The U.S. EPA on Dec. 18 released data showing 1.78 billion RINs were generated under the RFS in November, down from 2.05 billion generated during the same month of 2024. Total RIN generation for the first 11 months of 2025 reached 21.11 billion.
The U.S. EPA on Dec. 18 released new data showing eight new small refinery exemption (SRE) petitions have been filed under the Renewable Fuel Standard in the past month. A total of 25 SRE petitions are now pending.
U.S. fuel ethanol production expanded by more than 2% the week ending Dec. 12, reaching a record 1.131 million barrels per day, according to data released by the U.S. EIA on Dec. 17. Stocks of fuel ethanol fell by 1% and exports expanded by 53%.
MN Bio-Fuels released its 2025 Annual Report to its members and industry stakeholders in early December. The group’s efforts this year helped bring the total number of stations offering E15 in Minnesota to a record 550 stations.
The European Union-Mercosur agreement remains a bad deal for the EU renewable ethanol sector, for European farmers and for Europe’s drive for strategic industrial and agricultural autonomy, according to ePURE.
The Renewable Fuels Association and Growth Energy on Dec. 16 expressed support for the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative ‘s investigation into China’s prejudicial trade actions and urged the administration to hold China to its commitments.
The USGBC recently escorted reporters from weekly Japanese business journals and other influential outlets on a tour of the U.S. biofuel value chain, with a focus on ethanol’s application as a feedstock for SAF through alcohol-to-jet technology.
The U.S. EPA currently expects to issue a final rule setting 2026 and 2027 Renewable Fuel Standard RVOs during the first quarter of 2026, according to a notice filed with the U.S Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit on Dec. 15.
The government of Vietnam will require all gasoline sold nationwide to be blended with ethanol starting June 1, 2026, according to a report filed with the USDA Foreign Agricultural Service’s Global Agricultural Information Network.
The EU's Bioeconomy Strategy confirms the importance of bioenergy to EU energy security and of biofuels to transport decarbonization, but marginalizes their use by creating unnecessary hierarchies for the deployment of agricultural biomass.
Growth Energy welcomed news that California’s E15 Multimedia Working Group transmitted its Staff Written Summary to the California Environmental Policy Council on Dec. 11. Publication of the summary is an important regulatory step toward E15 access.
California Ethanol + Power and the Imperial Valley Economic Development Corp. on Dec. 11 announced that Sugar Valley Energy has been selected to receive a Jobs First Grant through the Southern Border Jobs First Collaborative.
Conestoga Energy on Dec. 9 announced the appointment of Jeff Chesnut as chief financial officer, effective immediately. He has over 25 years of experience in strategic planning, capital markets and finance.
The U.S. exported 148.4 million gallons of ethanol and 1.06 million metric tons of distillers grains in September, according to data released by the USDA on Dec. 11. Exports of both products were down when compared to August.
The Brazilian Bank for Economic and Social Development (BNDES) on Oct. 28 announced it has approved R$300 million ($55.47 million) in financing to support the expansion of corn ethanol production at Neomille SA’s facility in Chapadão do Céu, Brazil.
According to the U.S. Grains & BioProducts Council’s 2025/2026 Corn Harvest Quality Report, the 2025 U.S. corn crop is projected to be the largest on record, coming in a 425.53 million metric tons (16,752 bushels).
New initiative promotes US biofuels for maritime market
By American Biogas Council and the Renewable Fuels Association,
December 11, 2025
The American Biofuels Maritime Initiative, a unified group of bioenergy stakeholders co-chaired by the American Biogas Council and the Renewable Fuels Association, announced its official launch on Dec. 11
IATA: SAF production growth rate is slowing down, essential to correct course ahead of e-SAF mandates
By International Air Transport Association
December 11, 2025
In 2025, SAF output is expected to reach 1.9 million metric tons (Mt) (2.4 billion liters), double the 1 Mt produced in 2024, according to the IATA. However, in 2026, SAF production growth is projected to slow down and reach 2.4 Mt.
U.S. fuel ethanol production was down 2% the week ending Dec. 5, according to data released by the U.S. Energy Information Administration on Dec. 10. Weekly ending stocks of fuel ethanol were essentially unchanged while exports were down 26%.
The U.S. Energy Information Administration increased its forecast for 2026 fuel ethanol production in its latest Short-Term Energy Outlook, released Dec. 9. The agency’s outlook for 2026 ethanol exports was also revised up.
UNICA, the Brazilian sugarcane industry association, has released data showing that both sugarcane processing and ethanol production were up during the first half of November. Ethanol sales were down during the two-week period.
A group of five oil state senators on Dec. 8 sent a letter to U.S. EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin asking the agency to scrap plans to reallocate RFS renewable volume obligations (RVOs) waived via the small refinery exemption (SRE) program.
Green Plains Inc. on Dec. 8 announced that biogenic carbon dioxide from all three of its Nebraska facilities, Central City, Wood River, and York, is now being captured, transported on the Trailblazer pipeline and permanently sequestered in Wyoming.
On Dec. 9, Nebraska Gov. Jim Pillen celebrated the tremendous progress made during his administration to clean up the solid and liquid waste left in the aftermath of the shutdown of the AltEn facility site in Mead, Nebraska.
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit on Dec. 8 ordered the U.S. EPA to provide an update regarding the current status of its proposal to set 2026 RFS RVOs. The update must be filed with the court within seven days.
Reps. Sharice Davids, D-Kan.; Mike Flood, R-Neb.; Troy Carter, D-La.; and Tracey Mann, R-Kan., on Dec. 9 introduced legislation that aims to reinstate the 45Z clean fuel production credit premium for SAF and extend the 45Z credit through 2033.
The USDA maintained its outlook for 2025-’26 corn use in ethanol production in its latest World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates report, released Dec. 9. The outlook for corn prices was also unchanged.
Recent policy changes in Malaysia and Vietnam have opened significant market opportunities for U.S. producers, underscoring the region’s support for ethanol’s utility as a clean, affordable energy source.
The USDA on Dec. 8 announced it will make $12 billion available in one time bridge payments to U.S. farmers in response to temporary trade market disruptions and increased production costs. The payments are expected to be released by Feb. 28, 2026.
U.S. corn use for fuel ethanol production in August was down approximately 3% when the same month of last year, according to the USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service’s latest Grain Crushings and Co-Products Production report.
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