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ADVANTAGE OF ABUNDANCE: As renewable fuels ramp up, demand for feedstocks will become even tighter than they are currently. Ethanol’s supply adds to its advantage as a sustainable aviation fuel feedstock. PHOTO: STOCK
July 18, 2024
BY Lisa Gibson
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The U.S. Department of Energy on May 30 released an updated version of its 45ZCF-GREET modeling tool to account for new feedstocks and methods of production, including ethanol from corn wet-milling and natural gas from coal-mine methane.
The U.S. Grains Council, in collaboration with the Korea Biofuel Forum, a biofuel advocacy group, held its annual conference in Seoul in mid-May with the goal of promoting biofuel’s economic and environmental benefits to South Korean stakeholders.
U.S. fuel ethanol production was up 2% the week ending May 23, according to data released by the U.S. Energy Information Administration on May 29. Weekly ending stocks of fuel ethanol were down 3% and exports were down 30%.
A notice published in the Federal Register by the U.S. EPA indicates that far fewer parties than originally anticipated have registered with the agency as biointermediate producers under the Renewable Fuel Standard.
The USDA recently released its Grain Crushings and Co-Products Production report for May, reporting that corn use for fuel ethanol production in March was down when compared to the same month of last year.
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