The DOE on Aug. 31 announced $46 million for 22 projects that will create biofuel energy to help decarbonize the transportation and power generation sectors. The projects include those focused on waste conversion, carbon capture and algae.
Aemetis Inc. has completed the installation and commissioning at the Keyes ethanol plant in California of the first Mitsubishi Zebrex system in North America, reducing overall energy use and lowering the carbon intensity of ethanol.
U.S. operable biofuel production capacity expanded to 21.58 billion gallons per year in June, up 125 MMgy when compared to May, according to data released by the U.S. Energy Information Administration on Aug. 31. Feedstock consumption was also up.
The ethanol industry is poised to help alleviate fuel shortages in Illinois, Indiana, Michigan and Wisconsin caused by the temporary shutdown of Bp's oil refinery in Whiting, Indiana, following an Aug. 24 electric fire.
U.S. fuel ethanol production fell by nearly 2 percent the week ending Aug. 26, according to data released by the U.S. Energy Information Administration on Aug. 31. Stocks of fuel ethanol were down approximately 1 percent.
The USDA's Commodity Credit Corp. announced on Aug. 30 that it does not expect to purchase and sell sugar under the Feedstock Flexibility Program for crop year 2021, which runs from Oct. 1, 2021 through Sept. 30, 2022.
The U.S. EPA on Aug. 29 issued a final rule creating an optional alternative renewable identification number (RIN) retirement schedule for small refineries under the Renewable Fuel Standard for compliance year 2020.
Rex American Resources on Aug. 30 released financial results for its fiscal Q2, reporting increased net sales and revenue. Moving into Q3, operations currently remain profitable but the company is facing increased challenges.
ACE has announced Heath Huschitt, Tyler Robert and Mallorie Schultz as its 2022 scholarship recipients. Each of the three students was awarded a $1,000 scholarship through ACE's Scholarship Program to help further their collegiate education.
Fuel ethanol consumption in Canada is expected to grow by approximately 8.6 percent this year, according to a report filed with the USDA. Imports of U.S. fuel ethanol are expected to reach a record 1.5 billion liters (396.26 million gallons).
The U.S. Grains Council's Southeast Asia and Oceania (SEA&O) office recently participated in the Clean EDGE Asia business mission, a clean and renewable energy-focused trade mission organized by the U.S. Department of Commerce.
CARB on Aug. 25 approved a rule that aims to phase out the sale of new cars and light-duty trucks with internal combustion engines by 2035. The RFA called the rule disappointing and is highlighting the GHG reduction impacts of the LCFS.
The U.S. was home to 192 fuel ethanol plants with a combined capacity of 17.38 billion gallons per year as of Jan. 1, 2022, according to data released by the U.S. EIA. Capacity fell by five plants and 166 MMgy when compared to Jan. 1, 2021.
Brazil-based CB Bioenergia plans to develop a 10 MMly (2.64 MMgy) ethanol plant in Rio Grande do Sul, according to a statement released by the state government on Aug. 23. The facility will process wheat, triticale and corn feedstock.
Growth Energy on Aug. 24 announced that Jake Comer will join the company as vice president of market development. Comer has more than a decade of retail fuel experience and will lead the domestic market expansion of higher ethanol-blended fuel.
Poet on Aug. 24 announced that it has formally received the Global Food Safety Initiative Food Safety Management System Certification (FSSC 22000) its bioprocessing facilities in Shell Rock, Iowa, and Fairmont, Nebraska.
IHI Power Services Corp has announced a 15-year asset management deal with California Ethanol + Power to oversee its forthcoming Sugar Valley Energy campus in California. The facility will produce ethanol, biomass power and RNG.
U.S. fuel ethanol production capacity was up slightly the week ending Aug. 19, according to data released by the U.S. Energy Information Administration on Aug. 24. Stocks of fuel ethanol were up nearly 2 percent.
As of January 1, 2022, biofuel plant production capacity in the United States reached 21 billion gallons per year (gal/y) from 275 facilities. More than four-fifths of U.S. biofuel production capacity was for fuel ethanol.
Project aims to reduce water, energy in ethanol production
By University of Nebraska – Lincoln, Research and Economic Development
August 23, 2022
Nebraska researchers are studying how to make ethanol production more environmentally sensitive by reducing the amount of water and energy required to produce it and cutting the air emissions that result.
Ethanol groups are applauding the launch of a new application period for the USDA's Higher Blends Infrastructure Incentive Program and offering assistance to fuel retailers and others who want apply for the $100 million in available grant funding.
Crop-based biofuels such as renewable ethanol are by far the main renewable energy source in EU transport. Restricting the contribution of such biofuels to climate targets only opens the door for even more reliance on fossil fuel. No one wants that.
Year-round E15 and the RFS 'set' are top priorities for Growth Energy heading into it its annual D.C. fly-in this September. 2023 is the first year required volumes of renewable fuel are not specified by Congress and must be set by the EPA.
Rather than locking in new flex fuel customers, helping the ethanol industry shatter ethanol cost myths and continue to establish E85 as an affordable low-carbon fuel, some retailers seemed to do the opposite this past summer.
Industry leaders had plenty to laud at the International Fuel Ethanol Workshop & Expo in June. The show, back in Minneapolis, Minnesota, was once again focused on technology, services and solutions in the context of current marketplace dynamics.
Representatives from the U.S. Grains Council, Growth Energy and the Renewable Fuels Association recently traveled to Japan to learn more about ethanol's role in the local market and highlight the biofuel's environmental benefits.
Aemetis Inc. announced on Aug. 22 that it has agreed to a multi-year agreement with International Airlines Group to supply SAF to help power British Airways and Irish flag carrier Aer Lingus' flights from San Francisco Airport from 2025.
The U.S. EPA has announced the Renewable Fuel Standard cellulosic waiver credit prices for 2021 and 2022 are $2.23 and $2.31, respectively, up from a price of $1.80 set for 2020 cellulosic waiver credits.
The USDA announced the opening of a new $100 million, 90-day application window for the Higher Blends Infrastructure Incentive Program on Aug. 23. Applications for the current round of funding can be submitted through Nov. 21.
At the 2022 International Fuel Ethanol Workshop & Expo, the world's largest biofuels conference, producers, industry stakeholders and vendors gathered to connect and learn in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
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