
SOURCE: U.S. Energy Information Administration
August 14, 2024
BY Erin Voegele
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More than 500 international buyers and end-users of coarse grains and their co-products from more than 50 countries arrived in Seattle in mid-October for Export Exchange 2026. The event is cosponsored by the USGBC, Growth Energy and RFA.
U.S. fuel ethanol production expanded by 1% the week ending Oct. 9, according to data released by the U.S. Energy Information Administration on Oct. 15. Stocks of fuel ethanol were also up 1% while exports fell by 27%.
Verbio on Oct. 6 commissioned the world’s first large-scale ethenolysis plant based on rapeseed methyl ester at its Bitterfeld site. The new plant is capable of producing up to 60,000 metric tons of biobased chemicals annually.
As carbon intensity (CI) becomes increasingly important to the value of renewable fuels, the industry is facing a new challenge: making carbon accounting more interoperable between countries, without the adoption of a single, identical model.
The U.S. Energy Information Administration maintained its forecasts for 2026 and 2027 fuel ethanol production in its latest Short-Term Energy Outlook, released Oct. 6. The forecasts for ethanol blending and exports were also unchanged.