Ethanol Blog

A subsidiary of Royal Dutch Shell announced on Tuesday it is stopping construction on what would be one of the largest biofuels plants in Europe. The company has been building a renewable diesel and sustainable aviation fuel plant in the Netherlands.

Two studies commissioned by the Renewable Fuels Association found the adoption of biofuels policies would achieve more greenhouse gas emissions reductions in the transportation sector than by mandating electric vehicles.

BP announced plans to take full control of a Brazilian sugarcane ethanol production joint venture with Bunge Global and pressed pause on two other biofuels projects.

Despite calls from U.S. ethanol producers and fuel interests in Brazil to eliminate a tariff on U.S. ethanol imports into Brazil, the country's trade body upheld an increase in the tariff from 16% to 18%.

A new study from the Renewable Fuels Association found several advantages to combining flex fuel vehicle technology with electric vehicles.

The former CEO and founder of sustainable fuel company Alder Renewables based in Boulder, Colorado, was sentenced to prison after pleading guilty to wire fraud.

The International Fuel Ethanol Workshop and Expo taking place in Minneapolis will provide attendees with a comprehensive overview of the current state of the ethanol industry.

Federal lawmakers from Iowa asked the Biden administration to amend Renewable Fuel Standard volumes for 2024 and 2025, in a letter this week to President Joe Biden and Michael Regan, administrator of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.

Verbio launched construction on a renewable natural gas plant alongside an ethanol plant in Indiana this week, with commercial RNG production to begin in 2026.

A group of 25 agriculture, biofuels and other interests told U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen that they need guidance on the 45Z Clean Fuels Production Credit "as soon as possible."

A federal appeals court in Washington, D.C., on Tuesday upheld a Renewable Fuel Standard rule for 2020 to 2022 set by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.

A new Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration audit of biofuel tax credits claimed in 2022 finds the potential for fraud.

Agriculture and biofuels interests are trying to intervene in a lawsuit in Europe challenging a European Union law that effectively bans the use of crop-based biofuels to produce sustainable aviation fuel.

Two state commodity groups in Texas and the National Sorghum Producers asked a federal appeals court to review a new fuel-testing rule contained in the recently finalized vehicle pollution standards that mandate the production of electric vehicles.

The head of the Renewable Fuels Association asked USDA's National Agricultural Statistics Service to reconsider a decision to stop reporting county-level farm data.

Federal lawmakers and fuel retailers from Iowa asked the Biden administration to grant a new waiver to allow E15 sales to continue this summer.

The Renewable Fuels Association, Growth Energy and the U.S. Grains Council are pushing for restrictions on Brazilian ethanol's entry into the U.S. unless Brazil permanently removes its tariff on U.S. ethanol.

A group of nearly 1,000 farmers and ethanol industry employees asked President Joe Biden on Wednesday to grant an emergency waiver to allow the continued national sale of E15 this summer.

The Renewable Fuels Association is intervening in an international lawsuit against a European Union maritime regulation that places crop-based biofuels on the same carbon footing as fossil fuels.

Agriculture and biofuels interest groups have asked EPA Administrator Michael Regan to issue an emergency waiver to allow for the continued sale of E15.