The U.S. Energy Information Administration boosted its forecasts for 2023 and 2024 fuel ethanol production in its latest Short-Term Energy Outlook, released July 11. The forecasts for ethanol blending were maintained.
California Ethanol + Power has announced that Life Cycle Associates has joined its team for Sugar Valley Energy. Life Cycle Associates is partnering with CE+P to define the expected carbon intensity pathway for the sugarcane ethanol product.
European ethanol producer CropEnergies AG has announced ethanol production and earnings were both down during the fiscal first quarter of 2023-’24. The company attributed the declines to maintenance shutdowns and normalized ethanol prices.
The RFA announced on July 7 that Rondo Energy has joined the association as its newest associate member. Rondo Energy is a leading provider of zero-carbon industrial heat, making industrial decarbonization possible and profitable today.
Total operable biofuels production capacity in the U.S. expanded in April, according to data released by the U.S. Energy Information Administration on June 30. Feedstock consumption was up when compared to the same month of last year.
U.S. firms working with clean energy fuels, such as corn ethanol, woody biomass/cellulosic biofuel, and other biofuels, added 1,962 jobs in 2022, growing by 1.7 percent when compared to the previous year, according to the U.S. DOE.
Norcan Petroleum Products and EDF Trading Europe Ltd. have announced an exclusive transaction for the long-term supply to Norcan of environmentally sustainable ethanol meeting the strict carbon intensity (CI) requirements of Canada’s CFR.
The U.S. Grains Council has welcomed ClearFlame to its member roster. ClearFlame is a technology company that enables the retrofit of existing engines to operate on alternate fuels including ethanol.
With AAA projecting that a record number of Americans will hit the road for a long holiday weekend, the RFA is reminding drivers that lower-cost, lower-carbon ethanol fuel blends are better for the environment and the family budget.
Summit Carbon Solutions has reached a major milestone in voluntary easements, signing 70 percent of the route in South Dakota and project wide, while continuing to partner with more landowners every day.
The U.S. corn ethanol industry continues to be a leader when it comes to employing military veterans, a new study released by the DOE reports. The veteran workforce in the ethanol industry is triple the rate seen in the national workforce average.
Primetals Technologies Ltd. and LanzaTech Global Inc. on June 27 announced the signing of a renewed ten-year cooperation agreement to accelerate the deployment of integrated environmental solutions for the steel industry worldwide.
Aemetis Inc. has announced that its Aemetis Biogas subsidiary is operating the Central Dairy Project production facilities 24 hours per day, seven days per week, and exceeded the RNG production plan by approximately 20 percent during Q2 2023.
The Canadian Council for Sustainable Aviation Fuels launched a roadmap detailing its policy framework, its priority actions, and the next steps to ensure that the Canadian aviation sector remains competitive as it transitions to a net-zero future.
As part of a newly established collaborative, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory’s Advanced Biofuels and Bioproducts Process Development Unit will co-lead an effort to establish bioindustrial manufacturing capability in California.
U.S. ethanol production was up more than 3 percent the week ending June 16, reaching the highest level since December 2022, according to data released by the U.S. EIA on June 22. Ethanol stocks were also up 3 percent, with exports up 14 percent.
LanzaJet and Airbus on June 22 announced they have entered into a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to address the needs of aviation through the production of sustainable aviation fuel (SAF). The agreement was announced during the Paris Air Show.
The U.S. EPA on June 21 released its final RFS “set” rule, which includes a modest increase in biomass-based diesel RVOs for 2024 and 2025. The agency, however, elected not to finalize provisions of the proposed rule related to eRINs.
The U.S. Department of Commerce’s International Trade Administration has announced its Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Advisory Committee will hold a in-person meeting on June 27 in Washington, D.C.
POET has donated nearly $150,000 through its 2023 POET Community Impact Grant Program. All of POET’s 33 bioprocessing facilities across eight Midwest states and POET Terminal – Savannah, Georgia, participated in this year's grant program.
The RFA has welcome its newest producer member, Aztalan Bio LLC, with operations based in Jefferson, Wisconsin. After completing significant technology upgrades, Aztalan Bio's ethanol biorefinery is expected to begin production in October.
The ethanol industry has a role to play in the emerging SAF indsutry through both ethanol-to-jet technologies and the supply of distillers corn oil feedstock.
The American Coalition for Ethanol mobilized 60 grassroots leaders, including ethanol producers, corn growers and retailers, for its fly-in and government affairs summit in Washington, D.C., earlier this year.
Despite federal support for electric vehicles (EVs), lower-carbon biofuels will remain vital to decarbonizing transportation for decades to come.
The Canadian Clean Fuel Regulations come into force this July. The new CFR is similar to existing low carbon fuel standards.
A new technology developed by Proteum Energy could use ethanol as a feedstock for producing hydrogen, a very real contender in the hard-to-electrify sector.
ICM is leveraging whole stillage separation to improve DCO gains while bringing energy usage down through a more dry cake.
In today’s volatile commodity market, ethanol producers are diversifying corn oil production to increase profits by upgrading their commodity DCO to a cleaner oil, TruDCO—a low-impurity, low-moisture, and low carbon corn oil.
Rayonier Advanced Materials Inc. hosted a groundbreaking ceremony at its new second-generation bioethanol plant located in Tartas, Les Landes France, on June 15, 2023. The facility is expected to begin operations next year.
Production and use of renewable ethanol from ePURE members reduced greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by an average of 78.4 percent when compared to fossil fuels in 2022, according to newly certified data.
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