2024 North American SAF Conference & Expo now accepting abstracts
By BBI International
December 12, 2023
SAF Magazine in collaboration with CAAFI, has announced the 2024 North American SAF Conference & Expo will take place Sept. 11-13, 2024, in St. Paul, Minnesota. The event is accepting abstract submissions through May 10.
Growth Energy voices support for Ohio tax credit for higher biofuel blends
By Growth Energy
December 12, 2023
Growth Energy submitted testimony on Dec. 12 to the Ohio House of Representatives and its Ways and Means Committee voicing support for House Bill 324, which would provide a tax credit to incentivize fuel retailers to sell more ethanol blends.
A U.S. startup making diesel engines compatible with ethanol is driving toward commercial readiness. The CEO of ClearFlame talks about the market, pilot testing and the haul ahead.
The USDA’s Rural Business-Cooperative Service in mid-2024 is expected propose a rule to codify the policies and procedures for the Higher Blends Infrastructure Incentive Program, according to information released by the White House OMB.
Green Impact Partners Inc. has received approval from the Alberta government for construction and operation of the Future Energy Park, a biorefinery that will produce RNG, low-carbon ethanol and wet distillers grains.
The California Air Resources Board has identified the Low Carbon Fuel Standard as a critical program to help California achieve carbon neutrality by 2045 and to improve air quality in the state, according to the Low Carbon Fuels Coalition.
Specialized hygiene strategies, increasingly layered with automation, are helping today’s ethanol plants stay healthy. Consistent, accurate monitoring is the key.
The USDA maintained its forecast for 2023-’24 corn use in ethanol in its latest World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates report, released Dec. 8. The overall outlook for 2023-’24 U.S. corn is for higher exports and lower ending stocks.
U.S. fuel ethanol production was up more than 6 percent the week ending Dec. 1, according to data released by the U.S. Energy Information Administration on Dec. 6. Ethanol stocks were up slightly, and exports were down 50 percent.
The U.S. exported 117.09 million gallons of ethanol and 896,708 metric tons of distillers grains in October, according to data released by the USDA on Dec. 6. Exports of both products were up when compared to October 2022.
On Nov. 30, 2023, the New York Times ran an article about the role bioethanol made from corn will play in building a market for SAF. Growth Energy CEO Emily Skor submitted a letter in response disputing several claims made in the article.
Clariant on Dec. 6 announced its decision to shut down its sunliquid bioethanol production in Podari, Romania, and to downsize related activities of the business line Biofuels & Derivatives in Germany.
Biomass Magazine on Dec. 6 released the agenda for the 17th Annual International Biomass Conference & Expo taking place March 4-6, 2024 at the Greater Richmond Convention Center in Richmond, Virginia.
UNICA, the Brazilian sugarcane industry association, has announced sugarcane processing was up during the first half of November. Ethanol production and sales were also up when compared to the same period of 2022.
U.S. Grains Council staff and member representatives in November visited Lagos and Abuja to engage with policymakers and market players regarding the possibility of Nigeria lifting the current suspension of its E10 mandate.
CropEnergies has announced plans to acquire the business activities of EthaTec GmbH via its recently founded subsidiary CE Advanced Bioenergies GmbH. EthaTec has an annual production capacity of up to 3 million liters of advanced ethanol and biogas.
The FTC on Dec. 1 issued its 2023 Report on Ethanol Market Concentration. As in prior years, the FTC’s analysis determined that there is sufficient competition among industry participants to avoid price-setting and other anticompetitive behavior.
Rex American Resources Corp. released financial results for the fiscal third quarter on Nov. 30, reporting the company achieved an all-time record net income per share attributable to Rex common shareholders of $1.49.
New Energy Blue has announced the formation of New Energy Farmers LLC, a biomass aggregation company jointly owned by Iowa farmers and New Energy Blue that will supply feedstock to the New Energy Freedom Biomass Refinery.
The USGC was invited by the Latin American Energy Organization to participate in a panel focused on liquid biofuels and their role in decarbonizing transportation during the VIII Energy Week event held in Uruguay.
Iowa Secretary of Agriculture Mike Naig is encouraging Iowans to nominate fuel marketers in their communities for the Renewable Fuels Marketing Awards, which recognize retailers that go above and beyond in their efforts to promote biofuels.
Reps. Mariannette Miller-Meeks, R-Iowa, and Angie Craig, D-Minn., on Nov. 29 introduced the Flex Fuel Fairness Act of 2023, which aims to level the playing field for vehicles that run on low-carbon liquid fuels, such as ethanol.
The attorneys general of Iowa and Nebraska on Nov. 29 filed a motion for summary judgement with a U.S. District Court in Iowa regarding the U.S. EPA’s failure to act on petitions filed by eight Midwestern governors to allow year-round E15 sales.
EIA: Biofuel capacity, feedstock consumption fall slightly in September
By Erin Voegele
November 30, 2023
Total U.S. operable biofuels production capacity fell slightly in September, according to data released by the U.S. EIA on Nov. 30. Feedstock consumption was down slightly from August, but up significantly from September 2022.
U.S. fuel ethanol production was down 1 percent the week ending Nov. 24, according to data released by the U.S. Energy Information Administration on Nov. 29. Stocks of fuel ethanol were also down 1 percent with exports up nearly 94 percent.
Corn consumption for fuel ethanol production in September was down slightly when compared to the previous month, but up significantly when compared to the same month of 2022, according data released by the USDA in November.
The RFA is calling on U.S. delegates at the 2023 United Nations climate change conference (COP28) to “prominently highlight the U.S. biofuels industry’s remarkable contributions to the fight against global climate change.”
A coalition of over 20 organizations and companies launched the Partnership for Electric Pathways to work with the U.S. EPA to secure a viable pathway for renewable electricity to get credit under EPA's Renewable Fuel Standard program.
Aemetis Inc. announced that the Stanislaus County Board of Supervisors has approved the California Environmental Quality Act analysis for Aemetis Biogas LLC to extend its biogas pipeline by an additional 24 miles using the public right of way.
Amber Wave launches operations
November 29, 2023
Amber Wave, a company affiliated with Summit Agricultural Group, on Oct. 30 launched production at its wheat protein facility in Phillipsburg, Kansas. The facility also has the capacity to produce 50 MMgy of advanced ethanol from wheat feedstock.
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