The Whitefox Technologies team, customers, and partners on June 10 gathered to celebrate 25 years of innovation and the impact that Whitefox has had in the U.S. ethanol industry since beginning to enter the U.S. market in 2015.
Novonesis has announced the launch of Innova Eclipse-L, an advanced yeast, plus Innova Total A6, its companion enzyme. The products are designed for ethanol plants operating with long fermentation times.
The U.S. EPA on June 13 released a proposed rule to set strong 2026 and 2027 RFS RVOs. The rulemaking also aims to limit the participation of imported fuels and feedstocks, eliminate eRINs, and reduce the 2025 cellulosic RVO.
The U.S. EPA on June 13 released a final rule reducing the 2024 RFS renewable volume obligation (RVO) for cellulosic biofuel to 1.01 billion renewable identification numbers (RINs). The rule also revises RFS regulations related to biogas.
Iowa Secretary of Agriculture Mike Naig announced that the Iowa Renewable Fuels Infrastructure Program Board recently approved an additional 90 applications from Iowa fuel retailers to support new and expanded ethanol infrastructure projects.
Whitefox Technologies has announced the successful installation of the Whitefox ICE membrane dehydration system at ALCO Energy Canada in Aylmer, Ontario. The project increased the facility’s production capacity by 13.5 MMgy.
The White House OMB on June 11 concluded its review of two RFS rulemakings, including a proposed rule to set new renewable volume obligations (RVOs) and a final rule for a partial waiver of the 2024 cellulosic RVO.
The USDA maintained its forecast for 2025-’26 corn use in ethanol production in its latest World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates report, released June12. The outlook for season-average corn prices was also unchanged.
U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent on June 12 committed to implementing upcoming changes to the 45Z clean fuel production credit “in the most robust way” and ensuring foreign actors do not have a backdoor into the program.
The U.S. Department of Commerce on June 10 confirmed the termination of 14 discretionary federal advisory committees, including one aimed at boosting the competitiveness of U.S. renewable energy and energy efficiency exports
In May, U.S. Grains Council Chairwoman Verity Ulibarri and USGC President and CEO Ryan LeGrand traveled to Beijing and Hong Kong, China to meet with key industry counterparts and join the USDA’s Agribusiness Trade Mission.
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.
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.
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.
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