Our industry's growth hinges on policy, continued innovation and successfully contributing to the world's low carbon needs. The value of ethanol extends beyond the pump, and market growth may ultimately happen both on the ground and in the air.
Rep. John Garamendi, D-Calif., on Nov. 5 introduced the Biomass and Biogas for Electric Vehicles Act, which aims to require the U.S. EPA to process long-delayed RFS pathway applications to generate eRINs.
The U.S. Energy Information Administration maintained its forecast for 2021 ethanol production, but slightly reduced its production forecast for next year in its latest Short-Term Energy Outlook, released Nov. 9.
The USDA increased its forecast for 2021-'22 corn use in ethanol in its latest World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates report, released Nov. 9. The agency is also predicting a record corn yield of 177 bushels per acre.
A delegation from the U.S. ethanol industry recently met with Brazilian government and private sector officials to learn more about the current dynamics of the Brazilian fuel market and its ethanol production.
The U.S. exported 75.84 million gallons of ethanol and 853,751 metric tons of distillers grains in September, according to data released by the USDA FAS on Nov. 4. Exports of both products were down when compared to September 2020.
ClearFlame Engine Technologies announced on Oct. 28 that it has secured $17 million in Series A financing, which will enable commercialization of the company's engine technology for the long-haul trucking, agriculture and power generation sectors.
Biofuel producers are on the front lines in the battle against climate change, said Growth Energy in response to the Biden administration's long-term strategy to achieve net-zero emissions and participation at the COP26 summit in Glasgow.
A group of seven Midwestern governors on Nov. 3 sent a letter to U.S. EPA Administrator Michael Regan announcing that they are exploring all options to ensure fuel retailers are able to sell E15 year-round.
Nearly a dozen groups, led by the Urban Air Initiative, filed a brief with the U.S. Supreme Court on Oct. 25 in support of a petition for certiorari filed by Growth Energy earlier in the month asking the court to review a July 2 ruling on E15.
Growth Energy is applauding Oregon for moving foward to clarify the law to provide for the sale of E15. Oregon Gov. Kate Brown signed a bill approving the fuel blend in June. A state agency has since issued a proposed rule implementing the change.
Growth Energy on Nov. 2 submitted to the U.S. EPA a notice of intent to sue regarding its failure to timely fulfill the agency's statutory obligation under the RFS to issue the 2022 RVO other related rulemakings.
U.S. ethanol production continued to edge higher the week ending Oct. 29, reaching near-record highs for the fourth week in a row, according to data released by the U.S. Energy Information Administration on Oct. 3. Ethanol stocks were up 1 percent.
To elaborate on how corn and distillers dried grains with solubles (DDGS) factor into cattle and swine rations in Canada, the U.S. Grains Council partnered with Gowans Feed Consulting to host a webinar series in late September.
The Minnesota Bio-Fuels Association (MN Bio-Fuels) and KS95 FM teamed up on Oct. 20 to educate drivers on the benefits of using Unleaded Plus (E15) during an hour-long promotion at a Winner station in Richfield.
U.S. fuel ethanol production expanded by nearly 1 percent the week ending Oct. 22, reaching a near record high of 1.106 million barrels per day, according to data released by the U.S. Energy Information Administration on Oct. 27.
Spray Engineering Devices Ltd., a multidisciplinary engineering company dedicated to sustainable development, is partnering with LanzaTech in a first of a kind bagasse to ethanol project in India.
In its International Energy Outlook 2021, the EIA estimates the global light-duty vehicle (LDV) fleet contained 1.31 billion vehicles in 2020. The agencdy projects this fleet will grow to 2.21 billion vehicles by 2050.
In recent comments, the RFA reminded the California Air Resources Board that the state's path toward achieving its carbon reduction targets should be technology-neutral, inclusive of a broad array of low- and zero-carbon technologies.
A group of nine senators are reiterating a request to meet with President Biden and members of his cabinet to discuss the opportunity biofuels can contribute to his administration's energy, environmental and transportation agenda.
ADM Chairman and CEO Juan Luciano discussed the company's planned sale of its ethanol dry mill in Peoria, Illinois, and the recent MOU with Gevo on alcohol-to-jet fuel production during a third quarter earnings call, held Oct. 26.
Amid a global energy crisis and rising fuel prices at pumps across the country, members of the U.S. House of Representatives introduced legislation to repeal the RFS. Growth Energy CEO Emily Skor is slamming the bill.
Rep. Randy Feenstra, R-Iowa, on Oct. 19 introduced the COST Act, a bill that aims to compel the federal government to compare the financial and environmental costs of electric vehicles and E85 capable flex-fuel vehicles (FFVs).
DOE: SAF from low-carbon ethanol production
By Jim Spaeth, DOE's Bioenergy Technologies Office
October 20, 2021
To assess whether and how the ethanol-to-jet (ETJ) pathway may reach net-zero emission targets, Argonne scientists performed a life-cycle analysis (LCA) of corn to ethanol and then to jet fuel, using the GREET model.
America's top biofuel and farm advocates are calling on President Biden to swiftly expand access to lower-carbon, lower-cost biofuels as the administration seeks to address the rising cost of transportation fuel.
The U.S. Department of Commerce's International Trade Administration has announced a virtual meeting of the Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Advisory Committee will be held Nov. 2. The event is open to the public.
The North Dakota Industrial Commission on Oct. 19 approved the state's first Class VI well for CO2 sequestration. The approval will allow Red Trail Energy LLC to geologically store CO2 produced at its ethanol plant near Richardton, North Dakota.
UNICA, the Brazilian sugarcane industry association, has announced anhydrous ethanol production continued to grow during the second half of September despite a drop in the volume of sugarcane processed by mills in the south-central region.
European ethanol producer CropEnergies on Oct. 13 reported record revenue for the second quarter of the current financial year. The company also recently announced it is participating in a trial of a 20 percent ethanol fuel blend.
On Oct. 15, the Iowa Corn Growers Association and Iowa Renewable Fuels Association sent a letter to President Joe Biden asking his administration to take three immediate steps to expand market opportunity for E15 and lower prices at the pump.
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