Ethanol Week - July 26, 2022

EPA agrees to release proposed 2023 RVO in November The U.S. EPA and Growth Energy on July 22 filed a consent decree agreement with the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia that requires the agency to proposed 2023 RFS RVOs by Nov. 16, 2022, and finalize the 2023 RVOs by June 14, 2023. READ MORE SHARE
EPA: 1.85 billion RINs generated in June The U.S. EPA has released updated renewable identification number (RIN) data showing that nearly 1.85 billion RINs were generated under the Renewable Fuel Standard in June, up from 1.77 billion RINs generated during the same month of 2021. READ MORE SHARE
	Gevo closes on site for SAF plant, plans fall groundbreaking Gevo Inc. has closed on the purchase of approximately 245 acres near Lake Preston, South Dakota, for its first commercial scale sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) facility, Net-Zero 1. The company expects to break ground on the plant in September. READ MORE SHARE
UK sets 10% SAF goal, launches £165 Advanced Fuels Fund The U.K. government on July 19 released its Jet Zero strategy. The initiative, in part, requires at least 10 percent SAF use by 2030. It also aims to kickstart a domestic SAF industry, supported by a new £165 million Advanced Fuels Fund. READ MORE SHARE
EPA: No new SREs filed, 3 SRE petitions remain pending The U.S. EPA on June 21 published updated data on small refinery exemptions (SREs) filed under the Renewable Fuel Standard, reporting that no new SRE petitions have been filed in the past month. Three SRE petitions are currently pending. READ MORE SHARE
	EIA: US fuel ethanol production up 3%, stocks down slightly U.S. fuel ethanol production increased by nearly 3 percent the week ending July 15, according to data released by the U.S. Energy Information Administration on July 20. Stocks of fuel ethanol were down slightly. READ MORE SHARE
Growth Energy comments on Oregon’s proposed CFP extension Growth Energy Senior Vice President of Regulatory Affairs Chris Bliley submitted comments to the Oregon Department of Environmental Quality in response to its proposal to update and extend its carbon reductions under the state’s Clean Fuels Program. READ MORE SHARE
UNICA: Ethanol production, sales down in late June UNICA, the Brazilian sugarcane industry association, has released new data showing that sugarcane processing and ethanol production were both down in during the second half of June. Ethanol sales were also down slightly. READ MORE SHARE
USGC helps Indonesian poultry farmers increase DDGS purchases The U.S. Grains Council's effiorts to eduate Indonesian buyers on the animal health benefits that distillers dried grains with solubles (DDGS) provide and the cost savings for producers has helped boost purchases of the feed product. READ MORE SHARE
Gevo signs SAF sales agreement with American Airlines Gevo Inc. has announced a new fuel sales agreement with American Airlines Inc. The agreement sets forth the terms for the sale of 100 million gallons per year of SAF for five years from Gevo’s future commercial operations. READ MORE SHARE
USDA: Corn use for fuel ethanol at 446 million bushels in May The USDA recently released its Grain Crushings and Co-Products Production report for July, reporting that corn use for fuel ethanol production in May was up when compared to the previous month, but down when compared to May 2021. READ MORE SHARE
India’s fuel ethanol consumption expected to grow in 2022 Ethanol is expected to account for 9.3 percent of India’s gasoline supply in 2022, up 15 percent when compared to 2021, according to a report filed with the USDA Foreign Agricultural Service’s Global Agricultural Information Network. READ MORE SHARE