The U.S. Department of Energy on May 17 awarded $251 million to 12 projects that will support infrastructure development for carbon dioxide (CO2) transport and storage. One of those projects specifically targets CO2 sourced from ethanol production.
The Iowa Renewable Fuels Infrastructure Program Board approved 15 project applications and 11 supplemental grant requests for a total of more than $800,000 during its quarterly board meeting on May 9.
A bill introduced in the U.S. House of Representatives on May 15 aims to allow corn ethanol to qualify as an advanced biofuel under the RFS. It would also require the U.S. EPA to use the GREET model to determine the GHG emissions profile of biofuels.
The Renewable Fuels Association on May 15 thanked Sen. Pete Ricketts, R-Neb., and eight additional Senate colleagues for a resolution naming May as national Renewable Fuels Month. The resolution recognizes the many benefits of ethanol.
The reintroduction of the Next Generation Fuels Act in both the House and Senate gives liquid fuels the opportunity to increase fuel efficiency while reducing tailpipe emissions. And it could potentially help advance ethanol's net-zero-carbon future.
Carbon intensity scores determine, in part, the value producers get for each gallon of ethanol they produce. Today's CI calculations don't factor in low-carbon farming practices, but industry leaders like Brian Jennings are determined to change that.
The Coalition for Renewable Natural Gas (RNG Coalition) and American Biogas Council on May 5 partnered with six other organizations to urge the U.S. EPA to promptly open the Renewable Fuel Standard to eligible sources of biobased electricity.
The RFA, Growth Energy and ACE and are calling on the U.S. EPA to recognize the carbon reduction benefits of ethanol in its proposed rule to set multi-pollutant emissions standards for MY 2027 and later light-duty and medium-duty vehicles.
In conjunction with the USDA's Agricultural Trade Mission that took place during April in the Netherlands, the USGC organized an ethanol policy and infrastructure assessment mission to discuss the country's current ethanol policy.
U.S. EPA Administrator Michael Regan fielded questions on the availability E15 and carbon capture and storage (CCS) permitting during a May 3 hearing held by the U.S. Senate Committee on Appropriations.
In April, USGC ethanol staff traveled to British Columbia, Canada, to meet with provincial government officials, fuel suppliers and fuel retailers about the province's updated low-carbon fuel standard and increasing ethanol blends to E15.
BBI International has entered into a collaborative agreement with the Commercial Aviation Alternative Fuels Initiative to produce the first annual North American SAF Conference & Expo. The conference will be held in Minneapolis on Aug. 29-30.
House Energy and Commerce Committee Republications on April 25 sent a letter to U.S. EPA Administrator Michael Regan urging the agency to reconsider its plan to open the Renewable Fuel Standard to certain sources of renewable electricity.
The U.S. EPA on April 28 issued an emergency waiver that will allow E15 sales to continue through the summer 2023 driving season nationwide. Representatives of the U.S. ethanol industry are applauding the agency's decision.
The U.S. House of Representatives on April 26 narrowly approved a debt ceiling package that significantly reduces the application of the IRA's clean fuel and SAF tax credits, but leaves the existing biodiesel and renewable diesel BTC intact.
The Members of Iowa's Congressional Delegatio released a statement on the debt ceiling package negotiations, discussing efforts to amend the bill to protect biofuel tax credits that benefit ethanol producers and the ag community.
Reps. Julia Brownley, D-Calif., and Brad Schneider, D-Ill., on April 20 introduced the Sustainable Aviation Fuel Act, which aims to support the use of SAF via tax credits and the establishment of an aviation-only LCFS.
The European Commission announced on April 26 that a political agreement has been reached on the REFuelEU Aviation proposal, which creates a mandate requiring the use of sustainable aviation fuel (SAF).
The looming battle over the U.S. debt ceiling could result in the repeal of the sustainable aviation fuel (SAF), clean fuels, clean hydrogen and renewable diesel/biodiesel tax credits, along with the scaling back of the 45Q tax credit for CCS.
Transitioning to E15 from E10 in Minnesota would contribute $1.06 billion to Minnesota's GDP, according to a new study by ABF Economics. The move to E15 would increase ethanol demand, benefits consumers and the economy, and reduce GHG emissions.
The U.S. EPA on April 20 released new data on small refinery exemptions (SREs) that indicates two additional SRE petitions have been filed under the RFS during the past month. A total of 27 SRE petitions are now pending.
Representatives of the U.S. ethanol industry urged the U.S. EPA to take immediate action to make E15 available during the summer 2023 driving season in comments submitted to the agency on April 20 as part of its Midwest E15 rulemaking.
Members of the House Ag Committee grilled EPA Administrator Michael Regan on the agency's low proposed RFS RVOs for biomass-based diesel, delays in implementing year-round E15 waivers, and GHG tailpipe emission standards during an April 19 hearing.
In advance of a Senate subcommittee hearing on April 17 on the importance of cleaner vehicles, the RFA stressed the importance of renewable fuels like ethanol in providing “an effective and immediate solution for reducing carbon emissions."
A report filed with the USDA Foreign Agricultural Service's Global Agricultural Information Network on April 11 discusses Colombia's March 15 decision to extend its existing 20-cent-per-gallon duty on U.S. ethanol for the next five years.
The U.S. EPA on April 17 announced plans to comply with the consultation requirements of the Endangered Species Act as part of its upcoming RFS “set� rule under a proposed settlement agreement related to a legal challenge filed by CBD.
A bipartisan group of 16 senators, led by Sens. Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn., and Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, on April 11 sent a letter to U.S. EPA Administrator Andrew Regan urging the agency to strengthen the Renewable Fuel Standard.
Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, on April 12 sent a letter to President Joe Biden urging his administration to issue an emergency waiver to allow E15 sales to continue through the summer 2023 driving season.
Michigan lawmakers on April 12 introduced the Clean Energy Future Plan, a bill package that aims to implement a wide range of clean energy provisions, including a clean fuel standard (CFS) and a clean energy standard.
Industry experts and ethanol producers explain what caused markedly high production margins in 2022—strong markets, exciting policy and good prices—while analyzing the first couple months of 2023 and predicting what's to come. Ethanol producers are coming off an undeniably strong year. 2022 was not devoid of challenges, but it was replete with landmark policy and marketplace dynamics that, on balance, allowed the vast majority of U.S. ethanol producers to do quite well financially. Mirroring that financial success this year would be like a pro baseball pitcher throwing back-to-back perfect games—it doesn’t happen—and, sure enough, the last quarter of 2022 and the first quarter of 2023 already reflect that. But this year’s margins may not disappoint, with at least some of last year’s margin-making factors still in play.
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