
October 31, 2024
BY Erin Voegele
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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.
Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker on April 2 sent a letter to leaders of the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works and the House Committee on Energy and Commerce urging swift passage of legislation allowing year-round E15 sales.