Ethanol Report on Advanced Ethanol Concerns

Cindy Zimmerman

Advanced Ethanol Council (AEC) executive director Brooke Coleman commented last week on a new Congressional Budget Office (CBO) report on the impacts of the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) so we got him on the phone for this edition of “The Ethanol Report.” In this interview, Coleman talks about his take on the CBO report, as well as Phantom Fuels legislation …

advanced biofuels, AEC, Audio, Ethanol, Ethanol News, Ethanol Report, RFA, RFS

Iowa Congressman Visits Biodiesel Producers

Cindy Zimmerman

Congressman Bruce Braley (D-IA) visited the REG biodiesel plant in Mason City, Iowa on Friday to meet with members of the state’s biodiesel industry concerned about the proposed lowering of volume requirements under the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS). The current RFS proposal would set biodiesel volumes at 1.28 billion gallons, a sharp cut from last year’s actual production of nearly …

Biodiesel, Government, REG, RFS

Industry Highlights Flaws in CBO Report

Joanna Schroeder

In an update to a story posted last week regarding the new CBO report, “Renewable Fuel Standard: Issues for 2014 and Beyond,” more renewable energy industry representatives are speaking out regarding what they say are flaws in the report. Tom Buis, CEO of Growth Energy said of the report, “This report looks at unrealistic scenarios and completely ignores the very …

biofuels, Ethanol, Growth Energy, Renewable Energy, RFS

DF Cast: Finding Ways to Increase Ethanol Blends

John Davis

While the ethanol industry awaits the Environmental Protection Agency’s decision on the amount of ethanol to be blended into the nation’s fuel supply, ethanol producers are looking at other ways to make sure the green fuel increases its blend amounts. In this edition of the Domestic Fuel Cast, we hear from Growth Energy CEO Tom Buis, Dean Drake with the …

Audio, Distillers Grains, Domestic Fuel Cast, E15, E85, EPA, Ethanol, Ethanol News, FEW, Government, Growth Energy, RFS

Lawmakers Ask Obama to Boost Biodiesel

John Davis

As the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is poised to release its decision on the amount of biodiesel and ethanol to be mixed into the nation’s fuel supply (and we’re hearing word now that decision might be delayed until the Fall), a bi-partisan group of lawmakers is making its appeal to the White House to allow biodiesel to keep growing. This …

Biodiesel, EPA, Government, RFS

Biofuels and Wind Waiting on Action

Cindy Zimmerman

Environmental Protection Agency administrator Gina McCarthy said earlier this year that they planned to issue a final rule on the proposed volume requirements under the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) in “late spring or early summer” but spring is gone and summer is here and there’s been no word yet. Senator Chuck Grassley (R-IA) said last week that he thought the …

Biodiesel, biofuels, EPA, Ethanol, Ethanol News, Government, RFS, Wind

CBO Releases RFS Report

Joanna Schroeder

The Congressional Budget Office has released a new report, “Renewable Fuel Standard: Issues for 2014 and Beyond“. The evaluates how much the supply of various types of renewable fuels would have to increase over the next several years to comply with the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS). The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has yet to finalize its 2014 proposed rule, …

advanced biofuels, AEC, Biodiesel, Ethanol, Ethanol News, RFS

Don’t Turn Your Back on the RFS

Joanna Schroeder

With no end in sight on the turmoil in Iraq and oil prices and gas prices on the rise as a result, Americans United for Change (AUFC) have launched a new ad campaign encouraging the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to stay the course and not turn its back on the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS). ‘Control’ will being airing on …

Biodiesel, biofuels, Ethanol, RFS, Video

Ethanol Safety Seminars Scheduled for Tennessee

Joanna Schroeder

Two Ethanol Safety Seminars will be taking place in Tennessee this June: June 25, 2014 at the Knoxville Civic Auditorium and Coliseum and June 27, 2014 at the Nashville Fire Academy. The seminars are designed for individuals who respond to ethanol-related emergencies as well as those who work at fixed-facilities and transport fuel. The free seminars are sponsored by the …

biofuels, Education, Ethanol, Ethanol News, RFS, safety

American Drivers Can Save 61 Cents Choosing E85

Joanna Schroeder

Fuels America wants Americans to know that as turmoil in Iraq pushes gas prices up, ethanol can save them money. In an analysis of data covering the past year from E85prices.com shows that drivers with “Flex Fuel” vehicles in the U.S. can pay an average of $0.61 less per gallon by filling up with E85, which contains up to 85 …

biofuels, E85, Ethanol, Ethanol News, RFS