The government of Brazil on Feb. 1 announced it has reinstated its tariff on fuel ethanol imports. The import tax will be set at 16 percent through the end of 2023, increasing to 18 percent next year.
Growth Energy on Feb. 2 launched The Green American Road Trip—a new Get Biofuel consumer campaign designed to show drivers how they can lower their carbon emissions by fueling their cars with higher biofuel blends, such as E15.
UNICA, the Brazilian sugarcane industry association, has released data showing that ethanol sales during the first half of January were up slightly when compared to the same period of 2021. Ethanol production was also up for the two-week period.
Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz has included a proposed $1.5 million in annual in biofuel infrastructure funding in his proposed budget, which was delivered to the state legislature on Jan. 24. MN Bio-Fuels is applauding the proposed funding.
In January, USGC staff spent time in the southeastern region of Mexico, sharing the results of DDGS trials with ranchers in the area who have not been aware of the product and its nutritional components in their animals' feed.
The U.S. Grains Council's Southeast Asia and Oceania office recently spent a week in Ilocos Norte, Philippines, surveying community ethanol development programs and research infrastructure with MOU partner Mariano Marcos State University.
Biofuel consumption in Australia remained low in 2022. Despite new fuel standards introduced for gasoline on Jan. 1, 2022, the ethanol blend rate did not increase, according to a report filed with the USDA. Biodiesel consumption is also very low.
U.S. ethanol production during the fourth quarter of 2022 nearly caught up to pre-COVID levels despite falling energy prices and lower gasoline demand, according to the latest quarterly report released by CoBank's Knowledge Exchange.
Industry announcements from the March issue of Ethanol Producer Magazine, including the release of MN Bio-Fuels' annual report, Green Plains' green methanol partnership, LanzaJet's progress on its Freedom Pines Fuels biorefinery, and more.
Through a partnership with a South Dakota ethanol plant, Carbon Sink plans to utilize CO2 for the production of green methanol to power a shipping industry behemoth.
The American Coalition for Ethanol Chief Marketing Officer Ron Lamberty joined the U.S. Grains Council at the India Auto Expo, Asia's largest automotive show, to promote ethanol implementation across the country.
As higher ethanol blends like E15 and E85 continued to expand in the marketplace in 2021, thirty-five states and the District of Columbia blasted through the so-called 10 percent ethanol “blend wall,� according to the RFA.
Ethanol Producer Magazine speaks with pet food industry consultants and representatives of the U.S. Grains Council to learn more about the challenges, benefits and opportunities in the growing aquaculture and pet food markets.
After averting a national labor strike and starting to address declines in speed and service, the rail industry appears ready to roll past a rough stretch—and that's good for U.S. ethanol.
Working continuously to expand global markets for ethanol, the U.S. Grains Council has identified key priority and second tier markets to grow demand and, ultimately, help U.S. producers export four billion gallons of ethanol by 2025.
Bain Capital Private Equity has completed an equity investment in EcoCeres Inc., an innovative biorefinery company that converts waste-based biomass into a wide spetrum of biofuels, biochemicals and biomaterials.
European ethanol producer CropEnergies has released financial and operational results for the first three quarters of its fiscal year, which began March 1, 2022, reporting increased ethanol production and higher revenues.
The ethanol industry is poised for continued success in 2023, and the Renewable Fuels Association remains focused on solidifying year-round access to E15, building export markets and moving incrementally closer to net-zero carbon emissions by 2050.
USD Clean Fuels LLC (USDCF) has announced its intention to build a new biofuels terminal in National City, California, that will have the capability to transload renewable diesel, biodiesel, ethanol and sustainable aviation fuel (SAF).
The European Commission has published its annual EU agricultural outlook, which includes projections for biofuel use through 2032. The outlook predicts stable biodiesel use in the medium-term, with increased ethanol use through 2030.
Peruvian ethanol production was up slightly in 2022, according to a report filed with the USDA Foreign Agricultural Service's Global Agricultural Information Network. The country's ethanol consumption for last year is flat when compard to 2021.
The U.S. EPA on Jan. 12 approved a fuel pathway filed by LanzaJet Inc. under the RFS that will allow the company's biorefinery near Soperton, Georgia, to generate D4 RINs for renewable jet fuel and renewable diesel produced from sugarcane ethanol.
Growth Energy, the USGC and the RFA congratulated India for recently achieving its ethanol fuel blending target of 10 percent, five months ahead of schedule. The three groups issued the statement ahead of India's upcoming Auto Expo 2023.
The DOE has released the U.S. National Blueprint for Transportation Decarbonization, which focuses on achieving net-zero emissions in the transportation. The blueprint, in part, discusses the role sustainable fuels can play in reaching that goal.
The U.S. EIA has maintained its forecast for 2023 fuel ethanol production and blending its latest Short Term Energy Outlook, released Jan. 10. The agency predicts a slight increase in both ethanol production and consumption for 2024.
The call for speaker presentation ideas is now open for the 2023 International Fuel Ethanol Workshop & Expo (FEW). The three-day event is scheduled to take place June 12-14, 2023 in Omaha, Nebraska.
The government of Japan is inviting comments on proposed biofuel standards for fiscal years 2023 through 2027. The proposal also includes updated carbon intensity (CI) values for both U.S. corn-based ethanol and Brazilian sugarcane-based ethanol.
The U.S. exported 81.44 million gallons of ethanol and 728,409 metric tons of distillers grains in November, according to data released by the USDA Foreign Agricultural Service on Jan. 5. Exports of both products were down.
ACE has announced its 12th annual Washington, DC Fly-in and Government Affairs Summit will take place March 29-30, 2023. Fly-in prioritiies include year-round E15, technology-neutral clean fuels policy, and the Next Generation Fuels Act.
UNICA, the Brazilian sugarcane industry association, has announced sugarcane processing by mills in the south-central region of the country was up in early December. Ethanol production and sales were also up.
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