Ethanol Week - September 13, 2022

USDA: US ethanol exports top 107 million gallons in July The U.S. exported 107.22 million gallons of fuel ethanol and 1.06 million metric tons of distillers grains in July, according to data released by the USDA FAS on Sept. 7. Exports of both products were up when compared to the previous month. READ MORE SHARE
Green Plains, Tallgrass, PNNL win DOE funding for SAF technology Green Plains Inc., Tallgrass, and Pacific Northwest National Laboratory on Sept. 6 announced they have been awarded funding from the U.S. Department of Energy to advance sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) technology. READ MORE SHARE
	USDA forecasts US corn production at 13.9 billion bushels The USDA released its latest Crop Production report on Sept. 12, predicting an 8 percent decline in corn production when compared to last year. Expected corn yields are down when compared to both last month’s estimate and last year’s yields. READ MORE SHARE
DOE roadmap highlights the potential of CCUS at ethanol plants The U.S. Department of Energy on Sept. 7 released its Industrial Decarbonization Roadmap. The document, in part, identifies U.S. ethanol plants as among the lowest-cost industrial facilities for the implementation of CCUS technologies. READ MORE SHARE
Aemetis to file permits for Riverbank plant in Q4 Aemetis Inc. has reported that the engineering work completed during the past year by CTCI for the Aemetis Riverbank Carbon Zero SAF and renewable diesel plant is on schedule for filing permits and conducting procurement commending in Q4 2022. READ MORE SHARE
	RFA, Growth Energy slam inaccurate Reuters report on ethanol GHGs The Renewable Fuels Association and Growth Energy are slamming a Reuters article published on Sept. 8 that recycles highly misleading claims about the greenhouse gas (GHG) impact of U.S. ethanol plants. READ MORE SHARE
EIA maintains 2023 ethanol production forecast The U.S. Energy Information Administration slightly reduced its forecast for 2022 fuel ethanol production in its latest Short-Term Energy Outlook, released Sept. 7. The forecast for 2023 fuel ethanol production was maintained. READ MORE SHARE
USDA reduces forecast for corn use in ethanol The USDA reduced both its forecast for 2022-’23 corn use in ethanol and its estimate for 2021-’22 corn use in ethanol in its latest World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates report, released Sept. 12. READ MORE SHARE
EIA: Ethanol production up 2%, stocks down 2% U.S. ethanol produced expanded by 2 percent the week ending Sept. 2, according to data released by the U.S. Energy Information Administration on Sept. 8. Stocks of fuel ethanol fell by nearly 2 percent. READ MORE SHARE
Fuel ethanol demand in the Philippines to increase 13% in 2022 Fuel ethanol demand in the Philippines is expected to increase by 13 percent in 2022, with imports expected to grow by 33 percent, according to a report filed with the USDA Foreign Agricultural Service’s Global Agricultural Information Network. READ MORE SHARE
ePURE: EU ethanol industry produced more food than fuel in 2021 European renewable ethanol association (ePURE) members produced more feed than fuel in 2021, according to data released by the industry group. ePURE members produced 4.48 million metric tons of animal feed and 4.4 million metric tons of ethanol. READ MORE SHARE
Aemetis finalizes $7B in contracts for SAF, renewable diesel Aemetis Inc. has announced $7 billion of SAF and renewable diesel supply agreements have been signed with 10 airlines for a total of 916 million gallons of blended SAF, including a contract with Cathay Pacific that was signed on Sept. 7. READ MORE SHARE