Ethanol Blog

DTN's hypothetical ethanol plant has seen its margin improve by 20 cents since May.

Biofuels interest groups pointed to flaws in EPA's anti-backsliding study on the Renewable Fuel Standard, in official public comments filed with the agency this week.

Two ethanol companies and a number of agriculture and biofuels groups filed a lawsuit on Monday challenging the Trump administration's Safer Affordable Fuel Efficiency Vehicle Rule.

Ethanol industry officials plead with President Donald Trump to stand behind the Renewable Fuel Standard and reject recent new small-refinery exemption requests.

While governors and federal lawmakers in oil-producing states have asked the EPA for waivers to the Renewable Fuel Standard based on economic concerns, an environmental group has requested a waiver based on environmental concerns.

Ethanol groups lament EPA's 'lost opportunity' to update fuel's air-quality profile in new study.

With both House and Senate bills in place that would provide financial assistance to biofuels producers, the Governors' Biofuels Coalition asked congressional leaders to not forget the industry.

The EPA reportedly is considering requests for small-refinery exemptions to the Renewable Fuel Standard, from previous compliance years.

EPA Administrator Andrew Wheeler told lawmakers on Wednesday the agency has not made a decision on recent requests for waivers to the Renewable Fuel Standard.

As about 150 ethanol plants remain idled or have significantly cut production in recent weeks, a group of senators is asking for a waiver from the Renewable Fuel Standard.

The U.S. House of Representatives passed a bill late Friday that would provide economic relief for biofuels producers as a result of the economic downturn from COVID-19.

Even though ethanol prices have moved off their lows over the last few weeks, concern remains about the ability to spark additional buyer support and push prices higher in the near future.

Members of the U.S. House of Representatives from five states where governors asked for Renewable Fuel Standard waivers, asked the EPA to decide on those requests.

Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf is the latest governor to request a waiver from Renewable Fuel Standard volumes for refiners.

Biofuels producers would receive billions of dollars in relief as part of a bill introduced in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Mayors from 70 Midwest towns and cities tell EPA in a letter their local economies have suffered during the COVID-19 economic shutdown.

The Governors' Biofuels Coalition has asked EPA Administrator Andrew Wheeler to deny requests to waive the Renewable Fuel Standard, in a letter sent the agency on Friday.

The U.S. Department of Commerce will leave anti-dumping duties in place against biodiesel imports from Argentina, after reviewing the issue for more than one year.

The heads of ethanol and agriculture groups have asked EPA Administrator Andrew Wheeler to reject a petition from the American Petroleum Institute to reset 2020 volumes in the Renewable Fuel Standard.

A company developing a diesel engine that can run on ethanol has secured funding to continue its work.