Ethanol Week - October 20, 2020

Midwest AgEnergy launches Carbon Zero, celebrates CO2 test well Midwest AgEnergy's Blue Flint ethanol plant on Oct. 13 celebrated the commencement of drilling a stratigraphic test well to study the feasibility of CCUS. The event also kicked off Midwest AgEnergy's Vision Carbon ZERO initiative. READ MORE SHARE
CoBank predicts stable outlook for ethanol over next 2 quarters The U.S. ethanol industry experienced some incremental positives during the third quarter and continued to recover to a new baseline level equaling roughly 90 percent of pre-COVID-19 demand, according to a quarterly report released by CoBank. READ MORE SHARE
	UAI: Vehicle emissions testing shows ethanol blends are cleaner Urban Air Technical Director Steve Vander Griend recently conducted a PEMS test for the 3DATX Corp. Cannon Ball Run promotion. In UAI’s testing, emissions were lower with the E30 compared to the E10 and the vehicles benefited from the higher octane. READ MORE SHARE
Bioenergy, biofuels account for nearly half of US renewables use Wood and waste energy accounted for nearly one-fourth of U.S. renewable energy use in 2019, while biofuels accounted for 20 percent of renewable energy consumption, according to data released by the U.S. Energy Information Administration on Oct. 19. READ MORE SHARE
Report predicts growth in Brazilian corn ethanol production Corn ethanol production in Brazil is expected to reach 2.5 billion liters (660.43 million gallons) during the 2020-’21 marketing year, according to a report filed with the USDA FAS's Global Agricultural Information Network on Oct. 8. READ MORE SHARE
	EPA issues final Fuels Streamlining Rule The U.S. EPA on Oct. 15 issued its final Fuels Streamlining Rule, which streamlines the agency’s existing regulations for gasoline, diesel and other fuels. It does not, however, change the stringency of existing fuel quality standards. READ MORE SHARE
EIA: Ethanol production up 2%, stocks up by 2% U.S. fuel ethanol production increased by nearly 2 percent the week ending Oct. 9, according to data released by the U.S. Energy Information Administration on Oct. 15. Stocks also increased by approximately 2 percent. READ MORE SHARE
EPA: 2 additional SRE petitions filed for compliance year 2019 The U.S. EPA released updated small refinery exemption (SRE) data on Oct. 15, reporting two additional SRE petitions have been filed for Renewable Fuel Standard compliance year 2019. No other changes were made to the agency’s SRE data. READ MORE SHARE
US ethanol exports fall 12%, DDGS exports down 7% for 2019-‘20 U.S. exports of ethanol were down approximately 12 percent for the 2019-’20 marketing year, which closed Aug. 31, while exports of distillers dried grains with solubles (DDGS) were down nearly 7 percent, according to the U.S. Grains Council. READ MORE SHARE
USDA forecasts corn production at 14.7 billion bushels U.S. corn production is up 8 percent from last year, and forecast at 14.7 billion bushels, according to the Crop Production report issued by USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service on Oct. 9. READ MORE SHARE