
PRINCIPAL VIEW: Caroline Peres, principal scientist for IFF’s fermentation team, has helped usher in the company’s new strains and yeast combination options. PHOTO: IFF
May 12, 2025
BY Luke Geiver
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Closing a Critical Gap in Biomass Characterization
The European Commission’s new recommendation that the EU could increase its use of biofuels as a way to boost energy security is another reminder of the strategic importance of renewable ethanol in an increasingly uncertain geopolitical climate.
U.S. ethanol is crossing the Pacific to Japan, its low carbon intensity, affordable cost and abundant supply driving it to outpace Brazilian ethanol imports into the country.
The Iowa Department of Revenue has released the 2025 Retailers Motor Fuel Gallons Annual Report, showing E15 sales increased 60% in only one year to over 410 million gallons sold. At the end of 2025, almost half of Iowa fuel stations offered E15.
The National Corn-to-Ethanol Research Center has appointed Praveen Vadlani to lead it into a new era.