The American Coalition for Ethanol (ACE) congratulates the 2023 scholarship recipients Elizabeth Studer, Mallory Moorman and Kaelyn Drury. Each student receives a $1,000 scholarship through ACE’s Scholarship Program to help further their collegiate education. Elizabeth Studer is from Madison, South Dakota, and is pursuing degrees in History and Music Performance at Minnesota State University – Mankato in Mankato, MN. Elizabeth …
ACE Renews Call for E15 Certainty
As the sun sets on the summer driving season, the American Coalition for Ethanol (ACE) is renewing its call to the administration to make this the last year of uncertainty for the nation’s fuel retailers offering E15 (15% ethanol) by finalizing the regulation to eliminate the 1-pound per square inch (psi) Reid vapor pressure (RVP) waiver in eight states. As …
ACE Sets Record Straight on RFS Set Rule
The American Coalition for Ethanol (ACE) this week set the record straight on the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) “Set” Rule, countering biased allegations made concerning the greenhouse gas emissions (GHG) impacts of corn starch ethanol. ACE CEO Brian Jennings responded to comments by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Science Advisory Board (SAB) workgroup in a letter to Administrator Regan in …
ACE Carbon Capture Panel
The final panel at the recent American Coalition for Ethanol (ACE) conference dealt with carbon capture and storage, and everything from permitting, construction, and operation of pipeline projects to CO2 utilization opportunities for ethanol producers. ACE board president Dave Sovereign, Golden Grain Energy, moderated “The Journey to Capture, Store, and Utilize Carbon” which featured Britta Bergland, Senior Analyst for Merjent, …
EcoEngineers Helping Ethanol Lower Carbon Intensity
Lowering the carbon intensity of corn ethanol is the number one focus for the industry right now, and EcoEngineers is helping producers do what it takes. “If they can incentivize or enhance a climate-smart ag production process, or some way to take out energy or reduce carbon emissions, sequester carbon, all of those components to lower the CI…it helps all …
Outlook for Ethanol Exports
Mackenzie Boubin, Director of Global Ethanol Export Development for the U.S. Grains Council, gave an update on the outlook for ethanol exports at the recent American Coalition for Ethanol (ACE) annual conference in Minneapolis. “The United States represents over half of the ethanol production in the world,” said Boubin. “For our marketing year, we’re over one billion gallons. So we …
Retailers Show Vision in Blazing Trails for Ethanol
More and more retailers are taking the plunge and offering higher ethanol blends around the country, but while it has taken some time to get the larger retail chains to make the move, blazing the trail before them were smaller marketers with vision. Bruce Vollan, owner of Vollan Oil Company in Baltic, South Dakota, and Glenn Badenhop who owns American …
ACE Honors South Dakota Farmer Ron Alverson
The person who received the American Coalition for Ethanol (ACE) Merle Anderson Award this year is one of the most humble geniuses you will ever meet. Ron Alverson is a South Dakota farmer who helped found Dakota Ethanol and is considered to be the “carbon guru” of the ethanol industry. He was also a good friend of the man ACE’s …
ACE Conference Features Panel on IRA Biofuel Incentives
The American Coalition for Ethanol (ACE) was holding its annual meeting in Omaha last year as Congress was passing the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA), and this year the ACE Conference in Minneapolis featured a panel of tax experts to discuss the opportunities in the legislation and the current unknowns making it challenging. “Untangling and Maximizing IRA Biofuel Incentives” covered enhancements …
ACE Hybrid Electric Flex Fuel Vehicle Update
American Coalition for Ethanol members got an update on the ACE Hybrid Electric Flex Fuel (HEFF) vehicle during the annual conference last week, two years after the public unveiling at the 2021 annual conference, also held in Minneapolis. ACE’s Chief Marketing Officer Ron Lamberty shared updated stats over the first two years of driving the 2019 Ford Fusion standard hybrid, …