Propel Fuels Inc., a leading retailer of low-carbon fuels at stations throughout California, shared on July 29 that its trade secret misappropriation case against Phillips 66 Co. has been scheduled for jury trial on Aug. 26 .
Recently, nearly 100 industry stakeholders gathered for the U.S. Grains Council’s (USGC’s) 2024 Corn and Ethanol Conference in Tokyo, Japan. The event enhanced relationships between U.S. producers and agribusinesses and Japanese importers.
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit on July 26 issued an order vacating most of the U.S. EPA’s 2022 denials of petitions for SREs from RFS obligations, and remanding those petitions to EPA for further proceedings.
The RFA on July 25 submitted comments urging the USDA to implement the use of a “book-and-claim” accounting framework for tracking and transferring the GHG benefits of climate-smart agriculture (CSA) practices through the biofuels supply chain.
Researchers analyzed the financial and environmental costs and benefits of four biofuels crops used to produce SAF in the U.S. They found that each feedstock performed best in a specific region of the rainfed United States.
Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer on July 24 used a line-item veto to eliminate a provision in the state’s fiscal year (FY) 2025 budget package that would have created a 5-cent per-gallon tax credit for E15.
Valero Energy Corp. released Q2 financial results on July 25, reporting strong performance for both its ethanol and renewable diesel segments. The company’s SAF project in Texas remains on track to begin operations later this year.
The American Coalition for Ethanol has filed comments with the USDA on climate-smart agriculture related to biofuel feedstock production, encouraging the USDA and other federal agencies to rely on the U.S. Department of Energy’s GREET model.
Growth Energy has filed comments on climate smart agriculture (CSA) with the USDA emphasizing the importance of giving farmers flexibility that allows them to get credit for all of the CSA practices they deploy.
The Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) Coalition responds to USDA request for information on biofuel feedstocks, encouraging the agency to ensure federal policies are science-based and technology and feedstock neutral.
U.S. fuel ethanol production was down 1% the week ending July 19, according to data released by the U.S. Energy Information Administration on July 24. Ethanol stocks were up more than 2% and exports were down 34%.
A bipartisan group of 16 senators and 36 representatives on July 23 sent a letter to U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen urging her agency to take immediate action to finalize the rules to implement the 45Z clean fuel production credit.
LanzaJet on July 24 announced a strategic investment from Airbus. The investment enables LanzaJet to continue to build its capability and capacity to scale its proprietary ethanol to sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) process technology.
The August issue of Ethanol Producer Magazine focuses on the next big market opportunity—sustainable aviation fuel (SAF).
American Farm Bureau Federation, National Corn Growers Association, Biotechnology Innovation Organization, American Soybean Association, and American Biogas Council are among more than 500 organizations calling for the passage of a new Farm Bill.
The USDA recently released its Grain Crushings and Co-Products Production report for July, reporting that corn use for fuel ethanol production in May was up when compared to both the previous month and May 2023.
The U.K. Department for Transport on July 22 sent a written statement to the U.K. Parliament confirming that, subject to Parliamentary approval, the agency will introduce a sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) mandate starting on Jan. 1, 2025.
The U.S. EPA on June 7 approved an efficient producer pathway for Siouxland Ethanol LLC’s corn ethanol plant located in Jackson, Nebraska. The approval allows the facility to generate RINs under the RFS for non-grandfathered volumes of ethanol.
The U.S. DOE has announced awards for the FY24 Phase I Release 2 of the Small Business Innovative Research and Small Business Technology Transfer program. Thirteen of 229 selected projects focus on bioenergy research and development.
Long-term success in developing new ethanol markets comes from showing prospective ethanol retailers how to “do the math.”
UNICA, the Brazilian sugarcane industry association, has announced that sugarcane processing and ethanol production were both up during the second half of June. Ethanol sales were also up for the full month.
The U.S. EPA on July 18 announced it has reached a settlement with Lupton Petroleum Products Inc., and its affiliate Brad Hall Associates Inc., for violations of the Clean Air Act’s conventional and renewable fuel requirements.
The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Aviation Administration has launched $1 billion fiscal year (FY) 2025 funding opportunity that could help U.S. airports develop infrastructure to increase access to sustainable aviation fuel (SAF).
Growth Energy and others filed two intervenor briefs in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit related to a set of consolidated lawsuits filed by oil industry and environmental petitioners challenging EPA’s RFS “set” rule.
Emerging opportunities in Southeast Asia for the U.S. Grains Council’s ethanol programs are beginning to show significant merit and engagement.
Corn growers were responsible for a $151 billion boost to the U.S. economy in 2023, according to a new report released in July by the NCGA. The report looked at a number of ways in which corn growers shaped the economy.
The DOE has announced its intent to fund partnerships between industry stakeholders and Feedstock-Conversion Interface Consortium researchers. The partnerships will address the cost and risk impacts of feedstock and process variability.
Analyzing the pros and cons of the 40BSAF-GREET model, industry leaders suggest what its replacement tax credit structure, 45Z, should preserve, change and eliminate to fairly and effectively accelerate alcohol-to-jet SAF production.
Nearly 2.04 billion RINs were generated under the RFS in June, down from 2.06 billion generated during the same month of last year. Total RIN generation for the first half of 2024 reached 12.07 billion.
The U.S. EPA on July 18 released updated small refinery exemption (SRE) data, reporting that seven new SRE petitions have been filed under the RFS during the past month. A total of 46 SRE petitions are now pending.
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