Sales of 15 percent ethanol blended fuel, known as E15 or Unleaded 88, set another record in Minnesota last year. The final report for 2025 out from the Minnesota Department of Commerce last week showed a one percent increase in Unleaded 88/E15 sales in 2025, totaling 144.34 million gallons compared to 142.89 million gallons in 2024. Last year was the …
EPA and USDA Officials to Speak at NEC
The Renewable Fuels Association has announced key officials with the U.S. Department of Agriculture and Environmental Protection Agency will be speaking at the upcoming National Ethanol Conference Feb. 24-26 in Orlando. On Wednesday, Feb. 25, attendees will hear from Aaron Szabo, assistant administrator of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s Office of Air and Radiation. This office oversees implementation of Clean …
Handful of Refiners Holding E15 Hostage
An historic alignment of agreement between the oil and ethanol industries is being held hostage by a small number of refiners, threatening the future of nationwide, year-round E15 (15% ethanol fuel). Nebraska Ethanol Board chairman Jan tenBensel shared a graphic on social media last week calling out six refining companies by name with a combined revenue of nearly $172 billion. …
E15 Deadline Coincides with Ethanol Conference
The National Ethanol Conference is coming up February 24-26 in Orlando, coinciding this year with an important deadline facing the recently formed E15 Rural Domestic Energy Council, which has been having meetings over the past week in Washington D.C. The council is tasked with submitting a legislative proposal by February 15 with the goal of considering the bill by February …
Winter Weather Impacts Ethanol Production
Ethanol production plunged along with the temperatures across the country last week, according to the latest EIA data analyzed by the Renewable Fuels Association for the week ending January 30. Ethanol production dropped 14.2% to 956,000 b/d, equivalent to 40.15 million gallons daily and the lowest weekly volume since mid-April 2024, reflecting the effects of the winter storm. Output was …
ACE Preparing for 15th Annual DC Fly-in
The American Coalition for Ethanol (ACE) will hold its 15th annual Washington, DC Fly-in and Government Affairs Summit March 17-18, bringing ethanol producers, farmers, and other stakeholders to Capitol Hill at a critical time for the industry. “With so many ethanol priorities hanging in the balance, direct engagement with Congress and the administration has never been more important,” said Brian …
Chief Ethanol Partners with Whitefox and FQT for Innovation
Chief Ethanol is partnering with Fluid Quip Technologies (FQT) and Whitefox Technologies to revamp, modernize, and innovate the equipment and process systems at its Hastings, Nebraska ethanol facility. Under the partnership, Fluid Quip Technologies will serve as the primary engineering, integration, and construction partner, delivering its proprietary Low Energy Distillation (LED™) technology while Whitefox will supply its Integrated Cartridge Efficiency …
Former Industry Leaders Warn of Farm Crisis
A bipartisan group of former leaders of America’s major agricultural commodity associations and biofuels organizations, farmer leaders, and former senior USDA officials, sent a letter to Congress this week sounding the alarm about the current state of the farm economy and the potential for “widespread collapse of American agriculture.” In a letter released today to the leadership of the House …
Treasury Releases Proposed 45Z Regulation
The Department of the Treasury and the Internal Revenue Service today issued proposed regulations for domestic producers of clean transportation fuel to determine their eligibility for and calculate the clean fuel production credit, often referred to as the 45Z credit, as modified under the One, Big, Beautiful Bill. The clean fuel production credit provides businesses an income tax credit for …
What is E15?
When President Trump was in Iowa last week and spoke about E15, there were many on social media who asked the question, “What is E15 and why is the president talking about it?” “I promised to support E15 all year round… I am trusting speaker Mike Johnson and Leader John Thune to find a deal that works for farmers, consumers, …