Farm and biofuel organizations are rejecting the Environmental Protection Agency‘s excuses for failure to comply with a 2017 court order invalidated the agency’s improper waiver of 500 million gallons for 2016. The coalition, which includes the Renewable Fuels Association, Growth Energy, National Biodiesel Board, American Coalition for Ethanol, National Corn Growers Association, National Farmers Union, and National Sorghum Producers, this …
EPA Proposes Consent Decree for One Refinery Waiver
This week, the Environmental Protection Agency published a notice of proposed consent decree and request for public comment in the Federal Register to settle a 2019 refinery waiver petition by February 19. United Refinery filed a complaint against EPA in July 2020 alleging that the agency “failed to take final action on its petition for a small refinery hardship exemption …
Ethanol Groups Want Transparency in SRE Process
The Renewable Fuels Association (RFA) and Growth Energy filed a joint FOIA request Tuesday calling on the Environmental Protection Agency and the Department of Energy to release the names and locations of refineries granted exemptions from their Renewable Fuel Standard obligations. RFA President and CEO Geoff Cooper and Growth Energy CEO Emily Skor offered the following joint statement on the …
Author and Energy Expert Daniel Yergin to Headline NEC
Pulitzer Prize winning author and energy expert Daniel Yergin will be a keynote speaker at the 26th annual National Ethanol Conference. Dr. Yergin will speak the morning of Wednesday, February 17, with a presentation titled, “The New Map: Energy and Geopolitics Coming Out of the Pandemic.” “Dr. Yergin’s appearance at the NEC will be especially timely this year, as the …
Nuseed Carinata Feedstock Grows Global Potential
The global potential for Nuseed’s Carinata as a renewable fuel feedstock is advancing with the harvest of a commercial crop currently underway in Argentina and of Nuseed R&D trial plots in Southern France. “The Nuseed Carinata R&D plots show good potential, growing Nuseed Carinata hybrids between rotations in the same region as Europe’s largest biofuel producers would be a huge …
RFA Celebrating Four Decades in 2021
The Renewable Fuels Association (RFA) is celebrating its 40th anniversary of biofuels policy leadership all year in 2021. RFA was created in 1981 by a small group of innovative farmers and business leaders with the ambitious goal of growing production and demand for ethanol, a relatively unknown renewable fuel that was cleaner-burning, homegrown, and environmentally friendly. Four decades later, the …
RFA Shares In and Out List for 2021
Once again, Renewable Fuels Association (RFA) Senior Strategic Advisor Bob Dinneen has prepared his annual tongue-in-cheek list of what’s out and what’s in as we begin this new year ever hopeful that brighter, healthier, and more prosperous days lie ahead.
Top Ethanol Stories of 2020
Ethanol Industry Mourns Loss of Ray Defenbaugh Biden Wants Zero Emissions by 2025, or 2050 Wheeler Court Decision Could Change Small Refinery Program Ethanol Plants Can Shift to Hand Sanitizer Court Strikes Down Small Refinery Exemptions USDA Secretary Talks Biofuels at #Classic20 RIP Ethanol Industry Leader Bob Sather President Trump Order Helps Expansion of E15 Study Finds Gas Car Ban …
Ethanol Report 12-28-20
Like everyone else, ethanol producers will be happy to see the end of 2020 with hopeful hearts that 2021 will be a better year. In this edition of the Ethanol Report, we take a ride back through the year starting with the high hopes for a great year in January and February, into the devastating impact of COVID-19 restrictions on …
Ames Adds New 100% Biodiesel Powered Trucks
Renewable Energy Group and Optimus Technologies recently partnered to help Ames, Iowa grow its fleet of sustainable vehicles. The City of Ames is adding seven new all-purpose dump trucks to their fleet that have the Optimus Technologies advanced fuel system integrated into their new vehicle specification. The Optimus system enables the engines to operate year-round on 100 percent biodiesel (B100) …