U.S. fuel ethanol production was up nearly 2 percent the week ending April 22, according to data released by the U.S. Energy Information Administration on April 27. Weekly ending stocks of fuel ethanol were down nearly 2 percent.
Opening the door to 30 percent ethanol blends would save consumers billions of dollars at the gas pump and reduce imported oil by as much as 1 billion barrels per year, according to officials at Glacial Lakes Energy.
Valero Energy Corp. released first quarter 2022 financial results on April 26, reporting both its ethanol and renewable diesel segments were profitable during the three-month period. Production of both fuels was up.
Archer Daniels Midland Co. on April 26 reported that its carbohydrates solutions business segment, which includes both its wet mill and dry mill ethanol plants, delivered improved financial results for the first quarter of 2022.
Aemetis Inc. announced on April 26 that an offtake agreement has been signed with JetBlue for 125 million gallons of blended sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) to be delivered over the 10 year term of the agreement.
The Iowa Senate and Iowa House of Representatives on April 26 each voted to approve legislation introduced by Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds in January that will increase consumer access to higher blends of ethanol and biodiesel.
The Aemetis Biogas subsidiary is ready to launch Phase 2 biogas production by completing construction of its third digester and successfully testing the 7-mile biogas pipeline section to be used by the next five dairy digesters.
The U.S. EPA has released updated renewable identification number (RIN) data, reporting that 1.82 billion RINs were generated under the RFS in March, up from 1.65 billion that were generated during the same month of last year.
The U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia on April 22 approved a consent decree that requires the U.S. EPA to finalize its 2020-2022 renewable fuel obligations (RVOs) under the Renewable Fuel Standard by June 3, 2022.
Over the next five months, the Minnesota Bio-Fuels Association (MN Bio-Fuels) and KS95 FM will team up at various gas stations in the Twin Cities metro area to reward drivers who fuel up with E15.
The RFA has welcomed H2O Innovation as its newest associate member. The company is a leading supplier of water treatment equipment, chemicals, consumables, spare parts, and site services for biofuels producers.
To commemorate Earth Day, Growth Energy CEO Emily Skor released a statement celebrating biofuels' environmental contributions and role in achieving a low-carbon future, stressing that the U.S. can't achieve its net-zero goals without biofuels.
The RFA has announced that GreenAmerica Biofuels Ord LLC has joined the organization as its newest producer member. Located in Ord, Nebraska, the plant produces and more than 60 million gallons of ethanol each year.
California Ethanol and Power has advanced through Part I of the U.S. Department of Energy's Loan Programs Office Title XVII Innovative Energy Loan Guarantee Program and Renewable Energy Projects and Efficient Energy Projects Solicitation.
The U.S. EPA released updated SRE data on April 21, reporting for the third consecutive months that no new SRE petitions were filed under the Renewable Fuel Standard. The data also shows the agency did not act on any of the 69 pendng SRE petitions.
UNICA, the Brazilian sugarcane industry association, has released final data for the 2021-'22 harvest season, which ended March 31. Sugarcane processing and the production of sugarcane ethanol were down for the year. Corn ethanol production was up.
Industry announcements from the May issue of Ethanol Producer Magazine, including the USGC's new ethanol exports lead, Siouxland Ethanol joining the proposed Heartland Greenway CO2 pipeline, ICM building a corn ethanol plant in Brazil, and more.
Climate-smart farming practices, efficiencies at ethanol plants, and the capture and sequestration of biogenic CO2 from facilities puts ethanol on a trajectory to reach both net-zero and net-negative emissions, a trajectory that is unique to ethanol.
Ethanol Producer Magazine's Editor previews the May issue, which includes a profile on Calgren Renewable Fuels; the industry's continued adoption of solar and wind power; recovering energy from DDGS dryer exhaust; and ICM's high-protein platform.
Green Plains Inc. on April 20 announced that product and technology innovation efforts have led to the production of greater than 60 percent protein concentrations with yields as high as 4 pounds per bushel at its Wood River, Nebraska, biorefinery.
Today's corn ethanol now provides nearly three times the energy used to produce it, according to a new analysis by the Renewable Fuels Association, with some biorefineries approaching a four-to-one energy ratio.
Nebraska Gov. Pete Ricketts on April 19 signed legislation that provides tax credits for fuel retailers that sell E15 or higher blends of ethanol. The credit is 5 cents per gallon of E15 and 8 cents per gallon of E25 or higher blends sold.
U.S. fuel ethanol production was down nearly 5 percent the week ending April 15, according to data released by the U.S. Energy Information Administration on April 20. Ethanol stocks were down approximately 2 percent.
In the lower Central Valley, Calgren Renewable Fuels makes three biofuels—ethanol, biodiesel and renewable natural gas—and the latter operation just keeps growing.
After adjusting for inflation, this summer's forecast national average price would mark the highest retail gasoline and diesel prices since 2014, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration.
In 2017, a Peruvian agency initiated a countervailing duty investigation against U.S. ethanol on behalf of a single Peruvian ethanol company. the USGC's response helped the U.S. win an appeal that removed a 15 cent per gallon duty on U.S. ethanol.
A public comment period on the White House Council on Environmental Quality's interim guidance on carbon capture, utilization and sequestration closed on April 18. The Carbon Capture Coalition is among the groups that weighed in on the guidance.
With the decarbonization movement underway, ethanol producers installing solar and wind power offer a blueprint—and benefit-reveal—for carbon intensity reduction. And they're not doing renewables alone, but in parallel with other low-CI strategies.
The Office of Science and Technology Policy, a part of the Executive Office of the President, is taking action to improve the federal definition of “sustainable chemistry� via a public comment period that is open through June 3.
U.S. Grains Council Director of Global Ethanol Market Development Brian Healy and Juan Sebastian Diaz, Latin America regional ethanol consultant, visited Colombia in February to discuss the current state of the Colombian ethanol market.
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