Developing new and sustainable fuels and products from biomass, Professor Bin Yang works with members of his lab at WSU Tri-Cities. Yang led research into new, economically feasible production of sugar for biofuels. / SOURCE: WSU
May 9, 2025
BY Washington State University
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The USDA recently released its Grain Crushings and Co-Products Production report for June, reporting that corn use for fuel ethanol in April was down when compared to the previous month, but up when compared to April of last year.
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 announced 1.75 billion RINs were generated under the RFS in May, down from 2.07 billion that were generated during the same period of last year. Total RIN generation for the first five months of 2025 reached 9.06 billion.
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 U.S. EPA on June 13 released a proposed rule to set strong 2026 and 2027 RFS RVOs. The rulemaking also aims to limit the participation of imported fuels and feedstocks, eliminate eRINs, and reduce the 2025 cellulosic RVO.