To commemorate Earth Day, Growth Energy CEO Emily Skor released a statement celebrating biofuels' environmental contributions and role in achieving a low-carbon future, stressing that the U.S. can't achieve its net-zero goals without biofuels.
The RFA has announced that GreenAmerica Biofuels Ord LLC has joined the organization as its newest producer member. Located in Ord, Nebraska, the plant produces and more than 60 million gallons of ethanol each year.
California Ethanol and Power has advanced through Part I of the U.S. Department of Energy's Loan Programs Office Title XVII Innovative Energy Loan Guarantee Program and Renewable Energy Projects and Efficient Energy Projects Solicitation.
The U.S. EPA released updated SRE data on April 21, reporting for the third consecutive months that no new SRE petitions were filed under the Renewable Fuel Standard. The data also shows the agency did not act on any of the 69 pendng SRE petitions.
UNICA, the Brazilian sugarcane industry association, has released final data for the 2021-'22 harvest season, which ended March 31. Sugarcane processing and the production of sugarcane ethanol were down for the year. Corn ethanol production was up.
Industry announcements from the May issue of Ethanol Producer Magazine, including the USGC's new ethanol exports lead, Siouxland Ethanol joining the proposed Heartland Greenway CO2 pipeline, ICM building a corn ethanol plant in Brazil, and more.
Climate-smart farming practices, efficiencies at ethanol plants, and the capture and sequestration of biogenic CO2 from facilities puts ethanol on a trajectory to reach both net-zero and net-negative emissions, a trajectory that is unique to ethanol.
Ethanol Producer Magazine's Editor previews the May issue, which includes a profile on Calgren Renewable Fuels; the industry's continued adoption of solar and wind power; recovering energy from DDGS dryer exhaust; and ICM's high-protein platform.
Green Plains Inc. on April 20 announced that product and technology innovation efforts have led to the production of greater than 60 percent protein concentrations with yields as high as 4 pounds per bushel at its Wood River, Nebraska, biorefinery.
Today's corn ethanol now provides nearly three times the energy used to produce it, according to a new analysis by the Renewable Fuels Association, with some biorefineries approaching a four-to-one energy ratio.
Nebraska Gov. Pete Ricketts on April 19 signed legislation that provides tax credits for fuel retailers that sell E15 or higher blends of ethanol. The credit is 5 cents per gallon of E15 and 8 cents per gallon of E25 or higher blends sold.
U.S. fuel ethanol production was down nearly 5 percent the week ending April 15, according to data released by the U.S. Energy Information Administration on April 20. Ethanol stocks were down approximately 2 percent.
In the lower Central Valley, Calgren Renewable Fuels makes three biofuels—ethanol, biodiesel and renewable natural gas—and the latter operation just keeps growing.
After adjusting for inflation, this summer's forecast national average price would mark the highest retail gasoline and diesel prices since 2014, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration.
In 2017, a Peruvian agency initiated a countervailing duty investigation against U.S. ethanol on behalf of a single Peruvian ethanol company. the USGC's response helped the U.S. win an appeal that removed a 15 cent per gallon duty on U.S. ethanol.
A public comment period on the White House Council on Environmental Quality's interim guidance on carbon capture, utilization and sequestration closed on April 18. The Carbon Capture Coalition is among the groups that weighed in on the guidance.
With the decarbonization movement underway, ethanol producers installing solar and wind power offer a blueprint—and benefit-reveal—for carbon intensity reduction. And they're not doing renewables alone, but in parallel with other low-CI strategies.
The Office of Science and Technology Policy, a part of the Executive Office of the President, is taking action to improve the federal definition of “sustainable chemistry� via a public comment period that is open through June 3.
U.S. Grains Council Director of Global Ethanol Market Development Brian Healy and Juan Sebastian Diaz, Latin America regional ethanol consultant, visited Colombia in February to discuss the current state of the Colombian ethanol market.
The IEA in March released a report predicting that global biofuels supply will reach 3.3 million barrels per day by 2026, up from 2.6 million barrels per day in 2020. The forecast was included in the IEA's Oil 2021 report.
Through funding provided by BioMADE, the University of Hawai'i at Hilo and the National Corn-to-Ethanol Research Center have partnered to form “ALAKA'I�, Applied Life-Science Academy: Knowledge Advancing Industry.
Summit Carbon Solutions has announced a new partnership with Bushmills Ethanol Inc. to decarbonize its ethanol plant in Atwater, Minnesota. Bushmills Ethanol is the 32nd ethanol plant to officially join Summit's CCS project.
A broad, bipartisan majority of Iowans support the ethanol industry and believe it is critical to the future of agriculture, the health of the state's economy, and improving environmental outcomes, according to a new survey.
Sens. John Barrasso, R-Wyo., and Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., on April 7 introduced legislation that aims to improve data reporting for renewable diesel and SAF, incentivize their production, and eliminate unnecessary labeling regulations.
Carbon Capture Magazine's National Carbon Capture Conference & Expo will be held in Des Moines, Iowa at the Iowa Event Center on Nov. 8-9, 2022. Speaker presentation abstracts are being accepted through July 8.
The U.S. Energy Information Administration maintained its 2022 and 2023 forecasts for fuel ethanol production in its latest Short-Term Energy Outlook, released April 12. The forecasts for fuel ethanol blending were also unchanged.
U.S. fuel ethanol production fell by approximately 1 percent the week ending April 8, according to data released by the U.S. Energy Information Administration on April 13. Fuel ethanol stocks were down more than 4 percent.
President Joe Biden on April 12 announced that his administration will reinstate the ability to sell E15 this summer in an effort to reduce high fuel prices via a national emergency waiver that will be issued by the U.S. EPA.
Green Plains Inc. has released its 2021 Sustainability Report, outlining ESG priorities, progress and targets. In part, the report highlights progress towards the company's committment to carbon neutrality in operational emissions by 2050.
On April 12, Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced steps the USDA is taking to implement President Biden's plan to enable energy independence by boosting homegrown biofuels, including HBIIP grants and SAF initiatives.
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