FROM THE JULY ISSUE: Editor Lisa Gibson previews the magazine, including feature articles about EPM's 2019 salary survey, a look at Greenfield's biogas use, training initiatives for ethanol producers in Nebraska, and more.
A reported released June 11 by the All Party Parliamentary Group for British Bioethanol found that the immediate introduction of E10 in the U.K. market could save drivers approximately £100 million ($126.44 million) in 2020.
The U.S. exported more than 150 million gallons of ethanol and nearly 918,000 tons of distillers grains in April, according to data released by the USDA FAS on June 6. Exports of both products were down when compared to April 2018.
FROM THE JULY ISSUE: Small refinery exemptions are helping the oil industry, hurting ethanol.
FROM THE JULY ISSUE: Several countries are making legislative changes that bode well for U.S. ethanol.
UNICA, the Brazilian sugarcane industry association, has announced sales of hydrous ethanol reached a record 2.05 billion liters (541.55 million gallons) in May, up 50.64 percent when compared to sales during the same month of last year.
Growth Energy announced that drivers across the United States have reached a new milestone, logging 10 billion miles on the road using E15. The news comes on the heels of the U.S. EPA's approval of year-round sales of E15.
The German Bioethanol Industry Association (Bundesverband der deutschen Bioethanolwirtschaft – BDBe) has reported ethanol production within the country fell last year. Sales of the fuel, however, were up.
Growth Energy takes a look back on its efforts to pave the road for year-round E15 sales. Following a May 31 rule issued by the U.S. EPA, drivers across the U.S. have a choice to fuel up with the cleaner, more affordable fuel option all year long.
The USGC is helping U.S. DDGS suppliers capture more market demand in South Korea through two events held in May that provided updated technical information to formulators, research and development staff and feed industry buyers.
Nebraska Gov. Pete Ricketts recently signed a bill creating a renewable infrastructure grant program. The bill creates a grant program to provide financial assistance to retailers who undertake projects to dispense and store E15 or higher blends.
The EPA released its final E15/RIN market reform rule May 31. The rule extends the RVP waiver to E15. It also includes reforms to the RIN market compliance system, although those changes are less severe than those originally proposed by the agency.
UNICA, the Brazilian sugarcane industry association, has announced sugarcane processing and ethanol production were both down during the first half of May. Sales of ethanol, however, remained strong.
A recent analysis by the U.S. Grains Council shows non-beverage ethanol has been the fastest growing U.S. agricultural export over the past decade by a significant margin, growing 13 percent year-over-year over the past 10 years.
The RFA is sponsoring the "Ethanol Days of Summer" contest for the third consecutive year. The contest encourages consumers to submit pump prices for ethanol fuels to E85prices.com to be entered in a daily drawing for a $50 fuel gift card.
American Coalition for Ethanol Senior Vice President Ron Lamberty recently returned to Tijuana,Mexico, to discuss ethanol with fuel retailers. The trip marks his 11th ethanol marketing workshop in Mexico over the past year and a half.
New 2018 data from the California Air Resources Board indicates that, to date, the state's LCFS has replaced 3.3 billion gallons of diesel with cleaner fuels. The data also shows fuel producers are in 100 percent compliance with the LCFS.
On May 17, Gov. Pete Ricketts proclaimed May as Renewable Fuels Month in Nebraska during a ceremony a local fuel station. Following the official proclamation, the governor stepped up to the pump to fill customers' tanks with E15.
FROM THE JUNE ISSUE: The American Coalition for Ethanol's annual Washington, D.C., fly-in attracts participants from all sectors affected by ethanol to spend an afternoon lobbying for the industry.
FROM THE JUNE ISSUE: The facts show that this spring's increase in gas prices wasn't due to ethanol.
Ethanol could generate significant cost savings while boosting octane in fuel supplies in Indonesia. That's the message the USGC and its partners are conveying to Indonesian importers and government agencies to promote increased ethanol use.
CropEnergies AG has released financial results for its 2018-'19 financial year, reporting earnings were impacted by low ethanol prices and high input costs. Moving forward, the company expects prices to remain volatile, but improve slightly.
FROM THE JUNE ISSUE: Driving global ethanol demand by strengthening nations' fuel policies critical in reducing greenhouse gas emissions.
The USGC is encouraging ethanol use in the South Korean transport sector, working with the USDA's Foreign Agricultural Service to provide information on the environmental, human health and economic benefits of blending ethanol into fuel supplies.
FROM THE JUNE ISSUE: Making ethanol part of the "green wave" by debunking environmental misinformation.
USGC members and staff participated in a recent trade mission to engage targeted Taiwan customers, connect them with U.S. suppliers to capture additional demand for products like U.S. DDGS and encourage increased ethanol use.
The European Commission issued a decision May 14 announcing it will repeal anti-dumping duties on European Union imports of U.S. ethanol. The anti-dumping duties have been in place since early 2013.
FROM THE JUNE ISSUE: Enerkem is producing methanol and ethanol at its Edmonton, Alberta, plant, which has the potential to divert up to 24 percent of the city's landfill waste. The company has partners for another project in the Netherlands
A grassroots effort is underway to help convince automakers to continue to produce FFVs. To date, nearly 750 people have signed an online petition. Organizers of the effort are hoping to grow that number to at least 10,000.
FROM THE JUNE ISSUE: Beyond Enerkem, a few companies around the world are looking to feedstocks outside of corn to produce cellulosic ethanol.
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