Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird and Nebraska Attorney General Mike Hilgers joined together Monday to sue the Environmental Protection Agency for failing to to meet a statutory deadline in response to petitions from their governors and six others to reduce evaporative emissions and allow year-round sales of E15. “The Biden Administration has dragged its feet long enough,” said Attorney General …
ND Rejects Summit Carbon Pipeline Permit
The North Dakota Public Service Commission issued a unanimous decision on Friday to reject the Summit Carbon Solutions permit application for a carbon pipeline route in the state of North Dakota, ruling that the company “has not provided sufficient evidence to demonstrate that the location, construction, operation and maintenance of the project will produce minimum adverse impacts upon the welfare …
NREL 2022 BQ-9000 Biodiesel Properties Assessment
The National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) recently released its Assessment of BQ-9000 Biodiesel Properties for 2022 with more data collected than ever before. The annual report is produced under the direction of Clean Fuels Alliance America to document the quality of biodiesel from U.S. and Canadian-based producers that participate in the industry’s voluntary quality assurance program, BQ-9000. Clean Fuels Technical …
Northwest Advanced Bio-Fuels Awards SAF Project
Northwest Advanced Bio-Fuels has selected IHI Power Services Corp. to provide services, management and plant operations and maintenance (O&M) for development of a 2nd generation cellulosic renewable bio-jet fuel production facility in the Pacific Northwest. Located in the Columbia River Corridor, this advanced facility will produce sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) using woody biomass as the primary feedstock source. IPSC brings …
Herbicide Tolerant Camelina Supports Large Acre Production
Yield10 Bioscience announces positive results in the first field test of stacked herbicide tolerance (“HT”) traits in Camelina, which will help support grower adoption for the biofuel feedstock market by enabling weed control and increased access to acreage previously treated with Group 2 herbicides. Yield10 is executing a program to develop and commercialize spring and winter Camelina varieties with stacked …
RFA Urges EPA to Finalize Midwest Governors’ E15 Petition
Renewable Fuels Association President and CEO Geoff Cooper sent a letter this week to Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Michael Regan urging the agency to quickly finalize its regulations accepting the petition of eight Midwest governors that would allow year round sales of E15 fuel blend in their states, noting that the statutory deadline for approving the petition was over a …
Peanut Farmers Interested in SAF
Finding new uses for peanuts is becoming a priority for the industry and there was a lot of interest at the Southern Peanut Growers Conference this year in sustainable aviation fuel (SAF). “Peanut oil is very suitable for conversion into a jet fuel…to be able to get into that market would be a further use for peanuts and peanut oil …
Ricketts Promotes Flex Fuel Fairness in Nebraska
A bill just introduced in the Senate would level the playing field for vehicles running on low-carbon liquid fuels like ethanol by properly recognizing the emissions benefits associated with using E85 flex fuels (which contain 51-83 percent ethanol). U.S. Senator Pete Ricketts (R-NE) introduced the bipartisan Flex Fuel Fairness Act last week along with Senator Amy Klobuchar (D-MN). Ricketts participated …
Bill Aims To Define Sustainable Aviation Fuel
Representatives Mike Flood (R-NE) and Nikki Budzinski (D-IL) this week introduced the Sustainable Aviation Fuels Accuracy Act of 2023, a bipartisan bill to bring integrity to the standards required to meet the definition of Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) at the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). The legislation enjoys broad support among SAF stakeholders, including farm and biofuels organizations. “Recognizing the importance …
ACE Releases Conference Agenda for 36th Annual Event
The agenda for the 36th annual American Coalition for Ethanol (ACE) conference is now available for the event taking place August 23-25, at the Minneapolis Marriott City Center. “Our conference agenda is packed with dynamic sessions, insightful speakers, and countless networking opportunities, making it the premier destination for anyone passionate about advancing the biofuels industry,” said Katie Muckenhirn, Vice President …