ACE CMO Ron Lamberty said even the most optimistic predictions about EVs put them at making up just one-fourth of the cars on the road by 2035. / PHOTO: ZIMMCOMM NEW MEDIA
October 11, 2023
BY Katie Schroeder
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Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins on March 31 visited Elite Octane LLC, a 155 MMgy ethanol plant in Atlantic, Iowa, to announce the USDA will release $537 million in obligated funding under the Higher Blends Infrastructure Incentive Program.
The South Dakota Corn Utilization Council and Kwik Star have announced a partnership to promote the use of ethanol-blended fuel across eastern South Dakota. The promotion encourages drivers to save at the pump with E15.
The USGC in March escorted a team of Moroccan aquaculture sector stakeholders to attend Aquaculture 2025 and participate in training courses at Iowa State University as part of the USGC’s plan to develop demand for U.S. feed grains in Morocco.
In March, a USGC delegation traveled to Guatemala to participate in a USDA Agricultural Trade Mission with the goal of engaging key stakeholders to advance the implementation of an ethanol blending program currently scheduled to begin in January.
Technology group Wärtsilä has partnered with Brazilian energy company Energetica Suape II S.A to conduct a world-first clean energy trial, which will see ethanol – a biofuel mainly produced from sugarcane – used to generate clean power.