We have been banging on the EPA's door for years for recognition that octane matters. It matters in terms of emissions, performance, fuel economy and cost. And now, with a global emphasis on lowering CO2 and GHG, octane matters even more.
As the Tier 3 deadline approaches, it's important to understand the difference between EPA and ASTM treatments of the element.
The proliferation of international ethanol trade during the past decade has been impressive to watch. The current global market for ethanol stands at 30 billion gallons, with 1.2 billion gallons trading hands overseas.
The U.S. Grains Council, the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Foreign Agricultural Service, the Renewable Fuels Association and Growth Energy, recently traveled to Colombia to cultivate relationships with the local ethanol industry.
Total production of bioethanol in Poland is estimated at 200,000 metric tons with capacity at 511,000 metric tons, according to a report filed with the USDA Foreign Agricultural Service's Global Agricultural Information Network.
A proposed ASTM standard will provide a means to test and evaluate alternate fuel sources, such as biofuels, for metals. The proposed standard is being developed by Committee D02 on Petroleum Products, Liquid Fuels, and Lubricants.
The cities of Jakarta, Kuala Lumpur, Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh City and Bangkok all played host to seminars targeting feed formulators and regional importers over the last two weeks, part of roadshows put on by the U.S. Grains Council.
Within 25 years, the U.S. could produce enough biomass to support a bioeconomy, including renewable aquatic and terrestrial biomass resources that could be used for energy and to develop products for a variety of uses and benefits.
The U.S. Energy Information Administration has released the July edition of its Short-Term Energy Outlook, predicting ethanol production will average 980,000 barrels per day in 2016 and 2017, up from nearly 970,000 barrels per day last year.
The Renewable Fuels Association is proud to announce that the Power Energy Corp. has been awarded a $1.44 million grant from Illinois to offer higher ethanol blends at 20 retail stations in the state.
The U.S. Grains Council and the Renewable Fuels Association encourage U.S. suppliers of coarse grains and coproducts, industry representatives and members of the grain trade to register now for Export Exchange 2016, to be held Oct. 24-26 in Detroit.
U.S. ethanol exports totaled 55.7 million gallons in May, a 42 percent or 40 million gallons drop from April, according to government data released and analyzed by the Renewable Fuels Association.
The American Coalition for Ethanol will hold its annual conference August 8-10 in Minneapolis.
Total corn used for alcohol and other uses was 479 million bushels in May 2016, the USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service said in its monthly grain crushings and coproducts production report.
Growth Energy announced that RaceTrac is joining a growing list of retailers as part of the Prime the Pump initiative.
A decline in Indian sugarcane acres during the past two growing seasons is expected to result in a decline in ethanol production next year, said a report filed with the USDA Foreign Agricultural Service's Global Agricultural Information Network.
The U.S. Grains Council, in partnership with the USDA's Foreign Agricultural Service office in Lima, recently hosted technical workshops in Peru, focused on the nutritional value of U.S. sorghum and distillers dried grains with solubles.
The Renewable Fuels Foundation, the education and research arm of the Renewable Fuels Association, is hosting the second of five webinars focused on ethanol's unique octane properties on July 7. The one-hour event will start at 11:00 a.m. CT.
The U.S. Department of Commerce's International Trade Administration has published a notice announcing plans to reestablish its Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Committee and solicit membership nominations.
With nearly a fifth of the U.S. biodiesel feedstock market share, corn oil from the ethanol production process is contributing more glycerin to the marketplace. But if that oil is not kosher, the market opportunities for its glycerin are limited.
Beginning in late May, the natural gas market came under upside pressure. After becoming the prompt-month NYMEX contract, July 2016 rallied sharply, dragging deliveries for the balance of summer upward with it.
The corn market has seen increased volatility n the past month with some abrupt swings.
The U.S. Grains Council office in Taiwan had a consultant visit the country late last month to bolster ongoing efforts to promote the use of low-oil U.S. distillers dried grain with solubles (DDGS) in poultry rations.
The National Biodiesel Board's Vice President of Federal Affairs Anne Steckel participated in a panel with other biofuel industry leaders at the 32nd Annual International FEW and colocated National Advanced Biofuels Conference in Milwaukee June 21.
On June 20, Maine Gov. Paul R. LePage issued an executive order mandating state agencies give purchasing preference to gasoline blends with 5 percent or less ethanol when those fuels are of a comparable cost to higher ethanol blends.
On June 22, the House Energy and Commerce Committee's Energy and Power Subcommittee held a hearing on the renewable fuel standard (RFS). The event featured testimony from government officials, biofuel supporters and other stakeholders.
The 2016 National Advanced Biofuels Conference & Expo took place in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, this week, hosting a number of panels surrounding the advanced biofuels and biobased chemical industries.
The U.S. Grains Council and its domestic industry partners, the Renewable Fuels Association, Growth Energy and the USDA's Foreign Agricultural Service, have had a busy year so far engaging with potential global customers of U.S. ethanol.
BBI International has awarded the 2016 Kathy Bryan Memorial Scholarship to Donald Jackson and Patrick Thimes. The two $2,000 memorial scholarships are awarded annually to students pursuing degrees that may lead to a career in the ethanol industry.
Tom Buis, co-chair of Growth Energy, and Charles Abbas, director of yeast and renewables research at Archer Daniels Midland Co., were honored at the International Fuel Ethanol Workshop with the High Octane award and Award of Excellence, respectively.
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