The record use of lower-cost E85 in California saved the state’s drivers $99 million in 2023, while cutting greenhouse gas emissions by nearly 370,000 metric tons, a new analysis from the Renewable Fuels Association shows.
The USGC in February convened U.S. and Mozambican government officials, industry professionals and others to discuss the benefits and challenges of using ethanol biofuel to meet the country’s clean energy goals in both cooking and transportation.
The latest issue of Ethanol Producer Magazine focuses on feed and coproducts, including DDGS pelleting, condensed distillers solubles, and distillers corn oil.
The U.S. Energy Information Administration increased its forecasts for 2024 and 2025 fuel ethanol production in its latest Short-Term Energy Outlook, released March 12. The forecast for 2024 fuel ethanol blending was also revised up.
Archer Daniels Midland Co. on March 12 released fourth quarter financial results, reporting improved results for its Carbohydrate Solutions segment, supported strong demand for ethanol exports and higher ethanol production.
Despite volatile ethanol margins during the second half of 2023, Alto Ingredients Inc. President and CEO Bryan McGregor reported that both the company’s Q4 and full year 2023 financial results significantly outperformed the same periods of 2022.
The Renewable Fuels Association on March 12 thanked a large, bipartisan group of 31 lawmakers who asked House leadership to advance a legislative solution that would allow the voluntary sale of lower-cost, lower-carbon E15 year-round nationwide.
The USDA recently made a $25 million investment in a Regional Conservation Partnership Program being led by the American Coalition for Ethanol.
It may be the least heralded coproduct of corn ethanol production, but condensed distillers solubles—CDS—has an important role in the animal feed market, both as a component of DDGS and apart from it.
Biden’s 2025 budget request includes funds in support of SAF
By Erin Voegele
March 11, 2024
President Joe Biden on March 11 released his $7.3 trillion budget request for fiscal year (FY) 2025. The proposed budgets for the U.S. Department of Energy, USDA and U.S. Department of Transportation all include provisions in support of sustainable aviation fuel (SAF).
Aemetis Inc. released fourth quarter financial results on March 7, reporting the company achieved important milestones in its biodiesel, RNG, ethanol, SAF and carbon capture business segments last year.
Gevo Inc. has reported that efforts are continuing to secure a U.S. DOE loan guarantee to support the construction of its proposed SAF facility. Gevo also reported that its RNG project in Iowa operated at 91% capacity during Q4.
Growth Energy has welcomed the release of new data from the California Air Resources Board showing that sales of E85 set a new record in the state in 2023. The organization is also calling on California to fast track approval of E15.
The EU’s ambitions to be a world leader in the fight against climate change are admirable but daunting—which makes it all the more vital for policymakers to take a pragmatic approach that uses every available sustainable emissions reduction technology.
By creating optimal conditions to maximize corn oil output, Fluid Quip Technologies’ pretreatment system gives ethanol producers an unfussy method to maximize production.
The USDA maintained its forecast for 2023-’24 corn use in ethanol in its latest World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates report, released March 8. The forecast for season-average corn prices was reduced.
NATSO, representing truck stops and travel plazas, SIGMA: America's Leading Fuel Marketers, and the National Association of Convenience Stores on March 7 urged the U.S. EPA to authorize the summer sale of E15.
USDA on March 8 celebrated the second annual National Biobased Products Day, a celebration to raise public awareness of biobased products, their benefits and their contributions to the U.S. economy and rural communities.
Lee Reeve, a multi-generational Kansan who operates a feedlot colocated with a small ethanol plant, explains how producing fuel and feed has impacted his family business for over four decades.
The U.S. exported 149.97 million gallons of ethanol and 902,376 metric tons of distillers grains in January, according to data released by the USDA FAS on March 7. Exports of both products were up when compared to January 2023.
Nissan Motor Co. Ltd. On March 5 announced that it has developed a stationary, bio-ethanol-fueled system capable of high-efficiency power generation. Trials of the system have begun at Nissans Tochigi Plant in Japan.
The U.S. Grains Council, in partnership with the USDA Foreign Agricultural Service Jakarta and other key USDA cooperators and local stakeholders, recently organized a series of seminars aimed at bolstering Indonesia’s dairy sector.
Disc stack centrifuges and tricanters are familiar and effective tools in distillers corn oil (DCO) extraction. However, challenges arise from upstream processes and over 50 unique plant variables, influencing optimal extraction.
U.S. fuel ethanol production was down approximately 2% the week ending March 1, according to data released by the U.S. Energy Information Administration on March 6. Ethanol stocks were up slightly and exports were up 45%.
New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham on March 5 signed legislation to establish a technology-neutral clean transportation fuel standard (CTFS) that aims to reduce the carbon intensity (CI) of transportation fuels by at least 30% by 2024.
The U.S. EPA on March 6 announced plans to hold a public webinar on the biogas regulatory reform rule (BRRR) provisions of the Renewable Fuel Standard program. The webinar is scheduled for April 4 from 1:00 – 4:30 pm EST.
UNICA, the Brazilian sugarcane industry association, has announced that sugarcane processing during the first half of February was up when compared to same period of the previous year. Ethanol production and sales were also up significantly.
The RFA has added Kendra Coulson as the association’s new marketing and membership manager. RFA also promoted Mary Giglio to vice president, events and initiatives and Robert White to senior vice president, industry relations and market development.
Summit Carbon Solutions announced on March 4 that Valero, the world’s second-largest corn ethanol producer and a leader in low-carbon transportation fuels production, will be a shipper on Summit’s pipeline.
Spraying Systems Co., a seasoned partner to the ethanol industry, has expanded its offering of fermentation tank cleaning technology.
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