BY Growth Energy Found In:Markets, Business, RetailerNASCAR and Official Partner Growth Energy boast a significant milestone this weekend at World Wide Technology Raceway at Gateway, celebrating 20 million NASCAR miles driven on Sunoco Green E15, a fuel blended with 15-percent bioethanol. READ MORE

BY Emily Skor Found In:Markets, Business, PolicyDespite a wealth of data and decades of science on the benefits of bioethanol, incessant detractors continue to attack the renewable fuel. Fortunately, the facts are on ethanol's side, and we’ll continue to bust the myths and educate elected leaders. READ MORE

BY Luke GeiverFound In:Operations, Markets, Coproducts, BusinessPipeline aggregation of ethanol plant CO2 has captured industry attention, but stand-alone CCS projects might be uniquely positioned for early success. READ MORE

BY Erin VoegeleFound In:Operations, Business, PolicyThe USDA on June 3 announced it has distributed a combined $700 million in COVID-19 aid to 195 biofuel production facilities. More than $486 million of that aid was awarded to 62 producers located in socially vulnerable communities. READ MORE

BY Erin VoegeleFound In:Feedstocks, BusinessUNICA, the Brazilian sugarcane industry association, has released data for the first half of May, reporting that sugarcane processing, ethanol production and ethanol sales were all down during the two-week period. READ MORE

BY U.S. Grains Council Found In:Markets, Coproducts, BusinessUSGC staff traveled with a group of nutritionists from Mexico and the Latin America region in May on a program built to increase their awareness of DDGS and the new technologies used in the ethanol industry to create value-added co-products. READ MORE

BY Katie Schroeder Found In:Operations, BusinessThis spring, Homeland Energy Solutions LLC reached its two billionth gallon milestone, a production mark that gives special context to the Iowa ethanol plant’s 13 years of operation, expansion and change. READ MORE

BY Erin VoegeleFound In:Markets, Feedstocks, Coproducts, Cellulosic, Business, PolicyThe U.S. Department of Energy on June 1 opened a $59 million funding opportunity to support the scale-up of integrated biorefineries and greenhouse gas (GHG) reduction in first generation ethanol production. READ MORE

BY Cassie Mullen, director of market development, Renewable Fuels Association Found In:Markets, Business, RetailerRFA's Cassie Mullen recently attended the Gilbarco Veeder Root Retail Technology Conference in Savannah, Georgia, where RFA took part in a panel discussion on the state of the ethanol industry and its outlook on the future. READ MORE

BY IndyCar Found In:Markets, BusinessBeginning in 2023, Shell will produce a new race fuel for the NTT INDYCAR SERIES. This new product consists of a blend of second-generation ethanol derived from sugarcane waste and other biofuels to create a fuel that is 100 percent renewable. READ MORE

BY BBI International Found In:Operations, Markets, Feedstocks, Coproducts, Cellulosic, Business, Policy, RetailerProduced by BBI International, the International Fuel Ethanol Workshop & Expo (FEW) is on pace to be the largest biofuels conference since 2009. The event takes place June 13-15 in Minneapolis, Minnesota. READ MORE

BY U.S. Grains Council Found In:Markets, Business, PolicyDuring a visit to Japan, President Biden and Prime Minister Kishida welcomed Japan’s commitment to reduce dependence on imported petroleum by 2030 through doubling demand for ethanol, including sustainable aviation fuel and on-road fuel. READ MORE

BY Growth Energy Found In:Business, PolicyIn response to the EPA’s pool of candidate peer reviewers for the “Biofuels and the Environment: Third Triennial Report to Congress,” Growth Energy raised to EPA a number of critical considerations on biofuels. READ MORE

BY LanzaTech Found In:Coproducts, BusinessA consortium, including LanzaTech and Danone, led to the discovery of a new route to monoethylene glycol, (MEG), which is a key building block for polyethylene terephthalate, (PET), resin, fibers and bottles. READ MORE

BY Erin VoegeleFound In:Business, PolicyJoseph Goffman expressed support for the RFS and biofuels during a May 25 hearing held by the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works to consider his nomination to serve as assistant administrator for the EPA’s Office of Air and Radiation. READ MORE