Experts from a national laboratory and three universities have published an extensive response to a recent report issued by the Environmental Working Group that claims the lifecycle emissions of corn ethanol are greater than those of gasoline.
Rep. James Lankford, R-Okla., recently introduced legislation that aims to alter the renewable fuel standard (RFS) by repealing the corn ethanol portion of the standard and requiring the remaining mandates to be met with domestically produced fuels.
The U.S. Energy Administration has released the June issue of its Short-Term Energy Outlook, increasing its forest for ethanol production to an average of 920,000 barrels per day this year. The forecast of 2015 has also been increased.
The European Union Energy Council has reached a political agreement on measures to incorporate indirect land use change into E.U. biofuel policies. Biofuel trade groups said the move is expected to restore investor confidence.
RFA joined Growth Energy and others on a USDA trip to China, where signs of rapid growth were everywhere, writes Bob Dinneen. The goal was to develop additional markets for DDGS.
Australia is a beautiful country that isn't taking advantage of renewable energy opportunities, such as power generated by wind, solar or ocean waves, writes Mike Bryan. Those in power need to rethink their environmentally unfriendly policies.
Ethanol plant registration is required for DDGS exports to China.
With the Fourth of July fast approaching, it's a great time to think about declaring independence from Big Oil, writes Tom Buis. Ethanol is our renewed declaration of energy independence.
Proposed FDA regulations raise compliance questions among ethanol producers.
Attendees of the 30th anniversary International Fuel Ethanol Workshop & Expo heard from Tom Buis, CEO of Growth Energy, and Rick Toleman, CEO of National Corn Growers Association, during the general session held June 10 in Indianapolis.
UAS hold great promise in agriculture, but the FAA is lagging in its understanding of how important drones are becoming to farmers, and in developing regulations, according to panelists at the Emerging Corn Production Technologies and Science Forum.
The U.S. EPA is extending the compliance deadline for the 2013 renewable fuel standard (RFS) and the associated deadline for submission of attest engagement reports for the 2013 RFS. The new deadlines are Sept. 30, 2014 and Jan 30, 2015.
After months of preparation, the time is finally upon us. It's FEW time again.
The collection and handling of corn stover was the focus of a panel discussion at the Emerging Corn Production Technologies and Science Forum, an event collocated with the 2014 International Fuel Ethanol Workshop & Expo.
A new grassroots campaign will tell the positive story of ethanol through people's personal stories, writes Brian Jennings. "Power by People" will appeal to the hearts and minds of the public.
The EU should add a provision to existing legislation requiring that member states maintain a strategic storage of biofuels, writes Robert Vierhout. It's time to start thinking about security of energy supply and using biofuels in a smarter way.
The U.S. Department of Commerce's International Trade Administration is organizing a renewable energy and energy efficiency trade mission to Peru in November that will promote the export competitiveness of U.S. technologies.
Charlie Good, owner of Good and Quick, a Nevada, Iowa, gas station offering E15 and other ethanol blends, has changed the stickers on his gas pumps to comply with the U.S. EPA's Reid Vapor Pressure regulations.
The European renewable ethanol industry association, ePURE, recently spoke out to criticize a new European Energy Security Strategy that fails to recognize the importance of domestically produced ethanol in meeting energy security needs.
Driven by aggressive mandates, government support and cost advantages, China and India, the world's two most populous countries, dominate Asia's alternative fuels landscape, according to Lux Research.
Produced by BBI International, the FEW has 500 plus producers from 194 facilities, representing more than 15 billion gallons of ethanol already registered to attend.
Study finds that increased corn yields and more efficient use of corn ethanol coproducts will decrease land needed for ethanol production. Land attributable to ethanol will drop from current 25 percent to as little as 11 percent of U.S. corn acres.
The European Commission came to a decision June 4 to apply anti-dumping duties on all U.S. ethanol coming to the European Union through Norway, according to ePURE, the European Renewable Ethanol Association.
Brian Jennings, executive vice president for the American Coalition for Ethanol, said, "the RFS is the strongest and most successful law ever enacted to reduce dangerous GHG emissions from transportation fuels."
The Federal Trade Commission has extended the comment period for its proposed rule that would adopt and revise rating, certification and labeling requirements for ethanol-gasoline blends of higher than 10 percent ethanol.
Produced by BBI International, the 2014 International Fuel Ethanol Workshop & Expo begins June 9th and features more than 140 speakers and four highly informative track sessions.
After the Environmental Working Group released its anti-corn ethanol report, the Renewable Fuels Association responded. According to the RFA, the report relies on overblown and disputed assumptions of land use change.
The government of Australia has announced plans to eliminate its ethanol production subsidy. The Biofuels Association of Australia called the decision deeply disappointing and stressed the move will negatively impact future biofuel investments.
Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington has requested U.S. EPA Inspector General Arthur Elkins investigate whether the Carlyle Group and Delta Airlines improperly influenced the EPA's proposed renewable fuel standards (RFS).
On May 21, the Iowa Renewable Fuels Association joined Iowa Gov. Terry Branstad, Lt. Gov. Kim Reynolds and several renewable fuels and agriculture industry leaders at Poet Biorefining-Coon Rapids to celebrate the signing of Senate File 2344.
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