and Renewable Energy Group have signed a joint research agreement with Clariant to evaluate the potential use of cellulosic sugars from sources such as agricultural waste and residues to produce cellulosic biodiesel.
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