New technologies are emerging with creative solutions that put carbon emissions to work for ethanol producers.
BASF offers ethanol producers an innovative tool for tracking low CI feedstocks, enabling them to access potential tax credits and partner with farmers and their trusted agronomic advisors.
New research at Iowa State University shows that using advanced planting techniques can triple the amount of biomass produced by the perennial, bioenergy crop miscanthus in its establishment year.
Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker, Avina Clean Hydrogen, and the Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity on Dec. 19 announced the selection of Southwest Illinois as the location for Avina Clean Hydrogen’s SAF project.
Verity Holdings LLC has added ethanol producer Midwest Renewable Energy LLC as a client that intends to track sustainability while improving its profitability. With the additional client, Verity continues to expand its customer base in biofuels.
The U.S. Grains Council, in collaboration with Chinese Petroleum Corp Taiwan (CPC), the American Institute in Taiwan (AIT) and Yamaha, in December held a test drive of motorcycles fueled by 100% bioethanol (E100) and E10 gasoline.
Comstock Fuels Corp. has been approved for a $3 million incentive award from the Oklahoma Department of Commerce’s Quick Action Closing Fund. The award supports the development of a biorefinery within the state.
IFF on Dec. 10 announced that Michael DeVeau—currently senior vice president, corporate finance and investor relations at IFF—has been named the company’s executive vice president and chief financial officer, effective Jan. 1, 2025.
CropEnergies AG, Mannheim, is putting on hold the planned investment in a plant for the production of EnPro high protein animal feed at the production site of its subsidiary Ensus UK Ltd. in Wilton, U.K.
The Department of Energy’s Pacific Northwest National Laboratory is teaming up with Bridgestone to scale up a chemical process that converts ethanol into butadiene—synthetic rubber’s most important ingredient.
The U.S. DOE has announced its intent to issue funding to support high-impact research and development (R&D) projects in two priority areas: sustainable propane and renewable chemicals and algal system cultivation and preprocessing.
The U.S. EPA on Dec. 19 released updated small refinery exemption (SRE) data reporting that one new SRE petition has been filed under the Renewable Fuel Standard during the past month. According to EPA, 131 SRE petitions are currently pending.
The USDA Rural Business Cooperative Service on Dec. 13 announced it is extending the deadline to apply for the agency’s Section 9003 loan guarantee program. Applications must now be submitted before Dec. 31.
U.S. fuel ethanol production expanded by more than 2% the week ending Dec. 13, according to data released by the U.S. Energy Information Administration on Dec. 18. Stocks of fuel ethanol were down slightly, and exports were up nearly 33%.
The Minnesota Bio-Fuels Association has released its 2024 Annual Report, which highlights various efforts undertaken by MN Bio-Fuels in the areas of advocacy, fuel and supply chain, and communications in 2024, as well as priorities for 2025.
The International Air Transport Association released new estimates showing that SAF production volumes reached 1 million metric tons in 2024, double the volume produced in 2023 but below original estimates.
Aemetis Inc announced on Dec. 17 that its operating ethanol and renewable natural gas (RNG) facilities have received approval from the IRS for Excise Tax Registration for Section 45Z Production Tax Credits (PTCs).
CoBank predicts U.S. ethanol production in 2025 will be largely unchanged from 2024 but cautions that policy uncertainty looms over administration of the RFS program, small refinery exemptions (SREs), and the impact of potential tariffs.
Ethanol groups urged congress to extend the 45Z clean fuel production tax credit and ensure the credit takes a broad approach to climate-smart agriculture (CSA) practices in comments filed with the U.S. House Ways and Means Committee on Dec. 13.
Growth Energy and the Renewable Fuels Association on Dec. 16 filed their opening brief in the U.S. Supreme Court in Environmental Protection Agency v. Calumet Shreveport Refining, LLC, Case No. 23-1229.
LanzaTech Global Inc. and ArcelorMittal S.A. on Dec. 11 announced that ArcelorMittal's commercial flagship Steelanol facility in Ghent, Belgium, has made its first barge shipment of ethanol. Ethanol production commenced at the facility in 2023.
Summit Carbon Solutions announced on Dec. 12 that it has received three Class VI sequestration permits from the North Dakota Industrial Commission (NDIC), marking a critical step forward in the Midwest Carbon Express project.
Gevo Inc. and LG Chem Ltd. are extending their joint development agreement. The agreement extension enables LG Chem to assess existing assets for deploying Gevo’s Ethanol-to-Olefins (ETO) technology.
Summit Carbon Solutions on Dec. 12 announced that the Minnesota Public Utilities Commission has granted a permit for the company’s 28-mile pipeline route through Otter Tail and Wilkin Counties.
Ethanol Producer Magazine and BBI International are now accepting speaker presentation proposals for the 2025 International Fuel Ethanol Workshop & Expo (FEW). The event is scheduled for June 9-11, 2025, in Omaha, Nebraska.
The U.S. Energy Information Administration maintained its forecasts for 2024 and 2025 fuel ethanol production and exports in its latest Short-Term Energy Outlook, released Dec. 10. The outlook for 2024 ethanol blending was revised down.
Gevo Inc. has announced that its planned acquisition of the ethanol production plant and CCS assets of Red Trail Energy LL passed an important milestone as the equity holders of Red Trail Energy voted overwhelmingly to approve the transaction.
Aemetis Inc. announced on Dec. 10 that its Aemetis Biogas subsidiary started producing renewable natural gas (RNG) from its tenth anaerobic digester built to process waste from a dairy in Stanislaus County, California.
The European Union and Mercosur, a South American trade bloc consisting of Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay and Uruguay, on Dec. 5 finalized negotiations on a new trade agreement. The agreement could increase the volume of ethanol imported into the EU.
North Sea Port and Ghent-based Terra Mater BV are collaborating with the Brazilian group Petrom to produce SAF and basic chemicals. Terra Mater will utilize its proprietary 2X Alcohol-to-Jet technology, developed in Ghent, for this venture.
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