The USDA recently released its Grain Crushings and Co-Products Production report for July, reporting that corn use for ethanol production was at 300 million bushels in May, up from the previous month, but down from May 2019.
Sen. Joni Ernst, R-Iowa, sent a letter to U.S. EPA Administrator Andrew Wheeler on July 28 urging him to initiate a rulemaking to certify biofuel infrastructure for E15 and remove unnecessary labeling requirements for the fuel blend.
The Biogenic CO2 Coalition has released new video and digital ad campaign asking why the U.S. EPA is the only environmental agency in the world to treat carbon emissions from common agricultural crops the exact same as those from fossil fuels.
The National Corn Growers Association remains hard at work to help improve the economic situation for corn growers amid the COVID-19 pandemic. The organization hosted a virtual fly-in to Capitol Hill July 22-23.
On July 24, Growth Energy CEO Emily Skor submitted comments to the USDA in response to a request for input on the agency's Agriculture Innovation Agenda, a new initiative to promote conservation and boost productivity in American agriculture.
Biofuels Vision 2020 is launching a new ad campaign raising the alarm over a major regulatory threat to the economic recovery in Iowa. The group is calling on Iowa voters to share their concerns about the the Trump administration's record on biofuel.
Clariant and Eta Bio, a company of the Pavlovi family, running a leading business in the agricultural sector in Bulgaria, have announced that a license agreement for the sunliquid cellulosic ethanol technology has been signed.
Pacific Ethanol Inc. is expanding its production capacity of USP grade high quality alcohol at its Pekin, Illinois, facility by 30 million gallons per year. The new capacity will be online in the fourth quarter of 2020.
The U.S. EPA has approved an efficient producer pathway for Glacial Lakes Corn Processor's 33 MMgy dry mill ethanol plant in Huron, South Dakota, allowing the facility to generate RINs for non-grandfathered volumes of ethanol.
The Senate released a COVID-19 relief package on July 27 that could provide relief to biofuel producers. It would also reduce and extend supplemental UI payments, provide a second stimulus payment and allow some companies to access a second PPP loan.
Researchers used the Canadian Light Source at the University of Saskatchewan to improve their technique to convert CO2 into ethanol, a valuable chemical that can be used in industrial applications and as a transportation fuel.
An annual biofuels report filed with the USDA Foreign Agricultural Service's Global Agricultural Information Network discusses the impact the COVID-19 pandemic is expected to have on biofuel use and production in the European Union.
Pennsylvania-based United Refining Co. is suing the U.S. EPA over the agency's failure to act on a small refinery exemption (SRE) petition the company filed for compliance year 2019 in December 2019.
The Renewable Fuels Association's summer board of directors meeting concluded Wednesday with more than a dozen virtual Capitol Hill visits. Board members had the chance to hear from senators, House members and administration officials.
On July 22,ACE CEO Brian Jennings penned a letter to Senate leadership praising bipartisan legislation introduced by by Sens. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, and Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn., in May that would provide COVID-19 relief for ethanol producers.
The U.S. Department of Commerce's International Trade Administration is seeking nominations for members of its Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Advisory Committee. Nominations are due July 31.
U.S. ethanol production was down approximately 2.5 percent the week ending July 17, while weekly ending stocks of fuel ethanol fell by nearly 4 percent, according to data released by the U.S. Energy Information Administration on July 22.
The ethanol industry has lost another pioneer. Larry Johnson, the one and only “Ethanol Answer Man,� passed away on Sunday, July 19. ACE CEO Brian Jennings reflects on his memories of the ethanol industry pioneer.
Cooperative Producers Inc. in Hildreth, Nebraska, is one of the latest fueling stations to offer higher blends of ethanol. At its location at 201 Nelson Street, the company added an ethanol blender pump with the help of a Nebraska Corn Board grant.
Members of Congress in key Midwestern states have received over 10,000 individual letters from constituents urging them to press the EPA to address a regulatory barrier preventing growth in the bioeconomy, according to the Biogenic CO2 Coalition.
Whitefox Technologies has announced that Southwest Iowa Renewable Fuels has surpassed 250 days of operation of its Whitefox ICE membrane dehydration system at its ethanol plant in Council Bluffs, Iowa.
Homeland Energy Solutions filed an 8-K with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on July 20 announcing plans to begin construction on a new USP grade industrial ethanol plant later this month.
Green Plains Inc. on July 16 announced its subsidiary, Green Plains Wood River LLC, has installed a separate 25 million gallon facility engineered and constructed by ICM Inc. to produce FCC Grade alcohol for domestic and export markets.
TechnipFMC has announced that its Hummingbird ethanol-to-ethylene technology has been selected by LanzaTech Inc. for a key application which, when combined with LanzaTech's ATJ technology, can make sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) from ethanol.
Renewable Fuels Association General Counsel Ed Hubbard has been appointed to the USDA Foreign Agricultural Service's Agricultural Technical Advisory Committee (ATAC) for Trade in Grains, Feed, Oilseeds and Planting Seeds.
The U.S. EPA has released updated renewable identification number (RIN) data showing that more than 1.51 billion RINs were generated under the Renewable Fuel Standard in June, bringing total RIN generation for the first half of 2020 to 8.52 billion.
The DOE has selected three projects bioenergy to receive approximately $1 million in funding to leverage the unique computational capabilities at DOE's National Laboratories. The projects will address feedstock handling and catalyst development.
Green Plains Inc. on July 9 announced its subsidiary, Green Plains York LLC, has contracted Fluid Quip Technologies LLC to engineer and design a high-quality USP distillation system, upgrading and expanding the capabilities of the facility.
UNICA, the Brazilian sugarcane industry association, recently released data showing overall ethanol sales were down during the second half of June. Ethanol exports, however, were up more than 44 percent.
Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, confirmed during a press call on July 17 that he and Sen. Joni Ernst, R-Iowa, will advocate for the inclusion of dedicated relief for ethanol producers the fourth COVID-19 stimulus bill.
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