
SOURCE: U.S. Energy Information Administration
June 26, 2025
BY Erin Krueger
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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.
Vault 44.01 and Cardinal Ethanol are wrapping up Indiana’s first-ever ethanol CCS project.
U.S. fuel ethanol production expanded by nearly 5% the week ending Oct. 2, according to data released by the U.S. Energy Information Administration on Oct. 7. Stocks of fuel ethanol were down nearly 1% and exports expanded by 17%.
Renewable Industries Canada, the Farm and Fuels Alliance and Grain Farmers of Ontario are encouraging the Canadian government to update the country’s Clean Fuel Regulations to support domestically produced ethanol.