A pan-European road trip featuring cars and trucks powered by renewable fuels logged 77,500 kilometers across 16 countries in a real-world demonstration that these fuels deliver significant GHG reductions.
International Air Transport Association has announced the release of the Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) Matchmaker platform, to facilitate SAF procurement between airlines and SAF producers by matching requests for SAF supply with offers.
ATR and French SAF aggregator ATOBA Energy on June 19 signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to explore ways to facilitate and accelerate sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) adoption for ATR operators.
The USGC has added Sarah McLeeson as its new trade policy coordinator. McLeeson will organize staff and member travel, make arrangements for visiting trade teams and facilitate program planning and execution.
International Sustainability & Carbon Certification has announced that Environment and Climate Change Canada has approved ISCC as a certification scheme in line with its sustainability criteria under its Clean Fuel Regulations.
Representatives from the USGC, Growth Energy and the RFA recently conducted a strategic mission to Southeast Asia (SEA), underscoring the U.S. ethanol industry’s support for ethanol policy and technical advancement in Vietnam and the Philippines.
Production and use of renewable ethanol from ePURE members and other EU producers reduced greenhouse-gas emissions by an average of 79% compared to fossil fuels in 2024, according to newly certified data.
Greene Tweed, a global leader in advanced materials and high-performance solutions, has released results from a study confirming the compatibility of its fluorine-based elastomer seals with sustainable aviation fuels (SAF).
The National Corn Growers Association is calling on entrepreneurs, researchers, and startups to reimagine the potential of field corn by entering the fifth round of the Consider Corn Challenge. Applications are due June 30.
Legislation introduced in the California Senate on June 23 aims to cap the price of Low Carbon Fuel Standard credits as part of a larger effort to overhaul the state’s fuel regulations and mitigate rising gas prices.
4AIR on June 24 announced a significant milestone: its Assure SAF Registry, a private blockchain-backed ledger and inventory management tool, has well surpassed 10 million gallons of SAF registered on the platform.
The International Energy Agency in June published its World Energy Investment 2025 report, predicting that investment in liquid biofuels, biogases and low-emissions hydrogen will increase 30% this year to a record high of nearly $25 billion.
The 2025 International Fuel Ethanol Workshop & Expo, held in Omaha, Nebraska, concluded with record-breaking participation and industry engagement, reinforcing its role as the largest and most influential gathering in the global ethanol sector.
The U.S. EPA on June 18 published updated small refinery exemption (SRE) data, reporting that 20 new SRE petitions have been filed under the RFS during the past month. According to the agency, 189 SRE petitions are currently pending.
Blue Biofuels has annoucned the issuance of a new U.S. patent, further strengthening the company’s expanding intellectual property portfolio. This latest patent brings the company’s total number of granted patents to seven.
The USGC and the Secretariat of Energy Development of the State of Tamaulipas in May signed a MOU establishing a cooperative framework to promote ethanol vehicle programs to decarbonize public transportation and support U.S. ethanol exports.
The Whitefox Technologies team, customers, and partners on June 10 gathered to celebrate 25 years of innovation and the impact that Whitefox has had in the U.S. ethanol industry since beginning to enter the U.S. market in 2015.
Novonesis has announced the launch of Innova Eclipse-L, an advanced yeast, plus Innova Total A6, its companion enzyme. The products are designed for ethanol plants operating with long fermentation times.
Whitefox Technologies has announced the successful installation of the Whitefox ICE membrane dehydration system at ALCO Energy Canada in Aylmer, Ontario. The project increased the facility’s production capacity by 13.5 MMgy.
U.S. fuel ethanol production expanded by 1% the week ending June 6, reaching a record high 1.12 million barrels per day. The previous record was at 1.119 million barrels per day in November 2024.
The U.S. Energy Information Administration increased its forecast for 2025 fuel ethanol production in its latest Short-Term Energy Outlook, released June 10. The forecasts for 2025 and 2026 ethanol exports were also revised up.
Oswego County, New York, on June 6 announced the former Attis Ethanol plant and grain malting operation will be sold via an auction conducted by Collar City Auctions Realty & Management Inc. Bidding is set to begin June 17 and close July 12.
In keynote remarks today at the International Fuel Ethanol Workshop & Expo in Omaha, Renewable Fuels Association President and CEO Geoff Cooper laid out the importance of ethanol for energy independence and the rural farm economy.
At the world’s largest ethanol conference, BBI International recognized Gillian Harrison, Steffen Mueller, Rick Schwarck and Michael Jerke for their outstanding contributions to the biofuels industry.
Enersur S.A. has selected Praj Industries to develop an integrated biorefinery project in Paraguay. The biorefinery will produce ethanol, distillers dried grains with solubles (DDGS), corn oil, biogas, biobitumen and SAF.
Finnish biotech company Enifer has announced that its proprietary PEKILO fermentation technology will be deployed for the first time in Latin America in collaboration with FS, one of Brazil’s leading producers of ethanol.
A longtime industry organization has a new name that it says better reflects its multipronged focus on distillers industries and their evolution—Distillers Technology Council.
The U.S. exported 172.27 million gallons of ethanol in April and 894,197 metric tons of distillers grains, according to data released by the USDA on June 5. Exports of both products remained strong, but were down when compared to April 2024.
With a keynote address by President and CEO Geoff Cooper, the Renewable Fuels Association will have a strong presence onstage and elsewhere during the International Fuel Ethanol Workshop and Expo, taking place June 9–11 in Omaha.
A panel at the 2025 Fuel Ethanol Workshop will spotlight how agricultural conservation practices can create new markets and profit opportunities for ethanol producers and farmers. The panel will be moderated by ACE CEO Brian Jennings.
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