U.S. fuel ethanol production expanded by 1% the week ending June 6, reaching a record high 1.12 million barrels per day. The previous record was at 1.119 million barrels per day in November 2024.
Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds on June 11 vetoed H.F. 639, a controversial bill that would have effectively prevented CCS projects from being developed within the state. Biofuel stakeholders are applauding her decision.
Total U.S. biofuels production, including ethanol, renewable diesel, biodiesel and other biofuels, including SAF, averaged a record 1.39 million barrels per day last year, according to data released by the U.S. EIA on June 9.
The July issue of Ethanol Producer Magazine addresses ways the ethanol industry is reducing its water use.
While ethanol producers face undue regulatory requirements each and every day, there is no better example of a wasteful, unneeded and costly regulatory burden than the requirement that fuel ethanol must be “denatured.”
The U.S. Energy Information Administration increased its forecast for 2025 fuel ethanol production in its latest Short-Term Energy Outlook, released June 10. The forecasts for 2025 and 2026 ethanol exports were also revised up.
Oswego County, New York, on June 6 announced the former Attis Ethanol plant and grain malting operation will be sold via an auction conducted by Collar City Auctions Realty & Management Inc. Bidding is set to begin June 17 and close July 12.
In keynote remarks today at the International Fuel Ethanol Workshop & Expo in Omaha, Renewable Fuels Association President and CEO Geoff Cooper laid out the importance of ethanol for energy independence and the rural farm economy.
At the world’s largest ethanol conference, BBI International recognized Gillian Harrison, Steffen Mueller, Rick Schwarck and Michael Jerke for their outstanding contributions to the biofuels industry.
Faced with an uncertain transatlantic trade relationship, European leaders have begun to re-think certain policy priorities in a way that emphasizes domestic assets and competitiveness.
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Proven solutions and alternative strategies can decrease water usage and improve overall plant performance.
SkyNRG on June 5 released its fifth Sustainable Aviation Fuel Market Outlook. The report, developed in collaboration with ICF, highlights the need to scale up technologies and feedstocks that are an alternative to HEFA fuels.
More than a dozen trade groups representing U.S. fuel producers on June 6 wrote to leaders of the U.S. Senate urging them to amend the “One Big, Beautiful Bill” text to clarify the qualified sales provisions of the 45Z clean fuel production credit.
Enersur S.A. has selected Praj Industries to develop an integrated biorefinery project in Paraguay. The biorefinery will produce ethanol, distillers dried grains with solubles (DDGS), corn oil, biogas, biobitumen and SAF.
Alfa Laval’s DCO extraction technology captures free oil on the front end of the ethanol production process.
Fluid Quip Technologies sets the standard for oil recovery and low-CI process design.
Molecule-Coated Membranes
By Luke Geiver
June 06, 2025
With its zwitterionic copolymer membranes, ZwitterCo has a new option for producers focused on water treatment.
In May, USGC Director of Global Ethanol Export Development Alicia Koch traveled to Costa Rica to join USGC Regional Ethanol Consultant Federico Salcedo in attending the 2025 International Conference of the Latin American Bioeconomy Network.
Finnish biotech company Enifer has announced that its proprietary PEKILO fermentation technology will be deployed for the first time in Latin America in collaboration with FS, one of Brazil’s leading producers of ethanol.
A longtime industry organization has a new name that it says better reflects its multipronged focus on distillers industries and their evolution—Distillers Technology Council.
The U.S. exported 172.27 million gallons of ethanol in April and 894,197 metric tons of distillers grains, according to data released by the USDA on June 5. Exports of both products remained strong, but were down when compared to April 2024.
The California Assembly on June 4 voted 77 to zero in favor of a bill that aims to immediately authorize the use of E15 within California until state agencies complete the required evaluation process for the fuel blend and issue a decision.
With a keynote address by President and CEO Geoff Cooper, the Renewable Fuels Association will have a strong presence onstage and elsewhere during the International Fuel Ethanol Workshop and Expo, taking place June 9–11 in Omaha.
E-methanol supplies ethanol producers with a unique utilization option in place of carbon capture and sequestration.
U.S. fuel ethanol production was up nearly 5% the week ending May 30, according to data released by the U.S. Energy Information Administration on June 4. Weekly ending stocks of fuel ethanol were up 1% and exports were up 127%.
A panel at the 2025 Fuel Ethanol Workshop will spotlight how agricultural conservation practices can create new markets and profit opportunities for ethanol producers and farmers. The panel will be moderated by ACE CEO Brian Jennings.
During its last scheduled meeting during fiscal year 2025, the Iowa Renewable Fuels Infrastructure Program on June 4 awarded more than $1 million in cost-share grants to support the installation of E15 at 91 additional retail fuel sites across Iowa.
Nesika Energy increases revenue with efficient corn oil production.
UNICA, the Brazilian sugarcane industry association, has released data showing sugarcane processing and total ethanol production were both down during the first half of May. Corn ethanol production continued to trend higher.
Legislation pending in Nevada aims to create a sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) incentive fund that would provide an incentive of $2.50 per gallon to domestic air carriers to support the purchase of SAF produced within the state.
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