The Environmental Protection Agency says it will now be the end of the year before testing of 15 percent ethanol blended fuel in vehicles older than 2007 model year is complete. According to a very brief statement issued by the EPA, the Department of Energy has informed EPA that “lab testing of E15 in model year 2001-2006 vehicles will now …
Delay Expected on E15 for Later Model Vehicles
Reuters is reporting today that the Environmental Protection Agency is likely to delay a decision on the use of E15 in cars and pickup trucks built from 2001 to 2006 by up to a month. Using an unidentified source, Reuter’s reporter Tom Doggett said the agency wants to do more testing on the effects of 15 percent ethanol blended gas …
California to Update Land Use for Ethanol
The California Air Resources Board yesterday agreed to update the land use change and other indirect effects of biofuels production under their Low Carbon Fuels Standard (LCFS). The board is asking for updates to the land use values for corn ethanol, sugarcane ethanol, and soy biodiesel, and other feedstocks by spring of 2011 to implement the LCFS, which currently penalizes …
Guardian Energy Invests in Ohio Ethanol Plant
Guardian Energy Holdings of Minnesota now has a majority stake in an ethanol production facility located in Lima, Ohio. The 54-million gallon per year plant will operate under the name Guardian Lima, LLC. The facility originally began operations in 2008 as Greater Ohio Ethanol, but filed for bankruptcy protection later that year due to numerous operational challenges and adverse financial …
Ethanol Report From NAFB
There were lots of ethanol issues to discuss at the National Association of Farm Broadcasting annual Trade Talk event in Kansas City last week. The topics included the lame duck session of Congress, importance of renewing biofuels tax incentives, doing more to invest in cellulosic ethanol, labeling for E15 at the pump, just to name a few. Renewable Fuels Association …
EPA Hearing Today on E15 Ethanol Proposal
The Environmental Protection Agency is holding a public hearing today at the Millennium Knickerbocker Hotel in Chicago, starting at 10 am central and continuing “until everyone present has had a chance to speak” on the agency’s proposed rule governing how pumps carrying E15 will be labeled. Among those scheduled to testify are representatives of the ethanol organization Growth Energy, including …
New Senator Expects Ethanol Tax Credit Extension
The new Senator-Elect for Kansas believes the ethanol and biodiesel tax credits will be extended by Congress in the lame duck session. “Both of those will be part of this tax package that I think can and will pass during the lame duck session,” said Rep. Jerry Moran (R-KS), who was just elected as senator after 14 years in the …
ICM to Retrofit Hereford Ethanol Plant
ICM, Inc. has signed a contract with Hereford Renewable Energy, a subsidiary of Murphy Oil USA, to retrofit an ethanol plant located near Hereford, Texas. Hereford Renewable Energy acquired the uncompleted plant from the lenders of its former owner, Hereford Biofuels, which filed for bankruptcy. “ICM is excited for the opportunity to continue its work with Murphy to help its …
King: GOP House Good for Ethanol, Biodiesel Tax Cuts
Republicans taking control of the U.S. House is good for the chances of the federal ethanol and biodiesel tax breaks seeing renewal … that’s according to a GOP member from Iowa. AgriNews.com reports that U.S. Rep. Steve King also believes that this Congress will have a lot more members who are from agricultural areas … also a positive trend: “That …
Ethanol, Biodiesel Trading Through Cloud Computing
Traders of ethanol and biodiesel have a new website to exchange the green fuels. This article from Ethanol Producer Magazine says the online trading platform from U.S. Biofuels Exchange, www.us-bx.com, uses “cloud computing” and requires no software for purchase, downloading or installation to post, buy, sell and make offers on biofuels for sale or biofuels wanted: “We offer biofuels producers, …