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.
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.
Local safety personnel, emergency responders and all others are invited to a July 25 ethanol safety seminar in Amelia, Virginia, about 40 miles southwest of Richmond. The event is being held by the RFA, TRANSCAER and the FRA.
The COVID-19 crisis has already led to more than $3.4 billion in lost revenues for the U.S. ethanol industry, according to an economic analysis released by the RFA. Pandemic-related damages in 2020 and 2021 could reach nearly $9 billion.
California Ethanol + Power's Imperial Valley project takes a significant step forward as the company announces it has reached a target price agreement with leading national infrastructure developer MasTec Power Corp.
The U.S. EPA has approved an efficient producer pathway under the Renewable Fuel Standard for Poet Biorefining – Shelbyville, an 80 MMgy corn ethanol plant under construction in Shelbyville, Indiana.
The U.S. EPA on July 16 released updated SRE data showing that small refiners have filed six more “gap year� SRE petitions for compliance years 2011 through 2016. There are now 86 SRE petitions pending, including 58 gap year SRE petitions.
BBI International has announced that the 2020 International Fuel Ethanol Workshop & Expo, the ethanol industry's largest conference, has been moved and will be virtual, due to the outbreak of COVID-19. The event will now take place Sept. 15-17.
High-protein technologies are transforming the ethanol industry's feed coproduct stream. Success will require more involvement in markets and closer relationships with end users. For those willing to put the time in, the payback could be significant.
A year after bringing their showcase plant online, the partnership between ICM Inc. and The Andersons remains poised to bear fruit. Element LLC features selective milling and fiber separation alongside a unique corn fiber-to-ethanol platform.
A five-acre parcel of underutilized farmland across the highway from Trenton Agri Products will soon become a model pollinator habitat in Nebraska. The project is a result of an idea planted with Renewable Fuels Association board members last year.
Just north of the famed dells of the Wisconsin River, Marquis Energy, in Necedah, Wisconsin, is earning a reputation as a career-building employer with a focus on safety, employee health and opportunities for professional growth and advancement.
Joe Biden on July 14 released a proposal for rebuilding the economy that focuses on establishing American leadership in the clean energy industry. Biofuel groups are stressing that biobased fuels can help meet the plan's emission reduction goals.
Green Plains on July 14 filed a proposed class-action lawsuit against ADM in the U.S. District Court for the District of Nebraska accusing ADM of manipulating the price of ethanol to profit from its positions in the derivatives market.
U.S. ethanol production was up nearly 2 percent for the week ending July 10, while weekly ending stocks of fuel ethanol were down slightly, according to data released by the U.S. Energy Information Administration on July 15.
Last year, Midwest Ironworks completed the largest job in its history, and the scale of the achievement has inspired its founder to keep thinking big. Despite an industrial piping background, the company has developed superb shutdown services.
As the ethanol industry seeks normalcy after the shock wave of COVID-19, new notions about capital investment and risk are surfacing. Experts say what was historically a mediocre margin may be considered a good margin moving forward.
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