The National Renewable Energy Laboratory has updated its annual survey of U.S. non-starch ethanol and renewable hydrocarbon biofuel producers. The report includes data on 29 ethanol projects and 32 renewable hydrocarbon projects.
The notion that prosperity can only be driven by petroleum without regard for the environmental, economic or national security implications is the real relic, writes Bob Dinneen. This column appears in the April issue of EPM.
The U.S. Department of Energy is seeking feedback that will will help its Bioenergy Technologies Office better understand capabilities, barriers and opportunities, associated with the operation of integrated biorefineries.
The U.S. Grains Council has announced the Renewable Fuels Association and Growth Energy have joined the organization as members. The formal addition of these two critical stakeholders will benefit council programs in myriad ways.
The Renewable Fuels Association recently sent a letter to Lowe's CEO Robert Niblock, urging his company to remove a sign appearing at several Midwest locations that inaccurately warns consumers to not use ethanol blends in small engines.
On March 17, the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission and the U.S. EPA entered a memorandum of understanding (MOU) that allows the agencies to share renewable fuel standard (RFS) data and analysis.
Although there are challenges facing the second generation ethanol industry, progress is being made. This article appears in the April issue of EPM.
Greg Hibner, president of J.D. Heiskell & Co.'s Hawkeye Gold division, has been selected to represent the agribusiness sector on the U.S. Grains Council's board of directors.
On March 16, subcommittees of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform held a hearing on U.S. EPA management of the renewable fuel standard. The event has been criticized for failing to include testimony from the biofuels industry.
The biofuels industry stands ready to answer the call to action made by the Paris Agreement, and has been doing so for years, writes Tom Buis. This column appears in the April issue of EPM with the headline "A reminder of what's important."
March 15 is National Agriculture Day. In recognition of this day, the Renewable Fuels Association would like to thank farmers, the backbone of the U.S. ethanol industry. Ethanol is the single most important, value-added market for farmers.
Several representatives of the biofuel industry are participating in a USDA trade mission to Peru and Chile March 14-18. The mission, led by Agricultural Secretary Tom Vilsack, aims to expand export opportunities for food and agricultural products.
Iogen's Brian Foody addresses the challenge of commercializing cellulosic ethanol. This article appears in the April issue of EPM.
The European renewable ethanol association (ePURE) welcomes the recent publication of the European Commission's long-awaited GLOBIOM study on the land use change (LUC) impacts of biofuels demand.
BBI International has announced the National Advanced Biofuels Conference & Expo. The event will take place June 20-23, 2016 at the Wisconsin Center in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
Ron Lamberty is ready for the RON age to begin, he writes in this column, which appears in the April issue of EPM.
On March 3, two subcommittees associated with the House Committee on Science, Space and Technology held an oversight hearing on the U.S. Department of Energy's loan guarantee program. Abengoa projects were among those discussed during the event.
The U.S. Energy Information Administration has released the March edition of its Short-Term Energy Outlook, reporting that ethanol production is expected to average slightly more than 2015 level of 966,000 barrels per day this year and next year.
Growth Energy and the Renewable Fuels Association recently sent a letter to President Obama urging swift action to “mount an aggressive defense of our access to the Chinese livestock feed market.� The administration took action in less than a week.
USDA made only small changes to its monthly supply and demand report, including a 9 million bushel reduction in corn use for ethanol in the last marketing year.
Sustainable Development Technology Canada has awarded Comet Biorefining, Inc. a grant of CA$10.9 million ($8.2 million) for the construction of its first-of-a-kind advanced biobased chemicals plant in Sarnia, Ontario.
Have you ever watched, “Who Killed the Electric Car?� Although I haven't, my understanding is that there are some similarities between this 2006 documentary and what I'm telling you today.
An analysis conducted by the Renewable Fuels Association and released March 7 finds the net energy balance of corn-based ethanol at U.S. dry mill biorefineries averages 2.6–2.8, an improvement over previous estimates, reflecting efficiency gains.
A South Dakota ethanol plant is spearheading a challenge for drivers to use E30, to show vehicles are capable of handling higher ethanol blends even when they aren't FFVs, writes Dave VanderGriend. This column appears in the April issue of EPM.
In a recent interview, American Petroleum Institute President and CEO Jack Gerard stipulated that his organization was pivoting its strategy toward reforming the renewable fuel standard (RFS) rather than continuing to call for an outright repeal.
Rep. Adrian Smith, R-Neb., presented at a briefing March 1 to educate congressional staff on the impacts of a U.S. EPA regulation that currently prevents the sale of E15 during the summer months.
The USDA recently published a fact sheet highlighting its investments in rural America, including several related to sparking innovation in America's bioeconomy to support the development of biomanufacturing and advanced biofuels.
On Feb. 24, the House Committee on Agriculture held a hearing on the state of the rural economy featuring testimony by Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack. Biofuels and bioenergy were among the topics discussed during the nearly three-hour event.
Growth Energy and the Renewable Fuels Association have asked the White House to take action with regard to preliminary results of an antidumping and countervailing duty case filed in China that were released March 1.
Data recently released by the U.S. Energy Information Administration officially confirmed that new records were set in 2015 for U.S. ethanol production and blending. The data shows producers churned out 14.81 billion gallons of ethanol in 2015.
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