Renewable Fuels Association (RFA) President and CEO Geoff Cooper, an Army veteran, was honored this week by the Department of Defense Employer Support of the Guard and Reserve office “for contributing to national security and protecting liberty and freedom by supporting employee participation in America’s national guard and reserve force.” Under Cooper’s leadership, RFA last year founded Veterans for Renewable …
SAF Stakeholders Call for Farm Bill Provisions
Industry stakeholders representing nearly the entire supply chain for Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) are calling on House and Senate Agriculture Committee leaders to include provisions in the Farm Bill to boost the role of American farms in fueling low-carbon aviation. “SAF, which can be produced from renewable biomass and agriculture-based feedstocks, presents an opportunity to expand U.S. markets for agricultural …
Ethanol Industry Pleased EPA Issues Summer E15 Waiver
The Environmental Protection Agency today issued a waiver to allow E15 (15 percent ethanol fuel) to continue to be sold this summer. The temporary waiver under the Clean Air Act was issued “to address extreme and unusual fuel supply circumstances caused by a confluence of events, including the ongoing war in Ukraine and conflict in the Middle East, that are …
Year-Round E15 Act Introduced in House
The Year-Round E15 Act was introduced this week in the U.S. House by Rep. Zach Nunn (R-IA) together with colleagues Adrian Smith (R-NE), Nikki Budzinski (D-IL), Brad Finstad (R-MN), Eric Sorensen (D-IL), and Don Bacon (R-NE). The legislation would allow for retail sales of E15 this summer across eight Midwestern states which EPA has approved for the Reid Vapor Pressure …
RFA Concerned About Loss of USDA Reports
The Renewable Fuels Association (RFA) is urging USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) to reconsider its plan announced last week to discontinue all County Estimates for Crops and Livestock beginning with the 2024 production year. “With the rapid emergence of state and federal climate policies that will compel ethanol producers to carefully track certain feedstock characteristics, the availability of robust …
RFA Provides Input to GREET Working Group
As the clock continues to tick, the Sustainable Aviation Fuel Interagency Working Group continues its work on a modified GREET model for the 40B SAF tax credit. The Renewable Fuels Association this week provided some input to the working group regarding what time period should be used for land use change (LUC) emissions accounting under the new model. In a …
Ethanol Exports Down 7%, DDGS Up 9%
February U.S. ethanol exports slipped seven percent, while exports of the animal feed co-product dried distillers grains (DDGS) rebounded nine percent, according to the latest analysis from the Renewable Fuels Association. Ethanol exports in February totaled 139.0 million gallons (mg), with Canada as the top destination for the 35th consecutive month despite a 17% decline from January. “Exports surged to …
E15 Sales Set 2023 Record as Summer Remains Uncertain
It’s certain at this point that sales of E15 in the United States hit a record last year, but the future of sales this year after May 1 is still uncertain. According to a Renewable Fuels Association analysis of data released by state agencies in Minnesota and Iowa, total U.S. sales are estimated to have hit a record 1.11 billion …
RFA Supports Challenge to EU Maritime Fuel Regulation
The Renewable Fuels Association has filed a petition to support a legal challenge brought by European ethanol producers against the European Union FuelEU Maritime Regulation, which considers crop-based biofuels to have the same emission factors as the least favorable fossil fuel pathway and effectively bans the use of renewable, crop-based marine fuels as a tool for decarbonizing the maritime sector. …
Ethanol Report on GREET Model Delay
GREET is the word that has still not been heard from the Biden Administration as the ethanol industry anxiously awaits a decision on a modified lifecycle analysis model that will be used to assess the eligibility of feedstocks for new tax credits under the Inflation Reduction Act. The Renewable Fuels Association (RFA) recently joined two dozen other biofuel and farm …