A coalition of biofuel and agriculture groups have petitioned the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to change its regulations to “account for lost volumes of renewable fuel resulting from the unprecedented number of retroactive small refinery exemptions from Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) obligations recently granted by EPA.” The petitioners are the Renewable Fuels Association (RFA), American Coalition for Ethanol (ACE), Growth …
Pennsylvania Retailer to Sell E15
A Pennsylvania-based fuel retailer plans to start selling 15% ethanol fuel at seven locations in three states. Growth Energy has announced that Rutter’s convenience store chain will begin selling E15 in Maryland, Pennsylvania, and West Virginia. “The success of Prime the Pump in opening the marketplace for E15 has opened the doors for more and more innovative retailers to offer …
Growth Energy Urges RVP Relief for Consumers
As the Reid Vapor Pressure (RVP) restriction on E15 sales goes into effect across most of the country today, Growth Energy notes the ban on the lower priced fuel comes at a time when gas prices are approaching a national average of $3 per gallon. “Every summer, earth-friendly E15 is held to tougher standards than other fuels sold year-round, cutting …
Ethanol Summit Includes Plant and Farm Tours
Before and after the Ethanol Summit of the Asia-Pacific held this week in Minneapolis, visitors from more than 17 countries in Asia and Oceania have been able to tour farms and ethanol plants around the region. Teams of producers, traders, government officials and business people have been on tours in Minnesota, Iowa, Kansas, Nebraska and Wisconsin, hosted by state corn …
Waivers Continue as Officials Plan Biofuels Meeting
As officials with the Environmental Protection Agency and the U.S. Department of Agriculture were preparing for a meeting today on the Renewable Fuel Standard, reports surfaced that the nation’s second largest oil refiner has requested a “hardship waiver” for one of its facilities. Marathon Petroleum is in merger talks with Andeavor, one of the first large oil companies reported to …
Asia Pacific Ethanol Summit Meeting in Minneapolis
Industry and government officials from the United States and 17 countries in Asia and Oceania are meeting in Minneapolis this week at the Ethanol Summit of the Asia Pacific, focused on current and future prospects for expanded ethanol use throughout the region. The event, sponsored by the U.S. Grains Council (USGC), Growth Energy and the Renewable Fuels Association (RFA), is …
Growth Energy Creates Global Markets Post
Growth Energy has appointed industry veteran Craig Willis as Senior Vice President of Global Markets, effective June 1. Willis, who has served as President of Ethanol for Archer Daniels Midland (ADM), will oversee the organization’s market development efforts to increase ethanol’s footprint both at home and abroad. “Craig is an ethanol all-star. He has an exceptional track record of building …
Devil in the White House RFS Deal Details
Tweets from Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-IA) and Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) became the official news from the White House meeting Tuesday on ethanol and the Renewable Fuel Standard. “Had WH mtg on RFS/ethanol. No RIN cap & got E15 yr round. Need to see Perdue+Pruitt plan. Devil in details,” tweeted Sen. Grassley. About the same time, Sen. Cruz happily tweeted, …
Growth Energy Members Urge Trump Action
An open letter to President Trump from nearly 100 ethanol producers is greeting readers this morning in editions of the New York Times, New York Post, and Wall Street Journal. The letter, signed by members of Growth Energy, urges the president to “unleash rural growth by cutting the red tape holding back homegrown energy” and condemns Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) …
Growth Energy Ads Urge E15 Action
Growth Energy has launched a new radio and digital ad campaign telling listeners in the Midwest that it’s “make or break time” for the rural economy. The ads encourage farmers and ethanol stakeholders to call on President Trump to lift federal restrictions on the sale of E15 fuel blends, a move that would boost farm income amid the sharpest agricultural …