Blending ethanol into the U.S. fuel supply has helped to substantially lower gasoline prices during the Iran conflict, a new study for the RFA shows. The study concludes that the average E10 cost savings advantage has been 38 cents per gallon.
The Nebraska Corn Board is accepting grant applications for ethanol infrastructure support, which will help Nebraska fuel retailers add or expand higher ethanol blend options, such as E15. The application deadline is Oct. 30.
Iowa's Renewable Fuels Infrastructure Program awarded $1.43 million in grants to 24 applicants to expand access to higher ethanol blends at retail sites and $604,212 in grants to 14 applicants to support biodiesel infrastructure projects.
Nebraska drivers bought more gallons of E15 fuel in 2025, a nearly 45% jump from the year before. The increase comes as Nebraska corn farmers continue to invest checkoff dollars in fuel infrastructure needed to make higher ethanol blends available.
ACE's Ron Lamberty offers advice to fuel retailers on how to capitalize on the opportunity for E85 sales.
Three-quarters of registered voters support expanding the availability of the lower-cost E15 fuel blend and more than seven in 10 back federal legislation allowing its sale year-round, according to a survey conducted by Morning Consult for the RFA.
Monthly fuel tax data released by the Iowa Department of Revenue showed Iowa drivers purchased 47 million gallons of E15 in May, a new record up from 37 million gallons in April 2026.
More than 30 state biofuel and agriculture organizations on April 28 sent a letter to Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, R-La., expressing strong support for an amendment to the 2026 Farm Bill that would allow year-round E15 sales.
Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly on April 27 signed SB 82, a legislative tax package that, in part, creates a new 5-cent-per-gallon non-refundable income tax credit for each gallon of E15 or higher-ethanol blend fuel sold at retail within the state.
Pearson Fuels reached a milestone in mid-April, delivering E85 to its 500th station. The average price of E85 in California during March was $2.50 per gallon below gasoline, offering substantial relief to flex fuel vehicle owners.
MN Bio-Fuel is encouraging fuel retailers to apply for new grant funding from the Minnesota Department of Agriculture’s Agricultural Growth, Research, and Innovation Bio-Fuels Infrastructure Program to expand access to E15, also known as Unleaded 88.
The USDA on April 7 announced it has awarded six grants worth a combined $4.17 million under the Higher Blends Infrastructure Incentive Program to support expanded ethanol and biodiesel availability and use in Iowa.
Iowa Secretary of Agriculture Mike Naig announced on March 20 that the Iowa Renewable Fuels Infrastructure Program board has approved 33 ethanol infrastructure grants, supporting projects at fuel retailers in 25 counties across Iowa.
Ohio Reps. Josh Williams, R-Sylvania Twp., and Roy Klopfenstein, R-Haviland, on March 18 held a press conference to introduce new legislation that would require the sale of E15 blended fuel at all Ohio Turnpike service facilities.
Legislation introduced in the Minnesota Legislature in mid-March aims to establish a biofuel incentive program that would provide eligible fuel retailers with a payment of 5 cents per gallon for the sale E11-E15 blends.
Iowa’s cost-share Renewable Fuels Infrastructure Program on March 11 awarded $1.84 million in grants for 34 applicants to add higher blends of ethanol to retail sites, according to the Iowa Renewable Fuels Association.
Iowa Corn and Iowa Renewable Fuels Association on Jan. 26 released an open letter thanking President Trump for his constant support of nationwide, year-round E15 and asking for his help to finally push E15 access through Congress.
The House on Jan. 22 rejected efforts to include language allowing year-round sales of E15 in an appropriations package expected to advance later in the day. Instead, lawmakers indicated plans to launch a new “Rural Domestic Energy Council.”
Iowa Secretary of Agriculture Mike Naig on Jan. 14 recognized Karde’s Convenience Store and Pilot Travel Centers for their outstanding leadership in expanding access to renewable fuels and strengthening Iowa’s ethanol and biodiesel markets.
Ethanol accounted for 11.06% of the nation’s gasoline in October, marking the first time in history that the monthly ethanol “blend rate” has topped 11%, according to newly released data from the U.S. Energy Information Administration.
The Nebraska Corn Board is accepting applications for the Ethanol Infrastructure Grant Program, which helps Nebraska fuel retailers add or expand higher ethanol blend options such as E15, E30 and E85.
Thanks to the commitment of all E85 fuel distributors in France, the milestone of 4,000 E85 filling stations nationwide has just been reached. Today, nearly 42% of French service stations are equipped with E85.
In October 2023, Germany's first public E20 filling station opened in Mannheim, Germany. The fuel on offer was developed by Mannheim-based CropEnergies AG. After two years, a pilot project has shown E20 works perfectly well for everyday use.
Pearson Fuels has announced the opening of its 450th E85 station in California, marking another major milestone in the company’s ongoing effort to make cleaner, more affordable fuel accessible statewide.
The Minnesota Bio-Fuels Association (MN Bio-Fuels) is urging retailers to apply for $4 million in available biofuel infrastructure grant funding from the Minnesota Department of Agriculture before the application deadline on Oct 23.
Iowa Secretary of Agriculture Mike Naig on Oct. 7 announced that the Iowa Renewable Fuels Infrastructure Program board has approved an additional 48 grants, totaling more than $1.86 million, to support biofuel infrastructure projects.
Iowa’s cost-share Renewable Fuels Infrastructure Program recently awarded $1.86 million in grants for 48 applicants to add biofuels to retail sites. Four applications expand B11 availability and 44 expand E15 availability.
Geoff Cooper, president and CEO of the Renewable Fuels Association, discusses the need to remove roadblocks to higher E15 availability.
A new economic study released on Sept. 15 by the NGA and the RFA shows that expanding year-round, nationwide consumer access to fuels with a 15% ethanol blend would provide a boon to the American economy.
Sen. Joni Ernst, R-Iowa, on July 31 introduced the Ethanol for America Act, a bill that aims to make it easier for Americans to fuel their vehicles with E15. Companion legislation was introduced the following day by Rep. Adrian Smith, R-Neb.
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