The U.S. EPA on Oct. 19 released updated SRE data, reporting that no new SRE petitions have been filed under the RFS during the past month. Three SRE petitions remain pending, including two for compliance year 2018 and one for compliance year 2022.
Growth Energy has announced the election of Tom Willis as chairman of the association’s board of directors. Willis was previously the board’s treasurer and is CEO of Conestoga Energy Holdings, a leading provider of sustainable, low-carbon ethanol.
ACE and South Dakota Utilization Council host a tour in South Dakota leading a Latin American delegation in conjunction with the USGC to see how U.S. ethanol is made, distributed and sold as they consider blending programs in 2024-2025.
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The latest issue of Ethanol Producer Magazine tackles thermal energy storage, the rise of all-renewable E85, ACE’s annual conference, the return of a familiar face, and a wild new use for distillers grains.
Attendees of the USGC’s Global Ethanol Summit settled in for the first full day of programming on Oct. 16, which was packed with four general sessions focused on different challenges and opportunities facing the biofuel industry.
In comments to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), Growth Energy urged regulators to include a role for American-made biofuels in the agency’s proposed corporate average fuel economy standards.
More than 350 participants from more than 40 countries arrived in Washington, D.C., on Oct. 15 ahead of the U.S. Grains Council’s Global Ethanol Summit, which is scheduled for Oct. 16-17. This is the first time USGC has held the event since 2019.
California Ethanol + Power (CE+P) announced its team has planted sugarcane test crops using a water-saving drip irrigation system for its planned Sugar Valley Energy biorefinery and energy campus in the Imperial Valley.
A healthy summer travel season and attractive fuel ethanol prices helped support very strong fuel ethanol production volumes in the U.S. during the third quarter, according to CoBank’s latest quarterly research report, released Oct. 11.
Wrapping innovation around existing tech, a California startup’s thermal batteries could offer ethanol producers a new lane for carbon reduction.
U.S. fuel ethanol production fell by less than 1 percent the week ending Oct. 6, according to data released by the U.S. EIA on Oct. 12. Fuel ethanol stocks and exports each fell by approximately 2 percent when compared to the previous week.
POET, South Dakota State University, and South Dakota Mines on Oct. 11 celebrated the grand opening of the POET Bioproducts Center. The facility will allow students, faculty and industry partners to collaborate on the next generation of bioprodcuts.
An affiliate of Navigator CO2 Ventures LLC on Oct. 10 filed a motion with the Illinois Commerce Commission requesting to voluntary withdraw a permit application to build nearly 300 miles of CO2 pipeline within the state.
Aemetis Inc. on Oct. 9 announced the receipt of $53 million of cash, after transaction costs and buyer discount, from the sale of $63 million of Inflation Reduction Act investment tax credits generated by its subsidiary, Aemetis Biogas LLC.
The U.S. exported 102.26 million gallons of ethanol and 947,326 metric tons of distillers grains in August, according to data released by the USDA FAS on Oct. 5. Exports of both products were down when compared to the previous month.
The Nebraska Ethanol Board has announced the launch of the state’s Fuel the Cure campaign to fund breast cancer research. Nearly 50 Nebraska fuel retailers will donate 3 cents per gallon for each gallon of higher ethanol blends sold in October.
Greenfield Global Inc. has partnered with REMET Alcohols Inc. to address the growing demand in California, Nevada, Utah, Oregon, Washington and Arizona for bulk and packaged high-purity alcohol and denatured alcohol.
U.S. fuel ethanol production for the week ending Sept. 29 was unchanged when compared to the previous week, according to data released by the U.S. EIA on Oct. 4. Stocks were down 1 percent and exports were up 58 percent.
The South Dakota PUC on Sept. 26 issued a final order denying a permit filed by Navigator to build and operate a CO2 pipeline within the state. Navigator has paused right of way work in certain areas but said it remains committed to the project.
The U.S. EPA in September published notices approving efficient producer pathways for two Texas-based ethanol plants operated by White Energy Inc. The approvals allow the company to generate RINs under the RFS for non-grandfathered volumes of ethanol.
Aemetis Inc. closed the sale of $53 million of IRA investment tax credits generated by its subsidiary Aemetis Biogas LLC to a corporate purchaser on Sept. 29, 2023. The Section 48 investment tax credits were generated from biogas projects.
Badger State Ethanol is updating and expanding its grain processing facility to produce 90 MMgy of ethanol along with corn oil and CO2. As a result, surplus processing and support equipment will be sold via a timed online auction.
The Renewable Fuels Association elected officers and its board of directors on Sept. 26 at its annual membership meeting in Des Moines. Erik Huschitt, CEO of Badger State Ethanol, was re-elected as chairman of the organization.
Verbio has launched its second corn stover harvest. Corn stover will be used as feedstock for production of RNG at its large-scale plant in Nevada, Iowa. The facility is also expected to begin producing ethanol during the fourth quater of 2023.
We all know corn ethanol can someday attain carbon neutrality, but not without credit for low-carbon farming, and certainly not without sequestering our fermentation CO2.
Growth Energy held its 14th-annual Growth Energy Biofuels Summit in mid-September. During the event, three Biden administration officials discussed the White House’s commitment to supporting domestic, farm-based biofuels as a climate solution.
Green Plains Inc. and Green Plains Partners LP on Sept. 18 announced that they have entered into a definitive merger agreement. Green Plains expects that the proposed transaction will simplify its corporate structure and governance.
As the new school year gets underway, the American Coalition for Ethanol congratulates the 2023 scholarship recipients Elizabeth Studer, Mallory Moorman and Kaelyn Drury. Each student receives a $1,000 scholarship through ACE’s Scholarship Program.
The U.S. Energy Information Administration increased its forecast for 2023 fuel ethanol production in its latest Short-Term Energy Outlook, released Sept. 12. The forecast for 2024 fuel ethanol production was revised down.
Greenfield Global Inc. has successfully completed its 30 million gallon alcohol upgrade at its Johnstown distillery, increasing the company’s overall production of high-purity alcohol to nearly 70 million gallons per year
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