Clean Fuels Conference 202

#FEW16 Panel Focuses on Realizing Ethanol Potential

Joanna Schroeder

Some of the biofuel industry’s top leaders took to the stage at the Fuel Ethanol Workshop (FEW) this week to discuss opportunities for the biofuels industry to help it achieve its true potential in the light of the Renewable Fuel Standard and the EPA’s apparent dragging of the feet in getting renewable fuel volumes to mandated levels and higher. One …

ACE, advanced biofuels, Audio, Biodiesel, Ethanol, FEW, NBB, RFA

ACE Conference to Focus on #Ethanol Plant Profits

Joanna Schroeder

During this year’s American Coalition for Ethanol (ACE) Conference, ethanol producers will learn strategies to improve their bottom line. The annual event is taking place in Minneapolis, Minnesota August 8-10, 2016. This year there will be a series of breakout sessions with technical speakers who will go in-depth about pressing ethanol industry topics. The breakout sessions will kick off Tuesday, …

ACE, ACE Ethanol Conference, E15, Ethanol

#Ethanol Goes Beyond Blend Wall Says @ACEEthanol

Joanna Schroeder

The so-called blend wall, or the barrier to blending ethanol into more than 10 percent of the fuel supply, is not in fact a barrier, explained Ron Lamberty, senior vice president of the American Coalition for Ethanol (ACE). He spoke these words to EPA representatives in Kansas City yesterday as they heard testimony from more than 100 hundred ethanol advocates …

ACE, Audio, biofuels, Ethanol, RFS

Chief Ethanol Fuels Acquires Cornhusker Energy

Joanna Schroeder

Nebraska ethanol plant Chief Ethanol Fuels has acquired Cornhusker Energy Lexington, also located in Nebraska. Chief Ethanol Fuels in Hastings is the first dry mill ethanol plant in Nebraska. It is currently operating at a rate of 70 million gallons per year. Chief Ethanol Fuels General Manager Duane Kristensen is the Vice President of the ACE Board of Directors. In …

ACE, Ethanol

Registration Opens for ACE Conference

Joanna Schroeder

Registration is open for the American Ethanol Conference (ACE) taking place August 8-10 2016. This year’s theme is ‘Power, Passion and Performance,’ and will include discussions on the retail outlook for E15 and flex fuels, expanding export opportunities and ethanol’s high octane future. This annual ethanol event is being held at the Loews Minneapolis Hotel. “The theme for the 2016 …

ACE, ACE Ethanol Conference, Ethanol, Ethanol News

.@EPA 2017 #RFS Rules Sparks Inferno

Joanna Schroeder

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has released its draft of the proposed Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) renewable volume obligations (RVOs) for 2017 and have sparked an inferno of unrest among the biofuels industry. EPA has proposed an RVO of 18.8 billion gallons (BG) of which 4 BG is advanced biofuels and 312 million gallons is cellulosic biofuels. The RVO …

ACE, advanced biofuels, Biodiesel, EPA, Ethanol, NCGA, RFA, RFS

Retailers Tell Success Stories at #ACE16DC

Cindy Zimmerman

Fuel retailers disputed the existence of the mythical “blend wall” and told their success stories selling higher ethanol blends during a Congressional briefing last week at the end of the American Coalition for Ethanol (ACE) legislative fly-in. Participants in the briefing for Congressional staffers were ACE Senior Vice President Ron Lamberty, Pearson Fuels CEO Mike Lewis and Midway Service Owner …

ACE, E15, E85, Ethanol, Ethanol News, Retailers

Grains Council CEO at #ACE16DC

Cindy Zimmerman

The American Coalition for Ethanol (ACE) is a new member of the U.S. Grains Council, recognizing the important role that organization plays in the promoting exports of both ethanol and the livestock feed co-product DDGS. “We have a unified (ethanol) industry effort working together to build exports,” said USGC president and CEO Tom Sleight who visited with members of ACE …

ACE, Audio, Distillers Grains, Ethanol, Ethanol News, Exports, USGC

#ACE16DC Gets Update on China DDGs Investigation

Cindy Zimmerman

Back in January, China’s Ministry of Commerce (MOFCOM) initiated an investigation into anti-dumping and countervailing duties on imports of U.S. produced distillers dried grains with solubles (DDGS). The U.S. Grains Council has been on top of the situation from the start and provided an update for members of the American Coalition for Ethanol (ACE) meeting in Washington DC this week. …

ACE, Audio, Distillers Grains, Ethanol, Ethanol News, Exports, International, USGC